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Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca

Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
61
Citations
13589
World Ranking
2193
National Ranking
30

Overview

Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca is affiliated with Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Key subfields include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Insect Science; Genetics; Ecological Modeling; and Plant Science.

The scientist's recent papers cover various aspects of pollinator ecology and environmental interactions. These include:

  • A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline, 2021, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Climate change in the Eastern Amazon: crop-pollinator and occurrence-restricted bees are potentially more affected, 2020, Regional Environmental Change
  • Unveiling the contribution of bee pollinators to Brazilian crops with implications for bee management, 2020, Apidologie
  • Combining genotype, phenotype, and environmental data to delineate site-adjusted provenance strategies for ecological restoration, 2020, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • A dataset of multi-functional ecological traits of Brazilian bees, 2020, Scientific Data

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca include:

  • Tereza Cristina Giannini
  • Ricardo Caliari Oliveira
  • André Luís Acosta
  • Leonardo Miranda
  • Luciano Costa

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Bee Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Apidologie
  • Biota Neotropica
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

The work of Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca covers main research topics centered on plant and animal studies, insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, species distribution and climate change, animal and plant science education, plant parasitism and resistance, and ecology and vegetation dynamics studies.

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has contributed to book publications, including a title released by FAO eBooks in 2023 titled "Sustainable use and conservation of invertebrate pollinators."

Best Publications

  • Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

    Simon G Potts;Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca;Hien T Ngo;Marcelo A Aizen

  • Global meliponiculture: challenges and opportunities

    Marilda Cortopassi-Laurino;Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca;David Ward Roubik;Anne Dollin

  • A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline.

    Lynn V. Dicks;Lynn V. Dicks;Tom D. Breeze;Hien T. Ngo;Deepa Senapathi

  • Diversity, threats and conservation of native bees in the Neotropics.

    Breno M. Freitas;Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca;Luis M. Medina;Astrid de Matos Peixoto Kleinert

  • The Dependence of Crops for Pollinators and the Economic Value of Pollination in Brazil.

    T C Giannini;G. D Cordeiro;B. M Freitas;Antonio Mauro Saraiva

  • Important bee plants for stingless bees (Melipona and Trigonini) and Africanized honeybees (Apis mellifera) in neotropical habitats: a review

    M. Ramalho;A. Kleinert-Giovannini;V. L. Imperatriz-Fonseca

  • Caste Development, Reproductive Strategies, and Control of Fertility in Honey Bees and Stingless Bees

    Wolf Engels;Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca

  • Crop pollinators in Brazil: a review of reported interactions

    T C Giannini;S Boff;G. D Cordeiro;E. A Cartolano Jr.

  • Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping

    Rodolfo Jaffé;Nathaniel Pope;Airton Torres Carvalho;Ulysses Madureira Maia

  • Resource Partitioning between Highly Eusocial Bees and Possible Impact of the Introduced Africanized Honey Bee on Native Stingless Bees in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

    Wolfgang Wilms;Vera L Imperatriz-Fonseca;Wolf Engels

  • Mate number, kin selection and social conflicts in stingless bees and honeybees

    John M Peters;David C Queller;Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca;David W Roubik

  • Pollination services at risk: Bee habitats will decrease owing to climate change in Brazil

    Tereza C. Giannini;André L. Acosta;Carlos A. Garófalo;Antonio M. Saraiva

  • Pollinating Bees: The Conservation Link between Agriculture and Nature

    Peter G. Kevan;Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca

  • Flight activity and colony strength in the stingless bee Melipona bicolor bicolor (Apidae, Meliponinae)

    S. D. Hilário;V. L. Imperatriz-Fonseca;A. de M. P. Kleinert

  • A morphologically specialized soldier caste improves colony defense in a neotropical eusocial bee

    Christoph Grüter;Cristiano Menezes;Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca;Francis L. W. Ratnieks

  • Utilization of floral resources by species of Melipona (Apidae, Meliponinae): floral preferences

    M. Ramalho;A. Kleinert-Giovannini;V.L. Imperatriz-Fonseca

  • Biocultural approaches to pollinator conservation

    Rosemary Hill;Rosemary Hill;Guiomar Nates-Parra;José Javier G. Quezada-Euán;Damayanti Buchori

  • EXPLOITATION OF FLORAL RESOURCES BY PLEBEIA REMOTA HOLMBERG (APIDAE, MELIPONINAE)

    M. Ramalho;V.L. Imperatriz-Fonseca;A. Kleinekt-Giovannini;M. CORTOPASSl-LAURINO

  • A Brazilian Social Bee Must Cultivate Fungus to Survive

    Cristiano Menezes;Cristiano Menezes;Ayrton Vollet-Neto;Anita Jocelyne Marsaioli;Davila Zampieri

  • Projected climate change threatens pollinators and crop production in Brazil.

    Tereza Cristina Giannini;Wilian França Costa;Guaraci Duran Cordeiro;Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca

  • Pollen harvest by stingless bee foragers ( hymenoptera, apidae, meliponinae )

    Mauro Ramalho;Tereza C. Giannini;Katia S. Malagodi-Braga;Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodolfo Jaffé
Rodolfo Jaffé ENVIRON (United States)
Michael Hrncir
Michael Hrncir Universidade de São Paulo
José Oswaldo Siqueira
José Oswaldo Siqueira Federal University of Lavras
Francis L. W. Ratnieks
Francis L. W. Ratnieks University of Sussex
Breno Magalhães Freitas
Breno Magalhães Freitas Universidade Federal do Ceará
James C. Nieh
James C. Nieh University of California, San Diego
Lynn V. Dicks
Lynn V. Dicks University of Cambridge
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
David W. Roubik
David W. Roubik Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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