Airton Torres Carvalho

@ufersa.edu.br

Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Biociências, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde
Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido

Airton Torres Carvalho


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EDUCATION

Doutor em Ciências Biológicas pela UFPB, área de concentração Zoologia. Professor adjunto da UFERSA

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science
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Scopus Publications

  • Under the radar: the kleptoparasite Pseudohypocera kerteszi evades meliponine bee defense without cuticular hydrocarbon mimicry or camouflage
    Catarina Silva Correia, Éricles Charles da Silva Melo, Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro, Airton Torres Carvalho, Artur Campos Dália Maia
    Apidologie, 2026
    Pseudohypocera kerteszi is a kleptoparasitic scuttle fly that invades meliponine bee hives, exploiting colony pollen reserves to provision its larvae. Such invasions can precipitate colony collapse, posing a significant threat to meliponiculture in Central and South America. Notably, the flies enter colonies with minimal resistance from typically aggressive guard bees, prompting questions about potential chemosensory or behavioral manipulation. To explore this, we compared the cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles of P. kerteszi with those of three co-managed meliponine bee species— Melipona scutellaris , Nannotrigona minuta , and Scaptotrigona tubiba —and conducted behavioral assays in controlled arenas and at nest entrances, using S. tubiba as a model species. The CHC profile of P. kerteszi comprises 50 compounds—including n -alkanes, unsaturated hydrocarbons, methyl-branched alkanes, and fatty acyls—with the unique presence of 8,18-heptacosadiene and 10-dotriacontene. In contrast, workers of M. scutellaris , N. minuta , and S. tubiba exhibit profiles dominated by odd-chain alkanes and alkenes, with little or no contribution from alkadienes or methyl-branched alkanes. Bioassays revealed that while S. tubiba guard bees aggressively reject non-nestmates, they tolerate adult P. kerteszi . These findings provide strong evidence against chemical mimicry, camouflage, or insignificance as primary drivers of host acceptance. Instead, the data are consistent with the hypothesis that P. kerteszi utilizes alternative mechanisms, such as physical evasion facilitated by its small size and maneuverability, to prevent the initiation of a full defensive response. This study provides the first chemical characterization of P. kerteszi and narrows the scope of potential evasion strategies, guiding future research on this kleptoparasitic system.
  • Pollen Composition from Coexisting Melipona scutellaris and Tetragonisca angustula Nests in a Semi-urban Meliponary Setting
    Rubem Cláudio Simões-Vieira, Artur Campos Dália Maia, Airton Torres Carvalho
    Neotropical Entomology, 2025
  • Diet of the Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus during the reproductive period in the semi-arid region of north-eastern Brazil
    Juan Lima, Hugneide Souza, Airton Carvalho, Cecilia Calabuig
    Bird Study, 2025
    Capsule The migratory Dark-billed Cuckoo breeds in the Brazilian semi-arid Caatinga biome during the rainy season, where its diet predominantly comprises insects from the orders Lepidoptera and Orthoptera, reflecting intermediate trophic niche diversity.Aims To analyse the stomach contents of Dark-billed Cuckoo specimens collected opportunistically after fatal collisions, identifying dietary components, trophic niche breadth and patterns related to prey selection and seasonal resource availability.Methods Stomach contents of 72 Dark-billed Cuckoo specimens collected from four areas in north-eastern Brazil were analysed. Prey items were identified and quantified to determine taxonomic composition, frequency of occurrence, percentage of occurrence, biomass contribution and trophic niche amplitude. Morphometric measurements of the birds were compared with prey size to assess potential relationships.Results A total of 434 prey items, distributed among nine higher taxa, were identified, with Lepidoptera and Orthoptera predominating. Orthopterans represented the majority of the biomass ingested, while lepidopteran larvae were consumed most frequently. The standardized trophic niche breadth (Ba = 0.582) indicated intermediate resource diversity. No systematic relationship was found between prey size and bird morphology. Dietary patterns were consistent across study areas and aligned with previous findings for the species’ feeding habits.Conclusion The seasonal presence of the Dark-billed Cuckoo in the Caatinga is closely linked to resource availability during the rainy season, emphasizing the influence of abiotic factors on its migration and foraging strategies. The findings highlight the species’ reliance on energetically rewarding prey, such as Orthoptera and Lepidoptera, and provide insights into its ecological role within the Caatinga biome.
