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The shape, sounds and genes of Allobates tapajos
Last Updated: Thursday, 03 August 2017
Allobates tapajos is a small frog that lives in terra firme forests along both margins of the Tapajós River, one of the main tributaries of the Amazonas basin. In her master's project, Gabriela Farias Maia analyzed the variation of genetic, acoustic and morphological traits of A. tapajos on both margins of the Tapajós.
III Course on Functional Characteristics of Plants
Last Updated: Thursday, 03 August 2017
The third edition of the Course on Functional Characteristics of Plants will happen from 4-11 September 2017 at Ducke Reserve, in Manaus (Amazonas, Brazil).
Amazonian caimans do not share the same menu
Last Updated: Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Despite being considered generalist and opportunistic predators, the four species of Amazonian caimans consume different proportions of aquatic or terrestrial prey, reflecting the way in which each caiman species is distributed in different environments.
