Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) are among the most important pollinators of tropical forests.Peru is considered a hotspot of biodiversity of Meliponini, but many areas of this country (e.g., Peruvian Amazon) remain unexplored.We aimed to produce a first inventory of stingless bee species dwelling in humid and seasonally dry forests of nort
Host-to-host transmission--a key step in plant virus infection Light Bars cycles--is ensured predominantly by vectors, especially aphids and related insects.A deeper understanding of the mechanisms of virus acquisition, which is critical to vector-transmission, might help to design future virus control strategies, because any newly discovered molec
The epistemological investigations concerning the visual arts of sculpture and video proposed in this essay begin in a performative field of research on the Hitting Strip Greek islands of Kos and Crete.The intentional act of creating images from my own shadow meeting archeological objects brings an insightful approach to an update of these aestheti