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Author (up) Ruelle, J.; Yamamoto, H.; Thibaut, B. openurl 
  Title Growth Stresses and Cellulose Structural Parameters in Tension and Normal Wood from Three Tropical Rainforest Angiosperm Species Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication BioResources Abbreviated Journal BioResources  
  Volume 2 Issue 2 Pages 235-251  
  Keywords Cellulose; Microfibril angle; Crystallite size; Tension wood; Tropical rainforest; Growth stresses  
  Abstract Few studies have been conducted about relation between cellulose parameters and biomechanical properties of wood in tropical angiosperms species. For this purpose, on 13 trees from 3 species of French Guyana tropical rainforest in a clear active process of restoring verticality, i) growth strains were measured in situ in order to determine the occurrence of tension wood within samples and ii) cellulose structural parameters were estimated on all the samples using X-ray diffraction method. Crystallite size was estimated from the full-width at half-maximum of the Miller index (002) arc diffraction and angle T was measured following Cave's method. Relationships between these parameters and growth stresses were good and the variations between normal and tension wood were significant, i. e. a lower angle T and a larger crystallite size in tension wood. In order to have a good estimation of the microfibril angle in the main layer of the secondary wall for each species, an experimental calibration was done between angle T and microfibril angle observed with scanning electron microscopy.  
  Address [Ruelle, Julien; Thibaut, Bernard] UMR EcoFoG, Kourou 97387, Guyana, Email: ruelle_j@kourou.cirad.fr  
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  Publisher NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV DEPT WOOD & PAPER SCI Place of Publication Editor  
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  ISSN 1930-2126 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes ISI:000263689300009 Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 122  
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Author (up) Ruelle, J.; Yoshida, M.; Clair, B.; Thibaut, B. openurl 
  Title Peculiar tension wood structure in Laetia procera (Poepp.) Eichl. (Flacourtiaceae) Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication Trees-Structure and Function Abbreviated Journal Trees-Struct. Funct.  
  Volume 21 Issue 3 Pages 345-355  
  Keywords tension wood; tropical rainforest species; UV microspectrophotometry; scanning electron microscopy; cellulose microfibril angle  
  Abstract Tension wood of Laetia procera (Poepp.) Eichl. (Flacourtiaceae), a neo-tropical forest species, shows a peculiar secondary wall structure, with an alternance of thick and thin layers, while opposite wood of this species has a typical secondary wall structure (S1 + S2 + S3). Samples for the study of microstructural properties were collected upon the estimation of growth stresses in the living tree, in order to analyze the correlation of the former with the latter. Investigation using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and UV microspectrophotometry allowed the description of the anatomy, ultra-structure and chemistry of this peculiar polylaminate secondary wall. In the thick layers, cellulose microfibril angle is very low (i.e., microfibril orientation is close to fibre axis) and cellulose microfibrils are well organized and parallel to each other. In the thin layers, microfibrils (only observable in the inner layer) are less organized and are oriented with a large angle relative to the axis of the cell. Thick layers are lightly lignified although thin layers show a higher content of lignin, close to that of opposite wood secondary wall. The more the wood was under tensile stress, the less the secondary wall was lignified, and lower the syringyl on guaiacyl lignin units' ratio was. The innermost layer of the secondary wall looks like a typical S3 layer with large microfibril angle and lignin occurrence. The interest of this kind of structure for the understanding of stress generation is discussed.  
  Address UMR EcoFoG, Kourou 97387, French Guiana, Email: ruelle_j@kourou.cirad.fr  
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  Publisher SPRINGER Place of Publication Editor  
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  ISSN 0931-1890 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ISI:000246206200009 Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 163  
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Author (up) Ruiz-Gonzalez, M.X.; Corbara, B.; Leroy, C.; Dejean, A.; Orivel, J. openurl 
  Title The Weaver Wasp: Spinning Fungus into a Nest Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Biotropica Abbreviated Journal Biotropica  
  Volume 42 Issue 4 Pages 402-404  
  Keywords Allomerus decemarticulatus; French Guiana; Hirtella physophora; nest architecture; Nitela constructor; wasp biology  
  Abstract Wasp nests range from simple to complex structures made of paper or mud. Here, we show that a Neotropical wasp of the genus Nitela builds its nest entirely by weaving endophytic fungal hyphae and spider silk harvested from the leaves growing in the understory of the rain forest in French Guiana.  
