Project outputs
Peer-reviewed publications
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Bredin, Y.K., Peres, C.A., & Haugaasen, T. (2020). Forest type affects the capacity of Amazonian tree species to store carbon as woody biomass. Forest Ecology and Management, 473, 118297.
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Freitas, C.T., Espírito-Santo, H.M.V., Campos-Silva, J.V., Peres, C.A., & Lopes, P.F.M. (2020). Resource co-management as a step towards gender equity in fisheries. Ecological Economics, 176, 106709.
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Jacobi, C.M., Villamarín, F., Campos-Silva, J.V., Jardine, T.D., & Magnusson, W.E. (2020). Feeding of Arapaima sp.: integrating stomach contents and local ecological knowledge. Journal of Fish Biology, 97(1), 265-272.
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Jacobi, C.M., Villamarín, F., Jardine, T.D., & Magnusson, W.E. (2020). Uncertainties associated with trophic discrimination factor and body size complicate calculation of δ15N‐derived trophic positions in Arapaima sp. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 29(4), 779-789.
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Rocha, D.G., Ferraz, K.M.P.M.B., Gonçalves, L., Tan, C.K.W., Lemos, F.G., Ortiz, C., Peres, C.A., Negrões, N., Antunes, A.P., Rohe, F., Abrahams, M.I., Zapata-Rios, G., Teles, D., Oliveira, T., von Mühlen, E.M., Venticinque, E., Gräbin, D.M., Mosquera B., D., Blake, J., Lima, M.G.M., Sampaio, R., Percequillo, A.R., Peters, F., Payán, E., Borges, L.H.M., Calouro, A.M., Endo, W., Pitman, R.L., Haugaasen, T., Silva, D.A., de Melo, F.R., de Moura, A.L.B., Costa, H.C.M., Lugarini, C., de Sousa, I.G., Nienow, S., Santos, F., Mendes-Oliveiras, A.C., Toro-Orozco, W.D., D'Amico, A.R., Albernaz, A.L., Ravetta, A., do Carmo, E.C.O., Ramalho, E., Valsecchi, J., Giordano, A.J., Wallace, R., Macdonald, D.W. & Sollman, R. (2020). Wild dogs at stake: deforestation threatens the only Amazon endemic canid, the short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis). Royal Society Open Science, 7(4), 190717.
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Freitas, C.T., Macedo Lopes, P.F., Campos‐Silva, J.V., Noble, M.M., Dyball, R., & Peres, C.A. (2019). Co‐management of culturally important species: A tool to promote biodiversity conservation and human well‐being. People and Nature, 2(1), 61-81.
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Pringle, E.G., dos Santos, T.F., Gonçalves, M.S., Hawes, J.E., Peres, C.A. & Baccaro, F.B. (2019) Arboreal ant abundance tracks primary productivity in an Amazonian whitewater river system. Ecosphere, 10(10), e02902.
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Campos-Silva, J.V., Hawes, J.E., & Peres, C.A. (2019) Population recovery, seasonal site fidelity, and daily activity of pirarucu (Arapaima spp.) in an Amazonian floodplain mosaic. Freshwater Biology, 64(7), 1255-1264.
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Wang, B., Rocha, D.G., Abrahams, M.I., Antunes, A.P., Costa, H.M.C., Gonçalves, A.L.S., Spironello, W.R., de Paula, M.J., Peres, C.A., Pezzuti, J., Ramalho, E., Reis, M.L., Carvalho Jr, E., Rohe, F., Macdonald, D.W., & Tan, C.K.W. (2019) Habitat use of the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in Brazilian Amazon. Ecology and Evolution, 9(9), 5049-5062.
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Campos-Silva, J.V., Hawes, J.E., Andrade, P.C.M. & Peres, C.A. (2018) Unintended multispecies co-benefits of an Amazonian community-based conservation programme. Nature Sustainability, 1(11), 650-656.
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Alves-Pinto, H.N., Hawes, J.E., Newton, P., Feltran-Barbieri, R. & Peres, C.A. (2018) Economic impacts of payments for environmental services on livelihoods of agro-extractivist communities in the Brazilian Amazon. Ecological Economics, 152, 378–388.
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Costa, H.C.M., Peres, C.A. & Abrahams, M.I. (2018) Seasonal dynamics of terrestrial vertebrate abundance between Amazonian flooded and unflooded forests. PeerJ, 6, e5058.
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Leite, G.A., Farias, I.P., Gonçalves, A.L.S., Hawes, J.E. & Peres, C.A. (2018) Coarse- and fine-scale patterns of distribution and habitat selection places an Amazonian floodplain curassow in double jeopardy. PeerJ, 6, e4617.
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Abrahams, M.I., Peres, C.A., & Costa, H.C.M. (2018) Manioc losses by terrestrial vertebrates in western Brazilian Amazonia. Journal of Wildlife Management, 82(4), 734-746.
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Abrahams, M.I., Peres, C.A., & Costa, H.C.M. (2017) Measuring local depletion of terrestrial game vertebrates by central-place hunters in rural Amazonia. PLOS ONE, 12(10), e0186653.
