Two acarologistas, Dr. Dinarte Gonçalves and MSc. Matheus Rocha dos Santos, are visiting the INPA, for a period of 20 days, through collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Franklin and Dr. José Wellington de Morais, the CBio. The research goal is to discover and describe new species of Cunaxidae family and Mesostigmata order in natural environments of the Amazon rainforest through biological material collected by Systematics Laboratory and Soil Invertebrate Ecology.
The researcher at the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) and coordinator of CENBAM / PPBio, Dr. William Ernest Magnusson, held on 24.08.2016 at 15 hours, the Aula Magna which began the second semester of post graduation UFAM. The class discussed the role of the subconscious in the communication process. See the full story at:
It was launched this week an online multi-entry key to identify Amazonian ferns. The key also contains descriptions and photos of over 250 Amazonian species.
PPBio is based in Brazil where it is a program of national scope. The program started primarily in the Amazon and the semi-arid north-east, with a commitment that it will eventually be implemented in all regions and biomes of Brazil. In the case of Biological Collections component, the following objectives have been proposed:
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