Durability of cling film plastic wrap usage on dead body towards human decomposition changes

Application of forward‐looking infrared (FLIR) imaging from an unmanned aerial platform in the search for decomposing remains

“…They may also act as a physical barrier to insect colonization [11], thus prolonging decomposition and limiting maggot mass-associated thermal emissions (but see [12]). Alternatively, some wrappings, especially plastic tarps, may act to increase the decomposition rate by trapping heat and humidity -a "greenhouse effect" that may increase thermal detectability [13,14]. Thus, understanding the influence of such wrappings on detection of thermal signatures requires greater investigation to inform operational search procedures [8].…”