On the scale of the Amazon basin (or of the country or state), each grid is a sampling unit, and the units of sampling are smaller sub-units. For long-term ecological studies within the same site, there are spatially explicit standardized modules that allow comparisons within and between grids. Not all organisms can be efficiently sampled at the same sampling unit.
INPA's zoological collections are respositories of biological material that are not only home to species, but also to information about the populations of each species, climatic, edaphic data and so on.
Prazeres da Mesa magazine, one of the most prestigious cooking magazines in the country, interviewed in its issue of December 2015 Dr. Noemia Kazue Ishikawa, researcher at INPA / CENBAM. In 2014, she introduced along with the chef Philip Schaedler, owner of Banzeiro restaurant, edible mushroom Lentinula raphanica in Table Event Trends: International Gastronomy Congress.
This research shows the effects of avian malaria, caused by the infection of theprotozoan of the genus Plasmodium on the social behavior of Lepidothrix coronata (Aves: Pipridae). The birds of this species, popularly known as "blue-crowned manakins” are well-known for holding exhibitions of dances to females during the breeding season. These dances are performed on dance perches located within traditional locations where the males congregate. Such aggregates, which may have between one and seven adult males are called “leks”.
On November 5, 2015, CENBAM researchers carried out a tour of the municipality of Novo Airão, in order to verify the consequences of forest fires that took place on 20-22 September in a “campinarana” (meadowland) area. Due to the scarcity of data on fires in this type of environment, the researchers realized that this would be a great opportunity to collect data to quantify the impact of fire at this time of year in the metropolitan region of Manaus.
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