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Reader, T., MacLeod, I., Elliott, P.T. et al. Inter-Order Interactions Between Flower-Visiting Insects: Foraging Bees Avoid Flowers Previously Visited by Hoverflies. J Insect Behav 18, 51–57 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-005-9346-8
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