graduate at Agronomia from Escola Superior de Agricultura Luis de Queiroz (1976), master's at Entomologia from Escola Superior de Agricultura Luis de Queiroz (1980) and ph.d. at Entomologia from Escola Superior de Agricultura Luis de Queiroz (1985). Has experience in Agronomy, focusing on Agricultural Entomology, acting on the following subjects: formigas cortadeiras, atta capiguara, atta sexdens rubropilosa, controle and atta bisphaerica. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The aim of the present co-operative project is to understand the mechanisms underlying the excavation of waste chambers in the leaf-cutting ant species Atta laevigata, and so the emergence of a functional nest architecture for waste management. Previous research by Prof. Forti (UNESP, Botucatu) and co-workers has characterized the architecture of large nests of this species (Moreira et…
The aim of the present co-operative project is to understand the dynamics of nest growth in the leaf-cutting ant Atta laevigata, and so the emergence of a functional nests architecture. Functional architecture is defined as the spatial arrangement of the nest chambers, both for fungus gardens and refuse, and the establishment of the underground foraging tunnels. It is expected that the co…
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Ants of the genus Atta are social insects with great importance to humans and the environment, having an important role in the flow of energy and nutrients, and also standing out as agricultural pests. These insects, growers mandatory of the symbiotic fungus, which they feed, cut leaves and other parts of plants growing for hundreds of meters away from the nest, for the maintenance of the…
Ants, especially the leaves of cutting, play an extremely important role in ecological systems. These insects can be considered as real engineers ecosystem, for actively modify the environment. Their foraging activity on the soil surface is impressive causing "damage" considerable vegetation, being able to actively compete with cattle, in the case of cutting grass species. In this project…
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