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  Title Distribution of calcium oxalate crystals in floral organs of araceae in relation to pollination strategy Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication American Journal of Botany Abbreviated Journal Am. J. Bot.  
  Volume 99 Issue 7 Pages 1231-1242  
  Keywords Araceae; Beetles; Calcium oxalate; Crystal; Defense; Flowers; Herbivory; Pollination  
  Abstract (down) Premise of the study: Many flowers are pollinated by potentially hungry insects, yet flowers also contain gametes and embryos which must be protected from predation. Microscopic calcium oxalate crystals in plant tissues have been proposed to protect against herbivory. Aroids, which have an unusual diversity of such crystals, also exhibit diverse pollination strategies. Many species have pollinators that do not feed while visiting the flowers, while other species, especially those pollinated by beetles, offer sterile staminodia as food rewards. We examined flowers of 21 aroid species with various pollination strategies to test the hypothesis that crystals protect vital gametes and embryos while allowing consumption of food bribes.Methods: Aroid inflorescences collected from the field or from greenhouse material were sectioned, cleared, and examined by bright field and polarization microscopy.Key results: All species examined, regardless of pollination strategy, arrayed crystals around unshed pollen and ovules. Less vital tissues, such as odoriferous appendages, had few crystals. Staminodia offered as food to beetle pollinators, however, differed greatly between species in their crystal contents. Some had minimal crystals; some had crystals in patterns suggesting they limit beetle feeding; still others had abundant crystals in no obvious pattern.Conclusions: The results are consistent with crystals protecting against insect predation of gametes and embryos. However, the role of crystals in food-bribe staminodia is unclear. They may limit and direct feeding by beetles in some species, while in others they might have no protective role. © 2012 Botanical Society of America.  
  Address CNRS-Ecolog (UMR 8172), Campus Agronomique BP316, Korou cedex 97379, France  
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  Notes Export Date: 10 August 2012; Source: Scopus; Coden: Ajboa; doi: 10.3732/ajb.1100499; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Coté, G. G.; Biology Department, Radford University, Radford, VA 24142-6931, United States; email: gcote@radford.edu Approved no  
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Author Sarmiento, C.; Patino, S.; Paine, C.E.T.; Beauchene, J.; Thibaut, A.; Baraloto, C. openurl 
  Title Within-Individual Variation of Trunk and Branch Xylem Density in Tropical Trees Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication American Journal of Botany Abbreviated Journal Am. J. Bot.  
  Volume 98 Issue 1 Pages 140-149  
  Keywords branch xylem density; French Guiana; functional trait; tropical trees; trunk xylem density; wood economics  
  Abstract (down) Premise of the study : Wood density correlates with mechanical and physiological strategies of trees and is important for estimating global carbon stocks. Nonetheless, the relationship between branch and trunk xylem density has been poorly explored in neotropical trees. Here, we examine this relationship in trees from French Guiana and its variation among different families and sites, to improve the understanding of wood density in neotropical forests. Methods : Trunk and branch xylem densities were measured for 1909 trees in seven sites across French Guiana. A major-axis fit was performed to explore their general allometric relationship and its variation among different families and sites. Key results : Trunk xylem and branch xylem densities were significantly positively correlated, and their relationship explained 47% of the total variance. Trunk xylem was on average 9% denser than branch xylem. Family-level differences and interactions between family and site accounted for more than 40% of the total variance, whereas differences among sites explained little variation. Conclusions : Variation in xylem density within individual trees can be substantial, and the relationship between branch xylem and trunk xylem densities varies considerably among families and sites. As such, whole-tree biomass estimates based on non-destructive branch sampling should correct for both taxonomic and environmental factors. Furthermore, detailed estimates of the vertical distribution of wood density within individual trees are needed to determine the extent to which relying solely upon measures of trunk wood density may cause carbon stocks in tropical forests to be overestimated.  
  Address [Sarmiento, Carolina; Patino, Sandra; Baraloto, Christopher] INRA, UMR Ecol Forets Guyane, Kourou 97310, French Guiana, Email: carolinasar@gmail.com  
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Author Santiago, L.S.; De Guzman, M.E.; Baraloto, C.; Vogenberg, J.E.; Brodie, M.; Hérault, B.; Fortunel, C.; Bonal, D. url  doi
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  Title Coordination and trade-offs among hydraulic safety, efficiency and drought avoidance traits in Amazonian rainforest canopy tree species Type Journal Article
  Year 2018 Publication New Phytologist Abbreviated Journal New Phytol.  
