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Bibliography

Papers I reference, cite, and find particularly influential in my research on carrion ecology and forensic entomology can be found here.

Carrion Ecology & Decomposition

Obafunwa, John Oladapo; Roe, Amanda; Higley, Leon (2025). A review of the estimation of postmortem interval using forensic entomology. Medicine, Science and the Law, 65(1), 52-64.
DOI: 10.1177/00258024241275893
DeBruyn, Jennifer M.; Keenan, Sarah W.; Taylor, Lois S. (2025). From carrion to soil: microbial recycling of animal carcasses. Trends in Microbiology, 33(2), 194-207.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2024.09.003
decomposition necrobiome carrion soil biogeochemical cycling terrestrial ecosystems
Burcham, Zachary M.; Belk, Aeriel D.; McGivern, Bridget B.; Bouslimani, Amina; Ghadermazi, Parsa; Martino, Cameron; Shenhav, Liat; Zhang, Anru R.; Shi, Pixu; Emmons, Alexandra; Deel, Heather L.; Xu, Zhenjiang Zech; Nieciecki, Victoria; Zhu, Qiyun; Shaffer, Michael; Panitchpakdi, Morgan; Weldon, Kelly C.; Cantrell, Kalen; Ben-Hur, Asa; Reed, Sasha C.; Humphry, Greg C.; Ackermann, Gail; McDonald, Daniel; Chan, Siu Hung Joshua; Connor, Melissa; Boyd, Derek; Smith, Jake; Watson, Jenna M. S.; Vidoli, Giovanna; Steadman, Dawnie Wolfe; Carter, David O.; Guo, Jia; Dorrestein, Pieter C.; Metcalf, Jessica L.; Knight, Rob (2024). Multi-omics of human decomposition. Nature, 632(8025), 601-609.
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07777-5
decomposition necrobiome postmortem interval multi-omics human taphonomy
Carter, David O.; Tomberlin, Jeffery K.; Benbow, M. Eric; Metcalf, Jessica L. (2024). Carrion ecology and evolution. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 55(1).
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102320-091735
carrion ecology decomposition evolution ecosystem function necrophagous
Maestre, Fernando T.; Salinas, Nicolás; Mendez, Paulo J.; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel (2024). Biocrust-modulated decomposition processes in global drylands. Science, 383(6686), 958-964.
DOI: 10.1126/science.adl0773
decomposition drylands biocrusts global ecology carbon cycling
Garcia-Pichel, Ferran; Olin-Peper, Ezra; Naylor, David; Johnson, Sierra; Ryu, Myoung-Hai; Granato, Maribel; Bell, Tess (2024). Decomposition of biological soil crusts: insights from laboratory reciprocal transplant experiments. mSystems, 9(1), e01106-23.
DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01106-23
decomposition soil microbiology biological soil crusts transplant experiments ecosystem processes
González-Vainer, Patricia; Jiménez, José J.; Decaëns, Thibaud; Fonte, Steven J. (2024). Litter decomposition across a land-use gradient in the Llanos de Moxos region of Bolivia. Applied Soil Ecology, 193, 105161.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105161
decomposition land-use gradient litter Bolivia soil ecology
García-Palacios, Pablo; McKie, Brendan G.; Handa, I. Tanya; Frainer, André; Hättenschwiler, Stephan (2023). The temperature dependence of organic-matter decomposition—still a total mystery mostly. Biogeochemistry, 161(3), 329-348.
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-022-00960-2
decomposition temperature dependence organic matter biogeochemistry ecosystem functioning
Barton, Philip S.; Manning, Adrian D.; Gibb, Heloise; Lindenmayer, David B.; Cunningham, Saul A. (2023). Diverse effects of climate, land use, and insects on dung and carrion decomposition. Ecology, 104(3), e3939.
