Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia

Fine-scale habitat quality drives isotopic niche variation in a didelphid opossum in fragmented semideciduous dry forests of central Brazil

Studies on the effects of habitat fragmentation on animal trophic ecology have traditionally emphasised patch size or habitat loss, while the role of habitat quality has been comparatively overlooked. We investigated how habitat quality – assessed through as fine-scale variation...

Rapid increase of climate extremes reveals new areas of concern in Amazonia

Abstract Amazonia is highly sensitive to climate extremes, yet we lack an Amazon-wide assessment that examines the spatial-temporal changes in these extreme conditions. We address this within seasons and across the hydrological year, using a quantiles approach that integrates the...