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Author Taureau, F.; Robin, M.; Proisy, C.; Fromard, F.; Imbert, D.; Debaine, F.
Title Mapping the mangrove forest canopy using spectral unmixing of very high spatial resolution satellite images Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Remote Sensing Abbreviated Journal Remote Sens.
Volume 11 Issue 3 Pages 367
Keywords Forest structure; Guadeloupe; Hemispherical photographs; Mangrove; Mayotte; New Caledonia; Remote sensing; Image resolution; Photography; Photomapping; Pixels; Remote sensing; Satellites; Vegetation; Forest structure; Guadeloupe; Hemispherical photographs; Mangrove; Mayotte; New Caledonia; Forestry
Abstract Despite the lowtree diversity and scarcity of the understory vegetation, the high morphological plasticity of mangrove trees induces, at the stand level, a very large variability of forest structures that need to be mapped for assessing the functioning of such complex ecosystems. Fully constrained linear spectral unmixing (FCLSU) of very high spatial resolution (VHSR) multispectral images was tested to fine-scale map mangrove zonations in terms of horizontal variation of forest structure. The study was carried out on three Pleiades-1A satellite images covering French island territories located in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, namely Guadeloupe, Mayotte, and New Caledonia archipelagos. In each image, FCLSU was trained from the delineation of areas exclusively related to four components including either pure vegetation, soil (ferns included), water, or shadows. It was then applied to the whole mangrove cover imaged for each island and yielded the respective contributions of those four components for each image pixel. On the forest stand scale, the results interestingly indicated a close correlation between FCLSU-derived vegetation fractions and canopy closure estimated from hemispherical photographs R 2 = 0.95) and a weak relation with the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (R 2 = 0.29). Classification of these fractions also offered the opportunity to detect and map horizontal patterns of mangrove structure in a given site. K-means classifications of fraction indeed showed a global view of mangrove structure organization in the three sites, complementary to the outputs obtained from spectral data analysis. Our findings suggest that the pixel intensity decomposition applied to VHSR multispectral satellite images can be a simple but valuable approach for (i) mangrove canopy monitoring and (ii) mangrove forest structure analysis in the perspective of assessing mangrove dynamics and productivity. As with Lidar-based surveys, these potential new mapping capabilities deserve further physically based interpretation of sunlight scattering mechanisms within forest canopy. © 2019 by the authors.
Address UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (EcoFoG), INRA, CNRS, Cirad, AgroParisTech, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane, Kourou, French Guiana, 97310, France
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Notes Export Date: 25 February 2019; Correspondence Address: Taureau, F.; Université de Nantes, UMR CNRS 6554 Littoral Environnement Télédétection Géomatique, Campus TertreFrance; email: florent.taureau@univ-nantes.fr; Funding details: Université de Nantes; Funding text 1: Funding: A part of this study was funded by the French Coastal Conservancy Institute. It was conducted as part of the PhD work of Florent Taureau supported by the University of Nantes.; References: Duke, N.C., Mangrove Coast (2014) Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences, pp. 1-17. , Harff, J., Meschede, M., Petersen, S., Thiede, J., Eds.; Springer: Berlin, Germany; Feller, I.C., Lovelock, C.E., Berger, U., McKee, K.L., Joye, S.B., Ball, M.C., Biocomplexity in Mangrove Ecosystems (2010) Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci, 2, pp. 395-417; Krauss, K.W., Lovelock, C.E., McKee, K.L., López-Hoffman, L., Ewe, S.M., Sousa, W.P., Environmental drivers in mangrove establishment and early development: A review (2008) Aquat. 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Author Ruiz-González, M.X.; Leroy, C.; Dejean, A.; Gryta, H.; Jargeat, P.; Carrión, A.D.A.; Orivel, J.
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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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
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Author Barassé, V.; Touchard, A.; Téné, N.; Tindo, M.; Kenne, M.; Klopp, C.; Dejean, A.; Bonnafé, E.; Treilhou, M.
