Sampling flies or sampling flaws? Experimental design and inference strength in forensic entomology

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Michaud, J P ^a,b   Schoenly, Kenneth G ^c   Moreau, G ^b  

^a ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carrion arthropod succession; experimental design; forensic entomology; inferential statistics; pseudoreplication

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CADAVER; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEASON; STANDARD; TIME; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; ENTOMOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCES; LARVA; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEASONS; SELECTION BIAS; TIME FACTORS;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84856589772     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10229     Document Type: Review

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