Waste of leaf-cutting ants: microbiota, impact in the colony, disposition and management behavior

• Grant number: 08/00522-9
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): July 01, 2008
• Effective date (End): March 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Applied Zoology
• Principal Investigator: Odair Correa Bueno
• Grantee: Sandra Verza da Silva
• Home Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 06/58043-3 - Leaf cutting ants control, integrated studies, AP.TEM

Scientific publications

(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)

PERES, LUCAS L. S.; SOBREIRO, ANA I.; COUTO, IRYS F. S.; SILVA, ROSICLEIA M.; PEREIRA, FABRICIO F.; HEREDIA-VIEIRA, SILVIA C.; CARDOSO, CLAUDIA A. L.; MAUAD, MUNIR; SCALON, SILVANA P. Q.; VERZA, SANDRA S.; MUSSURY, ROSILDA M. Chemical Compounds and Bioactivity of Aqueous Extracts of Alibertia spp. in the Control of Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). INSECTS, v. 8, n. 4 DEC 2017. Web of Science Citations: 2.

VERZA, SANDRA S.; DINIZ, EDUARDO A.; CHIARELLI, MARA F.; MUSSURY, ROSILDA M.; BUENO, ODAIR C. Waste of leaf-cutting ants: disposal, nest structure, and abiotic soil factors around internal waste chambers. ACTA ETHOLOGICA, v. 20, n. 2, p. 119-126, JUN 2017. Web of Science Citations: 3.