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.

In the footsepts of precolombian societes from French Guyana

FOR YOUR AGENDAS : CALENDAR OF CONFERENCES 2019

Overview of the annual meeting of the LabEx CEBA

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In the footsteps of past amerindian societies from French Guiana

Posted on 03/12/2018

A field mission of archeological digs and a collect of plants was organized in the Nouragues research station at Parare camp for 15 days LongTIme LONG Term Impact of ancient aMErindian settlements on guianese forests A growing body of archaeological … Continued

Calendar of conferences 2019

Posted on 07/01/2019

FOR YOUR AGENDAS 2019 ecology and evolution conferences – complete list: https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/17997-patrick-goymer/posts/41205-ecology-evolution-conferences-2019 Main events Joint BES/GTO (British Ecological Society/Society for Tropical Ecology) symposium – 8-12 april Edinburgh UK https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/events/ute2019/ FBFW (Fresh Blood for Fresh Water Conference) – 23-27 april Tihany … Continued

8th edition of DNA Metabarcoding Spring School at the Nourague field station

Posted on 23/10/2018

The second thematic school of 2018 was organized at the Inselberg camp at the Nouragues field station in French Guiana. The discipline taught was DNA metabarcoding, an evolving method for assessing biodiversity from environmental DNA and bulk samples. It has … Continued

Overview of the annual meeting of the LabEx CEBA

Posted on 12/10/2018

October, 1st and 2nd gathered 186 participants for the 7th edition of the annual meeting of the LabEx CEBA. In hindsight, a presentation of the LongTIme project about ancient human occupations, sessions on interspecific interactions, remote sensing, coastal ecosystems, neotropical … Continued

Exhibition La Forêt Regardée

Posted on 09/10/2018

Stroll from forests to forests in Cayenne! La Forêt regardée, the exhibition in Cayenne which honours the richness of the Guyanese rainforest. The LabEx CEBA presents an exhibition of Julie Boileau, artist photographer, who has been inspired by forests for … Continued

The 17th Ant course at the Nouragues Field station

Posted on 04/09/2018

Ant Course was created in 2001 and has organized 16 workshops until now, in 7 different countries, and contributing to the training of 467 students from 58 countries. This workshop is an institution for individuals working on social insects and … Continued

Discovery of the CNRS and the CIRAD : the bark as a muscle

Posted on 27/08/2018

Researchers from Ecofog and LMGC laboratories realised experimentations to understand how plants fights gravity. What are the motor systems that guide the tree to stand straight ? The study published on 2018, August 4th, in the journal New Phytologist, demonstrates … Continued

Registrations are opened for the CEBA Annual Meeting 2018

Posted on 01/08/2018

If you wish to participate to the Annual CEBA Meeting 2018, the registrations are now opened. This meeting will be held in the amphitheater A of Troubiran Campus at the University of French Guiana on the 1rst and 2nd october … Continued

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Phenotypic and life-history diversification in Amazonian frogs despite past introgressions

Fouquet A, Ferrier B, Salmona J, Tirera S, Vacher JP, Courtois EA, Gaucher P, Dias Lim J, Sales Nunes PM, Marques de Souza S, Rodrigues MT, Noonan B, de Thoisy B
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 130:169-180

Modelling built infrastructure heights to evaluate common assumptions in aquatic conservation

Januchowski-Hartley SR, Jézéquel C, Tedesco PA
Journal of Environmental Management, 232:131-137

What drives long-term variations in carbon flux and balance in a tropical rainforest in French Guiana?

Aguilos M, Herault B, Burban B, Wagner F, Bonal D
Agricultural and Forest Management, 253-254:114-123

Tree size and climatic water deficit control root to shoot ratio in individual trees globally

Ledo A, Paul KI, Burslem DFRP, Ewel JJ, Barton C, Battaglia M, Brooksbank K, Carter J, Eid TH, England JR, Fitzgerald A, Jonson J, Mencuccini M, Montagu KD, Montero G, Mugasha WA, Pinkard E, Roxburgh S, Ryan CM, Ruiz-Peinado R, Sochacki S, Specht A, Wildy D, Wirth C, Zerihun A, Chave J
New Phytologist, 217:8-11

The surface-atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide in tropical rainforests: sensitivity to environmental drivers and flux measurement methodology

Fu Z, Gerken T, Bromley G, Araujo A, Bonal D, Burban B, Ficklin D, Fuentes JD, Goulden M, Hirano T, Kosugi Y, Liddell M, Nicolini G, Niu S, Roupsard O, Stefani P, Mi C, Tofte Z, Xiao J, Valentini R, Wolf S, Stoy PC
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 263:292-307

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