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Campos-Silva, J.V., Peres, C.A., Antunes, A.P., Valsecchi, J. & Pezzuti, J. (2017) Community-based population recovery of overexploited Amazonian wildlife. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 15(4), 266-270.
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Leite, G.A., Farias, I.P., Peres, C.A. & Brooks, D.M. (2017) Reproductive biology of the endangered wattled currasow (Crax globulosa; Galliformes: Cracidae) in the Juruá river basin, western Brazilian Amazonia. Journal of Natural History, 51(11-12), 677-687.
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Leite, G.A., Farias, I.P. & Peres, C.A. (2016) Parental care of Chestnut-capped Puffbird Bucco macrodactylus on the middle Juruá River, Amazonas, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 24(2), 80-82.
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Leite, G.A., Mello Barreiros, M.H., Farias, I.P. & Peres, C.A. (2016) Description of the nest of two Thamnophilidae species in Brazilian Amazon. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 24(2), 83-85.
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Campos-Silva, J.V., & Peres, C. A. (2016) Community-based management induces rapid recovery of a high-value tropical freshwater fishery. Scientific Reports, 6, 34745.
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Endo, W., Peres, C. A., & Haugaasen, T. (2016) Flood pulse dynamics affects exploitation of both aquatic and terrestrial prey by Amazonian floodplain settlements. Biological Conservation, 201, 129-136.
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Nichols, E., Peres, C. A., Hawes, J. E., & Naeem, S. (2016) Multi-trophic diversity effects of network degradation. Ecology and Evolution, 6(14), 4936-4946.
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Hawes, J. E., & Peres, C. A. (2016) Patterns of plant phenology in Amazonian seasonally flooded and unflooded forests. Biotropica, 48(4), 465-475.
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Campos-Silva, J.V., Fonseca-Junior, S.F., & Peres, C.A. (2015) Policy reversals do not bode well for conservation in Brazilian Amazonia. Brazilian Journal of Nature Conservation, 13(2), 193-195.
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Hawes, J. E., & Peres, C. A. (2014) Fruit–frugivore interactions in Amazonian seasonally flooded and unflooded forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 30(5), 381-399.
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Endo, W., Haugaasen, T., & Peres, C. A. (2014) Seasonal abundance and breeding habitat occupancy of the Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata) in western Brazilian Amazonia. Bird Conservation International, 24(4), 518-529.
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Jones, S. E. I, & Dorward, L. J. (2014) Possible scavenging behavior in Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) in Amazonas, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 22(1), 27-31.
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Nichols, E., Uriarte, M., Peres, C. A., Louzada, J., Braga, R. F., Schiffler, G., Endo, W., & Spector, S. H. (2013) Human-induced trophic cascades along the fecal detritus pathway. PLOS ONE, 8(10), e75819.
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Hawes, J. E., Peres, C. A., Riley, L. B., & Hess, L. L. (2012) Landscape-scale variation in structure and biomass of Amazonian seasonally flooded and unflooded forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 281, 163-176.
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Newton, P., Watkinson, A. R., & Peres, C. A. (2012) Spatial, temporal, and economic constraints to the commercial extraction of a non–timber forest product: copaíba (Copaifera spp.) oleoresin in Amazonian reserves. Economic Botany, 66(2), 165-177.
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Newton, P., Peres, C. A., Desmoulière, S. J., & Watkinson, A. R. (2012) Cross-scale variation in the density and spatial distribution of an Amazonian non-timber forest resource. Forest Ecology and Management, 276, 41-51.
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Newton, P., Endo, W., & Peres, C. A. (2012) Determinants of livelihood strategy variation in two extractive reserves in Amazonian flooded and unflooded forests. Environmental Conservation, 39(2), 97-110.
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Newton, P., Nichols, E. S., Endo, W., & Peres, C. A. (2012) Consequences of actor level livelihood heterogeneity for additionality in a tropical forest payment for environmental services programme with an undifferentiated reward structure. Global Environmental Change, 22(1), 127-136.
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Newton, P., Watkinson, A. R., & Peres, C. A. (2011) Determinants of yield in a non-timber forest product: Copaifera oleoresin in Amazonian extractive reserves. Forest Ecology and Management, 261(2), 255-264.
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Peres, C.A. (2011) Conservation in sustainable use tropical forest reserves. Conservation Biology, 25(6), 1124–1129.
Theses and dissertations
PhD
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Scabin, Andressa B. (2020) Efeitos cascata da caça na comunidade de vertebrados e plantas em florestas da Amazônia occidental. Doctoral thesis, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).
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Freitas, Carolina T. (2019) O que o manejo do pirarucu pode nos ensinar: aspectos ecológicos, sociais e culturais aplicáveis a múltiplos sistemas socioecológicos. Doctoral thesis, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).
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Leite, Gabriel A. (2017) Conhecer para conservar: Crax globulosa (Aves: Cracidae), da genética de populações à seleção de habitat. Doctoral thesis, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA).
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Abrahams, Mark I. (2016) Wildlife responses to anthropogenic disturbance in Amazonian forests. Doctoral thesis, University of East Anglia.
