Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

A cross-cultural survey of Indigenous views on interspecies communication – Towards a consilience with scientific knowledge

Communication serves as a pivotal means for mutual understanding beyond species boundaries. Definitions of interspecific communication – particularly between humans and non-human organisms – vary not only across research disciplines, but also across cultures and societies driven...

Assessing fish diversity in the Amazon: The impact of primers and reference libraries in eDNA surveys

Abstract Selecting primers for DNA amplification poses a challenge in environmental DNA (eDNA) studies, particularly in biodiverse tropical ecosystems. Researchers must balance taxonomic coverage, primer specificity, and study feasibility when choosing between a single primer pai...

Habitat insularization alters taxonomic and functional beta diversity of understorey birds in Amazonian forest islands

Abstract Habitat fragmentation can profoundly alter the composition of biological communities, modifying patterns of beta diversity among areas. These effects are manifested through different components of beta diversity: differences in richness, which reflect variation in specie...

Advances and Research Gaps in Ecological Niche Modeling of Amazonian Wetland Plants: A Systematic Review

Ecological niche modeling (ENM) is widely used to predict species distributions and support biodiversity conservation under environmental change, yet its application to Amazonian wetland plants has not been systematically synthesized. We conducted a systematic review following th...