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Author Pickett, K.M.; Carpenter, J.M.; Dejean, A.
Title “Basal” but not primitive: the nest of Apoica arborea de Saussure, 1854 (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Zoosystema Abbreviated Journal (down) Zoosystema
Volume 31 Issue 4 Pages 945-948
Keywords Insecta; Hymenoptera; Vespidae; Polistinae; Apoica; social wasps; nest architecture; mosaic evolution
Abstract The first nest of Apoica arborea ever collected is reported. Characteristics of the unusual nest design are discussed relative to other members of the genus Apoica and other epiponine genera. The characteristics of its nest architecture are a mosaic of primitive and derived features for the Polistinae, and thus the nest design is not properly interpreted as the primitive condition from which other swarm-founding wasp nest designs are derived. The frequent conflation of “basal” and primitive is discussed.
Address [Pickett, Kurt M.] Univ Vermont, Dept Biol, Burlington, VT 05401 USA, Email: kurt.pickett@uvm.edu
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Publisher PUBLICATIONS SCIENTIFIQUES DU MUSEUM, PARIS Place of Publication Editor
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Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 188
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Author Lamarre, G.P.A.; Molto, Q.; Fine, P.V.A.; Baraloto, C.
Title A comparison of two common flight interception traps to survey tropical arthropods Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication ZooKeys Abbreviated Journal (down) ZooKeys
Volume 216 Issue Pages 43-55
Keywords Flight interception trap; French Guiana; Malaise trap; Performance; Sampling strategies; Tropical forest; Windowpane trap
Abstract Tropical forests are predicted to harbor most of the insect diversity on earth, but few studies have been conducted to characterize insect communities in tropical forests. One major limitation is the lack of consensus on methods for insect collection. Deciding which insect trap to use is an important consideration for ecologists and entomologists, yet to date few study has presented a quantitative comparison of the results generated by standardized methods in tropical insect communities. Here, we investigate the relative performance of two flight interception traps, the windowpane trap, and the more widely used malaise trap, across a broad gradient of lowland forest types in French Guiana. The windowpane trap consistently collected significantly more Coleoptera and Blattaria than the malaise trap, which proved most effective for Diptera, Hymenoptera, and Hemiptera. Orthoptera and Lepidoptera were not well represented using either trap, suggesting the need for additional methods such as bait traps and light traps. Our results of contrasting trap performance among insect orders underscore the need for complementary trapping strategies using multiple methods for community surveys in tropical forests.
Address Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States
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Notes Export Date: 4 October 2012; Source: Scopus; doi: 10.3897/zookeys.216.3332; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Lamarre, G. P. A.; UniversitéAntilles-Guyane, UMR Ecologie des Forèts de Guyane, Campus agronomique de Kourou. Avenue de France, 97310 Kourou, French Guiana; email: Greg.Lamarre@ecofog.gf Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 438
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Author Talaga, S.; Murienne, J.; Dejean, A.; Leroy, C.
Title Online database for mosquito (Diptera, Culicidae) occurrence records in French guiana Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication ZooKeys Abbreviated Journal (down) ZooKeys
Volume 2015 Issue 532 Pages 107-115
Keywords Diversity; French guiana; Mosquitoes; Neotropics; Occurrence
Abstract A database providing information on mosquito specimens (Arthropoda: Diptera: Culicidae) collected in French Guiana is presented. Field collections were initiated in 2013 under the auspices of the CEnter for the study of Biodiversity in Amazonia (CEBA: http://www.labexceba.fr/en/). This study is part of an ongoing process aiming to understand the distribution of mosquitoes, including vector species, across French Guiana. Occurrences are recorded after each collecting trip in a database managed by the laboratory Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB), Toulouse, France. The dataset is updated monthly and is available online. Voucher specimens and their associated DNA are stored at the laboratory Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (Ecofog), Kourou, French Guiana. The latest version of the dataset is accessible through EDB’s Integrated Publication Toolkit at http://130.120.204.55:8080/ipt/resource.do?r=mosquitoesof french_guiana or through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility data portal at http://www.gbif.org/ dataset/5a8aa2ad-261c-4f61-a98e-26dd752fe1c5 It can also be viewed through the Guyanensis platform at http://guyanensis.ups-tlse.fr © Stanislas Talaga et al.
Address IRD, Laboratoire de botAnique et Modélisation de l’Architecture des Plantes et des végétations (AMAP; UMR 123), Boulevard de la Lironde, TA A-51/PS2, Montpellier, France
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Notes Export Date: 25 November 2015 Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 640
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Author Aimene, Y.E.; Nairn, J.A.
Title Simulation of transverse wood compression using a large-deformation, hyperelastic–plastic material model Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Wood Science and Technology Abbreviated Journal (down) Wood Science and Technology
Volume 49 Issue 1 Pages 21-39
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Abstract Transverse compression of wood is a process that induces large deformations. The process is dominated by elastic and plastic cell wall buckling. This work reports a numerical study of the transverse compression and densification of wood using a large-deformation, elastic–plastic constitutive law. The model is isotropic, formulated within the framework of hyperelasticity, and implemented in explicit material point method (MPM) software. The model was first validated for modeling of cellular materials by compression of an isotropic cellular model specimen. Next, it was used to model compression of wood by first validating use of isotropic, transverse plane properties for tangential compression of hardwood, and then by investigating both tangential and radial compression of softwood. Importantly, the discretization of wood specimens used MPM methods to reproduce accurately the complex morphology of wood anatomy for different species. The simulations have reproduced observations of stress–strain response during wood compression including details of inhomogeneous deformation caused by variations in wood anatomy. © 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Address Wood Science and Engineering Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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Notes Export Date: 27 August 2015 Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ webmaster @ Serial 617
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Author Bremaud, I.; Cabrolier, P.; Gril, J.; Clair, B.; Gerard, J.; Minato, K.; Thibaut, B.
