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Molto, Q.; Herault, B.; Boreux, J.-J.; Daullet, M.; Rousteau, A.; Rossi, V. |
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Predicting tree heights for biomass estimates in tropical forests -A test from French Guiana |
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Biogeosciences |
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The recent development of REDD+ mechanisms requires reliable estimation of carbon stocks, especially in tropical forests that are particularly threatened by global changes. Even though tree height is a crucial variable for computing aboveground forest biomass (AGB), it is rarely measured in large-scale forest censuses because it requires extra effort. Therefore, tree height has to be predicted with height models. The height and diameter of all trees over 10 cm in diameter were measured in 33 half-hectare plots and 9 one-hectare plots throughout northern French Guiana, an area with substantial climate and environmental gradients. We compared four different model shapes and found that the Michaelis-Menten shape was most appropriate for the tree biomass prediction. Model parameter values were significantly different from one forest plot to another, and this leads to large errors in biomass estimates. Variables from the forest stand structure explained a sufficient part of plot-to-plot variations of the height model parameters to improve the quality of the AGB predictions. In the forest stands dominated by small trees, the trees were found to have rapid height growth for small diameters. In forest stands dominated by larger trees, the trees were found to have the greatest heights for large diameters. The aboveground biomass estimation uncertainty of the forest plots was reduced by the use of the forest structure-based height model. It demonstrated the feasibility and the importance of height modeling in tropical forests for carbon mapping. When the tree heights are not measured in an inventory, they can be predicted with a height-diameter model and incorporating forest structure descriptors may improve the predictions. © Author(s) 2014. CC Attribution 3.0 License. |
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Export Date: 3 July 2014; Correspondence Address: Molto, Q.; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane, Kourou, France; email: quentin.molto@gmail.com |
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Molina, L.; Broquet, G.; Imbach, P.; Chevallier, F.; Poulter, B.; Bonal, D.; Burban, B.; Ramonet, M.; Gatti, L.V.; Wofsy, S.C.; Munger, J.W.; Dlugokencky, E.; Ciais, P. |
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On the ability of a global atmospheric inversion to constrain variations of CO2 fluxes over Amazonia |
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The exchanges of carbon, water and energy between the atmosphere and the Amazon basin have global implications for the current and future climate. Here, the global atmospheric inversion system of the Monitoring of Atmospheric Composition and Climate (MACC) service is used to study the seasonal and interannual variations of biogenic CO<inf>2</inf> fluxes in Amazonia during the period 2002-2010. The system assimilated surface measurements of atmospheric CO<inf>2</inf> mole fractions made at more than 100 sites over the globe into an atmospheric transport model. The present study adds measurements from four surface stations located in tropical South America, a region poorly covered by CO<inf>2</inf> observations. The estimates of net ecosystem exchange (NEE) optimized by the inversion are compared to an independent estimate of NEE upscaled from eddy-covariance flux measurements in Amazonia. They are also qualitatively evaluated against reports on the seasonal and interannual variations of the land sink in South America from the scientific literature. We attempt at assessing the impact on NEE of the strong droughts in 2005 and 2010 (due to severe and longer-than-usual dry seasons) and the extreme rainfall conditions registered in 2009. The spatial variations of the seasonal and interannual variability of optimized NEE are also investigated. While the inversion supports the assumption of strong spatial heterogeneity of these variations, the results reveal critical limitations of the coarse-resolution transport model, the surface observation network in South America during the recent years and the present knowledge of modelling uncertainties in South America that prevent our inversion from capturing the seasonal patterns of fluxes across Amazonia. However, some patterns from the inversion seem consistent with the anomaly of moisture conditions in 2009. © Author(s) 2015. |
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Mirabel, Ariane ; Marcon, Eric ; Hérault, Bruno |
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30 Years of postdisturbance recruitment in a Neotropical forest |
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Mirabel, A.; Hérault, B.; Marcon, E. |
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Diverging taxonomic and functional trajectories following disturbance in a Neotropical forest |
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Community ecology; Disturbance trajectories; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Mid-term resilience; Neotropical forests; Taxonomic and functional biodiversity |
