A preliminary investigation of insect succession patterns on decomposing carrion on Rottnest Island (WA) / Abrar Essarras ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Essarras, Abrar, Dadour, Ian R., O’Brien, R. Christopher, Magni, Paola A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2021
• Subjects: Diptera (Flies); Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/69673/1/69673.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/69673/; https://doi.org/10.24191/jchs.v6i1(Special).13165

Introduction: Pivotal component of medico-legal investigations is the determination of time since death, or (minimum) postmortem interval, (min)PMI. Forensic entomology can provide reliable estimates of (min)PMI using carrion insect species. Carrion insect arrival and departure occurs in predictable...