| spatial and temporal variability of necrophagous diptera from urban to rural areas. | the spatio-temporal variability of necrophagous fly assemblages in a linear series of habitats from central london to the rural surroundings in the south-west was studied using bottle traps between june 2001 and september 2002. a total of 3,314 individuals in 20 dipteran families were identified from 127 sampling occasions. calliphoridae accounted for 78.6% of all the dipteran specimens, with calliphora vicina robineau-desvoidy, being the most abundant species (2,603 individuals, 46.9%). using c ... | 2005 | 16336303 |
| seasonal and spatial changes in blowfly production from small and large carcasses at durham in lowland northeast england. | colonization by blowflies (diptera: calliphoridae) of mouse carcasses exposed in open agricultural land near durham (54 45'n) changed from early spring monopolization by calliphora vicina r.-d. to a summer pattern of multiple species exploitation by this species together with lucilia caesar l., l. illustris mg., l. silvarum mg., l. sericata mg. and l. richardsi collin. in a garden at the edge of durham, mouse carcasses were dominated by c. vicina from spring to autumn. difference in mouse coloni ... | 1999 | 10514049 |