Title The peptide venom composition of the fierce stinging ant tetraponera aethiops (formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Toxins Abbreviated Journal Toxins
Volume 11 Issue 12 Pages 732
Keywords Defensive venom; Dimeric peptides; Peptidome; Tetraponera aethiops
Abstract In the mutualisms involving certain pseudomyrmicine ants and different myrmecophytes (i.e., plants sheltering colonies of specialized “plant-ant” species in hollow structures), the ant venom contributes to the host plant biotic defenses by inducing the rapid paralysis of defoliating insects and causing intense pain to browsing mammals. Using integrated transcriptomic and proteomic approaches, we identified the venom peptidome of the plant-ant Tetraponera aethiops (Pseudomyrmecinae). The transcriptomic analysis of its venom glands revealed that 40% of the expressed contigs encoded only seven peptide precursors related to the ant venom peptides from the A-superfamily. Among the 12 peptide masses detected by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), nine mature peptide sequences were characterized and confirmed through proteomic analysis. These venom peptides, called pseudomyrmecitoxins (PSDTX), share amino acid sequence identities with myrmeciitoxins known for their dual offensive and defensive functions on both insects and mammals. Furthermore, we demonstrated through reduction/alkylation of the crude venom that four PSDTXs were homo- and heterodimeric. Thus, we provide the first insights into the defensive venom composition of the ant genus Tetraponera indicative of a streamlined peptidome.
Address CNRS, UMR EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, Cirad, INRA, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane, Kourou, 97310, France
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Author Caron, H.; Molino, J.-F.; Sabatier, D.; Léger, P.; Chaumeil, P.; Scotti-Saintagne, C.; Frigério, J.-M.; Scotti, I.; Franc, A.; Petit, R.J.
Title Chloroplast DNA variation in a hyperdiverse tropical tree community Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Ecology and Evolution Abbreviated Journal Ecology and Evolution
Volume 9 Issue 8 Pages 4897-4905
Keywords chloroplast DNA; DNA barcoding; genetic diversity; hybridization; incomplete lineage sorting; introgression; species diversity; tropical trees
Abstract We investigate chloroplast DNA variation in a hyperdiverse community of tropical rainforest trees in French Guiana, focusing on patterns of intraspecific and interspecific variation. We test whether a species genetic diversity is higher when it has congeners in the community with which it can exchange genes and if shared haplotypes are more frequent in genetically diverse species, as expected in the presence of introgression. We sampled a total of 1,681 individual trees from 472 species corresponding to 198 genera and sequenced them at a noncoding chloroplast DNA fragment. Polymorphism was more frequent in species that have congeneric species in the study site than in those without congeners (30% vs. 12%). Moreover, more chloroplast haplotypes were shared with congeners in polymorphic species than in monomorphic ones (44% vs. 28%). Despite large heterogeneities caused by genus-specific behaviors in patterns of hybridization, these results suggest that the higher polymorphism in the presence of congeners is caused by local introgression rather than by incomplete lineage sorting. Our findings suggest that introgression has the potential to drive intraspecific genetic diversity in species-rich tropical forests.
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Author Hartke, J.; Sprenger, P.P.; Sahm, J.; Winterberg, H.; Orivel, J.; Baur, H.; Beuerle, T.; Schmitt, T.; Feldmeyer, B.; Menzel, F.
Title Cuticular hydrocarbons as potential mediators of cryptic species divergence in a mutualistic ant association Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Ecology and Evolution Abbreviated Journal
Volume 9 Issue 16 Pages 9160-9176
Keywords environmental association; integrative taxonomy; niche differentiation; population structure; sexual selection; speciation
Abstract Upon advances in sequencing techniques, more and more morphologically identical organisms are identified as cryptic species. Often, mutualistic interactions are proposed as drivers of diversification. Species of the neotropical parabiotic ant association between Crematogaster levior and Camponotus femoratus are known for highly diverse cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles, which in insects serve as desiccation barrier but also as communication cues. In the present study, we investigated the association of the ants’ CHC profiles with genotypes and morphological traits, and discovered cryptic species pairs in both genera. To assess putative niche differentiation between the cryptic species, we conducted an environmental association study that included various climate variables, canopy cover, and mutualistic plant species. Although mostly sympatric, the two Camponotus species seem to prefer different climate niches. However in the two Crematogaster species, we could not detect any differences in niche preference. The strong differentiation in the CHC profiles may thus suggest a possible role during speciation itself either by inducing assortative mating or by reinforcing sexual selection after the speciation event. We did not detect any further niche differences in the environmental parameters tested. Thus, it remains open how the cryptic species avoid competitive exclusion, with scope for further investigations. © 2019 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Notes Export Date: 2 September 2019; Correspondence Address: Hartke, J.; Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreGermany; email: Juliane.Hartke@senckenberg.de; Funding details: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft; Funding details: Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Not Available; Funding details: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG, ME 3842/5‐1; Funding text 1: We thank Philippe Cerdan and Aurelie Dourdain for research permissions in the Hydreco Lab Petit Saut and the Paracou Research Station, respectively. Similarly, we thank Patrick Châtelet, Philippe Gaucher, and Dorothée Deslignes for permission to sample in the Les Nouragues Reserve. Further on, we thank Heike Stypa for supporting us in preparing the chemical samples. We thank Aidin Niamir for his helpful advice regarding climate data analysis. Financial support for this study was provided by the German Science Foundation (DFG) as a grant to Barbara Feldmeyer (FE 1333/7‐1), Thomas Schmitt (SCHM 2645/7‐1), and Florian Menzel (ME 3842/5‐1) and a grant managed by the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (CEBA, ref. ANR‐10‐LABX‐25‐01) to Jérôme Orivel. The publication of this article was funded by the Open Access Fund of the Leibniz Association. 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Author Dejean, A.; Compin, A.; Delabie, J.H.C.; Azémar, F.; Corbara, B.; Leponce, M.
