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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"postmortem interval estimation"”.
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Calliphorid Hygrosensation Perception and the Effect of Humidity on Oviposition Behavior
… environmental conditions to estimate the postmortem interval. However, the accuracy of these estimates can be affected by the time between death and insect colonization, the pre-appearance interval. In cases where insect evidence is absent, it is often unclear whether colonization has yet …
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The effect of clothing and carrion biomass load on decomposition and scavenging in a forensically significant thicketed habitat in Cape Town, South Africa
Estimating the post-mortem interval is important to help identify the deceased in forensic death investigations and requires biogeographically specific knowledge of the rate of decay. Decomposition is influenced by numerous variables, including clothing, climate, and vertebrate scavenging guilds, …
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Soil Microbial Community Response to Human Decomposition in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
… in microbial succession offering potential for postmortem interval (PMI) estimation. This study examines the soil microbiome associated with human decomposition at the Forensic Research Outdoor Station (FROST) in Marquette, Michigan – a unique taphonomy research facility characterized by cold …