  Address [Ruiz-Gonzalez, Mario X.; Orivel, Jerome] Univ Toulouse, UPS, EDB, Lab Evolut & Divers Biol, F-31062 Toulouse, France, Email: orivel@cict.fr  
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  Publisher WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC Place of Publication Editor  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0006-3606 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ISI:000279438900002 Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 54  
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Author (up) Ruiz-Gonzalez, M.X.; Male, P.J.G.; Leroy, C.; Dejean, A.; Gryta, H.; Jargeat, P.; Quilichini, A.; Orivel, J. openurl 
  Title Specific, non-nutritional association between an ascomycete fungus and Allomerus plant-ants Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Biology Letters Abbreviated Journal Biol. Lett.  
  Volume 7 Issue 3 Pages 475-479  
  Keywords ant-fungus association; Cordia nodosa; Chaetothyriales; Hirtella physophora; myrmecophyte; population structure  
  Abstract Ant-fungus associations are well known from attine ants, whose nutrition is based on a symbiosis with basidiomycete fungi. Otherwise, only a few non-nutritional ant-fungus associations have been recorded to date. Here we focus on one of these associations involving Allomerus plant-ants that build galleried structures on their myrmecophytic hosts in order to ambush prey. We show that this association is not opportunistic because the ants select from a monophyletic group of closely related fungal haplotypes of an ascomycete species from the order Chaetothyriales that consistently grows on and has been isolated from the galleries. Both the ants' behaviour and an analysis of the genetic population structure of the ants and the fungus argue for host specificity in this interaction. The ants' behaviour reveals a major investment in manipulating, growing and cleaning the fungus. A molecular analysis of the fungus demonstrates the widespread occurrence of one haplotype and many other haplotypes with a lower occurrence, as well as significant variation in the presence of these fungal haplotypes between areas and ant species. Altogether, these results suggest that such an interaction might represent an as-yet undescribed type of specific association between ants and fungus in which the ants cultivate fungal mycelia to strengthen their hunting galleries.  
  Address [Leroy, Celine; Dejean, Alain; Quilichini, Angelique; Orivel, Jerome] CNRS, UMR Ecol Forets Guyane 8172, F-97379 Kourou, France, Email: jerome.orivel@ecofog.gf  
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  Publisher Royal Soc Place of Publication Editor  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1744-9561 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ISI:000290515100044 Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 317  
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Author (up) Ruiz-González, M.X.; Lauth, J.; Leroy, C.; Jauneau, A.; Gryta, H.; Jargeat, P.; Dejean, A.; Orivel, J. url  openurl
  Title An efficient protocol for isolating melanised chaetothyrialean anamorphic fungi associated with plant-ants Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication Journal of Basic Microbiology Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 53 Issue 1 Pages 98-100  
  Keywords Allomerus ants; Black fungi; Chaetothyriales; Fluorescent staining; Isolation method  
  Abstract Because of their ecological characteristics, slow growth rates and the presence of contaminants, Chaetothyriales fungi associated with structures built by tropical plant-ants can be difficult to isolate with standard procedures. Here, we describe an easy-to-use protocol for obtaining pure cultures by using cotton as a first substrate. We have further found by means of fluorescent stains that nuclei concentrate either in young hyphae or in the tips of the hyphae. © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.  
