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Author Levionnois, S.; Coste, S.; Nicolini, E.; Stahl, C.; Morel, H.; Heuret, P.
Title Scaling of petiole anatomies, mechanics and vasculatures with leaf size in the widespread Neotropical pioneer tree species Cecropia obtusa Trécul (Urticaceae) Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Tree physiology Abbreviated Journal Tree Physiol.
Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages 245-258
Keywords allometry; leaf size; petiole anatomy; scaling; theoretical hydraulic conductivity; vessel widening; xylem
Abstract Although the leaf economic spectrum has deepened our understanding of leaf trait variability, little is known about how leaf traits scale with leaf area. This uncertainty has resulted in the assumption that leaf traits should vary by keeping the same pace of variation with increases in leaf area across the leaf size range. We evaluated the scaling of morphological, tissue-surface and vascular traits with overall leaf area, and the functional significance of such scaling. We examined 1,271 leaves for morphological traits, and 124 leaves for anatomical and hydraulic traits, from 38 trees of Cecropia obtusa Trécul (Urticaceae) in French Guiana. Cecropia is a Neotropical genus of pioneer trees that can exhibit large laminas (0.4 m2 for C. obtusa), with leaf size ranging by two orders of magnitude. We measured (i) tissue fractions within petioles and their second moment of area, (ii) theoretical xylem hydraulic efficiency of petioles and (iii) the extent of leaf vessel widening within the hydraulic path. We found that different scaling of morphological trait variability allows for optimisation of lamina display among larger leaves, especially the positive allometric relationship between lamina area and petiole cross-sectional area. Increasing the fraction of pith is a key factor that increases the geometrical effect of supportive tissues on mechanical rigidity and thereby increases carbon-use efficiency. We found that increasing xylem hydraulic efficiency with vessel size results in lower leaf lamina area: xylem ratios, which also results in potential carbon savings for large leaves. We found that the vessel widening is consistent with hydraulic optimisation models. Leaf size variability modifies scaling of leaf traits in this large-leaved species. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permission@oup.com.
Address UMR AMAP, CIRAD, CNRS, IRD, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, 34398, France
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Author Ntawuhiganayo, E.B.; Uwizeye, F.K.; Zibera, E.; Dusenge, M.E.; Ziegler, C.; Ntirugulirwa, B.; Nsabimana, D.; Wallin, G.; Uddling, J.
Title Traits controlling shade tolerance in tropical montane trees Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Tree physiology Abbreviated Journal Tree Physiol.
Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages 183-197
Keywords biomass allocation; leaf temperature; plant traits; Rwanda; shade intolerance; shade tolerance; tropical montane forest; article; biomass allocation; breathing; canopy; carbon balance; compensation; photosynthesis; plant leaf; plant stem; rain forest; Rwanda; shade tolerance; species difference; sweating
Abstract Tropical canopies are complex, with multiple canopy layers and pronounced gap dynamics contributing to their high species diversity and productivity. An important reason for this complexity is the large variation in shade tolerance among different tree species. At present, we lack a clear understanding of which plant traits control this variation, e.g., regarding the relative contributions of whole-plant versus leaf traits or structural versus physiological traits. We investigated a broad range of traits in six tropical montane rainforest tree species with different degrees of shade tolerance, grown under three different radiation regimes (under the open sky or beneath sparse or dense canopies). The two distinct shade-tolerant species had higher fractional biomass in leaves and branches while shade-intolerant species invested more into stems, and these differences were greater under low radiation. Leaf respiration and photosynthetic light compensation point did not vary with species shade tolerance, regardless of radiation regime. Leaf temperatures in open plots were markedly higher in shade-tolerant species due to their low transpiration rates and large leaf sizes. Our results suggest that interspecific variation in shade tolerance of tropical montane trees is controlled by species differences in whole-plant biomass allocation strategy rather than by difference in physiological leaf traits determining leaf carbon balance at low radiation. © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press.
Address Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development, PO Box 5016Kigali, Rwanda
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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.
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 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 Touchard, A.; Aili, S.R.; Téné, N.; Barassé, V.; Klopp, C.; Dejean, A.; Kini, R.M.; Mrinalini; Coquet, L.; Jouenne, T.; Lefranc, B.; Leprince, J.; Escoubas, P.; Nicholson, G.M.; Treilhou, M.; Bonnafé, E.
Title Venom Peptide Repertoire of the European Myrmicine Ant Manica rubida: Identification of Insecticidal Toxins Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Journal of proteome research Abbreviated Journal J. Proteome Res.
