Links
Decomposition
- Human decomposition after death
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/ask_doctor/death_body.shtml
by Dr Trisha Macnair, BBC Health - Beyond the grave - understanding human decomposition (PDF 74k)
http://www.sgm.ac.uk/pubs/micro_today/pdf/110108.pdf
by Arpad A. Vass, Microbiology Today
Forensic Entomology
- On Maggots and Murders: Forensic Entomology
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/features/flies/flies.html
by Martin Hall, The Natural History Museum, London - Pastoral putrefaction down on the Body Farm
http://www.hbo.com:80/autopsy/forensic/the_body_farm.html
Autopsy, HBO Documentaries - Forensic Entomology
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/forensic.htm
Department of Agriculture Western Australia - Dating Death
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/gmis9816.html
ABC Great moments in Science - archived information - Forensic Entomology Pages, International
http://folk.uio.no/mostarke/forens_ent/forensic_entomology.html - Forensic Entomology - Insects in Legal Investigations
http://www.forensic-entomology.com/
by Dr. J. H. Byrd American Board of Forensic Entomology - Insects help solve heinous crimes
http://www.dpo.uab.edu/%7Ejwells/forensic.html
University of Alabama
Case Histories
- Case histories
http://folk.uio.no/mostarke/forens_ent/casehistories.shtml
Forensic Entomology Pages, International - Case histories of the use of insects in investigations
http://www.missouri.edu/~agwww/entomology/casestudies.html
by Wayne D. Lord, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC
References
- Anderson, G.S. 2000. Minimum and maximum development rates of some forensically important Calliphoridae (Diptera). Journal of Forensic Sciences. 45: 824-832.
- Bornemissza, G.F. 1957. An analysis of arthropod succession in carrion and the effect of its decomposition on the soil fauna. Australian Journal of Zoology. 5: 1-12.
- Fuller, M.E. 1934. The insect inhabitants of carrion: a study in animal ecology. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Bulletin No. 82. 63 pp.
- Kamal, A.S. 1958. Comparative study of thirteen species of sarcosaprophagous Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera) I. Bionomics. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 51: 261-270.
- Morovic-Budak, A. 1965. Experiences in the process of putrefaction in corpses buried in earth. Medicine, Science and the Law 5: 40-43.
- Rodriguez, WC. and Bass, WM. (1985). Decomposition of buried bodies and methods that may aid in their location. Journal of Forensic Sciences 30: 836-852.
- Spennemann, D.H.R and Franke, B. 1995. Decomposition of buried human bodies and associated death scene materials on coral atolls in the tropical Pacific. Journal of Forensic Science. 40: 356-367.
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