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Author Khia, A.; Ghanmi, M.; Satrani, B.; Aafi, A.; Aberchane, M.; Quaboul, B.; Chaouch, A.; Amusant, N.; Charrouf, Z. url  openurl
  Title (up) 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.  
  Address Département d’Environnement et Sociétés, UMR EcoFoG, CIRAD, BP 732Kourou cedex, French Guiana  
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  Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 574  
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Author Zalamea, P.-C.; Sarmiento, C.; Stevenson, P.R.; Rodríguez, M.; Nicolini, E.; Heuret, P. url  openurl
  Title (up) 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 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  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 496  
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Author Degen, B.; Roubilk, D.W. openurl 
  Title (up) Effects of animal pollination on pollen dispersal, selfing, and effective population size of tropical trees: A simulation study Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Biotropica Abbreviated Journal Biotropica  
  Volume 36 Issue 2 Pages 165-179  
  Keywords Amazon; bees; Brazil; Dipteryx; Jacaranda; model; pollination; sensitivity analysis; trees  
  Abstract Animals, especially insects, are principal pollen vectors of tropical trees and have behavior patterns that affect gene dispersal. Here, we explore complex pollination systems using a new simulation model Eco-Gene and considering, among other factors, flowering synchrony. spatial distribution of trees, degree of selfing, population densities, pollinator flight distances, pollen deposition, and pollinator response to floral display size. Sensitivity analyses using two contrasting tree data sets (Jacaranda copaia and Dipteryx odorata) determined the importance of each parameter on three response variables: the proportion of seeds from self-pollination, effective population size, and pollen dispersal. Spatial considerations and attractiveness of floral displays were prominent features determining the population genetic result of pollinators, and some biological implications of the results are discussed.  
  Address INRA, Kourou 97387, French Guiana, Email: degen_b@kourou.cirad.fr  
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  ISSN 0006-3606 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ISI:000222092900006 Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 264  
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Author Millet, J.; Pascal, J.P.; Kiet, L.C. openurl 
  Title (up) Effects of Disturbance Over 60 Years on a Lowland Forest in Southern Vietnam Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Journal of Tropical Forest Science Abbreviated Journal J. Trop. For. Sci.  
  Volume 22 Issue 3 Pages 237-246  
  Keywords Lowland tropical forest; disturbance impact; floristic composition; forest structure; Tan Phu forest  
  Abstract 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.  
  Address [Millet, J.] Univ Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France, Email: jerome.millet@ird.if  
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  ISSN 0128-1283 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ISI:000280653200003 Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 283  
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Author Castro, H.; Fortunel, C.; Freitas, H. openurl 
  Title (up) Effects of land abandonment on plant litter decomposition in a Montado system: relation to litter chemistry and community functional parameters Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Plant and Soil Abbreviated Journal Plant Soil  
  Volume 333 Issue 1-2 Pages 181-190  
  Keywords Ecosystem processes; Land use change; Leaf dry matter content; Life form; Litter quality; Mediterranean  
  Abstract Changes in land use and subsequent shifts in vegetation can influence decomposition through changes in litter quality (chemistry and structure) and alterations of soil temperature and moisture. Our aim was to study the effects of land abandonment on litter decomposition in a Mediterranean area of Montado, South Portugal. We tested the hypothesis that decomposition tends to slow down with abandonment, as woody species, richer in lignified structures, replace herbaceous species. We assessed the decomposition of community litter in situ using litterbag technique. To test the influence of local conditions, we simultaneously incubated a standard litter in situ. Our results showed that the shift from herbaceous to shrub-dominated communities lead to decreased decomposition rates. Changes in litter decomposition were primarily driven by changes in litter quality, even though the uneven pattern of litter mass loss over the experiment might reveal an effect from possible differences in microclimate. Shrub litter had higher nutrient content than herbaceous litter, which seemed to favour higher initial decomposition rates, but lower decomposition rate in the longer term. Shrubs also contribute to woody litter, richer in lignin, and secondary compounds that retard decomposition, and may play a role in increasing pools of slowly decomposing organic matter.  
