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Author Talaga, S.; Dezerald, O.; Carteron, A.; Petitclerc, F.; Leroy, C.; Céréghino, R.; Dejean, A. url  openurl
  Title Tank bromeliads as natural microcosms: A facultative association with ants influences the aquatic invertebrate community structure Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication Comptes Rendus – Biologies Abbreviated Journal Comptes Rendus – Biologies  
  Volume 338 Issue 10 Pages 696-700  
  Keywords Aechmea; Ant-bromeliad associations; Aquatic communities; Odontomachus; Phytotelm  
  Abstract (up) Many tank bromeliads have facultative relationships with ants as is the case in French Guiana between Aechmea aquilega (Salib.) Griseb. and the trap-jaw ant, Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus. Using a redundancy analysis, we determined that the presence of O. haematodus colonies is accompanied by a greater quantity of fine particulate organic matter in the water likely due to their wastes. This increase in nutrient availability is significantly correlated with an increase in the abundance of some detritivorous taxa, suggesting a positive bottom-up influence on the aquatic macroinvertebrate communities living in the A. aquilega wells. On the other hand, the abundance of top predators is negatively affected by a lower number of available wells due to ant constructions for nesting, releasing a top-down pressure that could also favor lower trophic levels. © 2015 Académie des sciences.  
  Address CNRS, Ecolab (UMR-CNRS 5245), 118, route de Narbonne, Toulouse, France  
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Author Fayad, I.; Baghdadi, N.; Guitet, S.; Bailly, J.-S.; Herault, B.; Gond, V.; El Hajj, M.; Tong Minh, D.H. url  doi
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  Title Aboveground biomass mapping in French Guiana by combining remote sensing, forest inventories and environmental data Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation Abbreviated Journal International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation  
  Volume 52 Issue Pages 502-514  
  Keywords Aboveground biomass mapping; Forests; French Guiana; ICESat GLAS; LiDAR  
  Abstract (up) Mapping forest aboveground biomass (AGB) has become an important task, particularly for the reporting of carbon stocks and changes. AGB can be mapped using synthetic aperture radar data (SAR) or passive optical data. However, these data are insensitive to high AGB levels (>150 Mg/ha, and >300 Mg/ha for P-band), which are commonly found in tropical forests. Studies have mapped the rough variations in AGB by combining optical and environmental data at regional and global scales. Nevertheless, these maps cannot represent local variations in AGB in tropical forests. In this paper, we hypothesize that the problem of misrepresenting local variations in AGB and AGB estimation with good precision occurs because of both methodological limits (signal saturation or dilution bias) and a lack of adequate calibration data in this range of AGB values. We test this hypothesis by developing a calibrated regression model to predict variations in high AGB values (mean >300 Mg/ha) in French Guiana by a methodological approach for spatial extrapolation with data from the optical geoscience laser altimeter system (GLAS), forest inventories, radar, optics, and environmental variables for spatial inter- and extrapolation. Given their higher point count, GLAS data allow a wider coverage of AGB values. We find that the metrics from GLAS footprints are correlated with field AGB estimations (R2 = 0.54, RMSE = 48.3 Mg/ha) with no bias for high values. First, predictive models, including remote-sensing, environmental variables and spatial correlation functions, allow us to obtain “wall-to-wall” AGB maps over French Guiana with an RMSE for the in situ AGB estimates of ∼50 Mg/ha and R2 = 0.66 at a 1-km grid size. We conclude that a calibrated regression model based on GLAS with dependent environmental data can produce good AGB predictions even for high AGB values if the calibration data fit the AGB range. We also demonstrate that small temporal and spatial mismatches between field data and GLAS footprints are not a problem for regional and global calibrated regression models because field data aim to predict large and deep tendencies in AGB variations from environmental gradients and do not aim to represent high but stochastic and temporally limited variations from forest dynamics. Thus, we advocate including a greater variety of data, even if less precise and shifted, to better represent high AGB values in global models and to improve the fitting of these models for high values. © 2016 Elsevier B.V.  
  Address NOVELTIS, 153 rue du Lac, Labège, France  
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Author Mortier, F.; Rossi, V.; Guillot, G.; Gourlet-Fleury, S.; Picard, N. url  openurl
  Title Population dynamics of species-rich ecosystems: The mixture of matrix population models approach Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication Methods in Ecology and Evolution Abbreviated Journal Methods Ecol. Evol.  
