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| Author(s): |
Noll, Fernando B.
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Barbosa, Marina F. de C.
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Santos, Eduardo F.
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Castilho, Raphael de C.
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Lamas, Carlos J. E.
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Freitas, Andre V. L.
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de Moraes, Gilberto J.
Total Authors: 7
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Biota Neotropica; v. 22, p. 12-pg., 2022-01-01. |
| Abstract | |
The variability of the organisms living in a given area constitute what is referred to as biodiversity, one of nature???s fundamental properties, responsible for the balance and stability of ecosystems. The loss of biodiversity has been of great concern to scientists, especially because of the role played by human activities in this regard, able to lead to irreversible circumstances. The S??o Paulo Research Foundation (Funda????o de Amparo ?? Pesquisa do Estado de S??o Paulo, FAPESP) plays a major role in supporting research efforts in the most diverse branches of science. In the late 1990??s, FAPESP launched a major program to promote research on biodiversity, named BIOTA/ FAPESP. So far, this program has financed the conduction of 26 projects, involving research activities in most of Brazil, while focusing mainly the State of S??o Paulo. These projects have generated about 1140 publications in peer-reviewed journals of high standard, providing relevant information, including the original description of 1187 species and 76 genera, the complementary description of 350 species, as well as a number of inventory works, biological studies, etc. The program has also been instrumental in the establishment or adequacy of research facilities and training of new taxonomists. Most extensively studied groups of terrestrial invertebrates include Insecta of the orders Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera and Diptera, and Arachnida of the subclasses Araneae and Acari. Distinct projects have also contributed to the detection of organisms potentially useful as biological control agents and in the determination of maps of major interest for the establishment of public policies. In the future, priority groups for study should include the Annelida and the Nematoda, for the potential both have as beneficial organisms, or for the potential some Nematoda have as organisms harmful to plants and animals. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 20/06632-2 - Fauna of the Neotropical Thynninae: distribution and new morphological and molecular data for the taxonomy of the group |
| Grantee: | Eduardo Fernando dos Santos |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/09215-6 - Countering the taxonomic impediment of aculeate wasps: micro- and macroregional visions of the neotropical fauna |
| Grantee: | Fernando Barbosa Noll |
| Support Opportunities: | BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/12004-1 - Edaphic mites: diversity, relationship with the microbiota and ecology in natural and cultivated areas in Brazil, with the preparation of databases and keys to identify selected groups |
| Grantee: | Raphael de Campos Castilho |
| Support Opportunities: | BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 20/07895-7 - Multi-user Equipment approved in grant 2019/09215-6: name of the equipment: stereomicroscope Leica model M205C |
| Grantee: | Fernando Barbosa Noll |
| Support Opportunities: | Multi-user Equipment Program |
| FAPESP's process: | 21/03868-8 - Evolutionary mechanisms that shape diversity and distribution in a tropical biodiversity hotspot |
| Grantee: | André Victor Lucci Freitas |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |