PELD PSAM

What is PELD?

PELD refers to the Brazilian Long-Term Ecological Research Program (Programa de Pesquisas Ecológicas de Longa Duração). Similar to the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) programs found in many countries, PELD aims to monitor and study ecosystems over long periods of time to understand their dynamics, interactions, and responses to environmental changes. PELD sites are established across Brazil to investigate various ecosystems, including forests, grasslands, rivers, and coastal areas, providing valuable data for ecological research and conservation efforts.

Project approved in CNPq / MCTI / CNFAP-FAPs / PELD Call no. 21/2020 - Long-term Ecological Research Program - PELD.

The general objective of the project is to understand ecosystemic processes, biological interactions and human impacts on biodiversity in the southwestern Amazon region. Its specific objectives are:

Map_PELD_PSAM_Project.

 
  • Resample biological groups in sampling modules that have been sampled in the last 10 years and evaluate the effect of the BR-319 highway on these groups;
  • Develop a rapid sampling method for understory plants that can be used by ICMBio in the MONITORA program and determine its relationship with frugivorous butterfly assemblages already sampled in the program;
  • Test the ability of low-cost NIR spectrometers to identify organisms in the field;
  • Determine if Na is limiting for pollination and decomposition processes in southwestern Amazonia;
  • Produce didactic material to be used in classes for students in the region.

To download the proposal click here.

Maps of the research locations and modules.

 

Training and Qualification:

 

Books:

Books with Translated Versions:

 

Published scientific articles:

  • Acácio, M., Lourenço, I. H., Nina, M. M., Macêdo Filho, H. F. de, Barros, B. S. F., Souza, M. S. de, Stegmann, L. F., Magnusson, W. E., Anjos, M. R. dos. The ichthyofauna of streams from the Purus-Madeira interfluve: composition, new records, and conservation status for the south of the Amazon. Biota Neotropica 24(2): e20231554, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2023-1554. Available online

  • Santorelli Junior, S.; Kaa'aoi, J. A. P.; Fraga, R.; Stegmann, L.; Bolla, D.; Fernandes, I. Y.; Zuanon, J.;  Magnusson, W. E.. Empowering Indigenous students to engage in Amazon conservation.  An Acad Bras Cienc (2024) 96(3) e20230827.    DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202420230827. Available online

  • Santorelli Junior, S and Magnusson, W. E. 2024. Sodium Hunger in the Amazon. Int J Zoo Animal Biol 2024, 7(1): 000561.            DOI: 10.23880/izab-16000561. Available online

  • Bergallo, H. G.; Rosa, C.; Ochoa, A. C.; Manzatto, A. G.; Guimaraes, A. F.; Banhos, A.; Castilho, C. V.; Barros, C. F.; Norris, D.; Drucker, D. P.; Rodrigues, D. J.; Baccaro, F. B.; LOURENÇO, I. H.; Zuanon, J.; Stegmann, L. F.; Anjos, M. R.; Silveira, M.; Araújo, P. S. G.; BOBROWIEC, P. E. D.; Fadini, R.; Neckel-Oliveira, S.; Emilio, T.; Santorelli Junior, S.; Magnusson. W. E. 2023. Long-term Ecological Research: Chasing fashions or being prepared for fashion changes? An Acad Bras Cienc (2023): 95(3): e20230051. DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202320230051. Available online  

  • Guimarães, A. F.; Bergallo, H. G.; Santorelli Junior, S.; Baccaro, F. B. ; Sobroza, T. V.; Magnusson, W. E. Sistema rápido e colaborativo para estudo da biodiversidade. Ciência Hoje, p. 1 - 14, 24 jul. 2023. Available online

  • Moreno, E.; Pequeno, P.; Santorelli Junior, S.; Ferrão, M.; Lima, A. P.; Magnusson, W. E. 2023. How environmental factors affect the abundance and distribution of two congeneric species of Amazonian frogs. Biotropica. 2023;00:1–8. DOI: 10.1111/btp.13272.