  • Antibacterial and Toxic Activity of Geopropolis Extracts from Melipona subnitida (Ducke, 1910) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Scaptotrigona depilis (Moure, 1942) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
    Danilo Costa dos Santos, Nair Silva Macêdo, Zildene de Sousa Silveira, Raimundo Luiz Silva Pereira, Isaac Moura Araújo, Ana Carolina Justino Araújo, Sheila Alves Gonçalves, Marcos da Silveira Regueira Neto, Valdir de Queiroz Balbino, Airton Torres de Carvalho, Bruno Oliveira de Veras, Francisco Assis Bezerra da Cunha, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Samuel Vieira Brito
    Chemistry and Biodiversity, 2023
    Bacteria are associated with many infections that affect humans and present antibiotic resistance mechanisms, causing problems in health organisations and increased mortality rates. Therefore, it is necessary to find new antibacterial agents that can be used in the treatment of these microorganisms. Geopropolis is a natural product from stingless bees, formed by a mixture of plant resins, salivary secretions, wax and soil particles, the chemical composition of this natural product is diverse. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate antibacterial activity, antibiotic modulation and the toxicity of geopropolis extracts from the stingless bees, Melipona subnitida (Ducke, 1910) and Scaptotrigona depilis (Moure, 1942) against standard and multi‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Geopropolis samples were collected in a meliponary located in Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brazil. To determine the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and antibiotic modulation we performed broth microdilution tests. Mortality tests were used to verify extract toxicity in the model Drosophila melanogaster. The microbiological tests showing that the M. subnitida extracts had better inhibitory effects compared to S. depilis, presenting direct antibacterial activity against standard and multi‐resistant strains. The extracts potentialized antibiotic effects, suggesting possible synergy and did not present toxicity in the model used. The information obtained in this study highlights extracts as promising antibacterial agents and is the first study to evaluate bacterial activity in these extracts, in addition to verifying their modulating effects and determining toxicity in the model used.
  • Temporal Changes in Gut Microbiota Composition and Pollen Diet Associated with Colony Weakness of a Stingless Bee
    Karen Luisa Haag, Lílian Caesar, Marcos da Silveira Regueira-Neto, Dayana Rosalina de Sousa, Victor Montenegro Marcelino, Valdir de Queiroz Balbino, Airton Torres Carvalho
    Microbial Ecology, 2023
  • Nest density, spatial distribution, and bionomy of Trigona spinipes (Apidae: Meliponini)
    Edigleidson Fideles Valadares, Airton Torres Carvalho, Celso Feitosa Martins
    Journal of Apicultural Research, 2023
    Trigona spinipes is a generalist species of stingless bee that is dominant in many pollination networks and has a wide distribution in the tropics and subtropics of the Neotropics. This eusocial species builds exposed aerial nests in tree branches. Although some studies have been carried out on nest density, there are surprisingly few studies on its bionomy, and especially on the population size of the colonies. To survey the density and spatial patterns of nests of this stingless bee, three sites within the Northeast region in Brazil were studied, which ranged from urban to rural to forest habitats. A high density of nests was found in rural and urban sites, with 0.6 nests/ha and 0.4 nests/ha, respectively. In comparison, a lower density was found in the forest site, with 0.1 nests/ha in the edge and 0.03 nests/ha in the interior. Thus, the highest density of nests occurred in open areas. In the urban site, the nests showed a uniform distribution, while the distribution was aggregated in the rural site. The majority of nests were oriented so that the entrance faced the opposite direction to prevailing winds. Several aspects of the bionomy of 22 nests were sampled. The mean estimated total population size of colonies (immatures plus imagoes) was 38,813 (range 25,581–53,083) individuals, with 13,202 adults. Our results confirm that this species produces some of the largest colonies within the stingless bees, although lower than previously mentioned, emphasizing its importance in ecosystems of open neotropical areas.
