Labex CEBA – Center for the study of biodiversity in Amazonia

Understanding why so many organisms are present in tropical ecosystems is a major scientific challenge.
The Laboratoire of excellence CEBA (Center for the study of biodiversity in Amazonia) promotes innovation in research on tropical biodiversity. It brings together a network of internationally-recognized French research teams, contributes to university education, and encourages scientific collaboration with South American countries.

Save the Date! Annual CEBA Meeting 2017 on the 5th & 6th of October

Numerical calculation workshop in French Guiana

Labex CEBA Thematic School 2017: remote sensing and biodiversity

REsearch work carried out within the CEBA framework presented in Mexico

Implementation of the decree on the ABS as of the 1st of July 2017

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Research work carried out within the CEBA framework presented in Mexico

Posted on 09/08/2017

Jean-François Guégan, from UMR MIVEGEC, was invited to give two lectures in Mexico where he presented the work carried out within the framework of the LabEx CEBA   The first conference1 was given during the joint Wildlife Diseases international congress, … Continued

Annual LabEx CEBA Meeting 2017

Posted on 03/08/2017

The annual meeting 2017 of the LabEx CEBA will take place on the 5th & 6th of October in Cayenne. These two days of conference will be held in the amphitheater A on the Campus of Troubiran of the University … Continued

Implementation of the decree on the Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing (ABS) as of the 1st of July 2017

Posted on 19/07/2017

Protecting and promoting natural resources is the objective of the Law for the Recovery of Nature and Landscapes Biodiversity which was adopted on August 8th 2016. With its decree of application on Access to genetic resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS), … Continued

Numerical calculation workshop in French Guiana

Posted on 05/07/2017

A two-day workshop was held in Cayenne on the 29th and 30th of June 2017 on shared resources for access to numerical calculation and their uses in French Guiana, as well as on the possible fields of action related to … Continued

Labex CEBA Thematic School 2017 : remote sensing and biodiversity

Posted on 13/06/2017

The Labex CEBA is organising its thematic school on remote sensing and its potential uses in the study of biodiversity. It will be held at the Hotel des Roches in Kourou (French Guiana) as from the 25th to the 29th … Continued

Exploring the synergies of ForestGEO-CTFS and GUYAFOR

Posted on 12/06/2017

Expanding a global network of forest research to French Guiana was the goal of the event « Exploring the synergies of ForestGEO-CTFS and GUYAFOR » that took place on the 21st to the 26th of May 2017 in French Guiana. Stuart J. … Continued

What is the link between deforestation and gold mining activity?

Posted on 03/04/2017

According to a recent study published in the journal ” Environmental Research Letters”, there is a strong relationship between deforestation due to gold extraction and gold prices at the regional level.   Tropical forests in South America are increasingly threatened … Continued

Carbon recovery dynamics following disturbance by selective logging in Amazonian forests

Posted on 17/03/2017

The results of a recent scientific publication on the dynamics of carbon recovery following a disturbance by selective logging in Amazonian forests are explained in a 3-minute video. Amazonian rainforests play an important role in stocking carbon and one of … Continued

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Latest publications

The predatory behavior of the Neotropical social wasp Polybia rejecta

Dejean A, Rodríguez-Pérez H, Carpenter JM, Azémar F, Corbara B
Behavioural Processes, 140:161-168

Predicting resource use in ant species and entire communities by studying their morphological traits: Influence of habitat and subfamily

Salas-López A
Ecological Indicators, 78:183-191

Applying sewage epidemiology approach to estimate illicit drug consumption in a tropical context: Bias related to sewage temperature and pH

Devault DA, Lévi Y, Karolak S
Science of the Total Environment, 584-585:252–258

Trade-offs in an ant–plant–fungus mutualism

Orivel J, Malé P-J, Lauth J, Roux O, Petitclerc F, Dejean A, Leroy C
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1850):20161679

The generalized Simpson’s entropy is a measure of biodiversity

Grabchak M, Marcon E, Lang G, Zhang Z
PLoS ONE, 12(3):e0173305

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