ESTIMATING COLONIES OF PLEBEIA DRORYANA (FRIESE, 1900) (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE, MELIPONINI): ADULTS, BROOD AND NEST STRUCTURE

Estimating colonies of Plebeia droryana (Friese, 1900) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): adults, brood and nest structure

Estimate of stingless bee colonies including nest structures and quantitative brood and adult individuals are scarce.Here, we describe a new approach to estimate colonial parameters from nest structure, adults and brood.We used five colonies of Plebeia droryana (Friese, 1900) to evaluate colony size and weight of adult and brood.Nest architecture i

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Environmental Impact Assessment in the context of armed conflicts

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a legal, procedural tool that allows to identify, predict, evaluate and prevent or mitigate the impacts of a planned project on the environment.An inherent element of this process is public participation that shall be assured at all times.EIA is regulated by domestic environmental laws of a given county,

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Determinants of adaptation strategies to offset decreasing provisioning ecosystem services in the Savannah ecological zone of Ghana

Complex environmental challenges associated with altering provisioning ecosystem services (PES) impede the livelihood requirements of environmental reliant households in Ghana.International efforts at jmannino.com unearthing sustainable pathways have acknowledged the role of adaptation as a policy option.This notwithstanding, existing studies has l

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