Volume 19 Issue 4 Pages 1800-1811
Keywords glycosylated toxin; peptidome; polycationic α-helix; predation; pyroglutamate; reversible neurotoxicity
Abstract Using an integrated transcriptomic and proteomic approach, we characterized the venom peptidome of the European red ant, Manica rubida. We identified 13 “myrmicitoxins” that share sequence similarities with previously identified ant venom peptides, one of them being identified as an EGF-like toxin likely resulting from a threonine residue modified by O-fucosylation. Furthermore, we conducted insecticidal assays of reversed-phase HPLC venom fractions on the blowfly Lucilia caesar, permitting us to identify six myrmicitoxins (i.e., U3-, U10-, U13-, U20-MYRTX-Mri1a, U10-MYRTX-Mri1b, and U10-MYRTX-Mri1c) with an insecticidal activity. Chemically synthesized U10-MYRTX-Mri1a, -Mri1b, -Mri1c, and U20-MYRTX-Mri1a irreversibly paralyzed blowflies at the highest doses tested (30-125 nmol·g-1). U13-MYRTX-Mri1a, the most potent neurotoxic peptide at 1 h, had reversible effects after 24 h (150 nmol·g-1). Finally, U3-MYRTX-Mri1a has no insecticidal activity, even at up to 55 nmol·g-1. Thus, M. rubida employs a paralytic venom rich in linear insecticidal peptides, which likely act by disrupting cell membranes.
Address VenomeTech, 473 Route des Dolines – Villa 3, Valbonne, 06560, France
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Author Pastorello, G.; Trotta, C.; Canfora, E.; Chu, H.; Christianson, D.; Cheah, Y.-W.; Poindexter, C.; Chen, J.; Elbashandy, A.; Humphrey, M.; Isaac, P.; Polidori, D.; Ribeca, A.; van Ingen, C.; Zhang, L.; Amiro, B.; Ammann, C.; Arain, M.A.; Ardö, J.; Arkebauer, T.; Arndt, S.K.; Arriga, N.; Aubinet, M.; Aurela, M.; Baldocchi, D.; Barr, A.; Beamesderfer, E.; Marchesini, L.B.; Bergeron, O.; Beringer, J.; Bernhofer, C.; Berveiller, D.; Billesbach, D.; Black, T.A.; Blanken, P.D.; Bohrer, G.; Boike, J.; Bolstad, P.V.; Bonal, D.; Bonnefond, J.-M.; Bowling, D.R.; Bracho, R.; Brodeur, J.; Brümmer, C.; Buchmann, N.; Burban, B.; Burns, S.P.; Buysse, P.; Cale, P.; Cavagna, M.; Cellier, P.; Chen, S.; Chini, I.; Christensen, T.R.; Cleverly, J.; Collalti, A.; Consalvo, C.; Cook, B.D.; Cook, D.; Coursolle, C.; Cremonese, E.; Curtis, P.S.; D'Andrea, E.; da Rocha, H.; Dai, X.; Davis, K.J.; De Cinti, B.; de Grandcourt, A.; De Ligne, A.; De Oliveira, R.C.; Delpierre, N.; Desai, A.R.; Di Bella, C.M.; di Tommasi, P.; Dolman, H.; Domingo, F.; Dong, G.; Dore, S.; Duce, P.; Dufrêne, E.; Dunn, A.; Dušek, J.; Eamus, D.; Eichelmann, U.; ElKhidir, H.A.M.; Eugster, W.; Ewenz, C.M.; Ewers, B.; Famulari, D.; Fares, S.; Feigenwinter, I.; Feitz, A.; Fensholt, R.; Filippa, G.; Fischer, M.; Frank, J.; Galvagno, M.; Gharun, M.; Gianelle, D.; Gielen, B.; Gioli, B.; Gitelson, A.; Goded, I.; Goeckede, M.; Goldstein, A.H.; Gough, C.M.; Goulden, M.L.; Graf, A.; Griebel, A.; Gruening, C.; Grünwald, T.; Hammerle, A.; Han, S.; Han, X.; Hansen, B.U.; Hanson, C.; Hatakka, J.; He, Y.; Hehn, M.; Heinesch, B.; Hinko-Najera, N.; Hörtnagl, L.; Hutley, L.; Ibrom, A.; Ikawa, H.; Jackowicz-Korczynski, M.; Janouš, D.; Jans, W.; Jassal, R.; Jiang, S.; Kato, T.; Khomik, M.; Klatt, J.; Knohl, A.; Knox, S.; Kobayashi, H.; Koerber, G.; Kolle, O.; Kosugi, Y.; Kotani, A.; Kowalski, A.; Kruijt, B.; Kurbatova, J.; Kutsch, W.L.; Kwon, H.; Launiainen, S.; Laurila, T.; Law, B.; Leuning, R.; Li, Y.; Liddell, M.; Limousin, J.