Collective thermoregulation in bee clusters
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Collective thermoregulation in bee clusters.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of The Royal Society Interface
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1742-5689,1742-5662
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1033