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Author Zalamea, P.-C.; Sarmiento, C.; Stevenson, P.R.; Rodríguez, M.; Nicolini, E.; Heuret, P. url  openurl
  Title Effect of rainfall seasonality on the growth of Cecropia sciadophylla: Intra-annual variation in leaf production and node length Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication Journal of Tropical Ecology Abbreviated Journal J. Trop. Ecol.  
  Volume 29 Issue 4 Pages (down) 361-365  
  Keywords leaf phenology; Neotropics; pioneer plants; plant growth; plant morphology; rainfall seasonality; Urticaceae  
  Abstract Patterns of leaf production and leaf fall directly influence leaf area index and forest productivity. Here, we focused on Cecropia sciadophylla individuals inhabiting the extremes of the gradient in seasonality in rainfall at which C. sciadophylla occurs. In Colombia and French Guiana we compared the intra-annual variation in leaf production as well as the intra-annual fluctuation in internode length on a total of 69 saplings ranging in size from 1 to 2 m. The mean rate of leaf production was ~2 leaves mo -1 in both populations, and the rate of leaf production was constant throughout the year. Our results showed monthly variation in internode length and the number of live leaves per sapling in the seasonal habitat and variation only in internode length in the everwet habitat. Because the rate of leaf production is constant at both localities, the difference in number of live leaves per sapling at the seasonal site must reflect seasonal variation in leaf life span. We show that in Cecropia, internode length can serve as an indicator of precipitation seasonality. Finally an open question is whether leaf production in other pioneer species is also independent of climatic seasonal cues. This information could allow us to link growth and climate of secondary forest species and better understand how past and future climate can affect plant growth trajectories. © Cambridge University Press 2013.  
  Address INRA, UMR ECOFOG, Kourou F-97310, French Guiana  
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  Notes Export Date: 14 July 2013; Source: Scopus Approved no  
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Author Vincent, G.; Molino, J.F.; Marescot, L.; Barkaoui, K.; Sabatier, D.; Freycon, V.; Roelens, J.B. openurl 
  Title The relative importance of dispersal limitation and habitat preference in shaping spatial distribution of saplings in a tropical moist forest: a case study along a combination of hydromorphic and canopy disturbance gradients Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Annals of Forest Science Abbreviated Journal Ann. For. Sci.  
  Volume 68 Issue 2 Pages (down) 357-370  
  Keywords Species assemblage; Dispersal limitation; Tropical moist forest; Niche  
  Abstract Various processes contribute to shaping the local assemblage of species in hyperdiverse tropical forest. The relative contribution of environmental factors and dispersal limitation in determining the spatial distribution of saplings at local scale is unclear. We examined two types of environmental factors: (a) soil type reflecting drainage regime and (b) past logging damages reflecting light regime in a neotropical moist forest site. We used a logistic model to predict presence or absence of a given species in a network of elementary small plots. The effect of mapped environmental factors and a spatial correlation term were jointly estimated providing a direct measure of the relative role of habitat specialisation and dispersal limitation. At community level, dispersal limitation was the most important determinant of species absence at local scale. The two environmental factors examined played a balanced role. Different species however showed different degrees of dispersal limitation and habitat specialisation. The distribution of a large proportion of species-the majority of the most abundant species-was significantly affected by at least one environmental factor. We provide a ranking of 49 species sensitive to canopy disturbance (from shade specialist to pioneer) and 41 species affected by seasonal flooding (either positively or negatively).  
  Address [Vincent, Gregoire; Marescot, Lucile; Barkaoui, Karim] IRD, Unite Mixte Rech AMAP, Kourou 97387, French Guiana, Email: gregoire.vincent@ird.fr  
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Author Fouquet, A.; Ledoux, J.-B.; Dubut, V.; Noonan, B.P.; Scotti, I. url  openurl
  Title The interplay of dispersal limitation, rivers, and historical events shapes the genetic structure of an Amazonian frog Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Abbreviated Journal Biol. J. Linn. Soc.  