  • Peixoto, G. M.; Fraga, R. de; Magnusson, W. E.; Leitão, P. H.; Kaefer, I. L.; Lima, A. P. 2023. Disentangling the effects of environmental and geographic distances on lizard assemblages in Amazonian forests. Journal of Biogeography. 2023;00:1–14. Available online

  • Santorelli Junior, S. Promovendo a conservação da biodiversidade amazônica através de livros educativos bilíngues (português e Tupikagwahiva). RECH- Revista Ensino de Ciências e Humanidades – Cidadania, Diversidade e Bem Estar, v. VII, n, 2, jul-dez, 2023, pág. 112-125. ISSN 2594-8806. Available online

  • Silveira, M. A. P. A.; Sousa, D. C. C.; Andriolo, A.; Santorelli Junior, Sergio. The dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) registered for the State of Rondônia, Southwestern Amazon. Brazilian Journal of Science of the Amazon, v. 12, p. 12-39, 2023. Available online

  • Torralvo, K.; Durgante, F.; Pasquini, C.; Magnusson, W. E. 2023. Near infrared spectroscopy for the identification of live anurans: Towards rapid and automated identification of species in the field. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy. 2023; 31(2):80-88. Available online

  • Menger, J.; Santorelli Junior, S.; Emilio, T.; Magnusson, W.; Anciães, M.. Palms predict the distributions of birds in southwestern Amazonia and are potential surrogates for land-use planning by local communities. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3408747/v1

  • Magnusson, W. E. 2022. Brazil´spreventabe bridge disasters. Science 378:621. Available online

  • Santorelli Junior, S.; Magnusson, W. E.; Deus, C. P. de; Keitt, T. H. 2022. Neutral processes and reduced dispersal across Amazonian rivers may explain how rivers maintain species diversity after secondary contact. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 20 (2022) 151–158. Available online

  • Sousa, T. R.; Schietti, J.; Ribeiro, I. O.; Emílio, T. et al..2022. Water table depth modulates productivity and biomass across Amazonian forests.GlobalEcolBiogeogr. 2022 Available online

  • Draper, F. C. et al. (2021). Amazon tree dominance across forest strata. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5:757–767. DOI:10.1038/s41559-021-01418-y

  • ForestPlots.net et al. (2021) Taking the pulse of Earth’s tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots. Biological Conservation 260:108849. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108849. Available online

  • Hipólito, J.; Coutinho, J.; Mahlmann, T.; Santana, T. B. R.; Magnusson, W. E. 2021. Legislation and pollination: Recommendations for policymakers and scientists. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2021. ISSN 2530-0644. Available online

  • Rosa, C.; Baccaro, F.; Cronemberger, C.; Hipólito, J.; Barros, C. F.; Rodrigues, D. de J.; Neckel-Oliveira, S.; Overbeck, G. E.; Drechsler-Santo, E. R. et al. 2021. The program of biodiversity Research in Brazil: The role of regional networks for biodiversity knowledge, dissemination, and conservation. An Acad Bras Cienc. (2021) 93(2),  e20201604, pp. 11-19. Available online

Abstracts Presented at Scientific Events
 
Acácio, M.; Macedo-Filho, H. F.; Lourenco, I. H.; Santana, J.S.Q ; Pelegrini, L. S.; Castro, N. G. D.; Costa, T. A. C. R.; Anjos, M. R.
 
Title: Educating Spaces: Popularizing Science in the Southwest Amazon
Event: V CENBAM and PPBio Western Amazon Symposium, 2023, Manaus
Abstract: Presented in the Proceedings of the V CENBAM and PPBio Western Amazon Symposium, 2023, pp. 69-71.
Acácio, M.; Prestes, A.G; Macedo-Filho, H. F.; Lourenco, I. H.; Santana, J.S.Q; Pelegrini, L. S.; Castro, N. G. D.; Costa, T. A. C. R.; Anjos, M.R.
 
Title: Habitat Use, Abundance, and Body Size Variation of Apistogramma resticulosa in Two Streams of the Purus-Madeira Interfluve, Amazonas
Event: V CENBAM and PPBio Western Amazon Symposium, 2023, Manaus
Abstract: Presented in the Proceedings of the V CENBAM and PPBio Western Amazon Symposium, 2023, pp. 34-36.
Castro, N. G. D.; Prestes, A.G; Macedo-Filho, H. F.; Lourenço, I. H.; Pelegrini, L. S.; Acácio, M.; Costa, T. A. C. R.; Anjos, M.R.
 
Title: Occurrence, Habitat Range of Amazonspinther dálmata, and New Records for the Purus-Madeira Interfluve, Southwest Amazon
Event: V CENBAM and PPBio Western Amazon Symposium, 2023, Manaus
Abstract: Presented in the Proceedings of the V CENBAM and PPBio Western Amazon Symposium, 2023, pp. 31-32.
Lourenço, I. H.; Acácio, M.; Castro, N. G. D.; Santana, J.S.Q; Macedo-Filho, H. F.; Prestes, A.G; Pelegrini, L. S.; Anjos, M.R.
 