  Volume 218 Issue 3 Pages 1015-1024  
  Keywords Amazonian forest; cavitation; drought; hydraulic conductivity; sapwood capacitance; turgor loss point; wood density; xylem; cavitation; climate change; drought; forest canopy; forest ecosystem; hydraulic conductivity; rainforest; species diversity; tree; tropical forest; vulnerability; wood; Amazonia; French Guiana; Paracou  
  Abstract (down) Predicting responses of tropical forests to climate change-type drought is challenging because of high species diversity. Detailed characterization of tropical tree hydraulic physiology is necessary to evaluate community drought vulnerability and improve model parameterization. Here, we measured xylem hydraulic conductivity (hydraulic efficiency), xylem vulnerability curves (hydraulic safety), sapwood pressure–volume curves (drought avoidance) and wood density on emergent branches of 14 common species of Eastern Amazonian canopy trees in Paracou, French Guiana across species with the densest and lightest wood in the plot. Our objectives were to evaluate relationships among hydraulic traits to identify strategies and test the ability of easy-to-measure traits as proxies for hard-to-measure hydraulic traits. Xylem efficiency was related to capacitance, sapwood water content and turgor loss point, and other drought avoidance traits, but not to xylem safety (P50). Wood density was correlated (r = −0.57 to −0.97) with sapwood pressure–volume traits, forming an axis of hydraulic strategy variation. In contrast to drier sites where hydraulic safety plays a greater role, tropical trees in this humid tropical site varied along an axis with low wood density, high xylem efficiency and high capacitance at one end of the spectrum, and high wood density and low turgor loss point at the other.  
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  Notes Cited By :6; Export Date: 3 December 2018; Coden: Nepha; Correspondence Address: Santiago, L.S.; Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California, 2150 Batchelor Hall, United States; email: santiago@ucr.edu; Funding details: Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, CIRAD, FEDER 2014–2020; Funding details: Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, CIRAD, Project; Funding details: Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, CIRAD, GY0006894; Funding details: University of California, UC; Funding details: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, NIFA; Funding details: ANR-10-LABX-0025; Funding text 1: We would like to thank Benôıt Burban and Jean-Yves Goret for laboratory support, Jocelyn Cazal and Valentine Alt for skillfully climbing trees for samples, Aurelie Dourdain for database support, and Clement Stahl, John Sperry, Sean Gleason, Todd Dawson, Steve Davis, JoséLuiz Silva, Aleyda Acosta Rangel and three anonymous reviewers for comments and discussions on the data presented. The study has been supported by the TRY initiative on plant traits (http://www.try-db.org). The TRY initiative and database is hosted, developed and maintained by J. Kattge and G. Boenisch (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany). TRY is currently supported by Future Earth/ bioDISCOVERY and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig. We also acknowledge the University of California, Botany and Plant Sciences Department and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture for support. We are grateful to the CIRAD and the GFclim project (FEDER 2014–2020, Project GY0006894) for financial support of the Paracou research station. 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Author Guitet, S.; Herault, B.; Molto, Q.; Brunaux, O.; Couteron, P. pdf  url
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  Title Spatial structure of above-ground biomass limits accuracy of carbon mapping in rainforest but large scale forest inventories can help to overcome Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication PLoS ONE Abbreviated Journal PLoS ONE  
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  Abstract (down) Precise mapping of above-ground biomass (AGB) is a major challenge for the success of REDD+ processes in tropical rainforest. The usual mapping methods are based on two hypotheses: a large and long-ranged spatial autocorrelation and a strong environment influence at the regional scale. However, there are no studies of the spatial structure of AGB at the landscapes scale to support these assumptions.We studied spatial variation in AGB at various scales using two large forest inventories conducted in French Guiana. The dataset comprised 2507 plots (0.4 to 0.5 ha) of undisturbed rainforest distributed over the whole region. After checking the uncertainties of estimates obtained from these data, we used half of the dataset to develop explicit predictive models including spatial and environmental effects and tested the accuracy of the resulting maps according to their resolution using the rest of the data. Forest inventories provided accurate AGB estimates at the plot scale, for a mean of 325 Mg.ha-1. They revealed high local variability combined with a weak autocorrelation up to distances of no more than10 km. Environmental variables accounted for a minor part of spatial variation. Accuracy of the best model including spatial effects was 90 Mg.ha-1 at plot scale but coarse graining up to 2-km resolution allowed mapping AGB with accuracy lower than 50 Mg.ha-1. Whatever the resolution, no agreement was found with available pan-tropical reference maps at all resolutions.We concluded that the combined weak autocorrelation and weak environmental effect limit AGB maps accuracy in rainforest, and that a trade-off has to be found between spatial resolution and effective accuracy until adequate “wall-to-wall” remote sensing signals provide reliable AGB predictions. Waiting for this, using large forest inventories with low sampling rate (<0.5%) may be an efficient way to increase the global coverage of AGB maps with acceptable accuracy at kilometric resolution. Copyright: © 2015 Guitet et al.  
