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Author Groc, S.; Delabie, J.H.C.; Fernández, F.; Leponce, M.; Orivel, J.; Silvestre, R.; Vasconcelos, H.L.; Dejean, A. url  openurl
  Title Leaf-litter ant communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a pristine Guianese rain-forest: Stable functional structure versus high species turnover Type Journal Article
  Year 2014 Publication Myrmecological News Abbreviated Journal Myrmecological News  
  Volume 19 Issue Pages (up) 43-51  
  Keywords Diversity gradient; Functional groups; Habitat heterogeneity; Litter-dwelling ant communities; Local scale; Pristine Amazonian rainforest; Taxonomic and functional structure  
  Abstract We compared the ant assemblages from four very heterogeneous habitats over a short-distance elevational gradient of vegetation (due to the presence of an inselberg) at the Nouragues Research Station, French Guiana. We focused on litter-dwelling ants, combining the use of pitfall traps and the Winkler method according to the Ants of the Leaf Litter Proto-col. This permitted us to note (1) a high leaf-litter ant diversity overall and a decreasing diversity gradient from the lowland rainforest to the top of the inselberg, and (2) differences in species density, composition and functional struc-ture. While the ant assemblages on the plateau and inselberg can be considered functionally similar and typical of an Amazonian rainforest, that of the transition forest, relatively homogenous, rather corresponded to an ant fauna typical of open areas. By contrast, the liana forest assemblage was unexpectedly richer and denser than the others, sheltering a litter-dwelling ant fauna dominated by numerous and abundant cryptic species. These taxonomical and functional dissi-milarities may reflect the influence of the environmental heterogeneity, which, through variable abiotic conditions, can contribute to maintaining a notably rich ant biodiversity in these Neotropical habitats.  
  Address Université de Toulouse, UPS (Ecolab), 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France  
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  Notes Export Date: 10 March 2014; Source: Scopus; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Groc, S.; Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), 38400-902 Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil; email: groc.sarah@gmail.com Approved no  
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Author Groc, S.; Delabie, J.H.C.; Fernandez, F.; Petitclerc, F.; Corbara, B.; Leponce, M.; Céréghino, R.; Dejean, A. doi  openurl
  Title Litter-dwelling ants as bioindicators to gauge the sustainability of small arboreal monocultures embedded in the Amazonian rainforest Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Ecological Indicators Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 82 Issue Pages (up) 43-49  
  Keywords Ant diversity; Community alteration; Forest species; Functional traits; Human disturbance; Tree monocultures  
  Abstract One of the greatest threats to biodiversity and the sustainable functioning of ecosystems is the clearing of forests for agriculture. Because litter-dwelling ants are very good bioindicators of man-made disturbance, we used them to compare monospecific plantations of acacia trees, cocoa trees, rubber trees and pine trees with the surrounding Neotropical rainforest (in contrast to previous studies on forest fragments embedded in industrial monocultures). Although the global level of species turnover was weak, species richness decreased along a gradient from the forest (including a treefall gap) to the tree plantations among which the highest number of species was noted for the cocoa trees, which are known to be a good compromise between agriculture and conservation. Species composition was significantly different between natural habitats and the plantations that, in turn, were different from each other. Compared to the forest, alterations in the ant communities were (1) highest for the acacia and rubber trees, (2) intermediate for the cocoa trees, and, (3) surprisingly, far lower for the pine trees, likely due to very abundant litter. Functional traits only separated the rubber tree plantation from the other habitats due to the higher presence of exotic and leaf-cutting ants. This study shows that small monospecific stands are likely sustainable when embedded in the rainforest and that environmentally-friendly strategies can be planned accordingly. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd  
  Address Ecolab, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Toulouse, France  
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Author de Aguiar, H.J.A.C.; Barros, L.A.C.; Silveira, L.I.; Petitclerc, F.; Etienne, S.; Orivel, J. pdf  url
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  Title Cytogenetic data for sixteen ant species from North-eastern Amazonia with phylogenetic insights into three subfamilies Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Comparative Cytogenetics Abbreviated Journal Comp. Cytogenet.  
  Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages (up) 43-60  
  Keywords Biodiversity; Formicidae; Karyotype; Neotropical ants  
  Abstract Ants play essential roles in most terrestrial ecosystems and may be considered pests for agriculture and agroforestry. Recent morphological and molecular data have challenged conventional ant phylogeny and the interpretation of karyotypic variations. Existing Neotropical ant cytogenetic data focus on Atlantic rainforest species, and provide evolutionary and taxonomic insight. However, there are data for only 18 Amazonian species. In this study, we describe the karyotypes of 16 ant species belonging to 12 genera and three subfamilies, collected in the Brazilian state of Amapa, and in French Guiana. The karyotypes of six species are described for the first time, including that of the South American genus Allomerus Mayr, 1878. The karyotype of Crematogaster Lund, 1831 is also described for the first time for the New World. For other species, extant data for geographically distinct populations was compared with our own data, e.g. for the leafcutter ants Acromyrmex balzani (Emery, 1890) and Atta sexdens (Linnaeus, 1758). The information obtained for the karyotype of Dolichoderus imitator Emery, 1894 differs from extant data from the Atlantic forest, thereby highlighting the importance of population cytogenetic approaches. This study also emphasizes the need for good chromosome preparations for studying karyotype structure.  
  Address INRA, UMR EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, Université de Guyane, Université des Antilles, Campus Agronomique, BP 316, Kourou Cedex, 97379, France  
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Author Abedini, R.; Clair, B.; Pourtahmasi, K.; Laurans, F.; Arnould, O. url  openurl
  Title Cell wall thickening in developing tension wood of artificially bent poplar trees Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication IAWA Journal Abbreviated Journal IAWA Journal  
  Volume 36 Issue 1 Pages (up) 44-57  
  Keywords developing xylem; Gelatinous layer; maturation stress; secondary wall layer; tree biomechanics  
  Abstract Trees can control their shape and resist gravity thanks to their ability to produce wood under tensile stress. This stress is known to be produced during the maturation of wood fibres but the mechanism of its generation remains unclear. This study focuses on the formation of the secondary wall in tension wood produced in artificially tilted poplar saplings. Thickness of secondary wall layer (SL) and gelatinous layer (GL) were measured from cambium to mature wood in several trees sampled at different times after tilting. Measurements on wood fibres produced before tilting show the progressive increase of secondary wall thickness during the growing season. After the tilting date, SL thickness decreased markedly from normal wood to tension wood while the total thickness increased compared to normal wood, with the development of a thick GL. However, even after GL formation, SL thickness continues to increase during the growing season. GL thickening was observed to be faster than SL thickening. The development of the unlignified GL is proposed to be a low cost, efficient strategy for a fast generation of tensile stress in broadleaved trees. © 2015 International Association of Wood Anatomists.  
  Address INRA, UR588 Amélioration, Génétique et Physiologie ForestièresOrléans, France  
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Author Salvin, P.; Roos, C.; Robert, F. url  openurl
  Title Tropical mangrove sediments as a natural inoculum for efficient electroactive biofilms Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication Bioresource Technology Abbreviated Journal Bioresour. Technol.  
  Volume 120 Issue Pages (up) 45-51  
  Keywords Chronoamperometry; Cyclic voltammetry; Electroactive biofilms; Microbial fuel cells; Three-electrode systems  
  Abstract Chronoamperometry is known to be an efficient way to form electroactive biofilms (EAB) on conductive electrodes. For the first time, tropical mangrove sediments are analyzed as a potential inoculum to form MFC anodes with the use of acetate as substrate. The performance of the EAB-coated carbon cloth electrodes are evaluated according to the maximal current density, the coulombic efficiency and the cyclic voltammogramms. Working electrodes (WE) polarized at -0.2V/SCE gave better results compared to -0.4V/SCE and 0.0V/SCE. The maximal current density attained was 12A/m 2 with a CE of 24%. Contributions of the EAB in the generation of current were discussed and mechanisms of electronic transfer by the bacteria were discussed. Epifluorescence and SEM images showed the evolution of the biofilms on the electrode surface and the heterogeneity of the structure. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.  
