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Author van Gorsel, E.; Delpierre, N.; Leuning, R.; Black, A.; Munger, J.W.; Wofsy, S.; Aubinet, M.; Feigenwinter, C.; Beringer, J.; Bonal, D.; Chen, B.Z.; Chen, J.Q.; Clement, R.; Davis, K.J.; Desai, A.R.; Dragoni, D.; Etzold, S.; Grunwald, T.; Gu, L.H.; Heinesch, B.; Hutyra, L.R.; Jans, W.W.P.; Kutsch, W.; Law, B.E.; Leclerc, M.Y.; Mammarella, I.; Montagnani, L.; Noormets, A.; Rebmann, C.; Wharton, S.
Title Estimating nocturnal ecosystem respiration from the vertical turbulent flux and change in storage of CO2 Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Abbreviated Journal Agric. For. Meteorol.
Volume 149 Issue 11 Pages 1919-1930
Keywords Ecosystem respiration; Micrometeorology; Advection; u-star correction; Eddy covariance; Chamber; Process-based modelling
Abstract Micrometeorological measurements of night time ecosystem respiration can be systematically biased when stable atmospheric conditions lead to drainage flows associated with decoupling of air flow above and within plant canopies. The associated horizontal and vertical advective fluxes cannot be measured using instrumentation on the single towers typically used at micrometeorological sites. A common approach to minimize bias is to use a threshold in friction velocity, u*, to exclude periods when advection is assumed to be important, but this is problematic in situations when in-canopy flows are decoupled from the flow above. Using data from 25 flux stations in a wide variety of forest ecosystems globally, we examine the generality of a novel approach to estimating nocturnal respiration developed by van Gorsel et al. (van Gorsel, E., Leuning, R., Cleugh, H.A., Keith, H., Suni, T., 2007. Nocturnal carbon efflux: reconciliation of eddy covariance and chamber measurements using an alternative to the u*-threshold filtering technique. Tellus 59B, 397-403, Tellus, 59B, 307-403). The approach is based on the assumption that advection is small relative to the vertical turbulent flux (F-C) and change in storage (F-S) of CO2 in the few hours after sundown. The sum of F-C and F-S reach a maximum during this period which is used to derive a temperature response function for ecosystem respiration. Measured hourly soil temperatures are then used with this function to estimate respiration R-Rmax. The new approach yielded excellent agreement with (1) independent measurements using respiration chambers, (2) with estimates using ecosystem light-response curves of F-c + F-s extrapolated to zero light, R-LRC, and (3) with a detailed process-based forest ecosystem model, R-cast. At most sites respiration rates estimated using the u*-filter, R-ust, were smaller than R-Rmax, and R-LRC. Agreement of our approach with independent measurements indicates that R-Rmax, provides an excellent estimate of nighttime ecosystem respiration. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Address [van Gorsel, Eva; Leuning, Ray] CSIRO Marine & Atmospher Res, Canberra, ACT 2061, Australia, Email: Eva.vangorsel@csiro.au
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Publisher ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0168-1923 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000270640300013 Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 102
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Author Cachet, N.; Hoakwie, F.; Bertani, S.; Bourdy, G.; Deharo, E.; Stien, D.; Houel, E.; Gornitzka, H.; Fillaux, J.; Chevalley, S.; Valentin, A.; Jullian, V.
Title Antimalarial Activity of Simalikalactone E, a New Quassinoid from Quassia amara L. (Simaroubaceae) Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abbreviated Journal Antimicrob. Agents Chemother.
Volume 53 Issue 10 Pages 4393-4398
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Abstract We report the isolation and identification of a new quassinoid named simalikalactone E (SkE), extracted from a widely used Amazonian antimalarial remedy made out of Quassia amara L. (Simaroubaceae) leaves. This new molecule inhibited the growth of Plasmodium falciparum cultured in vitro by 50%, in the concentration range from 24 to 68 nM, independently of the strain sensitivity to chloroquine. We also showed that this compound was able to decrease gametocytemia with a 50% inhibitory concentration sevenfold lower than that of primaquine. SkE was found to be less toxic than simalikalactone D (SkD), another antimalarial quassinoid from Q. amara, and its cytotoxicity on mammalian cells was dependent on the cell line, displaying a good selectivity index when tested on nontumorogenic cells. In vivo, SkE inhibited murine malaria growth of Plasmodium vinckei petteri by 50% at 1 and 0.5 mg/kg of body weight/day, by the oral or intraperitoneal routes, respectively. The contribution of quassinoids as a source of antimalarial molecules needs therefore to be reconsidered.
