SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN EXCESS POWER INDEX OF FOUR NORTH AMERICAN NATIVE BEES (HYMENOPTERA, ANDRENIDAE, APIDAE, AND HALICTIDAE)

Sexual dimorphism in excess power index of four North American native bees (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae, Apidae, and Halictidae)

A multitude of hymenopteran species exhibit sexual dimorphism for simple traits, such as color, size, or antennal segment number.These differences can reflect selection for specialized biological roles, many of which have not been documented for the majority of bee and wasp species.The excess power index (EPI) is an estimate of insect flight perfor

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The first Portuguese Open Dialogue pilot project intervention

IntroductionIn 2020, the Directorate General of Health (DGS), a central service of the Ministry of Health in Portugal, approved and co-financed the first Open Dialogue program in the country.The present report aims to demonstrate the preliminary results of the first year of the project, implemented in the northern interior region of Alentejo.Method

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