  Address Laboratoire des Matériaux et des Molécules en Milieu Amazonien, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, UAG-UMR ECOFOG, F-97337 Cayenne, French Guiana  
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  Notes Export Date: 16 August 2012; Source: Scopus; Coden: Birte; doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.131; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Robert, F.; Laboratoire des Matériaux et des Molécules en Milieu Amazonien, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, UAG-UMR ECOFOG, F-97337 Cayenne, French Guiana; email: florent.robert@guyane.univ-ag.fr Approved no  
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Author Carrias, J.-F.; Gerphagnon, M.; Rodríguez-Pérez, H.; Borrel, G.; Loiseau, C.; Corbara, B.; Céréghino, R.; Mary, I.; Leroy, C. url  doi
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  Title Resource availability drives bacterial succession during leaf-litter decomposition in a bromeliad ecosystem Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication FEMS microbiology ecology Abbreviated Journal FEMS Microbiol. Ecol.  
  Volume 96 Issue 4 Pages (up) fiaa045  
  Keywords 16S rRNA gene; amplicon sequencing; bacterial diversity; community ecology; decomposition; ecological succession  
  Abstract Despite the growing number of investigations on microbial succession during the last decade, most of our knowledge on primary succession of bacteria in natural environments comes from conceptual models and/or studies of chronosequences. Successional patterns of litter-degrading bacteria remain poorly documented, especially in undisturbed environments. Here we conducted an experiment with tank bromeliads as natural freshwater microcosms to assess major trends in bacterial succession on two leaf-litter species incubated with or without animal exclusion. We used amplicon sequencing and a co-occurrence network to assess changes in bacterial community structure according to treatments. Alpha-diversity and community complexity displayed the same trends regardless of the treatments, highlighting that primary succession of detrital-bacteria is subject to resource limitation and biological interactions, much like macro-organisms. Shifts in bacterial assemblages along the succession were characterized by an increase in uncharacterized taxa and potential N-fixing bacteria, the latter being involved in positive co-occurrence between taxa. These findings support the hypothesis of interdependence between taxa as a significant niche-based process shaping bacterial communities during the advanced stage of succession. © FEMS 2020.  
  Address AMAP, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France  
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Author Mathieu, A.; Letort, V.; Cournède, P.H.; Zhang, B.G.; Heuret, P.; De Reffye, P. url  openurl
  Title Oscillations in functional structural plant growth models Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 6 Pages (up) 47-66  
  Keywords Cecropia trees; Cucumber plant; Dynamic system of plant growth; Functional-structural plant models; GreenLab  
  Abstract The dynamic model of plant growth GreenLab describes plant architecture and functional growth at the level of individual organs. Structural development is controlled by formal grammars and empirical equations compute the amount of biomass produced by the plant, and its partitioning among the growing organs, such as leaves, stems and fruits. The number of organs initiated at each time step depends on the trophic state of the plant, which is evaluated by the ratio of biomass available in plant to the demand of all the organs. The control of the plant organogenesis by this variable induces oscillations in the simulated plant behaviour. The mathematical framework of the GreenLab model allows to compute the conditions for the generation of oscillations and the value of the period according to the set of parameters. Two case-studies are presented, corresponding to emergence of oscillations associated to fructification and branching. Similar alternating patterns are commonly reported by botanists. In this article, two examples were selected: alternate patterns of fruits in cucumber plants and alternate appearances of branches in Cecropia trees. The model was calibrated from experimental data collected on these plants. It shows that a simple feedback hypothesis of trophic control on plant structure allows the emergence of cyclic patterns corresponding to the observed ones. © EDP Sciences, 2012.  
  Address CIRAD, UMR AMAP, Montpellier, France  
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  Notes Export Date: 27 December 2012; Source: Scopus Approved no  
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Author Bardet, S.; Beauchene, J.; Thibaut, B. openurl 
  Title Influence of basic density and temperature on mechanical properties perpendicular to grain of ten wood tropical species Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication Annals of Forest Science Abbreviated Journal Ann. For. Sci.  
  Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages (up) 49-59  
  Keywords green wood; tropical wood; transverse mechanical properties; basic density; softening temperature  
  Abstract The influence of temperature on transverse mechanical properties of 10 tropical species in green condition was studied in radial compression (0 to 99 degreesC), transverse shear with longitudinal-radial shearing plane and rupture of the longitudinal-tangential plane (20 to 80 degreesC). Basic density ranged from 0.21 to 0.91 g cm(-3). Load-displacement curves were characterised by initial rigidity, yield stress, yield strain and strain energy at 20% strain level. The relation between each criterion and basic density was expressed by a power law. The dependency on temperature evidenced a sharp glassy transition, except for the fracture energy only slightly influenced by temperature. An empirical model allowed evaluating a transition temperature between 51 and 69 degreesC, depending on the species and the criterion, which was attributed to lignin. Detailed analysis of the apparent modulus in radial compression suggested that complex relaxation phenomena occur around 10 degreesC and that the rubbery state is not fully reached at 80 degreesC.  
