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spellingShingle Seebacher, Frank, Wilson, Robbie S, Biology Letters, Individual recognition in crayfish (Cherax dispar): the roles of strength and experience in deciding aggressive encounters, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
title Individual recognition in crayfish (Cherax dispar): the roles of strength and experience in deciding aggressive encounters
title_full Individual recognition in crayfish (Cherax dispar): the roles of strength and experience in deciding aggressive encounters
title_fullStr Individual recognition in crayfish (Cherax dispar): the roles of strength and experience in deciding aggressive encounters
title_full_unstemmed Individual recognition in crayfish (Cherax dispar): the roles of strength and experience in deciding aggressive encounters
title_short Individual recognition in crayfish (Cherax dispar): the roles of strength and experience in deciding aggressive encounters
title_sort individual recognition in crayfish (<i>cherax dispar</i>): the roles of strength and experience in deciding aggressive encounters
title_unstemmed Individual recognition in crayfish (Cherax dispar): the roles of strength and experience in deciding aggressive encounters
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