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Author Guitet, S.; Sabatier, D.; Brunaux, O.; Herault, B.; Aubry-Kientz, M.; Molino, J.-F.; Baraloto, C.
Title Estimating tropical tree diversity indices from forestry surveys: A method to integrate taxonomic uncertainty Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Forest Ecology and Management Abbreviated Journal For. Ecol. Manage.
Volume 328 Issue Pages 270-281
Keywords Diversity; French guiana; Landscape scale; Monte-Carlo process; Rainforest; Tree community; Reliability; Surveys; Timber; Uncertainty analysis; Diversity; French Guiana; Landscape scale; Rainforest; Tree community; Forestry; estimation method; forest inventory; herbarium; landscape; numerical model; species diversity; taxonomy; uncertainty analysis; Forestry; Forests; Reliability; Surveys; French Guiana
Abstract Analyses of tree diversity and community composition in tropical rain forests are usually based either on general herbarium data or on a restricted number of botanical plots. Despite their high taxonomic accuracy, both types of data are difficult to extrapolate to landscape scales. Meanwhile, forestry surveys provide quantitative occurrence data on large areas, and are thus increasingly used for landscape-scale analyses of tree diversity. However, the reliability of these approaches has been challenged because of the ambiguity of the common (vernacular) names used by foresters and the complexity of tree taxonomy in those hyper-diverse communities.We developed and tested a novel approach to evaluate taxonomic reliability of forestry surveys and to propagate the resulting uncertainty in the estimates of several diversity indicators (alpha and beta entropy, Fisher-alpha and Sørensen similarity). Our approach is based on Monte-Carlo processes that simulate communities by taking into account the expected accuracy and reliability of common names. We tested this method in French Guiana, on 9 one-hectare plots (4279 trees – DBH. ≥. 10. cm) for which both common names and standardized taxonomic determinations were available. We then applied our method of community simulation on large forestry inventories (560. ha) at the landscape scale and compared the diversity indices obtained for 10 sites with those computed from precise botanical determination situated at the same localities.We found that taxonomic reliability of forestry inventories varied from 22% (species level) to 83% (family level) in this Amazonian region. Indices computed directly with raw forestry data resulted in incorrect values, except for Gini-Simpson beta-diversity. On the contrary, our correction method provides more accurate diversity estimates, highly correlated with botanical measurements, for almost all diversity indices at both regional and local scales. We obtained a robust ranking of sites consistent with those shown by botanical inventories.These results show that (i) forestry inventories represent a significant part of taxonomic information, (ii) the relative diversity of regional sites can be successfully ranked using forestry inventory data using our method and (iii) forestry inventories can valuably contribute to the detection of large-scale diversity patterns when biases are well-controlled and corrected.The tools we developed as R-functions are available in supplementary material and can be adapted with local parameters to be used for forest management and conservation issues in other regional contexts. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
Address INRA, UMR EcoFoG, 97387 Kourou Cedex, French Guiana
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Notes (up) Export Date: 30 July 2014; Coden: Fecmd; Correspondence Address: Guitet, S.; INRA, UMR Amap, TA A51/PS2, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France; email: stephane.guitet@cirad.fr Approved no
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Author Laurans, M.; Herault, B.; Vieilledent, G.; Vincent, G.
Title Vertical stratification reduces competition for light in dense tropical forests Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Forest Ecology and Management Abbreviated Journal For. Ecol. Manage.
Volume 329 Issue Pages 79-88
Keywords Adult stature; French Guiana; Hierarchical bayesian model; Local crowding; Niche partitioning; Bayesian networks; Growth rate; Adult stature; French Guiana; Hierarchical Bayesian modeling; Local crowding; Niche partitioning; Reforestation
Abstract Differential growth response to light level is widely accepted as a potential mechanism for maintaining tree species richness in tropical forests. The position of tree species in the hierarchy of the canopy is considered an important indicator of species light capture and growth strategy. Paradoxically, the relative importance of species identity and competition for light in determining individual tree growth is poorly documented at the adult stage. In this study, we used a hierarchical Bayesian model to quantify the overall importance of species identity, light and belowground competition as determinants of tree growth in French Guiana tropical forest. Light competitive status is assessed by a crown exposure score and below ground competition is estimated from local crowding. We examined species sensitivity to both types of competition in relation to adult stature. Our results are based on annual diameter increments of more than 13,510 stems from 282 species monitored over 10years. Mean annual growth rate was 0.11cmy-1 with species identity explaining 35% of the individual variation in growth rate. Crown exposure and local crowding explained 3.5% and 2.4% of the variation in growth rate, respectively. Predicted changes in growth rate as crown exposure (resp. local crowding) index changed from lower to upper interquartile level was 0.03cmy-1 (resp. 0.02cmy-1). Species sensitivity to crown exposure and to local crowding were positively correlated (i) with predicted growth rate at high-light standardized conditions and (ii) with adult stature.This vertical niche partitioning is invoked to explain the limited contribution made by level of light competition for predicting individual tropical tree growth as the community-level response is dominated by the abundance of small-statured species with low sensitivity to light level.Light appears to drive the stem growth rate of tropical trees through species differentiation more than through individual tree growth limitation. This vertical stratification complements the previously reported regeneration niche and together these provide evidence for light niche partitioning in the three-dimensional space of tropical forests. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
Address IRD, UMR AMAP, TA A-51/PS1, Bd de la Lironde, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Notes (up) Export Date: 30 July 2014; Coden: Fecmd; Correspondence Address: Laurans, M.; CIRAD, UMR AMAP, TA A-51/PS1, Bd de la Lironde, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France; email: laurans@cirad.fr Approved no
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Author Touchard, A.; Labrière, N.; Roux, O.; Petitclerc, F.; Orivel, J.; Escoubas, P.; Koh, J.M.S.; Nicholson, G.M.; Dejean, A.
