The Tribe Euglossini consists of relatively large bees, with metallic skin and bright color. Their extremely long tong enables them to use nectar resources that are inaccessible to other bees. Equipped with high capacity ...

Orchid bees (Apidae, Euglossini) are important Neotropical pollinators. Two main features characterize these species: the tongue, which reaches at least half the body length, enabling the search for food resources in ...

Genetic studies of natural populations have long been helping the scientific community and society in general to understand the evolution and conservation of both environments and communities. These studies have helped to ...

The analysis of demographic and genetic data is recommended for the success of conservation programs. The integration of this information to generate guidelines for establishing self-sustaining populations and retain the ...

The main goal of any captive breeding program consists is maximizing the conservation of genetic diversity. Groups kept in captivity are particularly susceptible to the loss of genetic diversity, inbreeding depression ...

The destruction of ecosystems and their fragmentation are major environmental problems, being biodiversity conservation one of biggest challenges today .These processes result in the reduction and isolation of populations, ...

The Atlantic forest is reduced to less than 8% of its original extent, but still has one of the greatest diversity and endemism rates observed in the Neotropical forests. Therefore, this biome can be internationally ...

The Crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) and the Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) are a fundamental part from the habitats where they occur, due to the ecosystemic functions they play, as seed dispersers and controlling the ...

Brazil possesses the largest commercial bovine herd in the world and cattle represents about 43% of agricultural PIB of Brazil. Crossing Bos taurus and Bos indicus species allows the combination of traits of production ...

The Salminus genus is characterized by predatory fish medium to large, migratory and ichthyophagi, very appreciated in fisheries and gastronomy. Among these stands out the Salminus hilarii species, popularly known as ...