Address [Cachet, N.; Hoakwie, F.; Bourdy, G.; Deharo, E.; Chevalley, S.; Valentin, A.; Jullian, V.] Univ Toulouse, UPS, Lab Pharmacochim Subst Nat & Pharmacophores Redox, UMR 152, F-31062 Toulouse 9, France, Email: jullian@cict.fr
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Publisher AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0066-4804 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000270020600047 Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 103
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Author Roux, O.; Martin, J.M.; Ghomsi, N.T.; Dejean, A.
Title A Non-lethal Water-based Removal-reapplication Technique for Behavioral Analysis of Cuticular Compounds of Ants Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Journal of Chemical Ecology Abbreviated Journal J. Chem. Ecol.
Volume 35 Issue 8 Pages 904-912
Keywords Ants; Behavioral assay; Behavioral ecology; Camponotus blandus; Chemical composition; Chemical ecology; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; Live dummies; Solenopsis saevissima; Methods
Abstract Interspecific relationships among insects are often mediated by chemical cues, including non-volatile cuticular compounds. Most of these compounds are hydrocarbons that necessitate the use of solvents for their extraction, identification, and manipulation during behavioral assays. The toxicity of these solvents often precludes the removal and reapplication of hydrocarbons from and to live insects. As a consequence, dummies often are used in behavioral assays, but their passivity can bias the behavior of the responding insects. To overcome these limitations, we propose a method where cuticular compounds are extracted from live ants by placing them into glass vials half-filled with tepid water (ca. 34A degrees C) and vigorously shaking the vials to form an emulsion whose supernatant can be analyzed and/or reapplied to other ants. We demonstrate that cuticular compounds can be extracted from workers of the red fire ant, Solenopsis saevissima, and reapplied to the cuticle of workers from a sympatric species, Camponotus blandus (both Hymenoptera: Formicidae), while keeping the ants alive. Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis and behavioral assays were used to confirm the successful transfer of the behaviorally active compounds.
Address [Roux, Olivier; Martin, Jean-Michel; Dejean, Alain] Ecol Forets Guyane, CNRS, UMR 8172, F-97379 Kourou, France, Email: oroux@cict.fr
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Publisher SPRINGER Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0098-0331 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000269954400006 Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 104
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Author Blanc, L.; Echard, M.; Herault, B.; Bonal, D.; Marcon, E.; Chave, J.; Baraloto, C.
Title Dynamics of aboveground carbon stocks in a selectively logged tropical forest Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Ecological Applications Abbreviated Journal Ecol. Appl.
Volume 19 Issue 6 Pages 1397-1404
Keywords aboveground biomass; carbon sequestration; deforestation; French Guiana; global change; timber stand improvement; tropical forests
Abstract The expansion of selective logging in tropical forests may be an important source of global carbon emissions. However, the effects of logging practices on the carbon cycle have never been quantified over long periods of time. We followed the fate of more than 60 000 tropical trees over 23 years to assess changes in aboveground carbon stocks in 48 1.56-ha plots in French Guiana that represent a gradient of timber harvest intensities, with and without intensive timber stand improvement (TSI) treatments to stimulate timber tree growth. Conventional selective logging led to emissions equivalent to more than a third of aboveground carbon stocks in plots without TSI (85 Mg C/ha), while plots with TSI lost more than one-half of aboveground carbon stocks (142 Mg C/ha). Within 20 years of logging, plots without TSI sequestered aboveground carbon equivalent to more than 80% of aboveground carbon lost to logging (-70.7 Mg C/ha), and our simulations predicted an equilibrium aboveground carbon balance within 45 years of logging. In contrast, plots with intensive TSI are predicted to require more than 100 years to sequester aboveground carbon lost to emissions. These results indicate that in some tropical forests aboveground carbon storage can be recovered within half a century after conventional logging at moderate harvest intensities.
