Exchange of researcher PPBio / CENBAM in biological collections in Rio de Janeiro

Researcher Jorge Luiz P. de Souza, visited the biological collection of ants at the Zoology Museum of the University of São Paulo from June 14 to 17, 2010, where he was received by Dr. Rogério Rosas.

 

From June 21 to 25, 2010, the researcher visited the biological collection of ants at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ where he was received by associate professor Dr. Antonio J. Mayhé Nunnes.

 

The purpose of the visits was to update the identities of the ants collected in the PPBio grids. These updates are also part of the PNPD-CAPES postdoctoral project work plan entitled "Integration of inventories for the assessment of biodiversity in the Amazonian states and for the training of specialists in taxonomy and use of invertebrates in environmental monitoring". The trip was financed by the researcher's own Post-Doc grant.