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Author Lehnebach, R.; Doumerc, L.; Clair, B.; Alméras, T. url  doi
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  Title Mechanical stress in the inner bark of 15 tropical tree species and the relationship with anatomical structure Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Botany Abbreviated Journal (up) Bot.  
  Volume 98 Issue 1 Pages 1-8  
  Keywords Bark anatomical structure; Mechanical stress; Sclereids; Secondary phloem; Tree biomechanics; Tropical species  
  Abstract Recent studies have shown that the inner bark is implicated in the postural control of inclined tree stems through the interaction between wood radial growth and tangential expansion of a trellis fiber network in bark. Assessing the taxonomic extent of this mechanism requires a screening of the diversity in bark anatomy and mechanical stress. The mechanical state of bark was measured in 15 tropical tree species from various botanical families on vertical mature trees, and related to the anatomical structure of the bark. Significant tensile or compressive longitudinal stresses were observed in the stems of most species. Tensile longitudinal stress was observed in various botanical families and was always associated with fibers arranged in a trellis-like structure and strong dilatation of rays. The highest tensile stress was recorded in species with gelatinous fibers forming a treillis. Compressive stress was typically associated with a large amount of sclereids in the bark, supporting the differentiation of sclereids as a potential origin of the generation of longitudinal compressive stresses in bark. In species exhibiting both a fibrous trellis structure and a significant amount of sclereids, the sign of longitudinal stress may depend on the balance between these two mechanisms.  
  Address Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Woodlab, Coupure Links 653, Gent, B-9000, Belgium  
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  Notes Cited By :1; Export Date: 20 January 2020; Correspondence Address: Lehnebach, R.; Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil (LMGC), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, 860 rue de St. Priest, France; email: lehnebach.romain@hotmail.fr Approved no  
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Author Ghislain, B.; Nicolini, E.-A.; Romain, R.; Ruelle, J.; Yoshinaga, A.; Alford, M.H.; Clair, B. doi  openurl
  Title Multilayered structure of tension wood cell walls in Salicaceae sensu lato and its taxonomic significance Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society Abbreviated Journal (up) Bot. J. Linn. Soc.  
  Volume 182 Issue 4 Pages 744-756  
  Keywords Flacourtiaceae; G-layer; multilayered tension wood; reaction wood  
  Abstract Salicaceae have been enlarged to include a majority of the species formerly placed in the polyphyletic tropical Flacourtiaceae. Several studies have reported a peculiar and infrequently formed multilayered structure of tension wood in four of the tropical genera. Tension wood is a tissue produced by trees to restore their vertical orientation and most studies have focused on trees developing tension wood by means of cellulose-rich, gelatinous fibres, as in Populus and Salix (Salicaceae s.s.). This study aims to determine if the multilayered structure of tension wood is an anatomical characteristic common in other Salicaceae and, if so, how its distribution correlates to phylogenetic relationships. Therefore, we studied the tension wood of 14 genera of Salicaceae and two genera of Achariaceae, one genus of Goupiaceae and one genus of Lacistemataceae, families closely related to Salicaceae or formerly placed in Flacourtiaceae. Opposite wood and tension wood were compared with light microscopy and three-dimensional laser scanning confocal microscopy. The results indicate that a multilayered structure of tension wood is common in the family except in Salix, Populus and one of their closest relatives, Idesia polycarpa. We suggest that tension wood may be a useful anatomical character in understanding phylogenetic relationships in Salicaceae. Further investigation is still needed on the tension wood of several other putatively close relatives of Salix and Populus, in particular Bennettiodendron, Macrohasseltia and Itoa.  
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Author Roux, O.; Le Lann, C.; van Alphen, J.J.M.; van Baaren, J. openurl 
  Title How does heat shock affect the life history traits of adults and progeny of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius avenae (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae)? Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Bulletin of Entomological Research Abbreviated Journal (up) Bull. Entomol. Res.  
