Intracolony vibroacoustic communication in social insects

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James H. Hunt1, Freddie-Jeanne Richard2
1Departments of Biological Sciences and Entomology, W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
2Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions, UMR CNRS 7267, Team Ecologie Evolution Symbiose, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022, Poitiers Cedex, France

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