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Author Leroy, C.; Corbara, B.; Dejean, A.; Céréghino, R.
Title Potential sources of nitrogen in an ant-garden tank-bromeliad Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Plant Signaling and Behavior Abbreviated Journal (down) Plant. Signal. Behav.
Volume 4 Issue 9 Pages 868-870
Keywords Aechmea mertensii Camponotus femoratus nitrogen nitrogen stable isotope Pachycondyla goeldii plant-insect interactions phytotelmata
Abstract Epiphytic plants in general and bromeliads in particular live in a water and nutrient-stressed environment often limited in nitrogen. Thus, these plants have developed different ways to survive in such an environment. We focused on Aechmea mertensii (Bromeliaceae), which is both a tank-bromeliad and an ant-garden (AG) epiphyte initiated by either the ants Camponotus femoratus or Pachycondyla goeldii. By combining a study of plant morphology and physiology associated with aquatic insect biology, we demonstrate that the ant species influences the leaf structure of the bromeliad, the structure of the aquatic community in its tank, and nutrient assimilation by the leaves. Based on nitrogen and nitrogen stable isotope measurements of the A. mertensii leaves, the leaf litter inside of the tank and the root-embedded carton nest, we discuss the potential sources of available nitrogen for the plant based on the ant partner. We demonstrate the existence of a complex ant-plant interaction that subsequently affects the biodiversity of a broader range of organisms that are themselves likely to influence nutrient assimilation by the A. mertensii leaves in a kind of plant-invertebrate-plant feedback loop.
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Author Christensen-Dalsgaard, K.K.; Ennos, A.R.; Fournier, M.
Title Interrelations between hydraulic and mechanical stress adaptations in woody plants Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Plant Signaling and Behavior Abbreviated Journal (down) Plant. Signal. Behav.
Volume 3 Issue 7 Pages 463-465
Keywords Conductivity; Modulus of elasticity; Strain; Tree ecophysiology; Tropical trees; Wood anatomy; Yield stress
Abstract The fields of plant water relations and plant biomechanics have traditionally been studied separately even though often the same tissues are responsible for water transport and mechanical support. There is now increasing evidence that hydraulic and mechanical adaptations may influence one another. We studied the changes in the hydraulic and mechanical properties of the wood along lateral roots of two species of buttressed trees. In these roots, the mechanical contstraints quantified by strain measurements are known to decrease distally. Further, we investigated the effect of mechanical loading on the vessel anatomy in these and four other species of tropical trees. We found that as the strain decreased, the wood became progressively less stiff and strong but the conductivity increased exponentially. This was reflected in that adaptations towards re-enforcing mechanically loaded areas resulted in xylem with fewer and smaller vessels. In addition a controlled growth experiment on three tree species showed that drought adaptation may results in plants with stronger and stiffer tissue. Our results indicate that hydraulic and mechanical stress adaptations may be interrelated, and so support recent studied suggesting that physiological responses are complex balances rather than pure optimisations. ©2008 Landes Bioscience.
Address University of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources, 4-44 Earth Science Bldg., Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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Notes Export Date: 25 January 2012; Source: Scopus; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Christensen-Dalsgaard, K. K.; University of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources, 4-44 Earth Science Bldg., Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada; email: kkchrist@ualberta.ca Approved no
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Author Quilichini, A.; Macquart, D.; Barabe, D.; Albre, J.; Gibernau, M.
Title Reproduction of the West Mediterranean endemic Arum pictum (Araceae) on Corsica Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Plant Systematics and Evolution Abbreviated Journal (down) Plant Syst. Evol.