Title Venom toxicity and composition in three Pseudomyrmex ant species having different nesting modes Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Toxicon Abbreviated Journal Toxicon
Volume 88 Issue Pages 67-76
Keywords Ant venoms; Ants; Arboreal and ground-nesting ants; Evolution; Peptides; Pseudomyrmex; ant venom; acute toxicity; animal experiment; ant; article; biochemical composition; controlled study; disulfide bond; high performance liquid chromatography; lethality; matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry; molecular weight; myrmecophyte; nesting; nonhuman; predator prey interaction; priority journal; Pseudomyrmex gracilis; Pseudomyrmex penetrator; Pseudomyrmex termitarius; species diversity; toxin analysis
Abstract We aimed to determine whether the nesting habits of ants have influenced their venom toxicity and composition. We focused on the genus Pseudomyrmex (Pseudomyrmecinae) comprising terrestrial and arboreal species, and, among the latter, plant-ants that are obligate inhabitants of myrmecophytes (i.e., plants sheltering ants in hollow structures). Contrary to our hypothesis, the venom of the ground-dwelling species, Pseudomyrmex termitarius, was as efficacious in paralyzing prey as the venoms of the arboreal and the plant-ant species, Pseudomyrmexpenetrator and Pseudomyrmexgracilis. The lethal potency of P. termitarius venom was equipotent with that of P. gracilis whereas the venom of P. penetrator was less potent. The MALDI-TOF MS analysis of each HPLC fraction of the venoms showed that P. termitarius venom is composed of 87 linear peptides, while both P. gracilis and P. penetrator venoms (23 and 26 peptides, respectively) possess peptides with disulfide bonds. Furthermore, P. penetrator venom contains three hetero- and homodimeric peptides consisting of two short peptidic chains linked together by two interchain disulfide bonds. The large number of peptides in P. termitarius venom is likely related to the large diversity of potential prey plus the antibacterial peptides required for nesting in the ground. Whereas predation involves only the prey and predator, P. penetrator venom has evolved in an environment where trees, defoliating insects, browsing mammals and ants live in equilibrium, likely explaining the diversity of the peptide structures. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Address Laboratoire Écologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France
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Notes (up) Export Date: 30 July 2014; Coden: Toxia; Correspondence Address: Labrière, N.; CNRS, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (EcoFoG), Campus Agronomique, BP 316, 97379 Kourou cedex, France Approved no
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Author Wagner, F.; Rossi, V.; Baraloto, C.; Bonal, D.; Stahl, C.; Herault, B.
Title Are commonly measured functional traits involved in tropical tree responses to climate? Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication International Journal of Ecology Abbreviated Journal Int. J. Ecol.
Volume 2014 Issue 389409 Pages
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Abstract Climate models predict significant rainfall reduction in Amazonia, reducing water availability for trees. We present how functional traits modulate the tree growth response to climate. We used data from 3 years of bimestrial growth measurements for 204 trees of 53 species in the forest of Paracou, French Guiana. We integrated climate variables from an eddy covariance tower and functional trait values describing life history, leaf, and stem economics. Our results indicated that the measured functional traits are to some extent linked to the response of trees to climate but they are poor predictors of the tree climate-induced growth variation. Tree growth was affected by water availability for most of the species with different species growth strategies in drought conditions. These strategies were linked to some functional traits, especially maximum height and wood density. These results suggest that (i) trees seem adapted to the dry season at Paracou but they show different growth responses to drought, (ii) drought response is linked to growth strategy and is partly explained by functional traits, and (iii) the limited part of the variation of tree growth explained by functional traits may be a strong limiting factor for the prediction of tree growth response to climate. © 2014 Fabien Wagner et al.