  Address [Castro, Helena; Freitas, Helena] Univ Coimbra, Dept Life Sci, Ctr Funct Ecol, P-3001401 Coimbra, Portugal, Email: hecastro@ci.uc.pt  
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  Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 49  
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Author Dulormne, M.; Musseau, O.; Muller, F.; Toribio, A.; Bâ, A. doi  openurl
  Title (up) Effects of NaCl on growth, water status, N2 fixation, and ion distribution in Pterocarpus officinalis seedlings Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Plant and Soil Abbreviated Journal Plant and Soil  
  Volume 327 Issue 1 Pages 23-34  
  Keywords Bradyrhizobium; Leaf water potential; Nodulation; Salt; Swamp forest  
  Abstract Pterocarpus officinalis (Fabaceae) dominates in the swamp forests of the Lesser Antilles, submitted to strong variations of soil salinity (30-445 mM). This study aimed to assess the effect of salinity on growth, nodulation, N2 fixation, water status and ions content in P. officinalis and to clarify the mechanisms involved. Seedlings inoculated or not with two strains from areas of contrasting salinity levels (< to 50 or 445 mM) were watered with 0, 171 and 342 mM solutions of NaCl in greenhouse conditions. Non-inoculated seedlings were tolerant to a salinity of 171 mM, with no significant effect on seedling biomass. Evapotranspiration per unit of leaf area (E/TLa) remained unchanged at 171 mM. Maintenance of a constant E/TLa and especially the control of ion transport to the upper parts of the plant could explain seedling salt tolerance up to intermediate salinity conditions (171 mM). The two strains have a 99.8% genetic identity in spite of differences in their original habitats, this explaining the similar response of the symbiosis to salinity. The higher salt sensitivity of inoculated seedlings was linked to the sensitivity of both Bradyrhizobium strains (reduction of free-living cells) and to that of the nodulation process (fewer nodules and inhibition of N2-fixation) to intermediate salinity. © Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2009.  
  Address LSTM-UMR 113, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, UFR des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, B.P. 592, 97159 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (F.W.I.), France  
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  Notes Cited By :12; Export Date: 7 February 2017 Approved no  
  Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 727  
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Author Wagner, F.; Rutishauser, E.; Blanc, L.; Herault, B. openurl 
  Title (up) Effects of Plot Size and Census Interval on Descriptors of Forest Structure and Dynamics Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Biotropica Abbreviated Journal Biotropica  
  Volume 42 Issue 6 Pages 664-671  
  Keywords Amazonia; biomass fluxes; coefficient of variation; forest permanent plots; turnover rates; WinBUGS  
  Abstract This study was designed to explicitly formulate the effect of census interval and plot size on the variability of descriptors of tropical forest structure (stand density, basal area, aboveground biomass [AGB]) and dynamic (tree growth, mortality and recruitment rates, biomass fluxes). A unique dataset from a broad plot network (37.5 ha) surveyed every 2 yr over a 16-yr period was used to develop and parameterize a new statistical model predicting the coefficients of variation for each forest descriptor. More than 90 percent of the inherent variability of these coefficients was predicted using a simple model including plot size and census interval in a Bayesian modeling framework. All descriptors of forest structure varied by <10 percent for plot sizes 42 ha. Among the descriptors of forest dynamics, AGB loss was the most variable. The number of 6.25 ha plots required to estimate its mean, over a 16-yr period, within a 20 percent error of the mean remains above four. This contrasts with a relative constant flux of biomass entering the plot through tree growth and tree recruitment. Tree growth was remarkably well estimated with <15 percent variability for a 2-yr census in a plot of 2 ha. This study provides an easy method to assess dataset limitations in efforts to estimate descriptors of forest structure and dynamic, which is of primary importance to decipher any clear consequences of global change in tropical forests.  
  Address [Wagner, Fabien; Herault, Bruno] Univ Antilles Guyane, UMR Ecol Forets Guyane, Kourou 97379, French Guiana, Email: bruno.herault@ecofog.gf  
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  Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 16  
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Author Baraloto, C.; Alverga, P.; Quispe, S.B.; Barnes, G.; Chura, N.B.; da Silva, I.B.; Castro, W.; da Souza, H.; de Souza Moll, I.E.; Del Alcazar Chilo, J.; Linares, H.D.; Quispe, J.G.; Kenji, D.; Marsik, M.; Medeiros, H.; Murphy, S.; Rockwell, C.; Selaya, G.; Shenkin, A.; Silveira, M.; Southworth, J.; Vasquez Colomo, G.H.; Perz, S. url  openurl
  Title (up) Effects of road infrastructure on forest value across a tri-national Amazonian frontier Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication Biological Conservation Abbreviated Journal Biological Conservation  
  Volume 191 Issue Pages 674-681  
  Keywords Açai; Biodiversity; Brazil nut; Carbon stocks; Connectivity; Infrastructure; Livelihood; Ntfp; Redd; Road impact; Rubber; Timber; Tropical rainforest  
  Abstract Road construction demonstrably accelerates deforestation rates in tropical forests, but its consequences for forest degradation remain less clear. We estimated a series of forest value metrics including components of biodiversity, carbon stocks, and timber and non-timber forest product resources, along the recently paved Inter-Oceanic Highway (IOH) integrating Brazil and Peru along the Bolivian border. We installed 69 vegetation plots in intact terra firme forests representative of local community holdings near and far from the IOH, and we characterized 15 components of forest value for each plot.We observed strong geographic gradients in forest value components across the region, with increases from west to east in aboveground biomass and in the abundance of timber and non-timber forest product trees and regeneration. Plots in communities in Pando, Bolivia, where the IOH remains in part unpaved, had the highest aboveground biomass, standing timber volumes and Brazil nut tree density. In contrast, communities in Madre de Dios, Peru, where settlements and unpaved portions of the IOH have existed for decades, and in Acre, Brazil, where paving of the IOH has been underway for more than a decade, were more degraded. Seven of the fifteen forest value components we measured increased with increasing distance from the IOH, although the magnitude of these effects was weak. Landscape scale remote sensing analyses showed much stronger effects of road proximity on deforestation. We suggest that remote sensing techniques including canopy spectral signatures might be calibrated to characterize multiple components of forest value, so that we can estimate landscape scale impacts of infrastructure developments on both deforestation and forest degradation in tropical regions. © 2015 Elsevier B.V.  
