Decaying Mouse Volatiles Perceived by Calliphora vicina Rob.-Desv.

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1497-1506

  Paczkowski, Sebastian ^a   Maibaum, Friederike ^a   Paczkowska, Marta ^a   Schütz, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accumulated degree days; Calliphora vicina; Core compounds; Decomposition process; Electroantennogram; Forensic chemoecology; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; Odor analysis; Postmortem time; Stages of decay; Volatile emission pattern

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; TEMPERATURE; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; ODORS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84868204380     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02245.x     Document Type: Article

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