Forensically significant scavenging guilds in the southwest of Western Australia

Forensic Science International

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 85-91

  O'Brien, R Christopher ^a   Forbes, Shari L ^b   Meyer, Jan ^a   Dadour, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Detrivorous; Scavenging; Taphonomy; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOATING; CARCASS; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FAUNA; FEEDING; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FOWL; INSECTIVORE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OMNIVORE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM); SOLAR RADIATION; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 77952291277     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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