Title Biotic and abiotic determinants of the formation of ant mosaics in primary Neotropical rainforests Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Ecological Entomology Abbreviated Journal Ecol Entomol
Volume 44 Issue 4 Pages 560-570
Keywords Ant mosaics; connections on the ground; host tree attractiveness; indicators of disturbance; primary Neotropical rainforest; territoriality
Abstract 1. Ants are widespread in tropical rainforests, including in the canopy where territorially dominant arboreal species represent the main part of the arthropod biomass.
2. By mapping the territories of dominant arboreal ant species and using a null model analysis and a pairwise approach this study was able to show the presence of an ant mosaic on the upper canopy of a primary Neotropical rainforest (c. 1ha sampled; 157 tall trees from 28 families). Although Neotropical rainforest canopies are frequently irregular, with tree crowns at different heights breaking the continuity of the territories of dominant ants, the latter are preserved via underground galleries or trails laid on the ground.
3. The distribution of the trees influences the structure of the ant mosaic, something related to the attractiveness of tree taxa for certain arboreal ant species rather than others.
4. Small-scale natural disturbances, most likely strong winds in the area studied (presence of canopy gaps), play a role by favouring the presence of two ant species typical of secondary formations: Camponotus femoratus and Crematogaster levior, which live in parabiosis (i.e. share territories and nests but lodge in different cavities) and build conspicuous ant gardens. In addition, pioneer Cecropia myrmecophytic trees were recorded.
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Author Clair, B.; Ghislain, B.; Prunier, J.; Lehnebach, R.; Beauchene, J.; Alméras, T.
Title Mechanical contribution of secondary phloem to postural control in trees: the bark side of the force Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication New Phytologist Abbreviated Journal New Phytol
Volume 221 Issue 1 Pages 209-217
Keywords bark; Malvaceae; maturation stress; secondary phloem; tree biomechanics
Abstract Summary To grow straight, plants need a motor system that controls posture by generating forces to offset gravity. This motor function in trees was long thought to be only controlled by internal forces induced in wood. Here we provide evidence that bark is involved in the generation of mechanical stresses in several tree species. Saplings of nine tropical species were grown tilted and staked in a shadehouse and the change in curvature of the stem was measured after releasing from the pole and after removing the bark. This first experiment evidenced the contribution of bark in the up-righting movement of tree stems. Combined mechanical measurements of released strains on adult trees and microstructural observations in both transverse and longitudinal/tangential plane enabled us to identify the mechanism responsible for the development of asymmetric mechanical stress in the bark of stems of these species. This mechanism does not result from cell wall maturation like in wood, or from the direct action of turgor pressure like in unlignified organs, but is the consequence of the interaction between wood radial pressure and a smartly organized trellis structure in the inner bark.
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Author Zinger, L.; Taberlet, P.; Schimann, H.; Bonin, A.; Boyer, F.; De Barba, M.; Gaucher, P.; Gielly, L.; Giguet-Covex, C.; Iribar, A.; Réjou-Méchain, M.; Rayé, G.; Rioux, D.; Schilling, V.; Tymen, B.; Viers, J.; Zouiten, C.; Thuiller, W.; Coissac, E.; Chave, J.
