INPA Ecology Program members among world’s most influential researchers
Two researchers affiliated to INPA’s Graduate Program in Ecology were listed among the 2% most influential researchers worldwide, according to a ranking recently published in PLoS Biology. Five researchers are among the most cited in 2019 in their respective fields
Singing in the rain? How Amazonian bats respond to weather
We already know that moonlight affects Amazonian bat activity. In temperate regions, temperature strongly conditions bat activity, as bats hibernate, to save energy in a time of low insect availability. In tropical rainforests, however, it is warm and insects are abundant year round, and rainfall is the most variable environmental factor. Frequent rainfall can affect bat activity. In her PhD thesis, Giulliana Appel asked how insectivorous bats respond to variation in temperature, rainfall and moonlight in the Amazon forest.
Study on Amazon forest domestication wins thesis of the year
The doctoral thesis of Carolina Levis at INPA's graduate program in Ecology was chosen as best thesis of 2019 in the area of Biodiversity by Capes, the Brazilian National Council for Higher Education, for her research on the domestication process of the Amazon forest by pre-Columbian populations.