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Campos e Silva, João V. (2016) Manejo participativo nas várzeas amazônicas e seus efeitos multi-tróficos. Doctoral thesis, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).
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Teles, Davi (2016) Watershed scale conservation planning across Amazonia. Doctoral thesis, University of East Anglia.
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Endo, Whaldener (2016) Game vertebrate responses to rural populations in neotropical protected areas. Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
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Andrade, Paulo C.M. (2015) Manejo comunitário de quelônios (Família Podocnemididae, Podocnemis unifilis, P. sextuberculata, P. expansa) no Médio Rio Amazonas e Juruá. Doctoral thesis, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA).
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Hawes, Joseph E. (2012) Fruits and frugivory in neotropical primates and in Amazonian flooded and unflooded forests. Doctoral thesis, University of East Anglia.
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Nichols, Elizabeth S. (2012) The causes and consequences of community disassembly in human modified tropical forest: Scarabaeine dung beetles as a model system. Doctoral thesis, Columbia University.
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Newton, Peter (2011) Opportunities for conservation and livelihoods in Amazonian extractive reserves. Doctoral thesis, University of East Anglia.
MSc
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Jacobi, Cristina (2020) O uso de isótopos estáveis de nitrogênio (δ15N) evidencia a posição trófica do pirarucu (Arapaima sp.)?. MSc thesis, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA).
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Romero, Julia (2015) Human security and environmental conservation: the role of protected areas in the welfare of traditional Amazonian communities. MSc thesis, Aarhus University.
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Costa, Hugo C. M. (2014) Seasonal movements of terrestrial vertebrates between amazonian flooded and unflooded forests. MSc thesis, Museu Paraense Emiliio Goeldi (MPEG).
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Nery, Helena A. P. (2012) Long term effectiveness of REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon: opportunity costs to local participants. MSc thesis, University of East Anglia.
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Peterson, Debora (2010) Quantitative ethnobotany of forest dwellers: drivers of congruence in local names in Amazonia. MSc thesis, University of East Anglia.
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Itaborahy, Wilde (2009) Terras, florestas, barcos e barracões: “patrões” e “fregueses” no Médio Juruá. MSc thesis, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio De Janeiro (UFRRJ).
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Rosas-Ribeiro, Patrícia F. (2009) Conflitos entre pescadores e ariranhas (Pteronura brasiliensis) na Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Uacari, rio Juruá, Amazonas. MSc thesis, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) and Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM).
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Munari, Daniel P. (2008) Técnicas de amostragem e a detecção de mamíferos terrestres na Floresta Amazônica. MSc thesis, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) and Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM).
BSc
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Cook, Patrick (2015) Human wildlife conflicts: a review of conflicts with freshwater mammals and reptiles in the tropics and subtropics. BSc dissertation, University of East Anglia.
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Dorwood, Leejiah (2010) Soil fertility effects on nutrient decay in Amazonian flooded and unflooded forests: a bone decalcification experiment. BSc dissertation, University of East Anglia.
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Riley, Louise (2009) Forest structure and floristic composition of Amazonian flooded and unflooded forests. BSc dissertation, University of East Anglia.
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Scelza, Gabriella, C. (2008) Desobriga: o movimento de contra-opressão ao sistema dos seringais no Médio Juruá – AM (1970-2008). BA dissertation, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
Other publications
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Campos-Silva, J.V., Hawes, J.E, Freitas, C.T., Andrade, P.C.M., & Peres, C.A. (2020) Community-Based Management of Amazonian Biodiversity Assets. In: Participatory Biodiversity Conservation (Ed. C. Baldauf) pp. 99-111. Springer, Cham.
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Campos-Silva, J.V., Peres, C.A., Hawes, J.E, Freitas, C.T., & Andrade, P.C.M. (2018) Manejo Comunitário do Pirarucu e Proteção de Tabuleiros de Desova de Quelônios / Community Management and Conservation of Pirarucu Lakes and Turtle Nesting Beaches (Handbook in Portuguese and English). Fundação Amazonas Sustentável (FAS), Manaus.
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Hawes, J.E. & Peres, C.A. (2017) Forest Structure, Fruit Production and Frugivore Communities in Terra firme and Várzea Forests of the Médio Juruá. In: Forest Structure, Function and Dynamics in Western Amazonia (Ed. R.W. Myster) pp. 85-100. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.
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Peres, C.A. (2013) Biodiversity Conservation Performance of Sustainable-Use Tropical Forest Reserves. In: “Conservation Biology: Voices from the Tropics.” (Eds. P.H. Raven, N.S. Sodhi and L. Gibson) pp. 245-253. Blackwell-Wiley, Oxford.
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Peres, C. A. & A. A. Cunha. (2011) Line-Transect Censuses of Large-Bodied Tropical Forest Vertebrates: A Handbook/Manual para censo e monitoramento de vertebrados de médio e grande porte por transecção linear em flrestas tropicais. Wildife Conservation Society, Ministério do Meio Ambiente e ICMBio, Brasil.