Volume 287 Issue 3-4 Pages 179-187
Keywords Floral volatiles; Ocimene; Insect pollination; Reproductive success; Sphaeroceridae; Thermogenesis
Abstract Pollination in the genus Arum appears to be in general a complex deceptive pollination process. The genus Arum is composed of 28 species, all belonging to the subgenus Arum, except A. pictum, the only species of the subgenus Gymnomesium, which is basal and sister to all other Arum species. The aim of this paper is to document the pollination ecology of the insular Arum pictum, the only Arum species to flower in autumn, on the island of Corsica (France). The anthesis cycle of A. pictum occurs during the day, attracting sphaerocerid flies and staphylinid beetles early in the morning and late in the afternoon of the first day. The pollen is released from the anthers early in the morning of the second day before the departure of the insects. Its thermogenic cycle matches the anthesis cycle with an original and unique, bimodal temperature pattern of the appendix (morning and afternoon), contrary to the unimodal pattern found in all other studied Arum species. Data from reproductive success and seed sets suggest that sexual reproduction in this species is limited by pollen (e.g. attracting lured insects) rather than by resources. The biology of this Western Mediterranean species appears to be different from other Western European Arum and close to some Eastern Mediterranean species. Further studies are needed to establish whether Arum pictum represents some ancestral stage or whether its peculiar biological traits are adapted to its insular distribution.
Address [Quilichini, Angelique; Gibernau, Marc] CNRS, UMR 8172, Ecole Forets Guyane, F-97387 Kourou, France, Email: marc.gibernau@ecofog.gf
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Author Barabe, D.; Lacroix, C.; Gibernau, M.
Title Floral development of Urospatha: merosity and phylogeny in the Lasioideae (Araceae) Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Plant Systematics and Evolution Abbreviated Journal (down) Plant Syst. Evol.
Volume 296 Issue 1-2 Pages 41-50
Keywords Inflorescence; Homeosis; Angiosperms; Systematic; Morphogenetic constraints
Abstract In this paper we study merosity in the genus Urospatha within the framework of a resolved phylogeny of the Araceae. We analyse how a transition from dimerous or tetramerous merosity to pentamerous or hexamerous merosity can occur developmentally in the Lasioideae. In Urospatha, initiation of floral primordia along the inflorescence is acropetal, while development of flowers is basipetal. This indicates the presence of two distinct phases in the development of the Urospatha inflorescence. The first phase corresponds to initiation of flowers and establishment of the phyllotactic pattern, and the second phase to differentiation of floral organs. Urospatha is characterized by the presence of trimerous, tetramerous, pentamerous and rarely hexamerous flowers. In all types of flowers, the stamens are closely associated and opposite to the tepals. Pentamerous flowers are formed by addition of a sector comprising a stamen and tepal. Likewise, in the case of hexamerous flowers, two sectors are added. In the Lasioideae, the increase in the number of tepals and stamens is linked with two developmental processes that have appeared independently in the subfamily: (1) addition of one or two stamen-petal sectors (Anaphyllopsis and Urospatha), and (2) independent increase in the number of tepals and stamens on whorls, more or less organized and inserted in alternate position (Dracontium). Tetramerous whorls as they occur in basal Lasioideae would be homologous to two dimerous whorls from an evolutionary point of view.
Address [Barabe, D; Gibernau, M] CNRS UMR Ecol Forets Guyane 8172, F-97387 Kourou, France, Email: denis.barabe@umontreal.ca
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Author Castro, H.; Fortunel, C.; Freitas, H.
Title 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 (down) 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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Author Tremolieres, M.; Noel, V.; Herault, B.
Title Phosphorus and nitrogen allocation in Allium ursinum on an alluvial floodplain (Eastern France). Is there an effect of flooding history? Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Plant and Soil Abbreviated Journal (down) Plant Soil
Volume 324 Issue 1-2 Pages 279-289
Keywords Allium ursinum; Flooding history; Nitrogen; Nutrient bioavailability; Phosphorus; Rhine
Abstract The change in phosphorus and nitrogen content in a common geophyte spring species, Allium ursinum, is studied in alluvial forests in relation to three flooding histories related to river regulation: (1) annually flooded, (2) unflooded for 30 years, and (3) unflooded for 200 years. Flood suppression leads to a reduction of available P soil content as well as decreasing the biomass and the amount of phosphorus in plants, but has no significant effect on N plant content. Plant N:P ratio increases with the suppression of floods and is primarily driven by soil N:P ratios, in turn markedly linked to the total nitrogen in the soil. We highlighted a lower nutrient accumulation in leaves during plant growth in unflooded forests. Overall, our results suggest that P was the main limiting factor in unflooded forests while nitrogen was the main limiting factor in annually flooded forests. Flood suppression strongly affects the morphology and nutrient uptake by Allium ursinum and thus nutrient cycling in riverine forests.