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In the current global change context, it is urgent to anticipate the fate of tropical forests. This means understanding tree community response to disturbance and the underlying processes. In that respect, we aim here to clarify taxonomic and functional post-disturbance trajectories, and determine the scope of the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (IDH) that remains debated in tropical forests. We analyzed community trajectories following a disturbance gradient from 10 to 60% of above-ground biomass loss in a Neotropical forest over 30 years. We considered trajectories along time of community taxonomic and functional trajectories in terms of richness, evenness, composition, and redundancy. We based on the annual botanical inventories of 75 ha of a Neotropical forest and on large trait datasets comprising seven leaf, stem, and life-history traits. We identified a decoupling between taxonomic composition, differing among communities, and functional composition, similar among communities and convergent in the functional space. The taxonomic diversity followed humped-shaped trajectories along time after disturbance depending on the initial disturbance intensity, which validated the IDH (Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis). The functional diversity trajectories, however, were homogeneous among plots and dismissed the IDH. We explained this decoupling by the variations in community functional redundancy that mitigated the functional impact of disturbance. Although consistent, the recovery of community composition, diversity, and redundancy remained divergent from the initial state after 30 years. These results acknowledged the need of decades-long cycles without disturbance to ensure community complete recovery. |
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Millet, J.; Pascal, J.P.; Kiet, L.C. |
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Effects of Disturbance Over 60 Years on a Lowland Forest in Southern Vietnam |
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Lowland tropical forest; disturbance impact; floristic composition; forest structure; Tan Phu forest |
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MILLET J, PASCAL JP & MET LC. 2010. Effects of disturbance over 60 years on a lowland forest in southern Vietnam. Tropical lowland forests are some of the most threatened in the world and this is particularly the case in Vietnam. This study aimed to identify changes in species composition and forest structure in the Tan Phu lowland forest resulting from disturbance over a 60 year period. Analysis of forest composition and structure rely on data from 25 plots of 0.5-ha size established in a lowland secondary forest. The five forest stands described differed greatly from the three forest stand types described in 1943. Some long-lived shade-tolerant species had been replaced by pioneer species, such as Cratoxylon formosum and Shorea roxburghii. In addition to altering composition, forest disturbances had resulted in large changes in forest structure. While in the past, forest stands had a large number of exploitable trees, current forest stands have few trees in the diameter class > 50 cm and sometimes no trees in the diameter class > 80 cm. This paper provides notable results on forest tree ecology, forest dynamics and on the state of secondary forests in Vietnam. This is particularly important as future goods and services will increasingly have to come from such forests. |
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[Millet, J.] Univ Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France, Email: jerome.millet@ird.if |
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Migliavacca, Mirco ; Musavi, Talie ; Mahecha, Miguel D. ; Nelson, Jacob A. ; Knauer, Jurgen ; Baldocchi, Dennis D. ; Perez-Priego, Oscar ; Christiansen, Rune ; Peters, Jonas ; Anderson, Karen ; Bahn, Michael ; Black, T. Andrew ; Blanken, Peter D. ; and all .................. |
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The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function |
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The leaf economics spectrum1,2 and the global spectrum of plant forms and functions3 revealed fundamental axes of variation in plant traits, which represent different ecological strategies that are shaped by the evolutionary development of plant species2. Ecosystem functions depend on environmental conditions and the traits of species that comprise the ecological communities4. However, the axes of variation of ecosystem functions are largely unknown, which limits our understanding of how ecosystems respond as a whole to anthropogenic drivers, climate and environmental variability4,5. Here we derive a set of ecosystem functions6 from a dataset of surface gas exchange measurements across major terrestrial biomes. We find that most of the variability within ecosystem functions (71.8%) is captured by three key axes. The first axis reflects maximum ecosystem productivity and is mostly explained by vegetation structure. The second axis reflects ecosystem water-use strategies and is jointly explained by variation in vegetation height and climate. The third axis, which represents ecosystem carbon-use efficiency, features a gradient related to aridity, and is explained primarily by variation in vegetation structure. We show that two state-of-the-art land surface models reproduce the first and most important axis of ecosystem functions. However, the models tend to simulate more strongly correlated functions than those observed, which limits their ability to accurately predict the full range o |
