Decomposition and invertebrate colonization of cadavers in coastal marine environments

Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 223-272

  Anderson, Gail S ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79957621431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9684-6_12     Document Type: Chapter

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