  Volume 100 Issue 5 Pages 543-549  
  Keywords developmental rate; fecundity; heat stress; longevity; sex-specific effect; parasitic wasp  
  Abstract Because insects are ectotherms, their physiology, behaviour and fitness are influenced by the ambient temperature. Any changes in environmental temperatures may impact the fitness and life history traits of insects and, thus, affect population dynamics. Here, we experimentally tested the impact of heat shock on the fitness and life history traits of adults of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius avenae and on the later repercussions for their progeny. Our results show that short exposure (1h) to an elevated temperature (36 degrees C), which is frequently experienced by parasitoids during the summer, resulted in high mortality rates in a parasitoid population and strongly affected the fitness of survivors by drastically reducing reproductive output and triggering a sex-dependent effect on lifespan. Heat stress resulted in greater longevity in surviving females and in shorter longevity in surviving males in comparison with untreated individuals. Viability and the developmental rates of progeny were also affected in a sex-dependent manner. These results underline the ecological importance of the thermal stress response of parasitoid species, not only for survival, but also for maintaining reproductive activities.  
  Address [Roux, O.] Univ Toulouse 3, Lab Ecol Fonct, UMR 5245 CNRS UPS INPT, F-31062 Toulouse 04, France, Email: oroux@cict.fr  
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  Notes ISI:000282077700005 Approved no  
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Author Dejean, A.; Carpenter, J.M.; Gibernau, M.; Leponce, M.; Corbara, B. openurl 
  Title Nest relocation and high mortality rate in a Neotropical social wasp: Impact of an exceptionally rainy La Nina year Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Comptes Rendus Biologies Abbreviated Journal (up) C. R. Biol.  
  Volume 333 Issue 1 Pages 35-40  
  Keywords Vespidae; Population size variation; Microevolution; La Nina; French Guiana  
  Abstract After noting the forecast of a La Nina episode, associated with heavy rainfall in French Guiana, we monitored the fate of wasp nests before and during the 2006 short rainy season. The population of the most abundant epiponine wasp species, Polybia bistriata, decreased dramatically during the short rainy season (60.6% of the nests disappeared) then remained low for at least 18 months. Colonies that survived moved from the shelter of large, low leaves (a situation well adapted to the previous dry season) of the most frequent substrate tree, Clusia grandiflora (Clusiaceae), to upper leaves, better ventilated and whose orientation provides good protection from the rain. Therefore, the possibility of moving the nest higher during the first rains following the dry season seems very adaptive as colonies that do not do so are eliminated during the La Nina years, whose frequency will increase with global climate change. (C) 2009 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.  
  Address [Dejean, Alain; Gibernau, Marc] CNRS, UMR Ecofog 8172, F-97387 Kourou, France, Email: alain.dejean@wanadoo.fr  
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Author Delabie, J.H.C.; Cereghino, R.; Groc, S.; Dejean, A.; Gibernau, M.; Corbara, B.; Dejean, A. openurl 
  Title Ants as biological indicators of Wayana Amerindian land use in French Guiana Type Journal Article
  Year 2009 Publication Comptes Rendus Biologies Abbreviated Journal (up) C. R. Biol.  
  Volume 332 Issue 7 Pages 673-684  
  Keywords Landscape ecology; Traditional land use; Formicidae; Rapid assessment; Pit-fall traps; Self-Organizing Maps  
  Abstract We examined the ecological impact of traditional land use by Wayana Amerindians in French Guiana using ants as bio-indicators. Ants were sampled through a rapid assessment method and the core results analyzed using Kohonen's self-organizing maps (SOM). Our sample sites included: (1) a Wayana village; (2) a cassava plantation; (3) an abandoned cassava plantation; (4) a forest fragment near the village; (5) a riparian forest; and (6) a primary terra firma forest. The ant diversity decreases according to the decree to which the habitat is disturbed. The SOM allowed us to compare the ecological succession between the six habitats. The protocol used is robust since the same conclusions were drawn using partial data. To cite this article: J.H.C Delabie et al., C R. Biologies 332 (2009). (C) 2009 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.  
