Email this article An Insect Complex of Large Animal Carcasses and the Peculiarities of Their Decomposition in Northern European Russia
- Authors: Lyabzina S.N.1, Lavrukova O.S.1, Prikhodko A.N.2, Azovsky A.I.3, Popov V.L.4
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Affiliations:
- Petrozavodsk State University
- Forensic Medical Expertise Bureau of the Republic of Karelia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University
- Issue: Vol 99, No 4 (2019)
- Pages: 473-484
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0013-8738/article/view/156182
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873819040067
- ID: 156182
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Abstract
An insect complex decomposing large animal carcasses was studied in two habitat types in northern European Russia (the Republic of Karelia), with the domestic pig Sus scrofa domesticus L. used as a model. Altogether, 100 species of insects belonging to 25 families and 6 orders were revealed on or in the carcasses. The two biotopes differed in the species composition and relative abundance of necrobionts. The structure and succession of the insect complex in the process of carcass decomposition are analyzed.
About the authors
S. N. Lyabzina
Petrozavodsk State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: slyabzina@petrsu.ru
Russian Federation, Petrozavodsk, 185910
O. S. Lavrukova
Petrozavodsk State University
Email: andrey_prihodko@list.ru
Russian Federation, Petrozavodsk, 185910
A. N. Prikhodko
Forensic Medical Expertise Bureau of the Republic of Karelia
Author for correspondence.
Email: andrey_prihodko@list.ru
Russian Federation, Petrozavodsk, 185035
A. I. Azovsky
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: andrey_prihodko@list.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991
V. L. Popov
Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University
Email: andrey_prihodko@list.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197022
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