Izeni Farias (UFAM)

Sobre o Programa

Under the CAPES PEC-PG program, our program was awarded a full doctoral scholarship (48 months) for a foreign student to pursue a doctorate at the UFAM Zoology (Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil), starting in 2026. See details and the list of eligible countries in this link (www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/as...).

What a privilege to work at a university (UFAM), where we occasionally come across the wonders of the local fauna in Manaus (Amazon, Brasil). Here is a male of Pithecia pithecia eating fruit very close to our office.

A record of Caiman crocodilus just across my office. The surprises we have from time to time working at @UFAM campus, which is located within the largest urban forest fragment in Manaus, Amazon.

Community management in the Santa Maria community (Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil). Baby turtle release day

New paper in @nature.com led by @patricepottier.bsky.social! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? See thread🧵

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cultural reverence toward tigers (Panthera tigris) has fostered tolerance and permitted coexistence with humans in India. Ecological restoration, socioeconomic policies, and political stability have facilitated the recovery of tigers within their historical range, despite high human densities. This tigress has reclaimed the ancient fort within Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and made it her home.

This tigress has reclaimed the ancient fort within Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and made it her home.

Protection, prey, peace, and prosperity have been key factors in the tiger recovery within India, according to a new Science study. Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/42yn5Ra

Tiger recovery amid people and poverty Recovery of large yet ecologically important carnivores poses a formidable global challenge. Tiger (Panthera tigris) recovery in India, the world’s most populated region, offers a distinct opportunity...

Tiger recovery amid people and poverty
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss - Nature A comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity covering more than three decades of research demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation i...

Global study on genetic diversity reveals accelerated loss, suggests conservation solutions.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

MIAU: An analysis-ready dataset on presence-only and presence-absence data of Neotropical carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) from 2000 to 2021 In the last decade, databases of records of species observed at the same location at different points in time over large spatial extents have been made available. Unfortunately, these sources are scar...

MIAU: An analysis-ready dataset on presence-only and presence-absence data of Neotropical carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) from 2000 to 2021. Link:
natureconservation.pensoft.net/article/1406...

SSARP: An R Package for Easily Creating Species- and Speciation- Area Relationships Using Web Databases https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.31.630948v1

Phylogenomics and a new classification of the tropical genus Heliconia L. (Monocots, Zingiberales, Heliconiaceae) Members of the genus Heliconia L. (Heliconiaceae) have evolved complex interactions with both insect herbivores and hummingbird pollinators in tropical forests and secondary growth where they are abun...

Cool! #Phylogenomics and a new classification of the #tropical genus #Heliconia L. (Monocots, Zingiberales, Heliconiaceae).

doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

Check out the cutest thing ever: a pair of Little Aracuã (Ortalis motmot, Cracidae, Galliformes) chose my backyard to raise their two adorable chicks! 😍

Black capuchin (Sapajus nigritus), Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

Check out this new paper just out in Trends in Ecology & Evolution on better understanding genetic extinction debt for conservation.

doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

#conservationgenetics #PopulationGenetics

Starter pack with primate organisation icons

Primate peeps assemble!! Some great starter packs out there, so we figured we join the fun and start one for organisations and fieldsites. Help us find folk & let us know who we missed! 🧪🦊🐒
go.bsky.app/NK7z2st

The MOLRA (Map of Life Rapid Assessments) team, which our lab (LEGAL/UFAM) contributed to by collecting eDNA data, took second place in the Rainforest @XPrize competition out of 300 teams that entered. We are thrilled!

‘It’s guerrilla warfare’: Brazil fire teams fight Amazon blazes – and the arsonists who start them Firefighters and police in Rondônia battle fires intensified by both the climate crisis and a criminal assault on the rainforest

I’ve spent the last week traveling through the Amazon to witness the extreme drought & wildfires wreaking havoc across Brazil. Here’s our first dispatch from the front www.theguardian.com/world/2024/s...

A reference genome for the Harpy Eagle reveals steady demographic decline and chromosomal rearrangements in the origin of Accipitriformes - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - A reference genome for the Harpy Eagle reveals steady demographic decline and chromosomal rearrangements in the origin of Accipitriformes

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Population genetics of Himalayan langurs and its taxonomic implications https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.04.611248v1 Himalayan langurs (Semnopithecus schistaceus) are one of the most widely distributed colobine monkey

Population genetics of Himalayan langurs and its taxonomic implications https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.04.611248v1