  Volume 4 Issue 4 Pages 316-326  
  Keywords Bayesian; Clustering; Mixture models; Population dynamics; Reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo; Species-rich ecosystems; Tropical rain forests  
  Abstract (up) Matrix population models are widely used to predict population dynamics, but when applied to species-rich ecosystems with many rare species, the small population sample sizes hinder a good fit of species-specific models. This issue can be overcome by assigning species to groups to increase the size of the calibration data sets. However, the species classification is often disconnected from the matrix modelling and from the estimation of matrix parameters, thus bringing species groups that may not be optimal with respect to the predicted community dynamics. We proposed here a method that jointly classified species into groups and fit the matrix models in an integrated way. The model was a special case of mixture with unknown number of components and was cast in a Bayesian framework. An MCMC algorithm was developed to infer the unknown parameters: the number of groups, the group of each species and the dynamics parameters. We applied the method to simulated data and showed that the algorithm efficiently recovered the model parameters. We applied the method to a data set from a tropical rain forest in French Guiana. The mixture matrix model classified tree species into well-differentiated groups with clear ecological interpretations. It also accurately predicted the forest dynamics over the 16-year observation period. Our model and algorithm can straightforwardly be adapted to any type of matrix model, using the life cycle diagram. It can be used as an unsupervised classification technique to group species with similar population dynamics. © 2012 The Authors. Methods in Ecology and Evolution © 2012 British Ecological Society.  
  Address Statistics Section IMM, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark  
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  Notes Export Date: 16 April 2013; Source: Scopus; :doi 10.1111/2041-210x.12019; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Mortier, F.; CIRAD, UPR Bsef, Montpellier, 34398, France; email: frederic.mortier@cirad.fr Approved no  
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Author Marcon, E. url  doi
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  Title Entropy as a common measure of biodiversity and the spatial structure of economic activity Type Journal Article
  Year 2019 Publication Revue Economique Abbreviated Journal Rev. Econ.  
  Volume 70 Issue 3 Pages 305-326  
  Keywords Diversity; Economic geography; Spatial concentration; Specialization  
  Abstract (up) Measures of spatial concentration and specialization in economics are similar to those of biodiversity and ubiquity of species in ecology. Entropy is the fundamental tool that originated in statistical physics and information theory. The definition of number equivalents or effective numbers, that is the number of types in an ideal, simplified distribution, is introduced along with the partitioning of the joint diversity of a bi-dimensional distribution into absolute and relative concentration or specialization and replication. The whole framework is theoretically robust and allows measuring the spatial structure of a discrete space.  
  Address AgroParisTech, UMR Écologie des forêts de Guyane, CNRS, Cirad, INRA, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane, Campus Agronomique, BP 701, Kourou, 97310, French Guiana  
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Author Marcon, E.; Herault, B. url  openurl
  Title Decomposing phylodiversity Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication Methods in Ecology and Evolution Abbreviated Journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution  
  Volume 6 Issue 3 Pages 333-339  
  Keywords Biodiversity; Entropy; Functional diversity; Phylogenetic diversity  
  Abstract (up) Measuring functional or phylogenetic diversity is the object of an active literature. The main issues to address are relating measures to a clear conceptual framework, allowing unavoidable estimation-bias correction and decomposing diversity along spatial scales. We provide a general mathematical framework to decompose measures of species-neutral, phylogenetic or functional diversity into α and β components. We first unify the definitions of phylogenetic and functional entropy and diversity as a generalization of HCDT entropy and Hill numbers when an ultrametric tree is considered. We then derive the decomposition of diversity. We propose a bias correction of the estimates allowing meaningful computation from real, often undersampled communities. Entropy can be transformed into true diversity, that is an effective number of species or communities. Estimators of α- and β-entropy, phylogenetic and functional entropy are provided. Proper definition and estimation of diversity is the first step towards better understanding its underlying ecological and evolutionary mechanisms. © 2015 British Ecological Society.  
  Address Cirad, UMR EcoFoG, BP 709Kourou, French Guiana  
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Author Courtois, E. A.; Stahl, C.; Burban, B.; Van Den Berge, J.; Berveiller, D.; Bréchet, L.; Larned Soong, J.; Arriga, N.; Peñuelas, J.; August Janssens, I. pdf  url
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  Title Automatic high-frequency measurements of full soil greenhouse gas fluxes in a tropical forest Type Journal Article
  Year 2019 Publication Biogeosciences Abbreviated Journal Biogeosciences  
  Volume 16 Issue 3 Pages 785-796  
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  Abstract (up) Measuring in situ soil fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ), and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) continuously at high frequency requires appropriate technology. We tested the combination of a commercial automated soil CO 2 flux chamber system (LI-8100A) with a CH 4 and N 2 O analyzer (Picarro G2308) in a tropical rainforest for 4 months. A chamber closure time of 2 min was sufficient for a reliable estimation of CO 2 and CH 4 fluxes (100% and 98.5% of fluxes were above minimum detectable flux – MDF, respectively). This closure time was generally not suitable for a reliable estimation of the low N 2 O fluxes in this ecosystem but was sufficient for detecting rare major peak events. A closure time of 25 min was more appropriate for reliable estimation of most N 2 O fluxes (85.6% of measured fluxes are above MDF±0.002 nmolm -2 s -1 ). Our study highlights the importance of adjusted closure time for each gas. © Author(s) 2019.  