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Author Gloor, M.; Phillips, O.L.; Lloyd, J.J.; Lewis, S.L.; Malhi, Y.; Baker, T.R.; Lopez-Gonzalez, G.; Peacock, J.; Almeida, S.; de Oliveira, A.C.A.; Alvarez, E.; Amaral, I.; Arroyo, L.; Aymard, G.; Banki, O.; Blanc, L.; Bonal, D.; Brando, P.; Chao, K.J.; Chave, J.; Davila, N.; Erwin, T.; Silva, J.; Di Fiore, A.; Feldpausch, T.R.; Freitas, A.; Herrera, R.; Higuchi, N.; Honorio, E.; Jimenez, E.; Killeen, T.; Laurance, W.; Mendoza, C.; Monteagudo, A.; Andrade, A.; Neill, D.; Nepstad, D.; Vargas, P.N.; Penuela, M.C.; Cruz, A.P.; Prieto, A.; Pitman, N.; Quesada, C.; Salomao, R.; Silveira, M.; Schwarz, M.; Stropp, J.; Ramirez, F.; Ramirez, H.; Rudas, A.; ter Steege, H.; Silva, N.; Torres, A.; Terborgh, J.; Vasquez, R.; van der Heijden, G. openurl 
  Title Does the disturbance hypothesis explain the biomass increase in basin-wide Amazon forest plot data? Type Journal Article
  Year 2009 Publication Global Change Biology Abbreviated Journal Glob. Change Biol.  
  Volume 15 Issue 10 Pages 2418-2430  
  Keywords Amazon rainforest; carbon sink; disturbance; mortality; power law  
  Abstract (down) Positive aboveground biomass trends have been reported from old-growth forests across the Amazon basin and hypothesized to reflect a large-scale response to exterior forcing. The result could, however, be an artefact due to a sampling bias induced by the nature of forest growth dynamics. Here, we characterize statistically the disturbance process in Amazon old-growth forests as recorded in 135 forest plots of the RAINFOR network up to 2006, and other independent research programmes, and explore the consequences of sampling artefacts using a data-based stochastic simulator. Over the observed range of annual aboveground biomass losses, standard statistical tests show that the distribution of biomass losses through mortality follow an exponential or near-identical Weibull probability distribution and not a power law as assumed by others. The simulator was parameterized using both an exponential disturbance probability distribution as well as a mixed exponential-power law distribution to account for potential large-scale blowdown events. In both cases, sampling biases turn out to be too small to explain the gains detected by the extended RAINFOR plot network. This result lends further support to the notion that currently observed biomass gains for intact forests across the Amazon are actually occurring over large scales at the current time, presumably as a response to climate change.  
  Address [Gloor, M.; Phillips, O. L.; Lloyd, J. J.; Lewis, S. L.; Baker, T. R.; Lopez-Gonzalez, G.; Peacock, J.; Feldpausch, T. R.] Univ Leeds, Sch Geog, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England, Email: eugloor@googlemail.com  
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Author Quilichini, A.; Macquart, D.; Barabe, D.; Albre, J.; Gibernau, M. openurl 
  Title Reproduction of the West Mediterranean endemic Arum pictum (Araceae) on Corsica Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Plant Systematics and Evolution Abbreviated Journal Plant Syst. Evol.  
