Female choice in social insects

Cryptic Female Choice in Arthropods: Patterns, Mechanisms and Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 461-477

  Baer, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17894-3_17     Document Type: Chapter

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