Thermal attributes of Chrysomya species

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-275

  Nelson, Leigh A ^a   Dowton, M ^a   Wallman, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Blowflies; Calliphoridae; Development; Diptera; Forensic entomology; Genetic distance; Maggot mass; PMI; Post mortem interval; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENTOMOLOGY; FLY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ARTHROPODA; CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA; CHRYSOMYA MEGACEPHALA; CHRYSOMYA SAFFRANEA; DIPTERA;

EID: 73149110134     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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