  Volume 106 Issue 2 Pages (down) 356-373  
  Keywords Amazonia; Amphibian; Gene flow; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Spatial genetic structure  
  Abstract Disentangling the impact of landscape features such as rivers and historical events on dispersal is a challenging but necessary task to gain a comprehensive picture of the evolution of diverse biota such as that found in Amazonia. Adenomera andreae, a small, territorial, terrestrial frog species of the Amazonian forest represents a good model for such studies. We combined cytochromeb sequences with 12 microsatellites to investigate the genetic structure at two contrasted spatial scales in French Guiana: along a ∼6-km transect, to evaluate dispersal ability, and between paired bank populations along a ∼65-km stretch of the Approuague river, to test the effect of rivers as barriers to dispersal. We observed significant spatial genetic structure between individuals at a remarkably small geographical scale, and conclude that the species has a restricted dispersal ability that is probably tied to its life-history traits. Mitochondrial and microsatellite data also indicate a high level of differentiation among populations on opposite banks of the river, and, in some cases, among populations on the same riverbank. These results suggest that the observed population structure in A.andreae is the result of restricted dispersal abilities combined with the action of rivers and Quaternary population isolation. Given that Amazonia hosts a great portion of anurans, as well as other small vertebrates, that display life-history traits comparable with A.andreae, we argue that our analyses provide new insights into the complex interactions among evolutionary processes shaping Amazonian biodiversity. © 2012 The Linnean Society of London.  
  Address INRA, UMR ECOFOG, Campus agronomique, Avenue de France, BP 709, 97387 Kourou, French Guiana, France  
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  Notes Export Date: 2 May 2012; Source: Scopus; Coden: Bjlsb; doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01871.x; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Fouquet, A.; Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 11461, CEP 05422-970, São Paulo, Brazil; email: fouquet.antoine@gmail.com Approved no  
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Author Bremaud, I.; Cabrolier, P.; Gril, J.; Clair, B.; Gerard, J.; Minato, K.; Thibaut, B. openurl 
  Title Identification of anisotropic vibrational properties of Padauk wood with interlocked grain Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Wood Science and Technology Abbreviated Journal Wood Sci. Technol.  
  Volume 44 Issue 3 Pages (down) 355-367  
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  Abstract Grain deviations and high extractives content are common features of many tropical woods. This study aimed at clarifying their respective impact on vibrational properties, referring to African Padauk (Pterocarpus soyauxii Taub.), a species selected for its interlocked grain, high extractives content and uses in xylophones. Specimens were cut parallel to the trunk axis (L), and local variations in grain angle (GA), microfibril angle (MFA), specific Young's modulus (E' (L) /rho, where rho stands for the density) and damping coefficient (tan delta(L)) were measured. GA dependence was analysed by a mechanical model which allowed to identify the specific Young's modulus (E'(3)/rho) and shear modulus (G'/rho) along the grain (3) as well as their corresponding damping coefficients (tan delta(3), tan delta(G)). This analysis was done for native and then for extracted wood. Interlocked grain resulted in 0-25A degrees GA and in variations of a factor 2 in E'(L)/rho and tan delta(L). Along the grain, Padauk wood was characterized, when compared to typical hardwoods, by a somewhat lower E'(3)/rho and elastic anisotropy (E'/G'), due to a wide microfibril angle plus a small weight effect of extracts, and a very low tan delta(3) and moderate damping anisotropy (tan delta(G)/tan delta(3)). Extraction affected mechanical parameters in the order: tan delta(3) a parts per thousand tan delta(G) > G'/rho > > E'(3)/rho. That is, extractives' effects were nearly isotropic on damping but clearly anisotropic on storage moduli.  
  Address [Bremaud, Iris; Minato, Kazuya] Kyoto Prefectural Univ, Grad Sch Life & Environm Sci, Lab Forest Resource Circulating Circles, Kyoto 6068522, Japan, Email: iris_bremaud@hotmail.com  
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Author Goulamoussene, Y.; Bedeau, C.; Descroix, L.; Linguet, L.; Herault, B. pdf  url
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  Title Environmental control of natural gap size distribution in tropical forests Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Biogeosciences Abbreviated Journal Biogeosciences  
  Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages (down) 353-364  
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  Abstract Natural disturbances are the dominant form of forest regeneration and dynamics in unmanaged tropical forests. Monitoring the size distribution of treefall gaps is important to better understand and predict the carbon budget in response to land use and other global changes. In this study, we model the size frequency distribution of natural canopy gaps with a discrete power law distribution. We use a Bayesian framework to introduce and test, using Monte Carlo Markov chain and Kuo-Mallick algorithms, the effect of local physical environment on gap size distribution. We apply our methodological framework to an original light detecting and ranging dataset in which natural forest gaps were delineated over 30 000 ha of unmanaged forest. We highlight strong links between gap size distribution and environment, primarily hydrological conditions and topography, with large gaps being more frequent on floodplains and in wind-exposed areas. In the future, we plan to apply our methodological framework on a larger scale using satellite data. Additionally, although gap size distribution variation is clearly under environmental control, variation in gap size distribution in time should be tested against climate variability. © Author(s) 2017.  