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3939
decomposition carrion dung climate land use
Szelecz, Irene; Lösch, Sandra; Seppey, Christophe V. W.; Lara, Enrique (2023). Soil testate amoebae assemblages from human cadaver decomposition sites. Forensic Science International, 351, 111824.
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111824
decomposition forensic science testate amoebae cadaver soil microbiology
Dash, Hirak R.; Das, Surajit (2023). Molecular advances to combat antibiotic resistance: a focus on important Gram-positive pathogen enterococci. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 39(3), 78.
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-022-03518-1
antibiotic resistance enterococci Gram-positive pathogens molecular advances microbiology
Keenan, Sarah W.; Emmons, Alexandra L.; Taylor, Lois S.; Phillips, George; Mason, Angela R.; Mundorff, Amy Z.; Davoren, Jennifer; DeBruyn, Jennifer M. (2018). Spatial impacts of a multi-individual grave on microbial and microfaunal communities and soil biogeochemistry. PLoS ONE, 13(12), e0208845.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208845
decomposition soil biogeochemistry microbial communities forensic anthropology grave ecology
Menezes, Adrielle Barbosa; Pinto, Orivan Maria; Pereira, Richardson Barbosa; Coura, Flávia Mello; Carvalho, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva; Figueiredo, Henrique César Pereira; Costa, Érica Azevedo (2022). Accuracy of postmortem interval estimation from vitreous potassium concentration: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Legal Medicine, 59, 102131.
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2022.102131
postmortem interval vitreous potassium forensic pathology meta-analysis biochemical markers
Szelecz, Irene; Mitchell, Edward A. D.; Génier, Caroline; Fournier, Brandy; Moretti, Marco (2022). The effect of cadaver mass on soil testate amoeba communities during decomposition. Forensic Science International, 337, 111358.
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111358
decomposition cadaver mass testate amoeba soil communities forensic science
Ueland, Maiken; Forbes, Shari L.; Stuart, Barbara H. (2021). The application of forensic proteomics for the study of human decomposition. Talanta, 234, 122651.
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122651
forensic proteomics decomposition human taphonomy analytical chemistry forensic science
Metcalf, Jessica L.; Xu, Zhenjiang Zech; Weiss, Sophie; Lax, Simon; Van Treuren, Will; Hyde, Embriette R.; Song, Se Jin; Amir, Amnon; Larsen, Peter; Sangwan, Naseer; Haarmann, Dorothea; Humphrey, Greg C.; Ackermann, Gail; Thompson, Luke R.; Lauber, Christian; Bibat, Ashley; Nicholas, Catherine; Gebert, Matthew J.; Petrosino, Joseph F.; Reed, Sasha C.; Gilbert, Jack A.; Lynne, Aaron M.; Bucheli, Sibyl R.; Carter, David O.; Knight, Rob (2016). Microbial community assembly and metabolic function during mammalian corpse decomposition. Science, 351(6269), 158-162.
DOI: 10.1126/science.aad2646
microbial community decomposition metabolic function mammalian corpse necrobiome
Javan, Gulnaz T.; Finley, Sheree J.; Abidin, Zara; Mulle, Jennifer G. (2016). The Thanatomicrobiome: A Missing Piece of the Microbial Puzzle of Death. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 225.
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00225
thanatomicrobiome microbial ecology death postmortem microbiology forensic microbiology
Swift, Benjamin; Lauder, Iain; Black, Sue; Norris, Jason (2010). An estimation of the post-mortem interval in human skeletal remains: A radial basis function approach using genetic algorithms. Forensic Science International, 195(1-3), 164.e1-164.e11.
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.017
postmortem interval skeletal remains radial basis function genetic algorithms forensic anthropology
Parmenter, Robert R.; MacMahon, James A. (2009). Carrion decomposition and nutrient cycling in a semiarid shrub–steppe ecosystem. Ecological Monographs, 79(4), 637-661.
