Blow Flies Visiting Decaying Alligators: Is Succession Synchronous or Asynchronous?

Table 4

Dichotomous correlations of blow fly adults over a 10-day period among three sites, each with a single alligator carcass.

Species	Correlation coefficients
	Site A versus site B	Site A versus site C	Site B versus site C
Chrysomya rufifacies	.50	.272	.534
Cochliomyia macellaria	1^*	.356	.356
Chrysomya megacephala	.216	.802^*	0
Phormia regina	.6	.816^*	.408
Lucilia coeruleiviridis	.816^*	1^*	.816^*

^*significant at P < .05.