  Address Cirad, UMR EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Inra, Univ Antilles, Univ Guyane, Kourou, French Guiana  
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Author Piponiot, C.; Derroire, G.; Descroix, L.; Mazzei, L.; Rutishauser, E.; Sist, P.; Hérault, B. doi  openurl
  Title Assessing timber volume recovery after disturbance in tropical forests – A new modelling framework Type Journal Article
  Year 2018 Publication Ecological Modelling Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 384 Issue Pages (down) 353-369  
  Keywords Disturbance; Ecosystem modelling; Recovery; Sustainability; Tropical forest management  
  Abstract One third of contemporary tropical forests is designated by national forest services for timber production. Tropical forests are also increasingly affected by anthropogenic disturbances. However, there is still much uncertainty around the capacity of tropical forests to recover their timber volume after logging as well as other disturbances such as fires, large blow-downs and extreme droughts, and thus on the long-term sustainability of logging. We developed an original Bayesian hierarchical model of Volume Dynamics with Differential Equations (VDDE) to infer the dynamic of timber volumes as the result of two ecosystem processes: volume gains from tree growth and volume losses from tree mortality. Both processes are expressed as explicit functions of the forest maturity, i.e. the overall successional stage of the forest that primarily depends on the frequency and severity of the disturbances that the forest has undergone. As a case study, the VDDE model was calibrated with data from Paracou, a long-term disturbance experiment in a neotropical forest where over 56 ha of permanent forest plots were logged with different intensities and censused for 31 years. With this model, we could predict timber recovery at Paracou at the end of a cutting cycle depending on the logging intensity, the rotation cycle length, and the proportion of commercial volume. The VDDE modelling framework developed presents three main advantages: (i) it can be calibrated with large tree inventories which are widely available from national forest inventories or logging concession management plans and are easy to measure, both on the field and with remote sensing; (ii) it depends on only a few input parameters, which can be an advantage in tropical regions where data availability is scarce; (iii) the modelling framework is flexible enough to explicitly include the effect of other types of disturbances (both natural and anthropogenic: e.g. blow-downs, fires and climate change) on the forest maturity, and thus to predict future timber provision in the tropics in a context of global changes. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.  
  Address INPHB (Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouet Boigny), Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire  
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Author Jabiol, J.; Corbara, B.; Dejean, A.; Cereghino, R. openurl 
  Title Structure of aquatic insect communities in tank-bromeliads in a East-Amazonian rainforest in French Guiana Type Journal Article
  Year 2009 Publication Forest Ecology and Management Abbreviated Journal For. Ecol. Manage.  
  Volume 257 Issue 1 Pages (down) 351-360  
  Keywords Bromeliaceae; Classification; Community structure; Insects; Microcosms; Neural networks; Nouragues; Phytotelmata; Species richness  
  Abstract Tank-bromeliads are discrete habitats which contain distinct aquatic communities, and which commonly occur in the neotropics. Because they span a broad range of ecological gradients in terms of habitat structure and amount of resources, researchers study the associations between the biodiversity of communities and these gradients in rainforests, where the very high species richness and densities within other continuous habitats makes it difficult to quantify animal communities. We analysed the diversity of aquatic insect communities in relation to different tank-bromeliad species in a primary rainforest (French Guiana) using artificial intelligence and complex optimization techniques to classify communities and model their determinants. First, the self-organizing map (neural network) was used to classify 158 bromeliads according to the quantitative structure of the insect communities. Catopsis berteroniana and Guzmania lingulata formed separate clusters of plants on the virtual map, while Vriesea splendens, Vriesea pleiosticha and Aechmea melinonii were grouped together in the remaining clusters. Some insect taxa occurred in all bromeliads, while other taxa were specific to a given species. Second, general linear modelling allowed us to specify the influence of the bromeliad species; water volume and volume of fine particulate organic matter inside of the tank; elevation above the ground; and sampling site on taxonomic richness and insect abundance. The number of taxa and individuals per plant increased with greater water volume, but the slope of the relationships depended on the bromeliad species. The significant influence of bromeliad species suggested that at similar water volumes different plant species had different taxon richness and insect abundance. Greater amounts of fine particulate organic matter were detrimental to community diversity in the tanks, probably because they decreased available space by clogging it and/or affected oxygen concentrations. The influence of tank-bromeliad species on the aquatic insect community was primarily related to their physical (and probably chemical) features rather than to species-specific associations sensu stricto. The classification of bromeliads with respect to animal species is likely to provide referential schemes for those biodiversity patterns to be expected under certain conditions, and may help to target model communities for subsequent experimental research. (C) 2008 Elsevier B,V. All rights reserved.  