DOI: 10.1890/08-0972.1
carrion decomposition nutrient cycling shrub-steppe ecosystem semiarid environments ecosystem ecology
Parkinson, Richard A.; Dias, Kelly-Rose; Horswell, John; Greenwood, Peter; Banning, Natasha; Tibbett, Mark; Vass, Arpad A. (2009). Microbial community analysis of human decomposition on soil. Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics, 379-394.
microbial community analysis decomposition soil forensics human remains environmental forensics
Carter, David O.; Yellowlees, David; Tibbett, Mark (2007). Cadaver decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems. Die Naturwissenschaften, 94(1), 12-24.
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0159-1
cadaver decomposition terrestrial ecosystems taphonomy forensic ecology ecosystem impact
Vass, Arpad A.; Bass, William M.; Wolt, Jeffrey D.; Fann, James E.; Ammons, Joseph T. (1992). Time since death determinations of human cadavers using soil solution. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 37(5), 1236-1253.
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13311J
postmortem interval soil solution human cadavers chemical analysis forensic science
Van Belle, Laramie E.; Carter, David O.; Forbes, Shari L. (2009). Measurement of ninhydrin reactive nitrogen influx into gravesoil during aboveground and belowground carcass (Sus domesticus) decomposition. Forensic Science International, 193(1-3), 37-41.
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.08.015
ninhydrin reactive nitrogen gravesoil decomposition Sus domesticus nitrogen cycling
Tomberlin, Jeffery K.; Benbow, M. Eric; Tarone, Aaron M.; Mohr, Rabi M. (2011). Basic research in evolution and ecology enhances forensics. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 26(2), 53-55.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.12.001
evolution ecology forensics basic research forensic entomology
Tomberlin, Jeffery K.; Crippen, Tawni L.; Tarone, Aaron M.; Chaudhury, M. Furqan; Singh, Baneshwar; Cammack, Jonathan A.; Meisel, Richard P. (2017). A review of bacterial interactions with blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 110(1), 19-29.
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/saw086
bacterial interactions blow flies Calliphoridae forensic importance microbial ecology
Simmons, Trent; Adlam, Ruth E.; Moffatt, Colin (2010). Debugging decomposition data—comparative taphonomic studies and the influence of insects and carcass size on decomposition rate. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 55(1), 8-13.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01206.x
decomposition data taphonomic studies insects carcass size decomposition rate
Sharanowski, Barbara J.; Walker, E. G.; Anderson, G. S. (2008). Insect succession and decomposition patterns on shaded and sunlit carrion in Saskatchewan in three different seasons. Forensic Science International, 179(2-3), 219-240.
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.05.019
insect succession decomposition patterns carrion Saskatchewan seasonal variation
Reed, H. B. (1958). A study of dog carcass communities in Tennessee, with special reference to the insects. The American Midland Naturalist, 59(1), 213-245.
DOI: 10.2307/2422385
carcass communities Tennessee insects carrion ecology decomposition
Megyesi, Mary S.; Nawrocki, Stephen P.; Haskell, Neal H. (2005). Using accumulated degree-days to estimate the postmortem interval from decomposed human remains. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 50(3), 1-9.
DOI: 10.1520/JFS2004017
accumulated degree-days postmortem interval decomposed human remains forensic anthropology temperature models
Marchenko, M. I. (2001). Medicolegal relevance of cadaver entomofauna for the determination of the time of death. Forensic Science International, 120(1-2), 89-109.
DOI: 10.1016/s0379-0738(01)00416-9
cadaver entomofauna time of death medicolegal forensic entomology postmortem interval
Keh, Benjamin (1985). Scope and applications of forensic entomology. Annual Review of Entomology, 30(1), 137-154.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.en.30.010185.001033
forensic entomology scope applications entomology forensic science
Ives, Anthony R. (1991). Aggregation and coexistence in a carrion fly community. Ecological Monographs, 61(1), 75-94.
