CV Lattes
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
BSc in Biology at the Mackenzie University (2004) and PhD in Ecology at the University of São Paulo (2010). In 2012, I was awarded with an honorary mention for the best PhD Thesis in Biodiversity (Prêmio CAPES de Tese). Following my Ph.D., I completed postdoctoral research at the University of São Paulo (FFLCRP and ESALQ). Currently, I am Professor at the Department of Entomology and Acarology, ESALQ-USP. My main research interests focus on biological, ecological and evolutionary aspects of social bees, providing guidelines for breeding and management, sustainable use and conservation of these pollinators. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Bees forage for nectar and pollen. Different flower species attract different bee species. Previous research has shown that this variation depends on foraging energetics. Some bee species can forage more profitably than others on a particular plant species. For example, bumble bees (Bombus spp.) visit lavender flowers three times as quickly as honey bees (Apis mellifera) and so can forage…
Insect societies are characterized by advanced co-operation, but at the same time the complexity of their colonies renders them susceptible to reproductive parasitism. In recent years, intraspecific worker parasitism, whereby workers penetrate and reproduce in other unrelated colonies, has been documented in various social insect groups. By contract, evidence for intraspecific queen paras…
Nests of eusocial bees may be invaded by social parasites that leave their own colonies when there are no direct reproductive options, they seek for reproductive opportunities in conspecific colonies. Thus, unrelated individuals are exploited and carry the costs of this strategy, because they provide food resources and rear for the offspring they are not related to them. The overall purpo…
Insect societies are well-known for their high degree of cooperation, but their colonies can also be exploited by intraspecific social parasites. When these "cheaters" do not have direct reproductive options in their natal nest, they seek for reproductive opportunities in other, unrelated colonies. Thus, their brood is reared by unrelated individuals, and the costs are carried by these re…
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