Reproductive strategies in Melipona, with emphasis in small populations of Melipona scutellaris (Apidae, Meliponini)

• Grant number: 05/58093-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: April 01, 2006
• End date: March 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Animal Behavior
• Principal Investigator: Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca
• Grantee: Denise de Araujo Alves
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ALVES, DENISE ARAUJO; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, VERA LUCIA; FRANCOY, TIAGO MAURICIO; SANTOS-FILHO, PERSIO SOUZA; BILLEN, JOHAN; WENSELEERS, TOM. Successful maintenance of a stingless bee population despite a severe genetic bottleneck. CONSERVATION GENETICS, v. 12, n. 3, p. 647-658, JUN 2011. (04/15801-0, 05/58093-8)

JONES, SAM M.; VAN ZWEDEN, JELLE S.; GRUETER, CHRISTOPH; MENEZES, CRISTIANO; ALVES, DENISE A.; NUNES-SILVA, PATRICIA; CZACZKES, TOMER; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, VERA L.; RATNIEKS, FRANCIS L. W.. The role of wax and resin in the nestmate recognition system of a stingless bee, Tetragonisca angustula. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY, v. 66, n. 1, p. 1-12, JAN 2012. (10/19717-4, 07/50218-1, 05/58093-8, 04/15801-0, 08/57782-2)

WENSELEERS, TOM; ALVES, DENISE A.; FRANCOY, TIAGO M.; BILLEN, JOHAN; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, VERA L.. Intraspecific queen parasitism in a highly eusocial bee. BIOLOGY LETTERS, v. 7, n. 2, p. 173-176, APR 23 2011. (04/15801-0, 05/58093-8)

NUNES-SILVA, PATRICIA; ALVES, DENISE ARAUJO; HILARIO, SERGIO DIAS; SANTOS-FILHO, PERSIO DE SOUZA; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, VERA LUCIA. A scientific note on the founding and the early growth of new nests of the stingless bee Plebeia remota. Apidologie, v. 45, n. 6, p. 748-751, NOV 2014. (04/15801-0, 05/58093-8)

ALVES, D. A.; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, V. L.; FRANCOY, T. M.; SANTOS-FILHO, P. S.; NOGUEIRA-NETO, P.; BILLEN, J.; WENSELEERS, T.. The queen is dead-long live the workers: intraspecific parasitism by workers in the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris. Molecular Ecology, v. 18, n. 19, p. 4102-4111, OCT 2009. (04/15801-0, 05/58093-8)

KAERCHER, MARTIN H.; MENEZES, CRISTIANO; ALVES, DENISE A.; BEVERIDGE, OLIVER S.; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, VERA-LUCIA; RATNIEKS, FRANCIS L. W.. Factors influencing survival duration and choice of virgin queens in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata. NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN, v. 100, n. 6, p. 571-580, JUN 2013. (10/19717-4, 07/50218-1, 06/59115-8, 05/58093-8, 04/15801-0)

ALVES, D. A.; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, V. L.; SANTOS-FILHO, P. S.. Production of workers, queens and males in Plebeia remota colonies (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini), a stingless bee with reproductive diapause. Genetics and Molecular Research, v. 8, n. 2, p. 672-683, 2009. (04/15801-0, 05/58093-8)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ALVES, Denise de Araujo. Reproductive strategies in Melipona, with emphasis in small populations of Melipona scutellaris (Apidae, Meliponini). 2010. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.