DOI: 10.2307/1943000
aggregation coexistence carrion fly community ecological interactions diptera
Hoffman, Eric M.; Curran, Sarah S.; Dulgerian, Noune; Stockham, Richard A.; Eckenrode, Brian A. (2009). Characterization of the bacterial communities associated with human decomposition. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 54(2), 287-293.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00965.x
bacterial communities human decomposition forensic microbiology community characterization postmortem microbiology
Hewadikaram, Kushanthi A.; Goff, M. Lee (1991). Effect of carcass size on rate of decomposition and arthropod succession patterns. The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 12(3), 235-240.
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199109000-00019
carcass size decomposition rate arthropod succession forensic pathology taphonomy
Haskell, Neal H.; Hall, Robert D.; Cervenka, Valerie J.; Clark, M. A. (1997). On the body: insects' life stage presence and their postmortem artifacts. Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains, 415-448.
insects life stage presence postmortem artifacts forensic taphonomy human remains
Goff, M. Lee; Flynn, William J. (1991). Determination of postmortem interval by arthropod succession patterns. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 36(6), 1758-1764.
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13189J
postmortem interval arthropod succession succession patterns forensic entomology forensic science
Goff, M. Lee (1993). Estimation of postmortem interval using arthropod development and successional patterns. Forensic Science Review, 5(2), 81-94.
postmortem interval arthropod development successional patterns forensic entomology estimation methods
Early, M.; Goff, M. L. (1986). Arthropod succession patterns in exposed carrion on the island of O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA. Journal of Medical Entomology, 23(5), 520-531.
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/23.5.520
arthropod succession carrion O'ahu Hawaiian Islands succession patterns
Dear, J. Peter (1985). A beaded lacewing larva from Dominican amber, with comments on the biology of the family (Neuroptera: Berothidae). Journal of Natural History, 19(3), 513-521.
DOI: 10.1080/00222938500770321
lacewing larva Dominican amber Berothidae Neuroptera biology
Cornaby, B. W. (1974). Carrion reduction by animals in contrasting tropical habitats. Biotropica, 6(1), 51-63.
DOI: 10.2307/2989677
carrion reduction tropical habitats animals scavenging decomposition
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), 1-12.
DOI: 10.1071/ZO9570001
arthropod succession carrion decomposition soil fauna ecological succession
Arnaldos, M. I.; Romera, E.; Presa, J. J.; Luna, A.; García, M. D. (2004). Studies on seasonal arthropod succession on carrion in the southeastern Iberian Peninsula. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 118(4), 197-205.
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-004-0446-3
seasonal arthropod succession carrion Iberian Peninsula forensic entomology succession studies
Anderson, Gail S.; VanLaerhoven, Sherah L. (1996). Initial studies on insect succession on carrion in Southwestern British Columbia. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 41(4), 617-625.
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13964J
insect succession carrion British Columbia forensic entomology succession patterns
Amendt, Jens; Krettek, Richard; Zehner, Richard (2004). Forensic entomology. Die Naturwissenschaften, 91(2), 51-65.
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0493-5
forensic entomology forensic science entomology medicolegal insect evidence
Benbow, M. Eric; Barton, Philip S.; Ulyshen, Michael D.; Beasley, James C.; DeVault, Travis L.; Strickland, Michael S.; Tomberlin, Jeffery K.; Jordan, Hannah R.; Pechal, Jennifer L. (2019). Necrobiome framework for bridging decomposition ecology of autotrophically and heterotrophically derived organic matter. Ecological Monographs, 89(1), e01331.
DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1331
necrobiome decomposition ecology autotrophic heterotrophic organic matter
Barton, Philip S.; Cunningham, Saul A.; Lindenmayer, David B.; Manning, Adrian D. (2013). The role of carrion in maintaining biodiversity and ecological processes in terrestrial ecosystems. Oecologia, 171(4), 761-772.
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2460-3
carrion biodiversity ecological processes terrestrial ecosystems ecosystem function
Metcalf, Jessica L. (2019). Estimating the postmortem interval using microbiome data. Estimating the Time Since Death: The Postmortem Interval, 71-82.