Address [Tremolieres, Michele; Noel, Valerie] Inst Bot, LHYGES, UMR 7517, F-67083 Strasbourg, France, Email: michele.tremolieres@bota-ulp.u-strasbg.fr
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Author Brechet, L.; Ponton, S.; Roy, J.; Freycon, V.; Couteaux, M.M.; Bonal, D.; Epron, D.
Title Do tree species characteristics influence soil respiration in tropical forests? A test based on 16 tree species planted in monospecific plots Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Plant and Soil Abbreviated Journal (down) Plant Soil
Volume 319 Issue 1-2 Pages 235-246
Keywords Fine root; Litter quality; Nutrient cycling; Plant soil interactions; Soil respiration; Tropical plantations
Abstract The high spatial variability of soil respiration in tropical rainforests is well evaluated, but influences of biotic factors are not clearly understood. This study underlines the influence of tree species characteristics on soil respiration across a 16-monospecific plot design in a tropical plantation of French Guiana. A large variability of soil CO2 fluxes was observed among plots (i.e. 2.8 to 6.8 μmol m(-2) s(-1)) with the ranking being constant across seasons. There were no significant relationships between soil respiration and soil moisture or soil temperature, neither spatially, nor seasonally. The variability of soil respiration was mainly explained by quantitative factors such as leaf litterfall and basal area. Surprisingly, no significant relationship was observed between soil respiration and root biomass. However, the influence of substrate quality was revealed by a strong relationship between soil respiration and litterfall P (and litterfall N, to a lesser extent).
Address [Ponton, Stephane] Natl Inst Agr Res INRA Ctr Rech Nancy, Forest Ecol & Ecophysiol Unit, UMR EEF, F-54280 Seichamps, France, Email: ponton@nancy.inra.fr
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Author Prevost-Boure, N.C.; Ngao, J.; Berveiller, D.; Bonal, D.; Damesin, C.; Dufrene, E.; Lata, J.C.; Le Dantec, V.; Longdoz, B.; Ponton, S.; Soudani, K.; Epron, D.
Title Root exclusion through trenching does not affect the isotopic composition of soil CO2 efflux Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Plant and Soil Abbreviated Journal (down) Plant Soil
Volume 319 Issue 1-2 Pages 1-13
Keywords Stable carbon isotopes; Natural abundance; Soil respiration; Trenched plot; Rainforest; Temperate forest
Abstract Disentangling the autotrophic and heterotrophic components of soil CO2 efflux is critical to understanding the role of soil system in terrestrial carbon (C) cycling. In this study, we combined a stable C-isotope natural abundance approach with the trenched plot method to determine if root exclusion significantly affected the isotopic composition (delta C-13) of soil CO2 efflux (R-S). This study was performed in different forest ecosystems: a tropical rainforest and two temperate broadleaved forests, where trenched plots had previously been installed. At each site, R-S and its delta C-13 (delta C-13(Rs)) tended to be lower in trenched plots than in control plots. Contrary to R-S, delta C-13(Rs) differences were not significant. This observation is consistent with the small differences in delta C-13 measured on organic matter from root, litter and soil. The lack of an effect on delta C-13(Rs) by root exclusion could be from the small difference in delta C-13 between autotrophic and heterotrophic soil respirations, but further investigations are needed because of potential artefacts associated with the root exclusion technique.
Address [Prevost-Boure, Nicolas Chemidlin; Berveiller, Daniel; Damesin, Claire; Dufrene, Eric; Lata, Jean-Christophe; Soudani, Kamel] Univ Paris Sud, Lab Ecol Systemat & Evolut, AgroParisTech, CNRS,UMR 8079, F-75231 Paris, France, Email: nicolas.chemidlin-prevost-boure@u-psud.fr
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Author Coq, S.; Weigel, J.; Butenschoen, O.; Bonal, D.; Hattenschwiler, S.
