Heterospecific detection of host alarm cues by an inquiline termite species (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae)

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عنوان ژورنال: Animal Behaviour

سال: 2016

ISSN: 0003-3472

DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.07.025