Forensic acarology: An introduction

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Perotti, M Alejandra ^a   Goff, M Lee ^b   Baker, Anne S ^c   Turner, Bryan D ^d   Braig, Henk R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal decomposition; Carcass; Forensics; Post mortem interval; Trace evidence

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MICROHABITAT; MITE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PHORESY; SCAVENGER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CRIME; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TIME; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CRIME; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MITES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70350011894     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9285-8     Document Type: Article

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