Address CIRAD, UMR Systèmes d'Elevage en Milieux Méditerranéens et Tropicaux, 97379 Kourou, France
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Notes (up) Export Date: 30 July 2014; Correspondence Address: Wagner, F.; Remote Sensing Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), 12227-010 São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil; email: wagner.h.fabien@gmail.com Approved no
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Author Wagner, F.; Rossi, V.; Aubry-Kientz, M.; Bonal, D.; Dalitz, H.; Gliniars, R.; Stahl, C.; Trabucco, A.; Herault, B.
Title Pan-tropical analysis of climate effects on seasonal tree growth Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication PLoS ONE Abbreviated Journal PLoS ONE
Volume 9 Issue 3 Pages e92337
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Abstract Climate models predict a range of changes in tropical forest regions, including increased average temperatures, decreased total precipitation, reduced soil moisture and alterations in seasonal climate variations. These changes are directly related to the increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations, primarily CO2. Assessing seasonal forest growth responses to climate is of utmost importance because woody tissues, produced by photosynthesis from atmospheric CO2, water and light, constitute the main component of carbon sequestration in the forest ecosystem. In this paper, we combine intra-annual tree growth measurements from published tree growth data and the corresponding monthly climate data for 25 pan-tropical forest sites. This meta-analysis is designed to find the shared climate drivers of tree growth and their relative importance across pan-tropical forests in order to improve carbon uptake models in a global change context. Tree growth reveals significant intra-annual seasonality at seasonally dry sites or in wet tropical forests. Of the overall variation in tree growth, 28.7% was explained by the site effect, i.e. the tree growth average per site. The best predictive model included four climate variables: precipitation, solar radiation (estimated with extrasolar radiation reaching the atmosphere), temperature amplitude and relative soil water content. This model explained more than 50% of the tree growth variations across tropical forests. Precipitation and solar radiation are the main seasonal drivers of tree growth, causing 19.8% and 16.3% of the tree growth variations. Both have a significant positive association with tree growth. These findings suggest that forest productivity due to tropical tree growth will be reduced in the future if climate extremes, such as droughts, become more frequent. © 2014 Wagner et al.
Address Division of Forest, Nature, and Landscape, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Notes (up) Export Date: 30 May 2014; Source: Scopus; Art. No.: e92337; Coden: Polnc; Language of Original Document: English Approved no
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Author Chartier, M.; Gibernau, M.; Renner, S.S.
Title The evolution of pollinator-plant interaction types in the araceae Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Evolution Abbreviated Journal Evolution
Volume 68 Issue 5 Pages 1533-1543
Keywords Ancestral state reconstruction; Inflorescence traits; Phylogeny; Pollination syndromes; Trap flowers
Abstract Most plant-pollinator interactions are mutualistic, involving rewards provided by flowers or inflorescences to pollinators. Antagonistic plant-pollinator interactions, in which flowers offer no rewards, are rare and concentrated in a few families including Araceae. In the latter, they involve trapping of pollinators, which are released loaded with pollen but unrewarded. To understand the evolution of such systems, we compiled data on the pollinators and types of interactions, and coded 21 characters, including interaction type, pollinator order, and 19 floral traits. A phylogenetic framework comes from a matrix of plastid and new nuclear DNA sequences for 135 species from 119 genera (5342 nucleotides). The ancestral pollination interaction in Araceae was reconstructed as probably rewarding albeit with low confidence because information is available for only 56 of the 120-130 genera. Bayesian stochastic trait mapping showed that spadix zonation, presence of an appendix, and flower sexuality were correlated with pollination interaction type. In the Araceae, having unisexual flowers appears to have provided the morphological precondition for the evolution of traps. Compared with the frequency of shifts between deceptive and rewarding pollination systems in orchids, our results indicate less lability in the Araceae, probably because of morphologically and sexually more specialized inflorescences. © 2013 The Society for the Study of Evolution.
Address Department of Biology, University of Munich, Munich, 80638, Germany
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Notes (up) Export Date: 30 May 2014; Source: Scopus; Coden: Evola; Language of Original Document: English Approved no
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Author Dejean, A.; Revel, M.; Azémar, F.; Roux, O.
