Publications by authors named "Leandro Alves da Silva"
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- * Researchers analyzed 37 bee colonies, divided into hygienic (16) and non-hygienic (21), by examining 300 worker bees from each colony monthly while correlating their findings with climate data.
- * Results showed low average mite infestations (below 10%), with a peak in November, and no significant difference between the two groups regarding infestations; the data suggests that acaricides may not be necessary for mite control in Brazil.
Based on concordant differences in morphology, male advertisement call, and 16S mtDNA barcode distance, we describe a new species of from southern Amazonia, in the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil. The new species is most similar to and but differs from these species by its proportionally larger eyes and features of the advertisement call. Additionally, genetic distance between the new species and its congeners is 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Pristimantis genus (Anura: Craugastoridae) is the most diverse among all vertebrates with 531 described species. The highest diversity occurs in Ecuador (215 species), followed by Colombia (202), Peru (139), Venezuela (60), Brazil (30), Bolivia (17), Guyana (6) Suriname and French Guiana (5). The genus is divided into 11 species groups.
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