  Address CREAF, Cerdanyola Del Vallès, Catalonia, 08193, Spain  
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  Notes Export Date: 25 February 2019; Correspondence Address: Alice Courtois, E.; Department of Biology University of Antwerp, Centers of Excellence Global Change Ecology and PLECO (Plants and Ecosystems), Universiteitsplein 1, Belgium; email: courtoiselodie@gmail.com; Funding details: Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, CIRAD; Funding details: European Research Council, ERC, ERC-2013-SyG 610028-IMBALANCE-P; Funding details: ANR-10-LABX-25-01, ANR-11-INBS-0001; Funding details: U.S. Department of Energy, DOE, DE-AC02-05CH11231; Funding details: Agence Nationale de la Recherche, ANR; Funding details: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, INRA; Funding details: Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, FWO; Funding text 1: Acknowledgements. This research was supported by the European Research Council Synergy grant ERC-2013-SyG 610028-IMBALANCE-P. We thank Jan Segers for help in the initial setting of the system and Renato Winkler from Picarro and Rod Madsen and Jason Hupp from LI-COR for their help in combining the systems. We thank the staff of Paracou station, managed by UMR Ecofog (CIRAD, INRA; Kourou), which received support from “Investissement d’Avenir” grants managed by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (CEBA: ANR-10-LABX-25-01, ANAEE-France: ANR-11-INBS-0001). This study was conducted in collaboration with the Guyaflux program belonging to SOERE F-ORE-T, which is supported annually by Ecofor, Allenvi, and the French national research infrastructure, ANAEE-F. This program also received support from an “investissement d’avenir” grant from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (CEBA, ref ANR-10-LABX-25-01). 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Cy, 13, pp. 31-46; Verchot, L.V., Davidson, E.A., Cattânio, J.H., Ackerman, I.L., Land-use change and biogeochemical controls of methane fluxes in soils of eastern Amazonia (2000) Ecosystems, 3, pp. 41-56; Wagner, F., Hérault, B., Stahl, C., Bonal, D., Rossi, V., Modeling water availability for trees in tropical forests (2011) Agr. Forest Meteorol, 151, pp. 1202-1213 Approved no  
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Author Verryckt, L.T.; Van Langenhove, L.; Ciais, P.; Courtois, E.A.; Vicca, S.; Peñuelas, J.; Stahl, C.; Coste, S.; Ellsworth, D.S.; Posada, J.M.; Obersteiner, M.; Chave, J.; Janssens, I.A. doi  openurl
  Title Coping with branch excision when measuring leaf net photosynthetic rates in a lowland tropical forest Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Biotropica Abbreviated Journal Biotropica  
  Volume 52 Issue 4 Pages 608-615  
  Keywords branch cutting; canopy physiology; French Guiana; gas exchange; photosynthesis; rainforest; stomatal conductance; ecological modeling; environmental conditions; forest canopy; leaf; measurement method; photosynthesis; tree; tropical forest; Gruidae  
  Abstract (up) Measuring leaf gas exchange from canopy leaves is fundamental for our understanding of photosynthesis and for a realistic representation of carbon uptake in vegetation models. Since canopy leaves are often difficult to reach, especially in tropical forests with emergent trees up to 60 m at remote places, canopy access techniques such as canopy cranes or towers have facilitated photosynthetic measurements. These structures are expensive and therefore not very common. As an alternative, branches are often cut to enable leaf gas exchange measurements. The effect of branch excision on leaf gas exchange rates should be minimized and quantified to evaluate possible bias. We compared light-saturated leaf net photosynthetic rates measured on excised and intact branches. We selected branches positioned at three canopy positions, estimated relative to the top of the canopy: upper sunlit foliage, middle canopy foliage, and lower canopy foliage. We studied the variation of the effects of branch excision and transport among branches at these different heights in the canopy. After excision and transport, light-saturated leaf net photosynthetic rates were close to zero for most leaves due to stomatal closure. However, when the branch had acclimated to its new environmental conditions—which took on average 20 min—light-saturated leaf net photosynthetic rates did not significantly differ between the excised and intact branches. We therefore conclude that branch excision does not affect the measurement of light-saturated leaf net photosynthesis, provided that the branch is recut under water and is allowed sufficient time to acclimate to its new environmental conditions. © 2020 The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation  
  Address UMR 5174 Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, Université Paul Sabatier, CNRS, Toulouse, France  
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Author Chevolot, M.; Louisanna, E.; Azri, W.; Leblanc-Fournier, N.; Roeckel-Drevet, P.; Scotti-Saintagne, C.; Scotti, I. openurl 
  Title Isolation of primers for candidate genes for mechano-sensing in five Neotropical tree species Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Tree Genetics & Genomes Abbreviated Journal Tree Genet. Genomes  
  Volume 7 Issue 3 Pages 655-661  
  Keywords Population genomics; Functional gene; Mechanical signals; Fabaceae  
  Abstract (up) Mechanical signals have an impact on plant development. Tropical rainforest trees display large variability for life-history traits related to biomechanics and therefore are a unique study system to better understand biomechanical trait variability from an evolutionary perspective. From sequences and gene expression data available in model species, we developed specific primers for six candidate genes for mechano-sensing in five tropical species. Most of the gene sequences were polymorphic in most species.  