  • Species redescription and nest architecture of Plebeia flavocincta (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
    Ulysses Madureira Maia, Rafael Cabral Borges, José Eustáquio dos Santos-Júnior, Victor Hugo Pedraça Dias, Airton Torres Carvalho, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca, Guilherme Corrêa de Oliveira, Tereza Cristina Giannini
    Apidologie, 2022
    Bees are important insects both environmentally and economically. Despite this, most bee species are poorly characterized regarding their morphology and nesting habits, which are relevant characteristics for planning management and conservation. Plebeia flavocincta is a stingless bee species that occurs in the Northeast region of Brazil and there is little knowledge about its morphology and nesting biology. Here, we morphologically characterize Plebeia flavocincta workers from 54 colonies and use seven colonies to describe the structure of the species’ nest. All nests were found in seasonally dry forest areas in different substrates, namely, hollow of native trees, wall, post, and wooden boxes. The structure of the species’ nest was detailed in terms of the number, shape, and area of the combs; brood cell size; size of food pots; nest size; and honey volume. Plebeia flavocincta is found in both natural and urban environments. The structure of the nest of Plebeia flavocincta is similar to that found in other species of the same genus. This is the first nest diagnosis study of the species. In addition, by establishing morphological data to recognize Plebeia flavocincta, this study provides useful information for management and conservation plans for the species.
  • Evidence for morphological and genetic structuring of Plebeia flavocincta (Apidae: Meliponini) populations in Northeast Brazil
    Ulysses Madureira Maia, José Eustáquio dos Santos Júnior, Michele Molina, Juliana Stephanie Galaschi-Teixeira, Airton Torres Carvalho, Leonardo de Sousa Miranda, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca, Guilherme Oliveira, Tereza Cristina Giannini
    Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
    Tropical dry forests are increasingly threatened by human activities. In Northeast Brazil, the Caatinga, an area of tropical dry forests surrounded by wetlands, is considered globally unique among these habitats. In this region, the stingless beePlebeia flavocinctais found in a variety of environmental, ecological, and demographic conditions. We aimed to characterizeP.flavocinctapopulations within its natural range through wing geometric morphometrics and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analyses. The characterization of population variability can clarify whether the species is morphologically and genetically diverse and whether populations are morphologically and genetically structured. We analyzed 673 samples by wing morphometry and 75 by cytochrome-b assays. Our results revealedP.flavocinctais genetically and morphologically diverse and populations are morphologically and genetically structured. Despite the differentiation between the two most morphologically distant populations, we verified a large overlap of morphological variation between all populations. The genetic analysis showed that the haplotypes were geographically structured into six clusters, four of which were located in coastal areas, and the remaining two in the drier inland region. The characterization ofP.flavocinctapopulations is an important step toward decision-making in programs for the protection, management, and sustainable use of this stingless bee in local breeding efforts.
  • Longitudinal survey reveals delayed effects of low gene expression on stingless bee colony health
    Lílian Caesar, Anelise Martins Correa Lopes, Jefferson Nunes Radaeski, Soraia Girardi Bauermann, Enéas Ricardo Konzen, Jean-François Pombert, Aroni Sattler, Betina Blochtein, Airton Torres Carvalho, Karen Luisa Haag
    Journal of Apicultural Research, 2022
    Bee populations are declining globally due to different environmental stressors, such as pathogens, malnutrition, and agrochemicals. Brazil is the home of hundreds of stingless bee species, some of them now considered endangered, though very little is known about the impact of disease on native bees. In Southern Brazil the endangered stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata is affected by an annual syndrome that causes sudden death of workers, eventually leading colonies to collapse. Although novel viruses were found in foragers from diseased colonies, none has been consistently implicated in the outbreak. Here we conducted an integrative longitudinal survey on M. quadrifasciata managed colonies, measuring individual- and colony-level traits, to identify the causes behind the syndrome. We found that key genes related to xenobiotic metabolization, nutrition and immune responses are downregulated in foragers from colonies that became diseased two months later. The period that preceded the outbreak was also marked by pronounced forager weight loss as well as behavioural changes. Our findings reveal the syndrome may result from the stingless bee failure to respond to sublethal stressors and disruption of colony dynamics. These results support the proposition that worldwide bee mortality is influenced by a combination of diverse sublethal factors, and increase awareness of the long-term effects of genetic diversity erosion in stingless bee species, which can be enhancing their vulnerability to environmental stressors.
