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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  
  Volume 10 Issue 9 Pages e0138456  
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  Abstract (up) 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.  
  Address Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement (IRD), UMR Amap, Montpellier, France  
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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 (up) 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.  
  Address INRA, UMR Silva, AgroParisTech, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, 54000, France  
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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 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 (up) 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 Coté, G.G.; Gibernau, M. url  openurl
  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 (up) 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 Schimann, H.; Ponton, S.; Hattenschwiler, S.; Ferry, B.; Lensi, R.; Domenach, A.M.; Roggy, J.C. openurl 
  Title Differing nitrogen use strategies of two tropical rainforest late successional tree species in French Guiana: Evidence from N-15 natural abundance and microbial activities Type Journal Article
  Year 2008 Publication Soil Biology & Biochemistry Abbreviated Journal Soil Biol. Biochem.  
  Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages 487-494  
  Keywords soil; litter; nitrate; nitrification; tree rooting; N-15; Eperua falcata; Dicorynia guianensis; tropical forest  
  Abstract (up) Previous studies in lowland tropical rainforests of French Guiana showed that, among non-N-2-fixing trees, two groups of late successional species contrasting in their leaf N-15 natural abundance coexist, suggesting two different main ways of nitrogen acquisition. Two abundant late-successional species typically co-occurring in rainforests in French Guiana, namely Eperua falcata and Dicorynia guianensis, were chosen as representative of each group. Stable isotope techniques and measurements of potentials of microbial N transformation were performed to assess to what extent leaf N-15 natural abundance of these species could be related to (i) delta N-15 signatures of soil mineral N sources and (ii) the capacity of soil to express nitrification and denitrification (both processes being directly involved in the balance between NH4+ and NO3-). Soil delta N-15-NH4+ was roughly similar to leaf delta N-15 of D. guianensis (around 3.5 parts per thousand), suggesting a preferential use of NH4+, whereas in E. falcata, leaf delta N-15 values were closer to root delta N-15-NO3- values (0.2 and -2.0 parts per thousand, respectively), suggesting a preferential use of NO3-. These differences in N source utilization were not accompanied by differences in availability in soil NO3- or in intensity of microbial functions responsible for soil N mineral evolution. However, (i) under both tree species, these functions showed clear spatial partitioning, with denitrification occurring potentially in soil and nitrification in the litter layer, and (ii) E falcata fine roots colonized the litter layer much more strongly than D. guianensis fine roots. This strongly suggests that (i) the contrasted leaf delta N-15 values found in the two late-successional species reveal distinct N acquisition strategies and (ii) the ability of roots to predominantly exploit the litter layer (E falcata) or the soil (D. guianensis) may constitute an important explanation of the observed differences. A complementarity between tree species, based on mineral N resource partitioning (itself resulting from a spatially structured location of the microbial functions responsible for the balance between NH4+ and NO3-), n thus be supposed. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.  
  Address [Schimann, Heidy; Ponton, Stephane; Domenach, Anne-Marie; Roggy, Jean-Christophe] UMR Ecol Forets Guyane, F-97387 Kourou, French Guiana, Email: heidy_schimann@cirad.fr  
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Author Foucaud, J.; Estoup, A.; Loiseau, A.; Rey, O.; Orivel, J. openurl 
  Title Thelytokous parthenogenesis, male clonality and genetic caste determination in the little fire ant: new evidence and insights from the lab Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Heredity Abbreviated Journal Heredity  
  Volume 105 Issue 2 Pages 205-212  
  Keywords reproduction system; thelytokous parthenogenesis; male clonality; genetic caste determination; Wasmannia auropunctata  
  Abstract (up) Previous studies indicate that some populations of the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, display an unusual reproduction system polymorphism. Although some populations have a classical haplodiploid reproduction system, in other populations queens are produced by thelytokous parthenogenesis, males are produced by a male clonality system and workers are produced sexually. An atypical genetic caste determination system was also suggested. However, these conclusions were indirectly inferred from genetic studies on field population samples. Here we set up experimental laboratory nests that allow the control of the parental relationships between individuals. The queens heading those nests originated from either putatively clonal or sexual populations. We characterized the male, queen and worker offspring they produced at 12 microsatellite loci. Our results unambiguously confirm the unique reproduction system polymorphism mentioned above and that male clonality is strictly associated with thelytokous parthenogenesis. We also observed direct evidence of the rare production of sexual gynes and arrhenotokous males in clonal populations. Finally, we obtained evidence of a genetic basis for caste determination. The evolutionary significance of the reproduction system polymorphism and genetic caste determination as well as future research opportunities are discussed. Heredity (2010) 105, 205-212; doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.169; published online 25 November 2009  
