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Klobučar, Tina; Fisher, David N. (2023-01-19). "When Do We Start Caring About Insect Welfare?". Neotropical Entomology. 52 (1): 5–10. Bibcode:2023NeEnt..52....5K. doi:10.1007/s13744-022-01023-z. ISSN 1678-8052. PMC 9886582. PMID 36656488.
Barrett, Meghan; Fischer, Bob (January 2023). "Challenges in farmed insect welfare: Beyond the question of sentience". Animal Welfare. 32: e4. doi:10.1017/awf.2022.5. ISSN 0962-7286. PMC 10936363. PMID 38487436.
Drinkwater, Eleanor; Robinson, Elva J. H.; Hart, Adam G. (2019). "Keeping invertebrate research ethical in a landscape of shifting public opinion". Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10 (8): 1265–1273. Bibcode:2019MEcEv..10.1265D. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13208. ISSN 2041-210X.
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Olzer, Rachel; Deak, Nicola; Tan, Xinci; Heinen-Kay, Justa L.; Zuk, Marlene (March 2019). "Aggression and Mating Behavior in Wild and Captive Populations of the House Cricket, Acheta domesticus". Journal of Insect Behavior. 32 (2): 89–98. Bibcode:2019JIBeh..32...89O. doi:10.1007/s10905-019-09715-y. ISSN 0892-7553.
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