Title Litter composition rather than plant presence affects decomposition of tropical litter mixtures Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Plant and Soil Abbreviated Journal (down) Plant Soil
Volume 343 Issue 1-2 Pages 273-286
Keywords Amazonian lowland rainforest; Belowground/aboveground interactions; Litter decomposition; Non-additive effect; Nitrogen dynamic; Plant-soil feedback
Abstract Litter decomposition is strongly controlled by litter quality, but the composition of litter mixtures and potential interactions with live plants through root activity may also influence decomposers. In a greenhouse experiment in French Guiana we studied the combined effects of the presence of tropical tree seedlings and of distinct litter composition on mass and nitrogen (N) loss from decomposing litter and on microbial biomass. Different litter mixtures decomposed for 435 days in pots filled with sand and containing an individual seedling from one of four different tree species. We found both additive and negative non-additive effects (NAE) of litter mixing on mass loss, whereas N loss showed negative and positive NAE of litter mixing. If litter from the two tree species, Platonia insignis and Goupia glabra were present, litter mixtures showed more positive and more negative NAE on N loss, respectively. Overall, decomposition, and in particular non-additive effects, were only weakly affected by the presence of tree seedlings. Litter mass loss weakly yet significantly decreased with increasing fine root biomass in presence of Goupia seedlings, but not in the presence of seedlings of any other tree species. Our results showed strong litter composition effects and also clear, mostly negative, non-additive effects on mass loss and N loss. Species identity of tree seedlings can modify litter decomposition, but these live plant effects remain quantitatively inferior to litter composition effects.
Address [Coq, Sylvain; Haettenschwiler, Stephan] CNRS, CEFE, F-34293 Montpellier 5, France, Email: sylvain.coq@gmail.com
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Author Bréchet, L.; Ponton, S.; Alméras, T.; Bonal, D.; Epron, D.
Title Does spatial distribution of tree size account for spatial variation in soil respiration in a tropical forest? Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Plant and Soil Abbreviated Journal (down) Plant Soil
Volume 347 Issue 1 Pages 293-303
Keywords Forest structure; Litterfall; Root mass; Soil respiration; Spatial variation; Tropical forest; aboveground production; forest inventory; litterfall; range size; size distribution; soil respiration; spatial distribution; spatial variation; stand dynamics; tropical forest
Abstract We explored the relationship between soil processes, estimated through soil respiration (Rsoil), and the spatial variation in forest structure, assessed through the distribution of tree size, in order to understand the determinism of spatial variations in Rsoil in a tropical forest. The influence of tree size was examined using an index (Ic) calculated for each tree as a function of (1) the trunk cross section area and (2) the distance from the measurement point. We investigated the relationships between Ic and litterfall, root mass and Rsoil, respectively. Strong significant relationships were found between Ic and both litterfall and root mass. Rsoil showed a large range of variations over the 1-ha experimental plot, from 1. 5 to 12. 6 gC m-2 d-1. The best relationship between Ic and Rsoil only explained 17% of the spatial variation in Rsoil. These results support the assumption that local spatial patterns in litter production and root mass depend on tree distribution in tropical forests. Our study also emphasizes the modest contribution of tree size distribution-which is mainly influenced by the presence of the biggest trees (among the large range size of the inventoried trees greater than 10 cm diameter at 1. 30 m above ground level or at 0. 5 m above the buttresses)-in explaining spatial variations in Rsoil. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Address Nancy Université, Université Henri Poincaré, UMR 1137, Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestières, Faculté des Sciences, 54500 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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Notes Export Date: 21 October 2011; Source: Scopus; Coden: Plsoa; doi: 10.1007/s11104-011-0848-1; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Bréchet, L.; INRA, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane, Campus Agronomique, BP 709, 97387 Kourou cedex, French Guiana; email: laetitiabrechet@yahoo.fr Approved no
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