  Address [Groc, Sarah; Dejean, Andrea; Dejean, Alain] CNRS, UMR 8172, F-97379 Kourou, France, Email: alain.dejean@wanadoo.fr  
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Author Corbara, B.; Carpenter, J.M.; Cereghino, R.; Leponce, M.; Gibernau, M.; Dejean, A. openurl 
  Title Diversity and nest site selection of social wasps along Guianese forest edges: assessing the influence of arboreal ants Type Journal Article
  Year 2009 Publication Comptes Rendus Biologies Abbreviated Journal (up) C. R. Biol.  
  Volume 332 Issue 5 Pages 470-479  
  Keywords Polistinae; Diversity; Nest site selection; Ant-wasp-plant interactions; French Guiana  
  Abstract monitored), and estimate that we recorded up to 73% of the local social wasp fauna. This baseline study was complemented by a long-term survey of the same area and the examination of isolated trees (permitting us to record two additional species, resulting in a total of 63 wasp species). Our results form a continuum from species avoiding nesting on any plant (6.5% of the wasp species) to species nesting on plants but avoiding those sheltering ant nests (82%), to, finally, wasps nesting in association with arboreal ants known to divert army ant raids (11.5%). Consequently, this study documents that most wasp species select plants possibly repulsive to arboreal ants, while associations with arboreal ants, although confirmed here, have been overrepresented in the literature. To cite this article: B. Corbara et al., C. R. Biologies 332 (2009). (C) 2009 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.  
  Address [Dejean, Alain] CNRS Guyane, UPS 2561, F-97300 Cayenne, France, Email: bruno.corbara@univ-bpclermont.fr  
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Author McClure, M.; Chouteau, M.; Dejean, A. openurl 
  Title Territorial aggressiveness on the arboreal ant Azteca alfari by Camponotus blandus in French Guiana due to behavioural constraints Type Journal Article
  Year 2008 Publication Comptes Rendus Biologies Abbreviated Journal (up) C. R. Biol.  
  Volume 331 Issue 9 Pages 663-667  
  Keywords Azteca alfari (Dolichoderinae); Camponotus blandus (Formicinae); foraging; rhythm of activity; territorial aggressiveness  
  Abstract This study reports new information on interactions between two sympatric ant species, the plant-ant Azteca alfari (Dolichoderinae) living in association with the myrmecophyte Cecropia obtusa (Cecropiaceae) and Camponotus blandus (Formicinae), a ground-nesting, arboreal-foraging species. Workers of A. alfari forage only on the foliage and the tipper parts of the trunk of their host Cecropia, while C. blandus nests in the ground but frequently forages and patrols pioneer tree foliage, including Cecropia. The activity pattern of A. alfari and the number of C. blandus on Cecropia obtusa was monitored hourly during a two-day period in a disturbed area in French Guiana. The maximum activity of C. blandus occurred between 8:30 and 12:30, at which time A. alfari had retreated within the domatia and were least present on the trunks. Even though aggressive confrontations were observed, C. blandus workers often initiate confrontations but do not prey on A. alfari nor exploit food bodies produced by Cecropia, the principal food source of A. alfari. Hence hostility appears to be the result of territoriality. Differences in their foraging rhythms are proposed as promoting resource and territory partitioning in this ant assemblage.  
  Address [McClure, Melanie] Concordia Univ, Dept Biol, Montreal, PQ H4B 1R6, Canada, Email: m_mcclur@alcor.concordia.ca  
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Author Dejean, A.; Moreau, C.S.; Kenne, M.; Leponce, M. openurl 
  Title The raiding success of Pheidole megacephala on other ants in both its native and introduced ranges Type Journal Article
  Year 2008 Publication Comptes Rendus Biologies Abbreviated Journal (up) C. R. Biol.  
