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Ecology and conservation

Pollen preference of stingless bees (Melipona rufiventris and M. quadrifasciata anthidioides) inside an urban tropical forest at Rio de Janeiro city

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Pages 1005-1010 | Received 08 Mar 2019, Accepted 02 Sep 2019, Published online: 30 Jan 2020

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