Exclusion of forensically important flies due to burying behavior by the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) in southeast Texas

Forensic Science International

Volumn 204, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages

  Lindgren, Natalie K ^a   Bucheli, Sibyl R ^a   Archambeault, Alan D ^a   Bytheway, Joan A ^b  

^a Sam Houston State University   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erroneous postmortem interval estimation; Exclusion of flies; Forensic entomology; Red imported fire ant; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CADAVER; CALLIPHORIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; TIME OF DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650893539     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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