Title: Ichthyological Collection of the Fishery Ichthyology and Management Laboratory of the Madeira River Valley - LIOP: PPBiO, Humaitá Regional Center
Event: V CENBAM and PPBio Western Amazon Symposium, 2023, Manaus
Abstract: Presented in the Proceedings of the V CENBAM and PPBio Western Amazon Symposium, 2023, pp. 7-9.
Santana, J. S. Q; Lourenço, I. H.; Macedo-Filho, H. F.; Pelegrini, L. S.; Castro, N. G. D.; Acácio, M.; Anjos, M. R.
 
Title: Boulengerella maculata: A Medium-Sized Fish Occurring in Third-Order Streams Along BR 319, Southwest Amazon
Event: V CENBAM and PPBio Western Amazon Symposium, 2023, Manaus
Abstract: Presented in the Proceedings of the V CENBAM and PPBio Western Amazon Symposium, 2023, pp. 28-30.
Sobroza, T. V.; Bobrowiec, P. E. D.; Magnusson, W. E.
 
Title: Effect of Environmental Variables on Acoustic Landscapes in the Southwest Amazon
Event: V CENBAM and PPBio Western Amazon Symposium, 2023, Manaus
Abstract: Presented in the Proceedings of the V CENBAM and PPBio Western Amazon Symposium, 2023, p. 87.

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Venomous snakes in the Humaitá-AM region

The frog genera of the Humaitá region: an introduction to the diversity of frogs for students and ecotourists

Mboja ejukahara Humatá pe wa´ ea Long-Term Ecological Research Program for Southwest Amazonas - PELD PSAM (banner translated into the indigenous language Tratarim)

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Disclosure

PELD PSAM translates scientific papers into indigenous languages. News published on 06/05/2024 on the PELDCOM website and also available on PPBio.

Land and water: tree adaptations for forest exuberance in the Purus-Madeira Interfluve. News published on 06/05/2024 in the BR-319 Observatory Newsletter (online) at Observatório BR-319 and also available on the website PPBio.

Inclusive science on the highway: the biodiversity of BR-319 in the Tupi-Kagigwahiva indigenous language .  News released in the Observatório BR-319 newsletter (online) on 04/28/2023 by Sérgio Santorelli Junior. BR-319 Observatory nº42 April/2023, pg. 20. Available online

Salt hunger in the Amazon. News released in the Observatório BR-319 newsletter (online) on 04/28/2023 by Sérgio Santorelli Junior. Observatory Information BR-319 nº38 Dec/2022, pg. 20. Available online

They have nothing of vampires: who are the bats on BR-319?  News released on 04/03/23 in the Observatório BR-319 Newsletter, authored by Daniella Bôlla and Sérgio Santorelli Junior. Observatoriobr319.org.br, p.1-20, 03 Apr.2023. Available online

The importance of scientific feedback in indigenous language in Humaitá and the region .  News published in the Observatório BR-319 newsletter on 02/28/23, authored by Sérgio Santorelli Junior. BR-319 Observatory nº40 February /2023, pg. 18. Available athttps://observatoriobr319.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Informativo-OBR-319-n40-Fevereiro2023-v3.pdf

The frog genera of the Humaitá region (AM): an introduction to the diversity of frogs for students and ecotourists. Banner published on 02/24/23 in the Observatório BR-319 Newsletter (online) athttps://observatoriobr319.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/banner-sapos.pdfand on the PPBio website athttps ://ppbio.inpa.gov.br/sites/default/files/banner-sapos.pdf. 

Venomous snakes from the Humaitá-AM region.  Banner published on 02/24/2023 in the Observatório BR-319 Newsletter (online) at https://observatoriobr319.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cobras_venenosas.pdf and on the PPBio website at https:/ /ppbio.inpa.gov.br/sites/default/files/cobras_venenosas.pdf .

Bilingual Material – Tupi-Kagwahiwa: Mboja ejukahara Humaitá pe wa ́ea – Portuguese: The poisonous snakes of the Humaitá region (AM) . Banner of the Long-Term Research Program of Southwest Amazonas – PELD PSAM translated into the indigenous language Tratarim by Angelisson Suasrim of the Morõgitá ethnic group published on 02/24/23 in the BR-319 Observatory Newsletter (online) at https://observatoriobr319. org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cobras_venenosas_tradutor.pdfand also available on the PPBio website athttps://ppbio.inpa.gov.br/sites/default/files/cobras_venenosas_tradutor.pdf.