Title Identification of anisotropic vibrational properties of Padauk wood with interlocked grain (vol 44, pg 335, 2010) Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Wood Science and Technology Abbreviated Journal (down) Wood Sci. Technol.
Volume 44 Issue 4 Pages 705-705
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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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Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 24
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Author Zhang, T.; Bai, S.L.; Zhang, Y.F.; Thibaut, B.
Title Viscoelastic properties of wood materials characterized by nanoindentation experiments Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Wood Science and Technology Abbreviated Journal (down) Wood Sci. Technol.
Volume 46 Issue 5 Pages 1003-1016
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Author Bremaud, I.; Cabrolier, P.; Gril, J.; Clair, B.; Gerard, J.; Minato, K.; Thibaut, B.
Title Identification of anisotropic vibrational properties of Padauk wood with interlocked grain Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Wood Science and Technology Abbreviated Journal (down) Wood Sci. Technol.
Volume 44 Issue 3 Pages 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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Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 48
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Author Fang, C.H.; Clair, B.; Gril, J.; Almeras, T.
Title Transverse shrinkage in G-fibers as a function of cell wall layering and growth strain Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Wood Science and Technology Abbreviated Journal (down) Wood Sci. Technol.
Volume 41 Issue 8 Pages 659-671
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Abstract Transverse drying shrinkage was measured at microscopic and mesoscopic levels in poplar wood characterised by an increasing growth strain (GS), from normal to tension wood. Results show that: (a) the drying shrinkage, measured as a relative thickness decrease, was significantly higher for G-layer (GL) than for the other layers (OL), GL shrinkage was not significantly correlated with GS, and OL shrinkage was negatively correlated with GS. (b) In gelatinous fibre (G-fibre), lumen size increased during drying and this increase was positively related with GS, but in normal wood fibre, lumen size decreased during drying. These findings suggest that GL shrank outwards (i.e., its internal perimeter increases), so that its shrinkage weakly affected the total cell shrinkage and the mesoscopic shrinkage was controlled by the OL shrinkage which shrank inwards (i.e., its external perimeter decreases). (c) Measurements done on 7 x 7 mm(2) thin sections evidenced a negative correlation between transverse shrinkage and GS, significant in T direction but weak in R direction. These observations at both levels allow to discuss the contribution of GL to the mesoscopic shrinkage of tension wood.
Address Univ Montpellier 2, Lab Mech & Gene Civil, F-34095 Montpellier, France, Email: fang1979@gmail.com
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Author Ruelle, J.; Beauchene, J.; Yamamoto, H.; Thibaut, B.
Title Variations in physical and mechanical properties between tension and opposite wood from three tropical rainforest species Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Wood Science and Technology Abbreviated Journal (down) Wood Sci. Technol.
Volume 45 Issue 2 Pages 339-357
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Abstract Growth strains were measured in situ in nine trees of three species from a French Guiana tropical rainforest in a clearly active verticality restoration process. The aim was to detect tension wood within the samples. Wood specimens were cut in the vicinity of the growth strain measurements in order to determine the microfibril angle and some mechanical and physical properties. As suspected, tensile growth strain was much higher in tension wood zones, as shown by the slightly higher longitudinal modulus of elasticity. Conversely, tension wood showed reduced compression strength. Longitudinal shrinkage was much higher in tension wood than in opposite wood. Clear relationships between the microfibril angle and longitudinal properties were noted in comparison (i) with those observed in gymnosperm compression wood and (ii) with expected relationships from the organization of wood fibres cell wall structure.
Address [Ruelle, Julien; Yamamoto, Hiroyuki] Nagoya Univ, Grad Sch Bioagr Sci, Nagoya, Aichi 4648601, Japan, Email: julien.ruelle@ecofog.gf
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Author Bremaud, I.; Amusant, N.; Minato, K.; Gril, J.; Thibaut, B.
Title Effect of extractives on vibrational properties of African Padauk (Pterocarpus soyauxii Taub.) Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Wood Science and Technology Abbreviated Journal (down) Wood Sci. Technol.
Volume 45 Issue 3 Pages 461-472
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Abstract Extractives can affect the vibrational properties tan delta (damping coefficient) and E'/rho (specific Young's modulus), but this is highly dependent on species, compounds, and cellular locations. This paper investigates such effects for African Padauk (Pterocarpus soyauxii Taub.), a tropical hardwood with high extractives content and a preferred material for xylophones. Five groups of 26 heartwood specimens with large, yet comparable, ranges in vibrational properties were extracted in different solvents. Changes in vibrational properties were set against yields of extracts and evaluation of their cellular location. Methanol (ME) reached most of the compounds (13%), located about half in lumen and half in cell-wall. Water solubility was extremely low. tan delta and E'/rho were very strongly related (R (2) a parts per thousand yen 0.93), but native wood had abnormally low values of tan delta, while extraction shifted this relation towards higher tan delta values. ME extracted heartwood became in agreement with the average of many species, and close to sapwood. Extractions increased tan delta as much as 60%, irrespective of minute moisture changes or initial properties. Apparent E'/rho was barely changed (+2% to -4%) but, after correcting the mass contribution of extracts, it was in fact slightly reduced (down to -10% for high E'/rho), and increasingly so for specimens with low initial values of E'/rho.
Address [Bremaud, I; Minato, K] Kyoto Prefectural Univ, Lab Forest Resource Circulating Circles, Grad Sch Life & Environm Sci, Kyoto 6068522, Japan, Email: iris_bremaud@hotmail.com
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