  Volume 287 Issue 3-4 Pages 179-187  
  Keywords Floral volatiles; Ocimene; Insect pollination; Reproductive success; Sphaeroceridae; Thermogenesis  
  Abstract (down) Pollination in the genus Arum appears to be in general a complex deceptive pollination process. The genus Arum is composed of 28 species, all belonging to the subgenus Arum, except A. pictum, the only species of the subgenus Gymnomesium, which is basal and sister to all other Arum species. The aim of this paper is to document the pollination ecology of the insular Arum pictum, the only Arum species to flower in autumn, on the island of Corsica (France). The anthesis cycle of A. pictum occurs during the day, attracting sphaerocerid flies and staphylinid beetles early in the morning and late in the afternoon of the first day. The pollen is released from the anthers early in the morning of the second day before the departure of the insects. Its thermogenic cycle matches the anthesis cycle with an original and unique, bimodal temperature pattern of the appendix (morning and afternoon), contrary to the unimodal pattern found in all other studied Arum species. Data from reproductive success and seed sets suggest that sexual reproduction in this species is limited by pollen (e.g. attracting lured insects) rather than by resources. The biology of this Western Mediterranean species appears to be different from other Western European Arum and close to some Eastern Mediterranean species. Further studies are needed to establish whether Arum pictum represents some ancestral stage or whether its peculiar biological traits are adapted to its insular distribution.  
  Address [Quilichini, Angelique; Gibernau, Marc] CNRS, UMR 8172, Ecole Forets Guyane, F-97387 Kourou, France, Email: marc.gibernau@ecofog.gf  
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Author Barriault, I.; Barabe, D.; Cloutier, L.; Gibernau, M. openurl 
  Title Pollination ecology and reproductive success in Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) in Quebec (Canada) Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Plant Biology Abbreviated Journal Plant Biol.  
  Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 161-171  
  Keywords Araceae; bisexual inflorescence; deceptive pollination; Mycetophilidae; pollen load; Thysanoptera; visitation rates  
  Abstract (down) Pollination ecology and reproductive success of Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) were studied in two natural populations in Quebec, Canada. Individual A. triphyllum plants can be of three types: male, female or bisexual. In both populations studied, the presence of bisexual inflorescences was not negligible (13%), where 'female' and 'male' bisexual plants were categorised according to the relative number of stamens and ovaries. 'Male bisexual' plants produce only pollen and 'female bisexual' plants produce only fruit. Hence, A. triphyllum is a true dioecious plant, as each plant only reproduces through either the male or the female function. 'Female bisexual' plants were equivalent to female plants in terms of visitation rate by insects, fructification rate and production of berries and seeds. Neither agamospermy in female plants nor self-pollination in 'female bisexual' plants was found, thus A. triphyllum relies on insects for cross-pollination. Despite the long flowering cycle, a low visitation rate was documented: only 20-40% of inflorescences were visited, according to gender, by a mean of 1.5 insects. In this study, Mycetophilidae represented the most generically diversified and abundant family, as well as the most efficient insect pollinator, especially the genera Docosia and Mycetophila.  
  Address [Gibernau, M.] Univ Toulouse 3, Lab Evolut & Divers Biol, UMR, CNRS, F-31062 Toulouse 9, France, Email: gibernau@cict.fr  
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Author Prunier, J.; Maurice, L.; Perez, E.; Gigault, J.; Pierson Wickmann, A.-C.; Davranche, M.; Halle, A.T. url  doi
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  Title Trace metals in polyethylene debris from the North Atlantic subtropical gyre Type Journal Article
  Year 2019 Publication Environmental Pollution Abbreviated Journal Environ. Pollut.  
  Volume 245 Issue Pages 371-379  
  Keywords metals'accumulation; Microplastic; Plastic debris; Polyethylene; Polymer  
  Abstract (down) Plastic pollution in the marine environment poses threats to wildlife and habitats through varied mechanisms, among which are the transport and transfer to the food web of hazardous substances. Still, very little is known about the metal content of plastic debris and about sorption/desorption processes, especially with respect to weathering. In this study, plastic debris collected from the North Atlantic subtropical gyre was analyzed for trace metals; as a comparison, new packaging materials were also analyzed. Both the new items and plastic debris showed very scattered concentrations. The new items contained significant amounts of trace metals introduced as additives, but globally, metal concentrations were higher in the plastic debris. The results provide evidence that enhanced metal concentrations increase with the plastic state of oxidation for some elements, such as As, Ti, Ni, and Cd. Transmission electron microscopy showed the presence of mineral particles on the surface of the plastic debris. This work demonstrates that marine plastic debris carries complex mixtures of heavy metals. Such materials not only behave as a source of metals resulting from intrinsic plastic additives but also are able to concentrate metals from ocean water as mineral nanoparticles or adsorbed species. Plastic debris collected from the North Atlantic subtropical gyre was analyzed for trace metals. Marine plastic debris carry complex mixtures of heavy metals but it is evidence that plastic oxidation favors their adsorption.  