Title Body size determines soil community assembly in a tropical forest Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Molecular Ecology Abbreviated Journal Mol Ecol
Volume 28 Issue 3 Pages 528-543
Keywords DNA metabarcoding; eDNA; French Guiana; multitaxa; neutral assembly; niche determinism; propagule size; soil diversity
Abstract Tropical forests shelter an unparalleled biological diversity. The relative influence of environmental selection (i.e., abiotic conditions, biotic interactions) and stochastic?distance-dependent neutral processes (i.e., demography, dispersal) in shaping communities has been extensively studied for various organisms, but has rarely been explored across a large range of body sizes, in particular in soil environments. We built a detailed census of the whole soil biota in a 12-ha tropical forest plot using soil DNA metabarcoding. We show that the distribution of 19 taxonomic groups (ranging from microbes to mesofauna) is primarily stochastic, suggesting that neutral processes are prominent drivers of the assembly of these communities at this scale. We also identify aluminium, topography and plant species identity as weak, yet significant drivers of soil richness and community composition of bacteria, protists and to a lesser extent fungi. Finally, we show that body size, which determines the scale at which an organism perceives its environment, predicted the community assembly across taxonomic groups, with soil mesofauna assemblages being more stochastic than microbial ones. These results suggest that the relative contribution of neutral processes and environmental selection to community assembly directly depends on body size. Body size is hence an important determinant of community assembly rules at the scale of the ecological community in tropical soils and should be accounted for in spatial models of tropical soil food webs.
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Author Piponiot, C.; Rödig, E.; Putz, F.E.; Rutishauser, E.; Sist, P.; Ascarrunz, N.; Blanc, L.; Derroire, G.; Descroix, L.; Guedes, M.C.; Coronado, E.H.; Huth, A.; Kanashiro, M.; Licona, J.C.; Mazzei, L.; d’Oliveira, M.V.N.; Peña-Claros, M.; Rodney, K.; Shenkin, A.; de Souza, C.R.; Vidal, E.; West, T.A.P.; Wortel, V.; Herault, B.
Title Can timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable? Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Environmental Research Letters Abbreviated Journal Environmental Research Letters
Volume 14 Issue 6 Pages 064014
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Abstract Around 30 Mm3 of sawlogs are extracted annually by selective logging of natural production forests in Amazonia, Earth’s most extensive tropical forest. Decisions concerning the management of these production forests will be of major importance for Amazonian forests’ fate. To date, no regional assessment of selective logging sustainability supports decision-making. Based on data from 3500 ha of forest inventory plots, our modelling results show that the average periodic harvests of 20 m3 ha−1 will not recover by the end of a standard 30 year cutting cycle. Timber recovery within a cutting cycle is enhanced by commercial acceptance of more species and with the adoption of longer cutting cycles and lower logging intensities. Recovery rates are faster in Western Amazonia than on the Guiana Shield. Our simulations suggest that regardless of cutting cycle duration and logging intensities, selectively logged forests are unlikely to meet timber demands over the long term as timber stocks are predicted to steadily decline. There is thus an urgent need to develop an integrated forest resource management policy that combines active management of production forests with the restoration of degraded and secondary forests for timber production. Without better management, reduced timber harvests and continued timber production declines are unavoidable.
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Author Piponiot, C.; Rutishauser, E.; Derroire, G.; Putz, F.E.; Sist, P.; West, T.A.P.; Descroix, L.; Guedes, M.C.; Coronado, E.N.H.; Kanashiro, M.; Mazzei, L.; d’Oliveira, M.V.N.; Peña-Claros, M.; Rodney, K.; Ruschel, A.R.; Souza, C.R. de; Vidal, E.; Wortel, V.; Hérault, B.
Title Optimal strategies for ecosystem services provision in Amazonian production forests Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Environmental Research Letters Abbreviated Journal
Volume 14 Issue 12 Pages 124090
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Abstract Although tropical forests harbour most of the terrestrial carbon and biological diversity on Earth they continue to be deforested or degraded at high rates. In Amazonia, the largest tropical forest on Earth, a sixth of the remaining natural forests is formally dedicated to timber extraction through selective logging. Reconciling timber extraction with the provision of other ecosystem services (ES) remains a major challenge for forest managers and policy-makers. This study applies a spatial optimisation of logging in Amazonian production forests to analyse potential trade-offs between timber extraction and recovery, carbon storage, and biodiversity conservation. Current logging regulations with unique cutting cycles result in sub-optimal ES-use efficiency. Long-term timber provision would require the adoption of a land-sharing strategy that involves extensive low-intensity logging, although high transport and road-building costs might make this approach economically unattractive. By contrast, retention of carbon and biodiversity would be enhanced by a land-sparing strategy restricting high-intensive logging to designated areas such as the outer fringes of the region. Depending on management goals and societal demands, either choice will substantially influence the future of Amazonian forests. Overall, our results highlight the need for revaluation of current logging regulations and regional cooperation among Amazonian countries to enhance coherent and trans-boundary forest management.
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