  Volume 331 Issue 8 Pages 631-635  
  Keywords invasive ants; predation; raiding other ants; recruitment  
  Abstract We studied the behaviour of the invasive African myrmicine ant, Pheidole megacephala, when confronted with colonies of other common ant species in Cameroon, a part of its native range, and in Mexico, where it has been introduced. P. megacephala raided the nests of the other ants in both cases. Eleven species out of 12 put up a rather strong resistance to raiding P. megacephala workers in Cameroon compared to only three species out of 11 in Mexico, where only colonies of Solenopsis geminata, Dorymyrmex pyramicus and Dolichoderus bispinosus resisted these raids. We conclude that P. megacephala's heightened ability to successfully raid colonies of competing ants may help explain its success and the decline of native ants in areas where it has been introduced.  
  Address [Dejean, Alain] CNRS Guyane, UPS 2561, F-97300 Cayenne, France, Email: alain.dejean@wanadoo.fr  
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Author Martin, J.M.; Roux, O.; Groc, S.; Dejean, A. openurl 
  Title A type of unicoloniality within the native range of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Comptes Rendus Biologies Abbreviated Journal (up) C. R. Biol.  
  Volume 334 Issue 4 Pages 307-310  
  Keywords Ants; Solenopsis saevissima; Native range; Unicoloniality  
  Abstract To determine if a type of unicoloniality exists in the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima in its native range, we conducted intraspecific aggressiveness tests in French Guiana between workers originating from 15 human-disturbed sites. We identified two “colonial groups” spread over 54 km and 12.5 km, respectively. Workers from the same group never attacked each other, but inter-group confrontations resulted in a high level of aggressiveness. These large “colonial groups” enhances the threat occasioned by S. saevissima for both agriculture and the environment. (C) 2011 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.  
  Address [Martin, Jean-Michel; Roux, Olivier; Groc, Sarah; Dejean, Alain] Ecol Forets de Guyane UMR CNRS 8172, F-97379 Kourou, France, Email: alain.dejean@wanadoo.fr  
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Author Hattenschwiler, S.; Fromin, N.; Barantal, S. openurl 
  Title Functional diversity of terrestrial microbial decomposers and their substrates Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Comptes Rendus Biologies Abbreviated Journal (up) C. R. Biol.  
  Volume 334 Issue 5-6 Pages 393-402  
  Keywords Bacteria; Biogeochemical cycles; Decomposition; Dissimilarity; Ecosystem functioning; Functional diversity indices; Fungi; Leaf litter  
  Abstract The relationship between biodiversity and biogeochemical processes gained much interest in light of the rapidly decreasing biodiversity worldwide. In this article, we discuss the current status, challenges and prospects of functional concepts to plant litter diversity and microbial decomposer diversity. We also evaluate whether these concepts permit a better understanding of how biodiversity is linked to litter decomposition as a key ecosystem process influencing carbon and nutrient cycles. Based on a literature survey, we show that plant litter and microbial diversity matters for decomposition, but that considering numbers of taxonomic units appears overall as little relevant and less useful than functional diversity. However, despite easily available functional litter traits and the well-established theoretical framework for functional litter diversity, the impact of functional litter diversity on decomposition is not yet well enough explored. Defining functional diversity of microorganisms remains one of the biggest challenges for functional approaches to microbial diversity. Recent developments in microarray and metagenomics technology offer promising possibilities in the assessment of the functional structure of microbial communities. This might allow significant progress in measuring functional microbial diversity and ultimately in our ability to predict consequences of biodiversity loss in the decomposer system for biogeochemical processes. (C) 2011 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.  
  Address [Haettenschwiler, Stephan; Fromin, Nathalie; Barantal, Sandra] CNRS, CEFE, F-34293 Montpellier 5, France, Email: stephan.hattenschwiler@cefe.cnrs.fr  
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