  Address [Chevolot, Malia; Louisanna, Eliane; Scotti-Saintagne, Caroline; Scotti, Ivan] INRA, Unite Mixte Rech Ecol Forets Guyane, Kourou 97310, French Guiana, Email: ivan.scotti@ecofog.gf  
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Author Denis, T.; Richard-Hansen, C.; Brunaux, O.; Guitet, S.; Hérault, B. pdf  url
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  Title Birds of a feather flock together: Functionally similar vertebrates positively co-occur in Guianan forests Type Journal Article
  Year 2019 Publication Ecosphere Abbreviated Journal Ecosphere  
  Volume 10 Issue 3 Pages e02566  
  Keywords activity matching; birds; Guiana Shield; information exchange; mammals; mixed-species associations; mutualism; terra firme rainforests  
  Abstract (up) Medium- and large-sized vertebrates play a key role in shaping overall forest functioning. Despite this, vertebrate interactions, from competition to mutualism, remain poorly studied, even though these interactions should be taken into account in our conservation and management strategies. Thus, we tackled the question of vertebrate co-occurrence in tropical rainforests: Are (negative or positive) co-occurrences dependent on forest structure and composition? and Are these co-occurrences linked to functional species similarity? We recorded the occurrence of 21 medium- and large-sized vertebrates in 19 French Guianan locations in which a large set of forest structure and composition descriptors were collected. We used a probabilistic model to look for co-occurrences at different spatial scales, and species pairwise co-occurrences were then compared to those generated solely on the basis of forest structure and composition. We then quantified the co-occurrence strength between pairwise species dyads and determined whether they relied on species functional similarity, controlling for the environmental effects. We found that positive co-occurrences vastly outnumbered negative co-occurrences, were only partly shaped by the local environment, and were closely linked to species functional similarity. Thus, groups of species sharing similar functional traits are more prone to co-occur, highlighting the key role of functional redundancy in structuring species assemblages. We discuss how positive interactions could generate the predominance of positive co-occurrences in oligotrophic terra firme (unflooded) forests when resources are scarce and dispersed in dry season. Finally, we identified functional groups based on co-occurrence strength and suggested that frugivory/granivory and body size are of primary importance in species interactions in Neotropical vertebrate communities. © 2019 The Authors.  
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  Notes Export Date: 16 March 2020; Correspondence Address: Denis, T.; Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, UMR EcoFoG (AgroParisTech, Cirad, CNRS, INRA, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane)France; email: thomas.denis@ecofog.gf Approved no  
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Author Mony, R.; Dejean, A.; Bilong, C.F.B.; Kenne, M.; Rouland-Lefèvre, C. url  openurl
  Title Melissotarsus ants are likely able to digest plant polysaccharides Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication Comptes Rendus – Biologies Abbreviated Journal C. R. Biol.  
  Volume 336 Issue 10 Pages 500-504  
  Keywords Ant-plant interactions; Degradation of plant material; Enzymatic activity; Melissotarsus ants  
  Abstract (up) Melissotarsus ants have an extremely specialized set of behaviours. Both workers and gynes tunnel galleries in their host tree bark. Workers walk with their mesothoracic legs pointing upwards and tend Diaspididae hemiptera for their flesh. The ants use their forelegs to plug the galleries with silk that they secrete themselves. We hypothesised that the ants' energetic needs for nearly constant gallery digging could be satisfied through the absorption of host tree tissues; so, using basic techniques, we examined the digestive capacities of workers from two species. We show that workers are able to degrade oligosaccharides and heterosides as well as, to a lesser degree, polysaccharides. This is one of the rare reports on ants able to digest plant polysaccharides other than starch. © 2013 Académie des sciences.  
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