  Address Univ Montpellier 2, Lab Mecan & Genie Civil, Equipe Bois, F-34095 Montpellier 5, France  
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Author Tritsch, I.; Gond, V.; Oszwald, J.; Davy, D.; Grenand, P. url  openurl
  Title Territorial dynamics in the wayãpi and teko amerindian communities of the middle oyapock, camopi, French Guiana Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication Bois et Forets des Tropiques Abbreviated Journal Bois Forets Tropiques  
  Volume 66 Issue 311 Pages (up) 49-61  
  Keywords Amerindian populations; French Guiana; Protected area; Slash-and-burn cultivation; System of natural resource use; Territorial management  
  Abstract Amerindian populations have been experiencing major socio-economic changes for several decades, in a context of rapid demographic growth. This article addresses the ways in which the Amerindian populations of French Guiana have adapted their land use and natural resource management systems to cope with the pressures exerted on their lands and lifestyles. The aim was to investigate the resilience of their systems for land and natural resource use. The concentration of Amerindian habitats around the town of Camopi, which is linked to the availability of health and school infrastructure and to efforts to promote a sedentary lifestyle, is a factor of increasing natural resource scarcity and social alienation. The system is adapting by fragmenting the Amerindian habitat into peripheral villages and extending farmlands along rivers to access to more space. These villages replicate patterns of spatial organisation that are similar to those found in traditional Wayãpi and Teko villages, except that habitation is sedentary, as families hope to have their villages equipped with at lEast drinking water and electrification. Habitat fragmentation is spatially limited by the time taken for daily journeys to school, and therefore by school bus services (dugout), which means that land use is effectively conditioned by services and infrasrtucture. Other living quarters are maintained at a distance from the village, so that the habitat is bi-local: families have a main home where services and infrastructure are available, and a secondary itinerant home further away, which is chosen according to the quality of farmland, the hunting yield of hunting resources, the history of the location and family networks. These distant homes are kept up by spending income from social assistance on transport. It's thus shown that these Amerindian systems for land and natural resource uses are highly adaptable, in that their sustainability is guaranteed by the reconstruction of a circular pattern of mobility in accordance with the intensity of resource use.  
  Address Ird Observatoire Hommes-Milieux Oyapock, Cnrs Guyane, 2, avenue Gustave Charlery, 97300 Cayenne, France  
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  Notes Export Date: 17 April 2013; Source: Scopus; Language of Original Document: French; Correspondence Address: Tritsch, I.; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane/Cirad, Umr Écologie des forêts de Guyane, Campus agronomique de Kourou, 97310 Kourou, France Approved no  
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Author Guerrero, R.J.; Delabie, J.H.C.; Dejean, A. openurl 
  Title Taxonomic Contribution to the aurita Group of the Ant Genus Azteca (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Journal of Hymenoptera Research Abbreviated Journal J. Hymenopt. Res.  
  Volume 19 Issue 1 Pages (up) 51-65  
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  Abstract We describe five new species in the aurita group of the genus Azteca: Azteca andreae sp. n. (French Guiana), Azteca diabolica sp. n. (Panama), Azteca laurae sp. n. (Brazil), Azteca linamariae sp. n. (Brazil and Colombia) and Azteca snellingi sp. n. (Panama). Four of these new species are based on gynes, while the last is based only on the worker caste. All of them bear the aurita group characteristics. The second taxon is remarkable, as it differs from all of the other members of the group in the exaggerated, horn-like extensions of the posterolateral vertex margins. Azteca snellingi sp. n. is named in honor of our colleague, Roy Snelling, in tribute to his life-long contribution to knowledge of the world of Hymenoptera. A key to all known species of the aurita group, based on gynes, is provided. We report also for the first time an intercast case for the genus Azteca, based on an Azteca schimperi specimen.  
  Address [Guerrero, Roberto J.] Univ Magdalena, INTROPIC, Grp Invest Insectos Neotrop, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia, Email: robertojoseguerreroflorez@gmail.com  
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