  Address International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States  
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Author Royer, M.; Rodrigues, A.M.S.; Herbette, G.; Beauchene, J.; Chevalier, M.; Herault, B.; Thibaut, B.; Stien, D. url  openurl
  Title (up) Efficacy of Bagassa guianensis Aubl. extract against wood decay and human pathogenic fungi Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Abbreviated Journal Int. Biodeterior. Biodegrad.  
  Volume 70 Issue Pages 55-59  
  Keywords Antifungal; Bagassa guianensis; Extractives; Natural durability; Polyphenols; Synergy  
  Abstract Extractives that provide natural resistance to Bagassa guianensis Aubl. heartwood were examined. Soil-bed tests showed that the B. guianensis heartwood resistance was significantly reduced after ethyl acetate extraction, whereas methanol and especially water extractions improved the resistance. The ethyl acetate extract was submitted to a bioguided fractionation, and fractions were tested against one wood-destroying fungal strain (Pycnoporus sanguineus) and two human pathogenic fungal strains (Candida glabrata (yeast) and Trichophyton rubrum (filamentous dermatophyte)). Fraction F7, which exhibited the strongest antifungal activity, was subsequently fractionated by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Six previously described compounds were isolated. Although the two moracins, 6-O-methyl-moracin N (3) and moracin N (4) were the most active against fungal strains with MIC values between 4 and 16 μg ml -1, the isolated compounds showed less or equivalent antifungal activity than the initial fraction. Possible synergism between compounds 3 and 4 and other secondary metabolites have been hypothesized. Our study demonstrated that this extract as a whole might be used as a wood preservation or antimycotic product. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.  
  Address CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, 1 avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France  
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  Notes Export Date: 2 May 2012; Source: Scopus; Coden: Ibbie; doi: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2011.10.016; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Royer, M.; Centre de recherche sur le bois, Département des sciences du bois et de la forêt, Faculté de foresterie de géographie et de géomatique, Université Laval, 2425, rue de la Terrasse, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada; email: mariana.royer.1@ulaval.ca Approved no  
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Author Rivalland, C.; Madhkour, S.; Salvin, P.; Robert, F. url  openurl
  Title (up) Electrochemical and microbial monitoring of multi-generational electroactive biofilms formed from mangrove sediment Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication Bioelectrochemistry Abbreviated Journal Bioelectrochemistry  
  Volume 106 Issue Pages 125-132  
  Keywords Dissimilarity; High-throughput sequencing; Mes; Microbial diversity; Syntrophism  
  Abstract Electroactive biofilms were formed from French Guiana mangrove sediments for the analysis of bacterial communities' composition. The electrochemical monitoring of three biofilm generations revealed that the bacterial selection occurring at the anode, supposedly leading microbial electrochemical systems (MESs) to be more efficient, was not the only parameter to be taken into account so as to get the best electrical performance (maximum current density). Indeed, first biofilm generations produced a stable current density reaching about 18A/m2 while second and third generations produced current densities of about 10A/m2. MES bacterial consortia were characterized thanks to molecular biology techniques: DGGE and MiSeq® sequencing (Illumina®). High-throughput sequencing data statistical analysis confirmed preliminary DGGE data analysis, showing strong similarities between electroactive biofilms of second and third generations, but also revealing both selection and stabilization of the biofilms. © 2015 Elsevier B.V.  
  Address Laboratoire des Matériaux et Molécules en Milieu Amazonien, UAG-UMR EcoFoG, 2091 route de Baduel, Campus TrouBiran, Cayenne, Guyane Française, France  
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