Carcases and mites

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 45-84

  Braig, Henk R ^a   Perotti, M Alejandra ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal decomposition; Cadaver; Carcass; Carrion; Corpse; Necrophagia; Necrophagy; Post mortem interval; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; DESICCATION; FAUNA; FOOD WEB; FOSSIL; MITE; SUCCESSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; MITE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RAT; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOGS; ENTOMOLOGY; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; MICE; MITES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RABBITS; RATS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ASTIGMATA; ENDEOSTIGMATA; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; MESOSTIGMATA; ORIBATIDA; PROSTIGMATA;

EID: 70350060036     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9287-6     Document Type: Article

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