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Michalet, S.; Rohr, J.; Warshan, D.; Bardon, C.; Roggy, J.-C.; Domenach, A.-M.; Czarnes, S.; Pommier, T.; Combourieu, B.; Guillaumaud, N.; Bellvert, F.; Comte, G.; Poly, F. |
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Phytochemical analysis of mature tree root exudates in situ and their role in shaping soil microbial communities in relation to tree N-acquisition strategy |
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Chemical ecology; Denitrification; Eperua falcata; Metabolic profiling; Mycorrhizae; Plant-microbes interactions; Root exudates |
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Eperua falcata (Aublet), a late-successional species in tropical rainforest and one of the most abundant tree in French Guiana, has developed an original strategy concerning N-acquisition by largely preferring nitrate, rather than ammonium (H. Schimann, S. Ponton, S. Hättenschwiler, B. Ferry, R. Lensi, A.M. Domenach, J.C. Roggy, Differing nitrogen use strategies of two tropical rainforest tree species in French Guiana: evidence from 15N natural abundance and microbial activities, Soil Biol. Biochem. 40 (2008) 487-494). Given the preference of this species for nitrate, we hypothesized that root exudates would promote nitrate availability by (a) enhancing nitrate production by stimulating ammonium oxidation or (b) minimizing nitrate losses by inhibiting denitrification.Root exudates were collected in situ in monospecific planted plots. The phytochemical analysis of these exudates and of several of their corresponding root extracts was achieved using UHPLC/DAD/ESI-QTOF and allowed the identification of diverse secondary metabolites belonging to the flavonoid family.Our results show that (i) the distinct exudation patterns observed are related to distinct root morphologies, and this was associated with a shift in the root flavonoid content, (ii) a root extract representative of the diverse compounds detected in roots showed a significant and selective metabolic inhibition of isolated denitrifiers invitro, and (iii) in soil plots the abundance of nirK-type denitrifiers was negatively affected in rhizosphere soil compared to bulk. Altogether this led us to formulate hypothesis concerning the ecological role of the identified compounds in relation to N-acquisition strategy of this species. © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. |
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SOLICAZ, c/o Guyane Technopole 16 bis rue du 14 Juillet, 97300 Cayenne, French Guiana |
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Export Date: 15 November 2013; Source: Scopus; Coden: Ppbie; doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.05.003; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Michalet, S.; Université Lyon1, CNRS, UMR5557, INRA, USC1364, Ecologie Microbienne, Centre d'Etude des Substances Naturelles, Pavillon Nétien, ISPB, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon cedex, France; email: sergemichalet@yahoo.fr |
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Meyer-Sand, B.R.V.; Blanc-Jolivet, C.; Mader, M.; Paredes-Villanueva, K.; Tysklind, N.; Sebbenn, A.M.; Guichoux, E.; Degen, B. |
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Development of a set of SNP markers for population genetics studies of Ipe (Handroanthus sp.), a valuable tree genus from Latin America |
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A combination of restriction associated DNA sequencing (RADSeq) and low coverage MiSeq genome sequencing was used for the development of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and INDEL (insertion/deletions) genetic markers for Ipe (Handroanthus sp.). Of the 402 putative loci identified, 389 SNPs and INDELs (315 nuclear SPNs, six chloroplast INDELs, 15 chloroplast SNPs, 12 mitochondrial INDELs and 41 mitochondrial SNPs) were successfully genotyped at 93 individuals from Brazil, Bolivia and French Guiana using a MassARRAY® iPLEX™ platform. This set of markers will be invaluable for population genetics, phylogeography and DNA fingerprinting studies. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature. |
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Export Date: 12 November 2018; Correspondence Address: Blanc-Jolivet, C.; Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, Sieker Landstrasse 2, Germany; email: celine.blanc-jolivet@thuenen.de; References: Blanc-Jolivet, C., Kersten, B., Bourland, N., Guichoux, E., Delcamp, A., Doucet, J.-L., Degen, B., Development of nuclear SNP markers for the timber tracking of the African tree species Sapelli, Entandrophragma cylindricum (2017) Conserv Genet Resour; Blanc-Jolivet, C., Kersten, B., Daïnou, K., Hardy, O., Guichoux, E., Delcamp, A., Degen, B., Development of nuclear SNP markers for genetic tracking of Iroko, Milicia excelsa and Milicia regia (2017) Conserv Genet Resour; Braga, A.C., Reis, A.M.M., Leoi, L.T., Pereira, R.W., Collevatti, R.G., Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for the tropical tree species Tabebuia aurea (Bignoniaceae) (2007) Mol Ecol Notes, 7, pp. 53-56. , COI: 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2sXis1Sjuro%3D; Dumolin, S., Demesure, B., Pettit, R., Inheritance of chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes in pedunculate oak investigated with an efficient PCR