The utility of coleoptera in forensic investigations

Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 57-68

  Midgley, John M ^a   Richards, Cameron S ^a   Villet, Martin H ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9684-6_4     Document Type: Chapter

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