  • Climate-induced distribution dynamics of Plebeia flavocincta, a stingless bee from Brazilian tropical dry forests
    Ulysses Madureira Maia, Leonardo de Sousa Miranda, Airton Torres Carvalho, Vera Lucia Imperatriz‐Fonseca, Guilherme Corrêa Oliveira, Tereza Cristina Giannini
    Ecology and Evolution, 2020
    AIM: and to evaluate the influence of climate on the dynamics of suitable habitat availability in the past and in the future. LOCATION: Northeast region of Brazil and dry forest areas. METHODS: The habitat suitability modeling was based on two algorithms, two global circulation models, and six different scenarios. We used this tool to estimate the areas of occurrence in the past (Last Interglacial and Last Glacial Maximum), in the present, and in the future (years 2050 and 2070). RESULTS: had great dynamics in the availability of suitable habitats with periods of retraction and expansion of these areas in the past. Our results suggest that this taxon may benefit in terms of climate suitability gain in Northeast Brazil in the future. In addition, we identified high-altitude areas and the eastern coast as climatically stable. CONCLUSION: The information provided can be used by decision makers to support actions toward protecting and sustainably managing this taxon. Protection measures for this taxon are particularly important because this insect contributes to the local flora and, although our results indicate that the climate may favor this taxon, other factors can negatively affect it, such as high levels of habitat loss due to anthropogenic activities.
  • Quality of Apis mellifera honey after being used in the feeding of jandaira stingless bees (Melipona subnitida)
    Wedson de Lima Tôrres, João Claudio Vilvert, Airton Torres Carvalho, Ricardo Henrique de Lima Leite, Francisco Klebson Gomes dos Santos, Edna Maria Mendes Aroucha
    Acta Scientiarum Animal Sciences, 2020
  • Landscape genomics to the rescue of a tropical bee threatened by habitat loss and climate change
    Rodolfo Jaffé, Jamille C. Veiga, Nathaniel S. Pope, Éder C. M. Lanes, Carolina S. Carvalho, Ronnie Alves, Sónia C. S. Andrade, Maria C. Arias, Vanessa Bonatti, Airton T. Carvalho, Marina S. de Castro, Felipe A. L. Contrera, Tiago M. Francoy, Breno M. Freitas, Tereza C. Giannini, Michael Hrncir, Celso F. Martins, Guilherme Oliveira, Antonio M. Saraiva, Bruno A. Souza, Vera L. Imperatriz‐Fonseca
    Evolutionary Applications, 2019
  • Increasing chestnut resilience to climate change with innovative management practices
    J. Gomes-Laranjo, L.-T. Dinis, T. Marques, M. Mota, A. Carvalho, T. Pinto, R. Anjos, L. Martins, G. Marques, M.J. Gaspar, M. Gonzalez Pereira, F. Raimundo, J. Ferreira-Cardoso
    Acta Horticulturae, 2018
  • Protecting a managed bee pollinator against climate change: strategies for an area with extreme climatic conditions and socioeconomic vulnerability
    Tereza C. Giannini, Camila Maia-Silva, Andre L. Acosta, Rodolfo Jaffé, Airton T. Carvalho, Celso F. Martins, Fernando C. V. Zanella, Carlos A. L. Carvalho, Michael Hrncir, Antonio M. Saraiva, José Oswaldo Siqueira, Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca
    Apidologie, 2017
  • Pleistocene climate changes shaped the population structure of Partamona seridoensis (Apidae, Meliponini), an endemic stingless bee from the Neotropical dry forest
    Elder Assis Miranda, Kátia Maria Ferreira, Airton Torres Carvalho, Celso Feitosa Martins, Carlo Rivero Fernandes, Marco Antonio Del Lama
    Plos One, 2017
  • Meliponiculture in Rio Grande do Norte
    Revista Brasileira De Medicina Veterinaria, 2015
  • Erratum: Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping (PLoS ONE (2015) 10:3 (e0121157) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121157)
    R. Jaffé, Nathaniel S. Pope, A. T. Carvalho, U. M. Maia, B. Blochtein, C. Carvalho, G. A. Carvalho-Zilse, E. Freitas, C. Menezes, Márcia de Fátima Ribeiro, Giorgio, Cristino Venturieri, V. Imperatriz-Fonseca