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-815731-2.00005-0
postmortem interval microbiome data time since death forensic microbiology estimation methods
Pechal, Jennifer L.; Benbow, M. Eric (2016). Microbial ecology of the salmon necrobiome: evidence salmon carrion decomposition influences aquatic and terrestrial insect microbiomes. Environmental Microbiology, 18(5), 1511-1522.
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13187
microbial ecology salmon necrobiome carrion decomposition insect microbiomes aquatic-terrestrial
Pechal, Jennifer L.; Crippen, Tawni L.; Benbow, M. Eric; Tarone, Aaron M.; Dowd, Scot; Tomberlin, Jeffery K. (2014). The potential use of bacterial community succession in forensics as described by high throughput metagenomic sequencing. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 128(1), 193-205.
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-013-0872-1
bacterial community succession forensics metagenomic sequencing high throughput forensic microbiology
Pechal, Jennifer L.; Benbow, M. Eric (2016). Microbial ecology of the salmon necrobiome: evidence salmon carrion decomposition influences aquatic and terrestrial insect microbiomes. Environmental Microbiology, 18(5), 1511-1522.
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13187
microbial ecology salmon necrobiome carrion decomposition insect microbiomes aquatic environments
Perrault, Kathleen A.; Stuart, Barbara H.; Ricci, Peter; Robertson, James (2014). Volatile organic compounds from human decomposition: new directions for detection. Forensic Science International, 244, 231-241.
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.09.010
volatile organic compounds human decomposition detection methods forensic chemistry analytical techniques
Statheropoulos, M.; Spiliopoulou, C.; Agapiou, A. (2005). A study of volatile organic compounds evolved from the decaying human body. Forensic Science International, 153(2-3), 147-155.
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.08.015
volatile organic compounds decaying human body decomposition chemistry forensic analysis chemical signatures
Vass, Arpad A. (2001). Beyond the grave—understanding human decomposition. Microbiology Today, 28(4), 190-192.
human decomposition taphonomy forensic science microbiology postmortem processes
Forbes, Shari L. (2008). Decomposition chemistry in a burial environment. Soil Analysis in Forensic Taphonomy, 203-223.
decomposition chemistry burial environment soil analysis forensic taphonomy chemical processes
Dent, Brett B.; Forbes, Shari L.; Stuart, Barbara H. (2004). Review of human decomposition processes in soil. Environmental Geology, 45(4), 576-585.
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-003-0913-z
human decomposition soil processes environmental geology taphonomy burial environment
Tumer, Ali Riza; Karacaoglu, Erdem; Namli, Ahmet; Keten, Arzu; Farasat, Shahrzad; Akcan, Recep; Sert, Ozgur; Odabaşı, A. Bulent (2013). Effects of different types of soil on decomposition: An experimental study. Legal Medicine, 15(3), 149-156.
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2012.11.003
soil types decomposition experimental study forensic science taphonomy
Mann, Robert W.; Bass, William M.; Meadows, Lee (1990). Time since death and decomposition of the human body: variables and observations in case and experimental field studies. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 35(1), 103-111.
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12806J
time since death decomposition human body field studies forensic anthropology
Rodriguez, William C.; Bass, William M. (1985). Decomposition of buried bodies and methods that may aid in their location. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 30(3), 836-852.
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11004J
decomposition buried bodies location methods forensic archaeology search and recovery
Galloway, Alison; Birkby, Walter H.; Jones, Alicja M.; Henry, Thomas E.; Parks, Bruce O. (1989). Decay rates of human remains in an arid environment. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 34(3), 607-616.
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12680J
decay rates human remains arid environment forensic anthropology taphonomy
Bass, William M. (1997). Outdoor decomposition rates in Tennessee. Forensic Taphonomy, 181-186.
decomposition rates Tennessee outdoor forensic taphonomy regional studies

Forensic Entomology

Obafunwa, John Oladapo; Roe, Amanda; Higley, Leon (2025). A review of the estimation of postmortem interval using forensic entomology. Medicine, Science and the Law, 65(1), 52-64.
