Trophallaxis: A mechanism of information transfer

Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 183-198

  Farina, Walter M ^a   Grüter, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420075618     Document Type: Chapter

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