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Isotope fingerprinting for traceability in the amazon bioeconomy: A Bayesian assignment approach with açai

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  • Luiz Antonio Martinelli
  • Rodrigo Figueiredo Almeida
  • Maria Gabriella Da Silva Araujo
  • Deoclecio Jardim Amorim
  • Ana Claudia Gama Batista
  • Isabela Maria Souza-Silva
  • Edmar Mazzi
  • Evelyn Soares Da Mata Ferrari
  • Clement Bataille
  • Caspar Christian Cedric Chater
  • Fabio Jose Viana Costa
  • Victor Deklerck
  • Paulo Jose Duarte-Neto
  • Niro Higuchi
  • Adriano Jose Nogueira Lima
  • Gabriela Bielefeld Nardoto
  • Joao Paulo Sena-Souza
  • Gabriel J. Bowen
A ccedil;ai (Euterpe spp.) is a flagship product of the Amazon bioeconomy, recognized for its high nutritional value and economic importance. The commercialization of a ccedil;ai could benefit from a straightforward certification or traceability system that verifies geographic origin and product authenticity. This study introduces the first isotopic assignment model for a ccedil;ai berries from the Brazilian Amazon, utilizing stable isotopes of oxygen (delta 18O) and hydrogen (delta D). We developed Random Forest-based isoscapes and employed Bayesian assignment techniques to create spatial posterior probability surfaces for 59 samples with known origins. The model's evaluation included spatial performance metrics at sample level: posterior quantile rank, distance to the highest posterior cell, and the size of the 95 the median 95.0 indicating a strong capacity for exclusion. Sixty-eight percent of samples had quantile ranks below 0.10, and 655.29 (95 0.25-0.34), classifying the model as ``good''. We conclude that this model is best suited for exclusion-based applications like isotopic provenance certification rather than for exploratory geographic assignments lacking prior location information. This research demonstrates the practical feasibility of using stable isotopes for traceability in tropical forest products and introduces transferable spatial metrics for future isotopic provenance modeling.
Originele taal-2Engels
Artikel nummer101207
TijdschriftTREES FORESTS AND PEOPLE
Volume24
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StatusGepubliceerd - 1-mrt.-2026

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