  Address [Foucaud, J.; Estoup, A.; Loiseau, A.; Rey, O.] INRA, UMR CBGP, IRD, Cirad,Montpellier SupAgro, Montferrier Sur Lez, France, Email: julien.foucaud@legs.cnrs-gif.fr  
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Author Llusia, Joan ; Asensio, Dolores ; Sardans, Jordi ; Filella, Iolanda ; Peguero, Guille ; Grau, Oriol ; Ogaya, Roma ; Gargallo-Garriga, Albert ; Verryckt, Lore T. ; Van Langenhove, Leandro ; Brechet, Laëtitia M. ; Courtois, Elodie A. ; Stahl, Clément ; Janssens, Ivan A. ; Penuelas, Josep doi  openurl
  Title Contrasting nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization effects on soil terpene exchanges in a tropical forest Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Science of the Total Environment Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 802 Issue Pages 149769  
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  Abstract (up) Production, emission, and absorption of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) in ecosystem soils and associated impacts of nutrient availability are unclear; thus, predictions of effects of global change on source-sink dynamic under increased atmospheric N deposition and nutrition imbalances are limited. Here, we report the dynamics of soil BVOCs under field conditions from two undisturbed tropical rainforests from French Guiana. We analyzed effects of experimental soil applications of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and N + P on soil BVOC exchanges (in particular of total terpenes, monoterpenes, and sesquiterpenes), to determine source and sink dynamics between seasons (dry and wet) and elevations (upper and lower elevations corresponding to top of the hills (30 m high) and bottom of the valley). We identified 45 soil terpenoids compounds emitted to the atmosphere, comprising 26 monoterpenes and 19 sesquiterpenes; of these, it was possible to identify 13 and 7 compounds, respectively. Under ambient conditions, soils acted as sinks of these BVOCs, with greatest soil uptake recorded for sesquiterpenes at upper elevations during the wet season (-282 μg m-2 h-1). Fertilization shifted soils from a sink to source, with greatest levels of terpene emissions recorded at upper elevations during the wet season, following the addition of N (monoterpenes: 406 μg m-2 h-1) and P (sesquiterpenes: 210 μg m-2 h-1). Total soil terpene emission rates were negatively correlated with total atmospheric terpene concentrations. These results indicate likely shifts in tropical soils from sink to source of atmospheric terpenes under projected increases in N deposition under global change, with potential impacts on regional-scale atmospheric chemistry balance and ecosystem function.  
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Author Haettenschwiler, S.; Coq, S.; Barantal, S.; Handa, I.T. openurl 
  Title Leaf traits and decomposition in tropical rainforests: revisiting some commonly held views and towards a new hypothesis Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication New Phytologist Abbreviated Journal New Phytol.  
  Volume 189 Issue 4 Pages 950-965  
  Keywords energy starvation; French Guiana; litter quality; mycorrhizas; nutrient cycling; nutrient limitation; phosphorus; soil fauna  
  Abstract (up) Proper estimates of decomposition are essential for tropical forests, given their key role in the global carbon (C) cycle. However, the current paradigm for litter decomposition is insufficient to account for recent observations and may limit model predictions for highly diverse tropical ecosystems. In light of recent findings from a nutrient-poor Amazonian rainforest, we revisit the commonly held views that: litter traits are a mere legacy of live leaf traits; nitrogen (N) and lignin are the key litter traits controlling decomposition; and favourable climatic conditions result in rapid decomposition in tropical forests. Substantial interspecific variation in litter phosphorus (P) was found to be unrelated to variation in green leaves. Litter nutrients explained no variation in decomposition, which instead was controlled primarily by nonlignin litter C compounds at low concentrations with important soil fauna effects. Despite near-optimal climatic conditions, tropical litter decomposition proceeded more slowly than in a climatically less favourable temperate forest. We suggest that slow decomposition in the studied rainforest results from a syndrome of poor litter C quality beyond a simple lignin control, enforcing energy starvation of decomposers. We hypothesize that the litter trait syndrome in nutrient-poor tropical rainforests may have evolved to increase plant access to limiting nutrients via mycorrhizal associations.  