Bilingual Material – Tupi-Kagwahiwa: Ju ́í Humaitá pe wa ́ea: Kwatija hawa Ka ́á rehe mobeu pyra Ju ́í rera students and ecotourists gã pe – Portuguese: The frog genera of the Humaitá region (AM): an introduction to the diversity of frogs for students and ecotourists . Banner translated into the indigenous language Tratarim by Angelisson Suasrim from the Morõgitá ethnic group published on 02/24/23 in the BR-319 Observatory Newsletter (online) athttps://observatoriobr319.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ banner-sapos_tradutor.pdf and also available on the Biodiversity Research Program (PPBio) website athttps://ppbio.inpa.gov.br/sites/default/files/banner-sapos_tradutor.pdf.

Keeping an eye on the road, there is an animal crossing. News published in the Observatório BR-319 newsletter (online) on 01/31/2023, authored by Sérgio Santorelli Junior and Clarissa Rosa. Observatory Information BR-319 nº39 Jan/2023, v. 3, pg. 18. Available online

Sérgio Santorelli and the booklet of curious animals . Interview given to Evaldo Ferreira in Jornal do Commercio on 12/30/2022 emphasizing that the booklets on curious species of frogs, snakes and fish found in the Humaitá region are highlighted in a scientific article. Available online

Illustrated guide to the fish of Igarapés on BR-319 – An introduction to biodiversity . News released on 11/04/2022 in the Observatório BR-319 newsletter (online) about the book authored by Lis F. Stegmann et al. 2022. Available at  https://observatoriobr319.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/guia-peixes-V2-27out-impressa%CC%83o.pdf .

Illustrated Guide to Fish presents the diversity of fish in the southwestern Amazon for municipal school students.  News about the launch of the “Illustrated Guide to Igarapés Fish of BR-319” released on 11/04/2022 on the Amazonas Virtual website. Available online

Moreno, E.; Santorelli Junior, S.; Ferrão, M.; Small, P.; Lima, A.; Magnusson, W. . A species of frog still unknown to science along BR-319 is beginning to be studied by researchers.   News authored by Eduardo Moreno et al. 2022 published on 11/02/2022 in the Observatório BR-319 Newsletter nº36 Oct/2022, page. 19. Available online

Ecological Research Program in the southwest of the Amazon reactivates study base in BR-319. News released on 09/30/2022 in the Observatório BR-319 Newsletter (online). BR-319 Observatory Newsletter nº 35 Sep/2022, page. 20. Available online

Frogs of the Humaitá Region - An introduction to the diversity of frogs for students and ecotourists.  News released on 09/09/2022 in the Observatório BR-319 (online) newsletter authored by Albertina Pimentel Lima et al. 2021 on the book Sapos da Região de Humaitá available at Observatório BR-319 and on the website from PPBio.

Venomous snakes and similar species in the Humaitá region. News released on 09/09/2022 in the Observatório BR-319 (online) newsletter authored by Rafael de Fraga et al. 2021 on the book Venomous snakes and similar species in the Humaitá region available at Observatório BR-319 and on the PPBio website.

Illustrated species guide presents the diversity of fish in BR-319 streams. News published in Jornal Acritica.com on 09/03/2022 about the Illustrated Guide to the Fish of Streams of BR-319, which presents a brief introduction to the biodiversity of fish from streams of the Purus-Madeira interfluve, their characteristics and curiosities, as well as of the species that were recorded along BR-319, what they feed on and how they live. Available online

Poisonous snakes, colourful frogs and curious fish on BR-319. News published in the Observatório BR-319 Newsletter written by Sérgio Santorelli Junior, Liz F. Stegmann and Rafael de Fraga. BR-319 Observatory nº37 Nov/2022, pg. 20. Available online

Disclosure of the biodiversity of the Humaitá Region. Video released on 11/2021 about the dissemination and launch of two local fauna guides: Venomous snakes and similar species from the Humaitá region and frogs from the Humaitá region. Available on LIOP's Facebook page.

Guide to Frogs from the Humaitá region translated into the Mura-Pirahã indigenous language - New ways to understand Amazonian biodiversity in the Mura-Pirahã language. News published on PPBio AmOc's Facebook page . Available at:  https://www.facebook.com/ppbio.inpa .

Biologist launches book that informs the diversity of bat species. News published on 10/04/23 on the Engeplus website. Available  at:  https://www.engeplus.com.br/noticia/geral/2023/biologa-lanca-livro-que-i...

 

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