Address [Bonal, Damien; Baraloto, Christopher] INRA, UMR Ecol Forets Guyane, Kourou 97379, French Guiana, Email: chris.baraloto@ecofog.gf
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Publisher ECOLOGICAL SOC AMER Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1051-0761 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000269075200003 Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 105
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Author Leroy, C.; Corbara, B.; Dejean, A.; Cereghino, R.
Title Ants mediate foliar structure and nitrogen acquisition in a tank-bromeliad Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication New Phytologist Abbreviated Journal New Phytol.
Volume 183 Issue 4 Pages 1124-1133
Keywords Aechmea mertensii; antgardens; Camponotus femoratus; foliar structure; delta N-15; Pachycondyla goeldii; phytotelmata contents
Abstract Aechmea mertensii is a tank-bromeliad that roots on ant-gardens initiated by the ants Camponotus femoratus and Pachycondyla goeldii. Its leaves form compartments acting as phytotelmata that hold rainwater and provide habitats for invertebrates. In this article, we aimed to determine whether the association with either C. femoratus or P. goeldii influenced the vegetative traits of A. mertensii, invertebrate diversity and nutrient assimilation by the leaves. Transmitted light, vegetative traits and phytotelmata contents were compared between the two A. mertensii ant-gardens. Camponotus femoratus colonized partially shaded areas, whereas P. goeldii colonized exposed areas. The bromeliads' rosettes had a large canopy (C. femoratus ant-gardens), or were smaller and amphora shaped (P. goeldii ant-gardens). There were significant differences in leaf anatomy, as shaded leaves were thicker than exposed leaves. The mean volumes of water, fine particulate organic matter and detritus in C. femoratus-associated bromeliads were three to five times higher than in P. goeldii-associated bromeliads. Moreover, the highest invertebrate diversity and leaf delta N-15 values were found in C. femoratus-associated bromeliads. This study enhances our understanding of the dynamics of biodiversity, and shows how ant-plant interactions can have trophic consequences and thus influence the architecture of the interacting plant via a complex feedback loop.
Address [Leroy, Celine; Dejean, Alain] EcoFoG, CNRS, UMR 8172, F-97379 Kourou, France, Email: Celine.Leroy@ecofog.gf
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Publisher WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0028-646X ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000268855300020 Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 106
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Author Chang, S.S.; Clair, B.; Ruelle, J.; Beauchene, J.; Di Renzo, F.; Quignard, F.; Zhao, G.J.; Yamamoto, H.; Gril, J.
Title Mesoporosity as a new parameter for understanding tension stress generation in trees Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Journal of Experimental Botany Abbreviated Journal J. Exp. Bot.
Volume 60 Issue 11 Pages 3023-3030
Keywords Growth stress; hydrogel; mesoporosity; tension wood
Abstract The mechanism for tree orientation in angiosperms is based on the production of high tensile stress on the upper side of the inclined axis. In many species, the stress level is strongly related to the presence of a peculiar layer, called the G-layer, in the fibre cell wall. The structure of the G-layer has recently been described as a hydrogel thanks to N-2 adsorption-desorption isotherms of supercritically dried samples showing a high mesoporosity (pores size from 2-50 nm). This led us to revisit the concept of the G-layer that had been, until now, only described from anatomical observation. Adsorption isotherms of both normal wood and tension wood have been measured on six tropical species. Measurements show that mesoporosity is high in tension wood with a typical thick G-layer while it is much less with a thinner G-layer, sometimes no more than normal wood. The mesoporosity of tension wood species without a G-layer is as low as in normal wood. Not depending on the amount of pores, the pore size distribution is always centred around 6-12 nm. These results suggest that, among species producing fibres with a G-layer, large structural differences of the G-layer exist between species.
Address [Chang, Shan-Shan; Clair, Bruno; Gril, Joseph] Univ Montpellier 2, LMGC, CNRS, F-34095 Montpellier 5, France, Email: clair@lmgc.univ-montp2.fr
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Publisher OXFORD UNIV PRESS Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0022-0957 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000268588300008 Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 107
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Author Groc, S.; Orivel, J.; Dejean, A.; Martin, J.M.; Etienne, M.P.; Corbara, B.; Delabie, J.H.C.
Title Baseline study of the leaf-litter ant fauna in a French Guianese forest Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Insect Conservation and Diversity Abbreviated Journal Insect. Conserv. Divers.