Title Altruism during predation in an assassin bug Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication Naturwissenschaften Abbreviated Journal Naturwissenschaften
Volume 100 Issue 10 Pages 913-922
Keywords Conspecific tolerance; Predation; Prey sharing; Reduviidae; Zelus annulosus
Abstract Zelus annulosus is an assassin bug species mostly noted on Hirtella physophora, a myrmecophyte specifically associated with the ant Allomerus decemarticulatus known to build traps on host tree twigs to ambush insect preys. The Z. annulosus females lay egg clutches protected by a sticky substance. To avoid being trapped, the first three instars of nymphs remain grouped in a clutch beneath the leaves on which they hatched, yet from time to time, they climb onto the upper side to group ambush preys. Long-distance prey detection permits these bugs to capture flying or jumping insects that alight on their leaves. Like some other Zelus species, the sticky substance of the sundew setae on their forelegs aids in prey capture. Group ambushing permits early instars to capture insects that they then share or not depending on prey size and the hunger of the successful nymphs. Fourth and fifth instars, with greater needs, rather ambush solitarily on different host tree leaves, but attract siblings to share large preys. Communal feeding permits faster prey consumption, enabling small nymphs to return sooner to the shelter of their leaves. By improving the regularity of feeding for each nymph, it likely regulates nymphal development, synchronizing molting and subsequently limiting cannibalism. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Address IRD, Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs, Ecologie, Genetique, Evolution et Controle (UMR-IRD 224), IRD 01, BP 171, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
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Notes (up) Export Date: 30 October 2013; Source: Scopus; Coden: Natwa; doi: 10.1007/s00114-013-1091-9; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Dejean, A.; Écologie des Forêts de Guyane, Campus Agronomique, BP 316, 97379 Kourou cedex, France; email: alain.dejean@wanadoo.fr Approved no
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Author Fortunel, C.; Paine, C.E.T.; Fine, P.V.A.; Kraft, N.J.B.; Baraloto, C.
Title Environmental factors predict community functional composition in Amazonian forests Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Journal of Ecology Abbreviated Journal J. Ecol.
Volume 102 Issue 1 Pages 145-155
Keywords Amazonian landscape; Climatic and soil gradients; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Environmental filtering; Functional traits; Tree communities; Tropical forests
Abstract The consequences of biodiversity loss for ecosystem services largely depend on the functional identities of extirpated species. However, poor descriptions of spatial patterns of community functional composition across landscapes hamper accurate predictions, particularly in highly diverse tropical regions. Therefore, understanding how community functional composition varies across environmental gradients remains an important challenge. We sampled 15 functional traits in 800 Neotropical tree species across 13 forest plots representative of the broad climatic and soil gradients encompassed by three widespread lowland forest habitats (terra firme forests on clay-rich soils, seasonally flooded forests and white-sand forests) at opposite ends of Amazonia (Peru and French Guiana). We combined univariate and multivariate approaches to test the magnitude and predictability of environmental filtering on community leaf and wood functional composition. Directional shifts in community functional composition correlated with environmental changes across the 13 plots, with denser leaves, stems and roots in forests occurring in environments with limited water and soil-nutrient availability. Critically, these relationships allowed us to accurately predict the functional composition of 61 additional forest plots from environmental data alone. Synthesis. Environmental filtering consistently shapes the functional composition of highly diverse tropical forests at large scales across the terra firme, seasonally flooded and white-sand forests of lowland Amazonia. Environmental factors drive and allow the prediction of variation in community functional composition among habitat types in Amazonian forests. © 2013 British Ecological Society.
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Author Khia, A.; Ghanmi, M.; Satrani, B.; Aafi, A.; Aberchane, M.; Quaboul, B.; Chaouch, A.; Amusant, N.; Charrouf, Z.
Title Effect of provenance on the chemical and microbiological quality of essential oils of Rosmarinus officinalis L. in Morocco Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Phytotherapie Abbreviated Journal Phytotherapie
Volume 12 Issue 6 Pages 341-347
Keywords Antibacterial; Antifungal activity; Chemical composition; Essential Oil; Provenance; Rosmarinus officinalis
Abstract This study is an assessment of the chemical quality and evaluation of antibacterial and antifungal activity of rosemary’s essential oils from three regions of Morocco (Rchida and Berkine/Eastern Morocco and Aknoul/North East of Morocco. The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation of the leaves and young twigs of rosemary, were analyzed by GC / FID and GC/ MS. These essential oils are characterized by the presence of α and β-pinene, camphene, 1,8-cineole and camphor compounds. The quality of these essential oils met the AFNOR NF ISO 4730 rosemary Morocco kind (1,8-cineole). The evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of essential oils of Rosmarinus officinalis showed low efficacy against microorganisms tested which were all inhibited from 1/100 v/v except for Penicillium expansum whose growth was stopped at the concentration 1/250 v/v.
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Author Marcon, E.; Herault, B.
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 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.
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