method (1995) Theor Appl Genet, 91, pp. 1253-1256. , COI: 1:CAS:528:DyaK28XhsFKmsLo%3D; Goudet, J., Fstat (Version 2.9.3.2.): a computer program to calculate F-statistics (2002) J Heredity, 86, pp. 485-486; Grose, S.O., Olmstead, R.G., Evolution of a charismatic neotropical clade: molecular phylogeny of Tabebuia s. L crescentieae, and allied genera (Bignoniaceae) (2007) Syst Bot, 32, pp. 650-659; Jardine, D.I., Blanc-Jolivet, C., Dixon, R.R.M., Dormontt, E.E., Dunker, B., Gerlach, J., Development of SNP markers for Ayous (Triplochiton scleroxylon K. Schum) an economically important tree species from tropical West and Central Africa (2016) Conserv Genet Resour, 8 (2), pp. 129-139; Miller, M.R., Dunham, J.P., Amores, A., Cresko, W.A., Johnson, E.A., Rapid and cost-effective polymorphism identification and genotyping using restriction site associated DNA (RAD) markers (2007) Genome Res, 17, pp. 240-248. , COI: 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2sXhsFKis7w%3D; Pakull, B., Mader, M., Kersten, B., Ekue, M.R.M., Dipelet, U.G.B., Paulini, M., Development of nuclear, chloroplast and mitochondrial SNP markers for Khaya sp (2016) Conserv Genet Resour, 8 (3), pp. 283-297; Schulze, M., Grogan, J., Uhl, C., Lentini, M., Vidal, E., Evaluating Ipê (Tabebuia, Bignoniaceae) logging in amazonia: Sustainable management or catalyst for forest degradation? (2008) Biol Conserv, 141, pp. 2071-2085; Straub, S.C., Parks, M., Weitemier, K., fishbein, M., Cronn, R.C., Liston, A., Navigating the tip of the genomic iceberg: next-generation sequencing for plant systematics (2012) Am J Bot, 99, pp. 349-364. , COI: 1:CAS:528:DC%2BC38XksValtbo%3D |
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What makes you a potential partner? Insights from convergently evolved ant-ant symbioses |
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Aggression; Coevolution; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Formicidae; Interspecific association; Parabiosis; Recognition cues |
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Mutualistic, commensalistic or parasitic interactions are unevenly distributed across the animals and plants: in certain taxa, such interspecific associations evolved more often than in others. Within the ants, associations between species of the genera Camponotus and Crematogaster evolved repeatedly and include trail-sharing associations, where two species share foraging trails, and parabioses, where two species share a nest without aggression. Camponotus and Crematogaster may possess life-history traits that favour the evolution of associations. To identify which traits are affected by the association, we investigated a neotropical parabiosis of Ca. femoratus and Cr. levior and compared it to a paleotropical parabiosis and a trail-sharing association. The two neotropical species showed altered cuticular hydrocarbon profiles compared to non-parabiotic species accompanied by low levels of interspecific aggression. Both species occurred in two chemically distinct types. Camponotus followed artificial trails of Crematogaster pheromones, but not vice versa. The above traits were also found in the paleotropical parabiosis, and the trail-following results match those of the trail-sharing association. In contrast to paleotropical parabioses, however, Camponotus was dominant, had a high foraging activity and often fought against Crematogaster over food resources. We suggest three potential preadaptations for parabiosis. First, Crematogaster uses molecules as trail pheromones, which can be perceived by Camponotus, too. Second, nests of Camponotus are an important benefit to Crematogaster and may create a selection pressure for the latter to tolerate Camponotus. Third, there are parallel, but unusual, shifts in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles between neotropics and paleotropics, and between Camponotus and Crematogaster. © 2014 Springer Basel. |
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Export Date: 10 June 2014; Coden: Chmoe; Correspondence Address: Menzel, F.; Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Mainz, Johannes-von-Müller-Weg 6, 55099 Mainz, Germany; email: menzelf@uni-mainz.de |
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Melieres, M.A.; Pourchet, M.; Charles-Dominique, P.; Gaucher, P. |
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Mercury in canopy leaves of French Guiana in remote areas |
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Science of the Total Environment |
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mercury; canopy; rainforest; Hg atmosphere soil transfer |
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A study of total Hg concentration in the foliage of the canopy was carried out in two remote areas in French Guiana. The sampled canopy is representative of the French Guiana canopy. The concentration in the foliage, 64+/-14 ng g(-1) (dry wt.), is used to estimate the annual input of total Hg to the soil through the litterfall, found to be 45+/-10 mug m(-2) y(-1). As translocation is negligible, mercury in the canopy originates mainly from atmospheric uptake by the leaves and this litterfall deposit represents a direct atmospheric input from the background atmospheric load into the soil. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Univ Grenoble 1, CNRS, Lab Glaciol & Geophys Environm, F-38402 St Martin Dheres, France, Email: melieres@glaciog.ujf-grenobic.fr |
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