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Taking care of group size and heterogeneity in social recognition systems

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  1. Group of Arthropod Ecology and Behavior, Division of Plant Protection, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Peter Jordanstrasse 82, 1190, Vienna, Austria

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Schausberger, P. Taking care of group size and heterogeneity in social recognition systems. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 68, 1561–1562 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-014-1763-2

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