  Address Université de Toulouse, ECOLAB, Toulouse, France  
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  Notes Export Date: 6 February 2013; Source: Scopus Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 461  
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Author (up) Ruiz-González, M.X.; Leroy, C.; Dejean, A.; Gryta, H.; Jargeat, P.; Carrión, A.D.A.; Orivel, J. pdf  url
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  Title Do host plant and associated ant species affect microbial communities in myrmecophytes? Type Journal Article
  Year 2019 Publication Insects Abbreviated Journal Insects  
  Volume 10 Issue 11 Pages 391  
  Keywords Allomerus decemarticulatus; Allomerus octoarticulatus; Azteca sp; Cf; Cordia nodosa; Depilis; Domatia; Hirtella physophora; Microbial diversity  
  Abstract Ant-associated microorganisms can play crucial and often overlooked roles, and given the diversity of interactions that ants have developed, the study of the associated microbiomes is of interest. We focused here on specialist plant-ant species of the genus Allomerus that grow a fungus to build galleries on their host-plant stems. Allomerus-inhabited domatia, thus, might be a rich arena for microbes associated with the ants, the plant, and the fungus. We investigated the microbial communities present in domatia colonised by four arboreal ants: Allomerus decemarticulatus, A. octoarticulatus, A. octoarticulatus var. demerarae, and the non-fungus growing plant-ant Azteca sp. cf. depilis, inhabiting Hirtella physophora or Cordia nodosa in French Guiana. We hypothesized that the microbial community will differ among these species. We isolated microorganisms from five colonies of each species, sequenced the 16S rRNA or Internal TranscribedSpacer (ITS) regions, and described both the alpha and beta diversities. We identified 69 microbial taxa, which belong to five bacterial and two fungal phyla. The most diverse phyla were Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria. The microbial community of Azteca cf. depilis and Allomerus spp. differed in composition and richness. Geographical distance affected microbial communities and richness but plant species did not. Actinobacteria were only associated with Allomerus spp.  
  Address Biodiversity Genomics Team, Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution Group, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Daxuedonglu 100, Nanning, Guangxi 530005, China  
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  Publisher Mdpi Ag Place of Publication Editor  
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  ISSN 20754450 (Issn) ISBN Medium  
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  Notes Export Date: 18 November 2019; Correspondence Address: Ruiz-González, M.X.; Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n, Ecuador; email: marioxruizgonzalez@gmail.com Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 896  
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Author (up) Rutishauser, E.; Barthelemy, D.; Blanc, L.; Nicolini, E.A. openurl 
  Title Crown fragmentation assessment in tropical trees: Method, insights and perspectives Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Forest Ecology and Management Abbreviated Journal For. Ecol. Manage.  
  Volume 261 Issue 3 Pages 400-407  
  Keywords Crown assessment; Crown fragmentation; Tree mortality; Forest dynamics  
  Abstract Decreasing growth rate (Feeley et al., 2007) and large die-back due to drought (Phillips et al., 2009) suggest that tropical forests are suffering recent climate changes. Forest vulnerability to external factors (e.g. air pollution, acid rain) is widely studied in northern countries, while only a few attempts have investigated crown integrity in the Tropics. The method needs to be generic enough to account for the large number of species and crown shapes encountered in tropical forests. In the present study, we developed and tested a novel field method that estimates crown fragmentation (main branch mortality (MB) and secondary branch mortality (SB)), liana infestation (LI) and crown position (CP) in the canopy. The relationship between crown fragmentation and annual growth rate (agr) was investigated through multiple regression. Six out of eight canopy tree species showed significant growth decline with increasing crown fragmentation. Higher probability of death was also found in trees with severe crown fragmentation. The capacity of such crown assessment to depict tree vitality in a forest stand is discussed along with potential applications in both forest science and management. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.  