DOI: 10.1177/00258024241275893
Barton, Philip S.; Manning, Adrian D.; Gibb, Heloise; Lindenmayer, David B.; Cunningham, Saul A. (2023). Diverse effects of climate, land use, and insects on dung and carrion decomposition. Ecology, 104(3), e3939.
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3939
decomposition carrion dung climate land use
Benbow, M. Eric; Barton, Philip S.; Ulyshen, Michael D.; Beasley, James C.; DeVault, Travis L.; Strickland, Michael S.; Tomberlin, Jeffery K.; Jordan, Hannah R.; Pechal, Jennifer L. (2019). Necrobiome framework for bridging decomposition ecology of autotrophically and heterotrophically derived organic matter. Ecological Monographs, 89(1), e01331.
DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1331
necrobiome decomposition ecology autotrophic heterotrophic organic matter
Tomberlin, Jeffery K.; Crippen, Tawni L.; Tarone, Aaron M.; Chaudhury, M. Furqan; Singh, Baneshwar; Cammack, Jonathan A.; Meisel, Richard P. (2017). A review of bacterial interactions with blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 110(1), 19-29.
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/saw086
bacterial interactions blow flies Calliphoridae forensic importance microbial ecology
Pechal, Jennifer L.; Crippen, Tawni L.; Benbow, M. Eric; Tarone, Aaron M.; Dowd, Scot; Tomberlin, Jeffery K. (2014). The potential use of bacterial community succession in forensics as described by high throughput metagenomic sequencing. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 128(1), 193-205.
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-013-0872-1
bacterial community succession forensics metagenomic sequencing high throughput forensic microbiology
Metcalf, Jessica L.; Xu, Zhenjiang Zech; Weiss, Sophie; Lax, Simon; Van Treuren, Will; Hyde, Embriette R.; Song, Se Jin; Amir, Amnon; Larsen, Peter; Sangwan, Naseer; Haarmann, Dorothea; Humphrey, Greg C.; Ackermann, Gail; Thompson, Luke R.; Lauber, Christian; Bibat, Ashley; Nicholas, Catherine; Gebert, Matthew J.; Petrosino, Joseph F.; Reed, Sasha C.; Gilbert, Jack A.; Lynne, Aaron M.; Bucheli, Sibyl R.; Carter, David O.; Knight, Rob (2016). Microbial community assembly and metabolic function during mammalian corpse decomposition. Science, 351(6269), 158-162.
DOI: 10.1126/science.aad2646
microbial community decomposition metabolic function mammalian corpse necrobiome
Tomberlin, Jeffery K.; Benbow, M. Eric; Tarone, Aaron M.; Mohr, Rabi M. (2011). Basic research in evolution and ecology enhances forensics. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 26(2), 53-55.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.12.001
evolution ecology forensics basic research forensic entomology
Simmons, Trent; Adlam, Ruth E.; Moffatt, Colin (2010). Debugging decomposition data—comparative taphonomic studies and the influence of insects and carcass size on decomposition rate. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 55(1), 8-13.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01206.x
decomposition data taphonomic studies insects carcass size decomposition rate
Sharanowski, Barbara J.; Walker, E. G.; Anderson, G. S. (2008). Insect succession and decomposition patterns on shaded and sunlit carrion in Saskatchewan in three different seasons. Forensic Science International, 179(2-3), 219-240.
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.05.019
insect succession decomposition patterns carrion Saskatchewan seasonal variation
Amendt, Jens; Krettek, Richard; Zehner, Richard (2004). Forensic entomology. Die Naturwissenschaften, 91(2), 51-65.
