Natural and anthropogenic changes in the insect fauna associated with carcasses in the North American Maritime lowlands

Forensic Science International

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 64-70

  Michaud, Jean Philippe ^a   Majka, Christopher G ^b   Privé, Jean Pierre ^c   Moreau, Gaétan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Museum   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carrion related insects; Forensic entomology; Land cover change; Taxonomic composition; Time since colonisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARCASS; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ECOSYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FAMILIA; FAUNA; FLY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FOREST; GENUS; HABITAT; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; ORDO; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWINE; TAXONOMY; TIME;

EID: 79951533721     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.028     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Kneidel K.A. Patchiness aggregation and the coexistence of competitors for ephemeral resources. Ecol. Entomol. 1985, 10:441-448.
2. Schoenly K., Reid W. Dynamics of heterotrophic succession in carrion arthropod assemblages: discrete series or a continuum of change?. Oecologia 1987, 73:192-202.
3. Coe M. The decomposition of elephant carcasses in the Tsavo (East) National Park, Kenya. J. Arid. Environ. Res. 1978, 1:71-86.
4. Campobasso C.P., Di Vella G., Introna F. Factors affecting decomposition and Diptera colonization. Forensic Sci. Int. 2001, 120:18-27.
5. Goff M.L. Estimation of postmortem interval using arthropod development and successional patterns. Forensic Sci. Rev. 1993, 5:81-94.
6. Tabor K., Fell R., Brewster C. Insect fauna visiting carrion in Southwest Virginia. Forensic Sci. Int. 2005, 150:73-80.
7. Anderson G.S., VanLaerhoven S.L. Initial studies on insect succession on carrion in south western British Columbia. J. Forensic Sci. 1996, 41:617-625.
8. Simpson G., Strongman D.B. Carrion insects on pig carcasses at a rural and an urban site in Nova Scotia. Can. Soc. Forensic Sci. J. 2002, 35:123-143.
9. Anderson G.S. Insect succession on carrion and its relationship to determining the time of death. Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations 2001, 143-175. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. J.H. Byrd, J.L. Castner (Eds.).
10. Michaud J.-P., Moreau G. Predicting the visitation of carcasses by carrion-related insects under different rates of degree-day accumulation. Forensic Sci. Int. 2009, 185:78-83.
11. Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Ecological Regions of North America: Towards a Common Perspective 1997, CEC Press, Montreal, Canada.
12. Schoenly K.G., Haskell N.H., Hall R.D., Gbur J.R. Comparative performance and complementarity of four sampling methods and arthropod preference tests from human and porcine remains at the Forensic Anthropology Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. J. Med. Entomol. 2007, 44:881-894.
13. Phillips J., Michaud J.-P., Moreau G. Carcass decay through feeding activities of larval flies does not facilitate subsequent colonization by beetles. Proceedings of the North American Forensic Entomology Association, 7th Annual Meeting 2009, 35.
14. Smith R.L., Smith T.M. Ecology and Field Biology 2002, Benjamin Cumming, New York, New York, US.
15. Fielder A., Halbach M., Sinclair B., Benecke M. What is the edge of a forest? A diversity analysis of adult Diptera found on decomposing piglets inside and on the edge of a Western German woodland inspired by a courtroom question. Entomologie Heute 2008, 20:173-191.
16. J.F. McAlpine (Ed.), Manual of Nearctic Diptera, vol. 1, Biosystematics Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Monograph No. 27, 1981.
17. J.F. McAlpine (Ed.), Manual of Nearctic Diptera, vol. 2, Biosystematics Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Monograph No. 28, 1987.
18. Ozerov A.L. A review of the genus Themira Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Sepsidae) of the World, with a revision of the North American species. Russian Entomol. J. 1999, 7:169-208.
19. Ozerov A.L. Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Sepsis Fallen, 1810 (Diptera: Sepsidae). Russian Entomol. J. 2000, 9:161-176.
20. Whitworth T. Keys to the genera and species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of America north of Mexico. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 2006, 108:689-725.
21. Anderson R.S., Peck S.B. The Carrion Beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae), The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 13 1985, Agriculture Canada Publication 1778, Ottawa, Canada.
22. Bousquet Y., Laplante S. Coleoptera Histeridae: The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 24 2006, NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario.
23. Campbell J.M. A revision of the genus Tachinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of North and Central America. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 1973, 90:1-137.
24. Campbell J.M. A revision of the genus Tachyporus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of North and Central America. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 1979, 109:1-95.
25. Downie N.M., Arnett R.H. The Beetles of Northeastern North America 1996, Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida.
26. Klimaszewski J. A revision of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 1973, 129:1-211.
27. Peck S.B., Cook J. Systematics, distributions, and bionomics of the small carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Cholevini) of North America. Can. Entomol. 2002, 134:723-787.
28. Smetana A. Revision of the tribe Quediini of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 1971, 79:1-303.
29. Smetana A. Revision of the subfamily Xantholininae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 1982, 120:1-389.
30. Smetana A. Review of the family Hydrophilidae of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera). Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 1988, 142:1-316.
31. Smetana A. Rove beetles of the subtribe Philonthina of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) classification, phylogeny and taxonomic revision. Mem. Entomol. Int. 1995, 3:1-946.
32. Haskell N.H., Lord W.D., Byrd J.H. Collection of entomological evidence during death investigations. Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations 2001, 81-120. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. J.H. Byrd, J.L. Castner (Eds.).
33. SAS Institute SAS User's Guide: Statistics 1999, Statistical Analysis System Institute, Cary, NC.
34. Leblanc H.N., Strongman D.B. Carrion insects associated with small pig carcasses during fall in Nova Scotia. Can. Soc. Forensic Sci. J. 2002, 35:145-152.
35. Hanski I. Habitat connectivity, habitat continuity, and metapopulations in dynamic landscapes. Oikos 1999, 87:209-219.
36. Moreau G., Eveleigh E.S., Lucarotti C.J., Quiring D.T. Ecosystem alteration modifies the relative strengths of bottom-up and top-down forces in a herbivore population. J. Anim. Ecol. 2006, 75:853-861.
37. Moreau G., Eveleigh E.S., Lucarotti C.J., Quiring D.T. Stage-specific responses to ecosystem alteration in an eruptive herbivorous insect. J. Appl. Ecol. 2006, 43:28-34.
38. Smith K.G.V. A Manual of Forensic Entomology 1986, Cornell University Press, London, UK.
39. Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J., Michaud J.-P., Moreau G. Aleochara sekanai: a significant southern and eastern range extension. Coleopterists Bull. 2009, 63:454-455.
40. C.G. Majka, J.-P. Michaud, G. Moreau, Adventive species of Quedius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in North America: a survey and new Canadian record, in: C.G. Majka, J. Klimaszewski (Eds.), Biodiversity, Biosystematics, and Ecology of Canadian Coleoptera II, ZooKeys 22 (2009) 341-345.
41. C.G. Majka, J.-P. Michaud, G. Moreau, A. Smetana, Philonthus hepaticus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in eastern Canada: are distribution gaps distinctive features or collecting artifacts? in: C.G. Majka, J. Klimaszewski (Eds.), Biodiversity, Biosystematics, and Ecology of Canadian Coleoptera II, ZooKeys 22 (2009) 347-354.
42. Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J., Lauff R.E. New Coleoptera records from owl nests in Nova Scotia, Canada. Zootaxa 2006, 1194:33-47.