Behavioral and Immunological Features Promoting the Invasive Performance of the Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
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1 Laboratory of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Gembloux, Belgium, Department of Entomology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany, 3 Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Department Bioresources, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Giessen, Germany
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