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The Gender Gap in Brazilian Entomology: an Analysis of the Academic Scenario
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- 1. Instituto de Biologia, Univ Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil & Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brazil
- 2. Instituto de Biologia, Univ Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
- 3. Escola Politécnica, Pontifícia Univ Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- 4. Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Univ de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
- 5. Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
- 6. Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- 7. Embrapa Cerrados, Planaltina, DF, Brazil
- 8. Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO, Brazil
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Hipólito, Juliana, Shirai, Leila Teruko, Halinski, Rosana, Guidolin, Aline Sartori, Silva, Nivia da, Pini, Dias, Soares, Carmen Sílvia, Ranyse, Pires ·, Querino, Barbosa, Quintela, Eliane Dias, Gouveia, Eliana Maria (2021): The Gender Gap in Brazilian Entomology: an Analysis of the Academic Scenario. Neotropical Entomology 50 (6): 859-872, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-021-00918-7, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-021-00918-7
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