  Address [Jabiol, J.; Cereghino, R.] Univ Toulouse 3, Ecolab, Lab Ecol Fonctionnelle, CNRS,UMR 5245, F-31062 Toulouse 9, France, Email: cereghin@cict.fr  
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Author Almeras, T.; Gril, J.; Yamamoto, H. openurl 
  Title Modelling anisotropic maturation strains in wood in relation to fibre boundary conditions, microstructure and maturation kinetics Type Journal Article
  Year 2005 Publication Holzforschung Abbreviated Journal Holzforschung  
  Volume 59 Issue 3 Pages (down) 347-353  
  Keywords anisotropy; boundary conditions; cell-wall maturation; growth strain; multilayer model; residual stress; wood fibre  
  Abstract A generalisation of existing mechanical models is proposed to account for the relation between wood macroscopic properties and fibre microstructure and chemical composition. It is applied to understanding of the origin of anisotropic maturation strains measured at the outermost surface of the xylem. Various assumptions are considered for boundary conditions of the fibre during the progressive maturation process and are applied to experimental data from the literature. Assumptions that the fibre is fully restrained in displacement, or fully unrestrained or unrestrained in the transverse direction only are all incompatible with observations. Indeed, within the tree, the fibre is restrained in the longitudinal and tangential directions, but unrestrained in the radial direction towards the bark. Mixed boundary conditions must be introduced to correctly simulate both longitudinal and tangential maturation strains. In the context of an analytical axisymmetric model, this is estimated by considering a parameter of partial release of tangential stress during maturation. Consistence with data and with finite element computation in the case of a square fibre confirmed that, because of the unrestrained radial condition, a large part of the tangential maturation stress is released in situ.  
  Address Nagoya Univ, Grad Sch Bioagr Sci, Lab Biomat Phys, Chikusa Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4648601, Japan, Email: tancrede@nuagr1.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp  
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Author Vedel, V.; Apostolou, Z.; Arthur, W.; Akam, M.; Brena, C. doi  openurl
  Title An early temperature-sensitive period for the plasticity of segment number in the centipede Strigamia maritima Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Evolution & Development Abbreviated Journal Evol Dev  
  Volume 12 Issue 4 Pages (down) 347-352  
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Author Honorio Coronado, E.N.; Blanc-Jolivet, C.; Mader, M.; García-Dávila, C.R.; Gomero, D.A.; del Castillo Torres, D.; Llampazo, G.F.; Pizango, G.H.; Sebbenn, A.M.; Meyer-Sand, B.R.V.; Paredes-Villanueva, K.; Tysklind, N.; Troispoux, V.; Massot, M.; Carvalho, C.; de Lima, H.C.; Cardoso, D.; Degen, B. doi  openurl
  Title SNP markers as a successful molecular tool for assessing species identity and geographic origin of trees in the economically important South American legume genus Dipteryx Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Journal of Heredity Abbreviated Journal J. Hered.  
  Volume 111 Issue 4 Pages (down) 346-356  
  Keywords Cumaru; Genetic assignment; Leguminosae; Timber verification; article; chloroplast; genetic association; genetic marker; geographic origin; indel mutation; nonhuman; single nucleotide polymorphism; species identification; structure analysis; tonka bean; Dipteryx; Fabaceae  
  Abstract Dipteryx timber has been heavily exploited in South America since 2000s due to the increasing international demand for hardwood. Developing tools for the genetic identification of Dipteryx species and their geographical origin can help to promote legal trading of timber. A collection of 800 individual trees, belonging to 6 different Dipteryx species, was genotyped based on 171 molecular markers. After the exclusion of markers out of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium or with no polymorphism or low amplification, 83 nuclear, 29 chloroplast, 13 mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and 2 chloroplast and 5 mitochondrial INDELS remained. Six genetic groups were identified using Bayesian Structure analyses of the nuclear SNPs, which corresponded to the different Dipteryx species collected in the field. Seventeen highly informative markers were identified as suitable for species identification and obtained self-assignment success rates to species level of 78-96%. An additional set of 15 molecular markers was selected to determine the different genetic clusters found in Dipteryx odorata and Dipteryx ferrea, obtaining self-assignment success rates of 91-100%. The success to assign samples to the correct country of origin using all or only the informative markers improved when using the nearest neighbor approach (69-92%) compared to the Bayesian approach (33-80%). While nuclear and chloroplast SNPs were more suitable for differentiating the different Dipteryx species, mitochondrial SNPs were ideal for determining the genetic clusters of D. odorata and D. ferrea. These 32 selected SNPs will be invaluable genetic tools for the accurate identification of species and country of origin of Dipteryx timber. © The American Genetic Association 2020. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com  
  Address Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s.n., Ondina, Salvador, BA, 40170-115, Brazil  
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