    Plos One, 2015
  • Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping
    Rodolfo Jaffé, Nathaniel Pope, Airton Torres Carvalho, Ulysses Madureira Maia, Betina Blochtein, Carlos Alfredo Lopes de Carvalho, Gislene Almeida Carvalho-Zilse, Breno Magalhães Freitas, Cristiano Menezes, Márcia de Fátima Ribeiro, Giorgio Cristino Venturieri, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca
    Plos One, 2015
  • Pollination biology in the dioecious orchid Catasetum uncatum: How does floral scent influence the behaviour of pollinators?
    Paulo Milet-Pinheiro, Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro, Stefan Dötterl, Airton Torres Carvalho, Carlos Eduardo Pinto, Manfred Ayasse, Clemens Schlindwein
    Phytochemistry, 2015
  • Register of a new nidification substrate for Melipona subnitida Ducke (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini): The arboreal nest of the termite Constrictotermes cyphergaster Silvestri (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae)
    Airton Torres Carvalho, Dirk Koedam, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca
    Sociobiology, 2014
  • An Aromatic Volatile Attracts Oligolectic bee Pollinators in an Interdependent bee-Plant Relationship
    Airton Torres Carvalho, Stefan Dötterl, Clemens Schlindwein
    Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2014
  • Visual signalling of nectar-offering flowers and specific morphological traits favour robust bee pollinators in the mass-flowering tree Handroanthus impetiginosus (Bignoniaceae)
    Clemens Schlindwein, Christian Westerkamp, Airton Torres Carvalho, Paulo Milet-Pinheiro
    Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014
  • Plasticity in Male Territoriality of a Solitary Bee Under Different Environmental Conditions
    R. Oliveira, A. T. Carvalho, C. Schlindwein
    Journal of Insect Behavior, 2013
  • The cowl does not make the monk: Scarab beetle pollination of the Neotropical aroid Taccarum ulei (Araceae: Spathicarpeae)
    Artur Campos Dália Maia, Marc Gibernau, Airton Torres Carvalho, Eduardo Gomes Gonçalves, Clemens Schlindwein
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013
  • Territorial or wandering: How males of Protodiscelis palpalis (Colletidae, Paracolletinae) behave in searching for mates
    Reisla Oliveira, Airton Torres Carvalho, Clemens Schlindwein
    Apidologie, 2012
  • Nocturnal Bees are Attracted by Widespread Floral Scents
    Airton Torres Carvalho, Artur Campos Dalia Maia, Poliana Yumi Ojima, Adauto A. dos Santos, Clemens Schlindwein
    Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2012
  • Obligate association of an oligolectic bee and a seasonal aquatic herb in semi-arid north-eastern Brazil
    AIRTON TORRES CARVALHO, CLEMENS SCHLINDWEIN
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011
  • Permanent stigma closure in Bignoniaceae: Mechanism and implications for fruit set in self-incompatible species
    Paulo Milet-Pinheiro, Airton Torres Carvalho, Peter G. Kevan, Clemens Schlindwein
    Flora Morphology Distribution Functional Ecology of Plants, 2009

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Under the radar: the kleptoparasite Pseudohypocera kerteszi evades meliponine bee defense without cuticular hydrocarbon mimicry or camouflage: C. S. Correia …
    CS Correia, ÉC da Silva Melo, DMAF Navarro, AT Carvalho, ACD Maia
    Apidologie 57 (2), 15 , 2026
    2026
  • Uso de extrato de geoprópolis em multiplicações de Melipona subnitida: Implicações zootécnicas
    RF da Silva, ME da Silva Lima, AP de Medeiros, AT Carvalho
    2026
  • Viabilidade da produção de vinagre de mel de abelhas com cepas de colônias de abelhas sem ferrão da caatinga
    MP de Sousa, AT Carvalho, ME da Silva Araújo
    2026
  • Desmanthus pernambucanus (L.) Thellung (Leguminosae) depende de polinizadores para formar frutos?
