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Author(s) affiliated with: Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University.
"March, 1996".
Executive summary in English and in French.
Summary
"Research was conducted in Northern and Interior British Columbia in order to develop a British Columbian database of insect succession on carrion. This database will be used to determine the postmortem interval in homicide investigations. Decompositional experiments were conducted in both geographic locations during the spring and summer of 1995. Results of research not only proved that insects colonize in a predictable fashion thus be used to determine time of death, but also illustrated distinct variations in insect succession pending on geographic, season and habitat variables. Despite these variables it was found that insect succession was predictable within each of these parameters. This work has been used in the investigation of two human death investigations and one poaching investigation to date. It will continue to be used in all subsequent investigations in both these areas and areas of similar climatic conditions."