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Social facilitation of insect reproduction with motor-driven tactile stimuli.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0013-8754
DOI: 10.1093/besa/10.3.202a