Volume 2 Issue 3 Pages 183-193
Keywords Ants of the Leaf Litter Protocol; baseline study; leaf-litter ants; Nouragues; Winkler method
Abstract 1. Leaf-litter ants represent a major component of biodiversity and are excellent bioindicators reflecting the health of terrestrial ecosystems. This study, conducted in an unspoiled forest near the Nouragues Research Station, represents the first inventory of leaf-litter ant diversity conducted in French Guiana, and so can be considered as the baseline dataset for ants in this country. 2. Ants were extracted from the leaf-litter using the Ants of the Leaf Litter Protocol, along an altitudinal gradient at four forest sites, including an inselberg. 3. A total of 196 ant species representing 46 genera distributed over eight subfamilies were collected. Four distinct communities spread over a gradient of diversity were thus identified: the liana forest was the most species-rich (140 species) followed by the forested plateau (102 species), the transition forest (87 species) and the forest at the top of the inselberg (71 species). 4. The discovery of species new to science plus several species recorded for the first time in French Guiana, coupled with the particular context of this area, suggests that the Nouragues Research Station might represent a centre of endemism. Once completed, this leaf-litter ant dataset will contribute greatly to the knowledge of ant biodiversity in French Guiana, and has the potential to progressively become an indispensable tool for country-wide conservation planning programmes.
Address [Groc, Sarah; Dejean, Alain; Martin, Jean-Michel] CNRS, Ecol Forets Guyane UMR 8172, Kourou, France, Email: sarah.groc@ecofog.gf
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Publisher WILEY-LISS Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1752-458X ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000268269400004 Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 108
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Author Delabie, J.H.C.; Cereghino, R.; Groc, S.; Dejean, A.; Gibernau, M.; Corbara, B.; Dejean, A.
Title Ants as biological indicators of Wayana Amerindian land use in French Guiana Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Comptes Rendus Biologies Abbreviated Journal 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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Publisher ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1631-0691 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000267243700009 Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 109
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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 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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Publisher SPRINGER Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0032-079X ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000266143400020 Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 110
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Author Strasburg, J.L.; Scotti-Saintagne, C.; Scotti, I.; Lai, Z.; Rieseberg, L.H.
Title Genomic Patterns of Adaptive Divergence between Chromosomally Differentiated Sunflower Species Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Molecular Biology and Evolution Abbreviated Journal Mol. Biol. Evol.
Volume 26 Issue 6 Pages 1341-1355
Keywords species boundaries; chromosomal rearrangements; positive selection; hybridization; sunflowers; Helianthus
Abstract Understanding the genetic mechanisms of speciation and basis of species differences is among the most important challenges in evolutionary biology. Two questions of particular interest are what roles divergent selection and chromosomal differentiation play in these processes. A number of recently proposed theories argue that chromosomal rearrangements can facilitate the development and maintenance of reproductive isolation and species differences by suppressing recombination within rearranged regions. Reduced recombination permits the accumulation of alleles contributing to isolation and adaptive differentiation and protects existing differences from the homogenizing effects of introgression between incipient species. Here, we examine patterns of genetic diversity and divergence in rearranged versus collinear regions in two widespread, extensively hybridizing sunflower species, Helianthus annuus and Helianthus petiolaris, using sequence data from 77 loci distributed throughout the genomes of the two species. We find weak evidence for increased genetic divergence near chromosomal break points but not within rearranged regions overall. We find no evidence for increased rates of adaptive divergence on rearranged chromosomes; in fact, collinear chromosomes show a far greater excess of fixed amino acid differences between the two species. A comparison with a third sunflower species indicates that much of the nonsynonymous divergence between H. annuus and H. petiolaris probably occurred during or soon after their formation. Our results suggest a limited role for chromosomal rearrangements in genetic divergence, but they do document substantial adaptive divergence and provide further evidence of how species integrity and genetic identity can be maintained at many loci in the face of extensive hybridization and gene flow.
Address [Strasburg, Jared L.; Scotti-Saintagne, Caroline; Rieseberg, Loren H.] Indiana Univ, Dept Biol, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA, Email: jstrasbu@indiana.edu
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Publisher OXFORD UNIV PRESS Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0737-4038 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000266116500012 Approved no
Call Number EcoFoG @ eric.marcon @ Serial 111
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