Seasonal necrophagous insect community assembly during vertebrate carrion decomposition

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 440-450

  Benbow, M E ^a   Lewis, A J ^a   Tomberlin, J K ^b   Pechal, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calliphoridae; Coleoptera; decomposition ecology; necrobiome; succession

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOTA; DIPTERA; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOTA; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC SCIENCES; OHIO; SEASONS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84874827145     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12194     Document Type: Article

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