  Address [Rutishauser, Ervan; Eric-Andre, Nicolini] Cirad UMR AMAP, F-34398 Montpellier 5, France, Email: er.rutishauser@gmail.com  
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  Publisher ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV Place of Publication Editor  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0378-1127 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ISI:000287333000009 Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 293  
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Author (up) Rutishauser, E.; Herault, B.; Baraloto, C.; Blanc, L.; Descroix, L.; Sotta, E.D.; Ferreira, J.; Kanashiro, M.; Mazzei, L.; D'Oliveira, M.V.N.; De Oliveira, L.C.; Peña-Claros, M.; Putz, F.E.; Ruschel, A.R.; Rodney, K.; Roopsind, A.; Shenkin, A.; Da Silva, K.E.; De Souza, C.R.; Toledo, M.; Vidal, E.; West, T.A.P.; Wortel, V.; Sist, P. url  openurl
  Title Rapid tree carbon stock recovery in managed Amazonian forests Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication Current Biology Abbreviated Journal Current Biology  
  Volume 25 Issue 18 Pages R787-R788  
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  Abstract Summary While around 20% of the Amazonian forest has been cleared for pastures and agriculture, one fourth of the remaining forest is dedicated to wood production [1]. Most of these production forests have been or will be selectively harvested for commercial timber, but recent studies show that even soon after logging, harvested stands retain much of their tree-biomass carbon and biodiversity [2,3]. Comparing species richness of various animal taxa among logged and unlogged forests across the tropics, Burivalova et al.[4] found that despite some variability among taxa, biodiversity loss was generally explained by logging intensity (the number of trees extracted). Here, we use a network of 79 permanent sample plots (376 ha total) located at 10 sites across the Amazon Basin [5] to assess the main drivers of time-to-recovery of post-logging tree carbon (Table S1). Recovery time is of direct relevance to policies governing management practices (i.e., allowable volumes cut and cutting cycle lengths), and indirectly to forest-based climate change mitigation interventions. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.  
  Address Biodiversity Department, CELOS, Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname  
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  Notes Export Date: 2 October 2015 Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 626  
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Author (up) Rutishauser, E.; Herault, B.; Petronelli, P.; Sist, P. doi  openurl
  Title Tree Height Reduction After Selective Logging in a Tropical Forest Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Biotropica Abbreviated Journal Biotropica  
  Volume 48 Issue 3 Pages 285-289  
  Keywords carbon sequestration; forest management; logging; tropical forests; wood production  
  Abstract By harvesting scattered large trees, selective logging increases light availability and thereby stimulates growth and crown expansion at early-life stage among remnant trees. We assessed the effects of logging on total and merchantable bole (i.e., lowest branch at crown base) heights on 952 tropical canopy trees in French Guiana. We observed reductions in both total (mean, −2.3 m) and bole (mean, −2.0 m) heights more than a decade after selective logging. Depending on local logging intensity, height reductions resulted in 2–13 percent decreases in aboveground tree biomass and 3–17 percent decreases in bole volume. These results highlight the adverse effects of logging at both tree and stand levels. This decrease in height is a further threat to future provision of key environmental services, such as timber production and carbon sequestration.  
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  Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 723  
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Author (up) Rutishauser, E.; Wagner, F.; Herault, B.; Nicolini, E.A.; Blanc, L. openurl 
  Title Contrasting above-ground biomass balance in a Neotropical rain forest Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Journal of Vegetation Science Abbreviated Journal J. Veg. Sci.  
  Volume 21 Issue 4 Pages 672-682  
  Keywords Biomass balance; Biomass fluxes; Forest dynamics; Permanent plots; Tropical forests  
  Abstract Question What are the relative roles of tree growth, mortality and recruitment in variations of above-ground biomass in tropical forests? Location Paracou, French Guiana. Methods We quantified the contribution of growth, recruitment and mortality to total biomass of stands (trees DBH >= 10 cm) in six 6.25-ha permanent plots over 16 yr. Live biomass stocks and fluxes were computed for four separate size classes. Results All plots showed increasing biomass stocks over the study period, with an average value of +0.9 Mg ha-1 yr-1. Plots aggrading biomass were characterized by either minor biomass losses due to mortality or substantial increases in the biomass of large trees (DBH >= 60 cm). Conclusions Within the study period, the rarity of mortality events could not counter-balance the slow permanent increase in biomass, resulting in an apparent increase in biomass. Accounting for such rare events results in no net change in biomass balance.  
  Address [Rutishauser, Ervan; Nicolini, Eric-Andre] Cirad, UMR AMAP, Kourou 97379, French Guiana, Email: ervan.rutishauser@cirad.fr  
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  Publisher WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC Place of Publication Editor  
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  ISSN 1100-9233 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ISI:000279450200005 Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 52  
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