    AB de Oliveira, AT Carvalho
    2026
  • Jandaíra pegam nosemose? Presença de esporos de Nosema spp. em Melipona subnitida Ducke, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) na Caatinga
    KB Silva, D Koedam, ME da Silva Araújo, GL da Costa, AT Carvalho
    2026
  • Ações do espaço ASA UFERSA: abelhas como elementos para educação ambiental
    AT Carvalho, ME da Silva Araújo, D Koedam, AP de Medeiros
    Simpósio de Meliponicultura dos Biomas 3, 23-23 , 2025
    2025
  • Diet of the Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus during the reproductive period in the semi-arid region of north-eastern Brazil
    J Lima, H Souza, A Carvalho, C Calabuig
    Bird Study 72 (3), 254-262 , 2025
    2025
  • Pollen Composition from Coexisting Melipona scutellaris and Tetragonisca angustula Nests in a Semi-urban Meliponary Setting: R. C. Simões-Vieira et al.
    RC Simões-Vieira, ACD Maia, AT Carvalho
    Neotropical Entomology 54 (1), 3 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Analyses on Stored Pollen in Melipona Scutellaris and Tetragonisca Angustula Nests Shows Different Pollen Spectra.
    RC Simões-Vieira, ACD Maia, AT Carvalho
    2024
  • Antibacterial and Toxic Activity of Geopropolis Extracts from Melipona subnitida (Ducke, 1910) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Scaptotrigona depilis (Moure, 1942 …
    D Costa dos Santos, N Silva Macêdo, Z de Sousa Silveira, ...
    Chemistry & Biodiversity 20 (11), e202300931 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 7
  • Uma proposta de sensibilização da importância de polinizadores: um livro para crianças atípicas
    MLLD Laurentino
    2023
  • Interação de fungos filamentosos com forídeos fêmeas de Pseudohypocera kerteszi (Diptera: Phoridae) em ninhos de abelhas sem ferrão
    D REBOUÇAS
    2023
  • Nidificação de vespas e abelhas na sombra do neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) em uma área do semiárido brasileiro
    RS Santos
    2023
  • Nest density, spatial distribution, and bionomy of Trigona spinipes (Apidae: Meliponini)
    EF Valadares, AT Carvalho, CF Martins
    Journal of Apicultural Research 62 (4), 680-691 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 11
  • Temporal changes in gut microbiota composition and pollen diet associated with colony weakness of a stingless bee
    KL Haag, L Caesar, M da Silveira Regueira-Neto, DR de Sousa, ...
    Microbial Ecology 85 (4), 1514-1526 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 27
  • Species redescription and nest architecture of Plebeia flavocincta (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
    UM Maia, RC Borges, JE dos Santos-Júnior, VHP Dias, AT Carvalho, ...
    Apidologie 53 (6), 63 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 3
  • Abelhas-das-orquídeas (apidae, euglossini) em áreas de caatinga no município de Mossoró/RN
    EA Souza
    2022
  • Evidence for morphological and genetic structuring of Plebeia flavocincta (Apidae: Meliponini) populations in Northeast Brazil
    UM Maia, JE Santos Júnior, M Molina, JS Galaschi-Teixeira, AT Carvalho, ...
    Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10, 1057624 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 4
  • Longitudinal survey reveals delayed effects of low gene expression on stingless bee colony health
    L Caesar, AMC Lopes, JN Radaeski, SG Bauermann, ER Konzen, ...
    Journal of Apicultural Research 61 (5), 654-663 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 7
  • Ninhos de abelhas-sem-ferrão (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini) do Parque Estadual Mata da Pimenteira (Serra Talhada-PE): conhecer para preservar
    MFSOMLNJA dos Santos Silva Airton Torres Carvalho
    EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL, ECOPEDAGOGIA E CARTOGRAFIA SOCIAL 1, 131-139 , 2021
    2021

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping
    R Jaffé, N Pope, AT Carvalho, UM Maia, B Blochtein, CAL de Carvalho, ...
    PloS one 10 (3), e0121157 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 271
  • Protecting a managed bee pollinator against climate change: strategies for an area with extreme climatic conditions and socioeconomic vulnerability
    TC Giannini, C Maia-Silva, AL Acosta, R Jaffe, AT Carvalho, CF Martins, ...
    Apidologie 48 (6), 784-794 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 72
  • Landscape genomics to the rescue of a tropical bee threatened by habitat loss and climate change
    R Jaffé, JC Veiga, NS Pope, ÉCM Lanes, CS Carvalho, R Alves, ...
    Evolutionary applications 12 (6), 1164-1177 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 66
  • The cowl does not make the monk: scarab beetle pollination of the Neotropical aroid Taccarum ulei (Araceae: Spathicarpeae)
    ACD Maia, M Gibernau, AT Carvalho, EG Gonçalves, C Schlindwein
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108 (1), 22-34 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 61
  • Pollination biology in the dioecious orchid Catasetum uncatum: how does floral scent influence the behaviour of pollinators?
    P Milet-Pinheiro, DMAF Navarro, S Dötterl, AT Carvalho, CE Pinto, ...
    Phytochemistry 116, 149-161 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 60
  • Visual signalling of nectar-offering flowers and specific morphological traits favour robust bee pollinators in the mass-flowering tree Handroanthus impetiginosus (Bignoniaceae)
    C Schlindwein, C Westerkamp, AT Carvalho, P Milet-Pinheiro
    Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (3), 396-407 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 40
  • Obligate association of an oligolectic bee and a seasonal aquatic herb in semi-arid north-eastern Brazil
    AT Carvalho, C Schlindwein
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102 (2), 355-368 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 38
  • Nocturnal bees are attracted by widespread floral scents
    AT Carvalho, ACD Maia, PY Ojima, AA dos Santos, C Schlindwein
    Journal of chemical ecology 38 (3), 315-318 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 37
  • An aromatic volatile attracts oligolectic bee pollinators in an interdependent bee-plant relationship
    AT Carvalho, S Dötterl, C Schlindwein
    Journal of chemical ecology 40 (10), 1126-1134 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 32
  • Permanent stigma closure in Bignoniaceae: mechanism and implications for fruit set in self-incompatible species
    P Milet-Pinheiro, AT Carvalho, PG Kevan, C Schlindwein
    Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 204 (1), 82-88 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 31
  • Meliponicultura no Rio Grande do Norte
    UM Maia, R Jaffe, AT Carvalho, VLI Fonseca
    Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine 37 (4), 327-333 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 30
  • Temporal changes in gut microbiota composition and pollen diet associated with colony weakness of a stingless bee
    KL Haag, L Caesar, M da Silveira Regueira-Neto, DR de Sousa, ...
    Microbial Ecology 85 (4), 1514-1526 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 27
  • Pleistocene climate changes shaped the population structure of Partamona seridoensis (Apidae, Meliponini), an endemic stingless bee from the Neotropical dry …
    EA Miranda, KM Ferreira, AT Carvalho, CF Martins, CR Fernandes, ...
    PLoS One 12 (4), e0175725 , 2017
    2017
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