  Address [Haettenschwiler, Stephan; Coq, Sylvain; Barantal, Sandra; Handa, Ira Tanya] CNRS, CEFE, F-34293 Montpellier 5, France, Email: stephan.hattenschwiler@cefe.cnrs.fr  
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Author Dulormne, M.; Musseau, O.; Muller, F.; Toribio, A.; Bâ, A. doi  openurl
  Title Effects of NaCl on growth, water status, N2 fixation, and ion distribution in Pterocarpus officinalis seedlings Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Plant and Soil Abbreviated Journal Plant and Soil  
  Volume 327 Issue 1 Pages 23-34  
  Keywords Bradyrhizobium; Leaf water potential; Nodulation; Salt; Swamp forest  
  Abstract (up) Pterocarpus officinalis (Fabaceae) dominates in the swamp forests of the Lesser Antilles, submitted to strong variations of soil salinity (30-445 mM). This study aimed to assess the effect of salinity on growth, nodulation, N2 fixation, water status and ions content in P. officinalis and to clarify the mechanisms involved. Seedlings inoculated or not with two strains from areas of contrasting salinity levels (< to 50 or 445 mM) were watered with 0, 171 and 342 mM solutions of NaCl in greenhouse conditions. Non-inoculated seedlings were tolerant to a salinity of 171 mM, with no significant effect on seedling biomass. Evapotranspiration per unit of leaf area (E/TLa) remained unchanged at 171 mM. Maintenance of a constant E/TLa and especially the control of ion transport to the upper parts of the plant could explain seedling salt tolerance up to intermediate salinity conditions (171 mM). The two strains have a 99.8% genetic identity in spite of differences in their original habitats, this explaining the similar response of the symbiosis to salinity. The higher salt sensitivity of inoculated seedlings was linked to the sensitivity of both Bradyrhizobium strains (reduction of free-living cells) and to that of the nodulation process (fewer nodules and inhibition of N2-fixation) to intermediate salinity. © Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2009.  
  Address LSTM-UMR 113, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, UFR des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, B.P. 592, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (F.W.I.), France  
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Author Vacher, Corinne ; Castagneyrol, Bastien ; Jousselin, Emmanuelle ; Schimann, Heidy doi  openurl
  Title Trees and Insects Have Microbiomes: Consequences for Forest Health and Management Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Current Forestry Reports Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 2 Pages 81-96  
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  Abstract (up) Purpose of Review Forest research has shown for a long time that microorganisms influence tree-insect interactions, but the complexity of microbial communities, as well as the holobiont nature of both trees and insect herbivores, has only recently been taken fully into account by forest entomologists and ecologists. In this article, we review recent findings on the effects of tree-insect-microbiome interactions on the health of tree individuals and discuss whether and how knowledge about tree and insect microbiomes could be integrated into forest health management strategies. We then examine the effects tree-insect-microbiome interactions on forest biodiversity and regeneration, highlighting gaps in our knowledge at the ecosystem scale. Recent Findings Multiple studies show that herbivore damage in forest ecosystems is clearly influenced by tripartite interactions between trees, insects and their microbiomes. Recent research on the plant microbiome indicates that microbiomes of planted trees could be managed at several stages of production, from seed orchards to mature forests, to improve the resistance of forest plantations to insect pests. Therefore, the tree microbiome could potentially be fully integrated into forest health management strategies. To achieve this aim, future studies will have to combine, as has long been done in forest research, holistic goals with reductionist approaches. Efforts should be made to improve our understanding of how microbial fluxes between trees and insects determine the health of forest ecosystems, and to decipher the underlying mechanisms, through the development of experimental systems in which microbial communities can be manipulated. Knowledge about tree-insect-microbiome interactions should then be integrated into spatial models of forest dynamics to move from small-scale mechanisms to forest ecosystem-scale predictions.  
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