  Address Univ Rennes, Geosciences, UMR CNRS 6118, bat 15, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes Cedex, 35042, France  
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Author Dejean, A.; Leroy, C.; Corbara, B.; Roux, O.; Cereghino, R.; Orivel, J.; Boulay, R. pdf  openurl
  Title Arboreal Ants Use the "Velcro (R) Principle'' to Capture Very Large Prey Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication PLoS One Abbreviated Journal PLoS One  
  Volume 5 Issue 6 Pages e11331  
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  Abstract (down) Plant-ants live in a mutualistic association with host plants known as "myrmecophytes'' that provide them with a nesting place and sometimes with extra-floral nectar (EFN) and/or food bodies (FBs); the ants can also attend sap-sucking Hemiptera for their honeydew. In return, plant-ants, like most other arboreal ants, protect their host plants from defoliators. To satisfy their nitrogen requirements, however, some have optimized their ability to capture prey in the restricted environment represented by the crowns of trees by using elaborate hunting techniques. In this study, we investigated the predatory behavior of the ant Azteca andreae which is associated with the myrmecophyte Cecropia obtusa. We noted that up to 8350 ant workers per tree hide side-by-side beneath the leaf margins of their host plant with their mandibles open, waiting for insects to alight. The latter are immediately seized by their extremities, and then spread-eagled; nestmates are recruited to help stretch, carve up and transport prey. This group ambush hunting technique is particularly effective when the underside of the leaves is downy, as is the case for C. obtusa. In this case, the hook-shaped claws of the A. andreae workers and the velvet-like structure of the underside of the leaves combine to act like natural Velcro (R) that is reinforced by the group ambush strategy of the workers, allowing them to capture prey of up to 13,350 times the mean weight of a single worker.  
  Address [Dejean, Alain; Leroy, Celine; Roux, Olivier; Orivel, Jerome] CNRS, Ecol Forets Guyane UMR CNRS 8172, Kourou, France, Email: alain.dejean@wanadoo.fr  
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Author Poyatos, Rafael ; Granda, Victor ; Flo, Victor ; Adams, Mark A. ; Adorjan, Balazs ; Aguadé, David ; Aidar, Marcos P.M. ; Allen, Scott ; Alvarado-Barrientos, M.Susana ; Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. ; Aparecido, Luiza Maria ; Arain, M. Altaf ; Aranda, Ismael ; Asbjornsen, Heidi ; Baxter, Robert doi  openurl
  Title Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Earth System Science Data Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 13 Issue 6 Pages 2607–2649  
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  Abstract (down) Plant transpiration links physiological responses of vegetation to water supply and demand with hydrological, energy, and carbon budgets at the land–atmosphere interface. However, despite being the main land evaporative flux at the global scale, transpiration and its response to environmental drivers are currently not well constrained by observations. Here we introduce the first global compilation of whole-plant transpiration data from sap flow measurements (SAPFLUXNET, https://sapfluxnet.creaf.cat/, last access: 8 June 2021). We harmonized and quality-controlled individual datasets supplied by contributors worldwide in a semi-automatic data workflow implemented in the R programming language. Datasets include sub-daily time series of sap flow and hydrometeorological drivers for one or more growing seasons, as well as metadata on the stand characteristics, plant attributes, and technical details of the measurements. SAPFLUXNET contains 202 globally distributed datasets with sap flow time series for 2714 plants, mostly trees, of 174 species. SAPFLUXNET has a broad bioclimatic coverage, with woodland/shrubland and temperate forest biomes especially well represented (80 % of the datasets). The measurements cover a wide variety of stand structural characteristics and plant sizes. The datasets encompass the period between 1995 and 2018, with 50 % of the datasets being at least 3 years long. Accompanying radiation and vapour pressure deficit data are available for most of the datasets, while on-site soil water content is available for 56 % of the datasets. Many datasets contain data for species that make up 90 % or more of the total stand basal area, allowing the estimation of stand transpiration in diverse ecological settings. SAPFLUXNET adds to existing plant trait datasets, ecosystem flux networks, and remote sensing products to help increase our understanding of plant water use, plant responses to drought, and ecohydrological processes. SAPFLUXNET version 0.1.5 is freely available from the Zenodo repository (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3971689; Poyatos et al., 2020a). The “sapfluxnetr” R package – designed to access, visualize, and process SAPFLUXNET data – is available from CRAN.  
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