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0493-5
forensic entomology forensic science entomology medicolegal insect evidence
Arnaldos, M. I.; Romera, E.; Presa, J. J.; Luna, A.; García, M. D. (2004). Studies on seasonal arthropod succession on carrion in the southeastern Iberian Peninsula. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 118(4), 197-205.
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-004-0446-3
seasonal arthropod succession carrion Iberian Peninsula forensic entomology succession studies
Marchenko, M. I. (2001). Medicolegal relevance of cadaver entomofauna for the determination of the time of death. Forensic Science International, 120(1-2), 89-109.
DOI: 10.1016/s0379-0738(01)00416-9
cadaver entomofauna time of death medicolegal forensic entomology postmortem interval
Haskell, Neal H.; Hall, Robert D.; Cervenka, Valerie J.; Clark, M. A. (1997). On the body: insects' life stage presence and their postmortem artifacts. Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains, 415-448.
insects life stage presence postmortem artifacts forensic taphonomy human remains
Anderson, Gail S.; VanLaerhoven, Sherah L. (1996). Initial studies on insect succession on carrion in Southwestern British Columbia. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 41(4), 617-625.
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13964J
insect succession carrion British Columbia forensic entomology succession patterns
Goff, M. Lee (1993). Estimation of postmortem interval using arthropod development and successional patterns. Forensic Science Review, 5(2), 81-94.
postmortem interval arthropod development successional patterns forensic entomology estimation methods
Goff, M. Lee; Flynn, William J. (1991). Determination of postmortem interval by arthropod succession patterns. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 36(6), 1758-1764.
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13189J
postmortem interval arthropod succession succession patterns forensic entomology forensic science
Hewadikaram, Kushanthi A.; Goff, M. Lee (1991). Effect of carcass size on rate of decomposition and arthropod succession patterns. The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 12(3), 235-240.
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199109000-00019
carcass size decomposition rate arthropod succession forensic pathology taphonomy
Ives, Anthony R. (1991). Aggregation and coexistence in a carrion fly community. Ecological Monographs, 61(1), 75-94.
DOI: 10.2307/1943000
aggregation coexistence carrion fly community ecological interactions diptera
Early, M.; Goff, M. L. (1986). Arthropod succession patterns in exposed carrion on the island of O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA. Journal of Medical Entomology, 23(5), 520-531.
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/23.5.520
arthropod succession carrion O'ahu Hawaiian Islands succession patterns
Keh, Benjamin (1985). Scope and applications of forensic entomology. Annual Review of Entomology, 30(1), 137-154.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.en.30.010185.001033
forensic entomology scope applications entomology forensic science
Dear, J. Peter (1985). A beaded lacewing larva from Dominican amber, with comments on the biology of the family (Neuroptera: Berothidae). Journal of Natural History, 19(3), 513-521.
DOI: 10.1080/00222938500770321
lacewing larva Dominican amber Berothidae Neuroptera biology
Reed, H. B. (1958). A study of dog carcass communities in Tennessee, with special reference to the insects. The American Midland Naturalist, 59(1), 213-245.
DOI: 10.2307/2422385
carcass communities Tennessee insects carrion ecology decomposition
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), 1-12.
DOI: 10.1071/ZO9570001
arthropod succession carrion decomposition soil fauna ecological succession
Yang, L. H.; Edwards, K. F.; Byrnes, J. E.; Bastow, J. L.; Wright, A. N.; Spence, K. O. (2010). A meta‐analysis of resource pulse–consumer interactions. Ecological Monographs, 80(1), 125-151.
DOI: 10.1890/08-1996.1
meta-analysis resource pulse consumer interactions ecological theory population dynamics
Uherek, Frederik; Lampert, Karl P. (2019). Rapid identification of forensically important flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) by MALDI-TOF MS. Forensic Science International, 305, 109935.
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.109935
identification flesh flies Sarcophagidae MALDI-TOF MS forensic identification
Tschinkel, W. R. (2006). The fire ants. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
fire ants ant biology social insects invasive species ecology
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