-M.; Lion, M.; Liska, A.J.; Lohila, A.; López-Ballesteros, A.; López-Blanco, E.; Loubet, B.; Loustau, D.; Lucas-Moffat, A.; Lüers, J.; Ma, S.; Macfarlane, C.; Magliulo, V.; Maier, R.; Mammarella, I.; Manca, G.; Marcolla, B.; Margolis, H.A.; Marras, S.; Massman, W.; Mastepanov, M.; Matamala, R.; Matthes, J.H.; Mazzenga, F.; McCaughey, H.; McHugh, I.; McMillan, A.M.S.; Merbold, L.; Meyer, W.; Meyers, T.; Miller, S.D.; Minerbi, S.; Moderow, U.; Monson, R.K.; Montagnani, L.; Moore, C.E.; Moors, E.; Moreaux, V.; Moureaux, C.; Munger, J.W.; Nakai, T.; Neirynck, J.; Nesic, Z.; Nicolini, G.; Noormets, A.; Northwood, M.; Nosetto, M.; Nouvellon, Y.; Novick, K.; Oechel, W.; Olesen, J.E.; Ourcival, J.-M.; Papuga, S.A.; Parmentier, F.-J.; Paul-Limoges, E.; Pavelka, M.; Peichl, M.; Pendall, E.; Phillips, R.P.; Pilegaard, K.; Pirk, N.; Posse, G.; Powell, T.; Prasse, H.; Prober, S.M.; Rambal, S.; Rannik, Ü.; Raz-Yaseef, N.; Reed, D.; de Dios, V.R.; Restrepo-Coupe, N.; Reverter, B.R.; Roland, M.; Sabbatini, S.; Sachs, T.; Saleska, S.R.; Sánchez-Cañete, E.P.; Sanchez-Mejia, Z.M.; Schmid, H.P.; Schmidt, M.; Schneider, K.; Schrader, F.; Schroder, I.; Scott, R.L.; Sedlák, P.; Serrano-Ortíz, P.; Shao, C.; Shi, P.; Shironya, I.; Siebicke, L.; Šigut, L.; Silberstein, R.; Sirca, C.; Spano, D.; Steinbrecher, R.; Stevens, R.M.; Sturtevant, C.; Suyker, A.; Tagesson, T.; Takanashi, S.; Tang, Y.; Tapper, N.; Thom, J.; Tiedemann, F.; Tomassucci, M.; Tuovinen, J.-P.; Urbanski, S.; Valentini, R.; van der Molen, M.; van Gorsel, E.; van Huissteden, K.; Varlagin, A.; Verfaillie, J.; Vesala, T.; Vincke, C.; Vitale, D.; Vygodskaya, N.; Walker, J.P.; Walter-Shea, E.; Wang, H.; Weber, R.; Westermann, S.; Wille, C.; Wofsy, S.; Wohlfahrt, G.; Wolf, S.; Woodgate, W.; Li, Y.; Zampedri, R.; Zhang, J.; Zhou, G.; Zona, D.; Agarwal, D.; Biraud, S.; Torn, M.; Papale, D.
Title The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Scientific data Abbreviated Journal Sci Data
Volume 7 Issue 1 Pages 225
Keywords article; breathing; ecophysiology; ecosystem; Eddy covariance; licence; metadata; photosynthesis; pipeline; remote sensing; time series analysis; uncertainty
Abstract The FLUXNET2015 dataset provides ecosystem-scale data on CO2, water, and energy exchange between the biosphere and the atmosphere, and other meteorological and biological measurements, from 212 sites around the globe (over 1500 site-years, up to and including year 2014). These sites, independently managed and operated, voluntarily contributed their data to create global datasets. Data were quality controlled and processed using uniform methods, to improve consistency and intercomparability across sites. The dataset is already being used in a number of applications, including ecophysiology studies, remote sensing studies, and development of ecosystem and Earth system models. FLUXNET2015 includes derived-data products, such as gap-filled time series, ecosystem respiration and photosynthetic uptake estimates, estimation of uncertainties, and metadata about the measurements, presented for the first time in this paper. In addition, 206 of these sites are for the first time distributed under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 4.0) license. This paper details this enhanced dataset and the processing methods, now made available as open-source codes, making the dataset more accessible, transparent, and reproducible.
Address Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change Foundation (CMCC), Lecce, 73100, Italy
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Author Nixon, S.; Agwa, A.; Robinson, S.; Walker, A.; Touchard, A.; Schroeder, C.; Vetter, I.; Kotze, A.C.; Herzig, V.; King, G.F.
Title Discovery and characterisation of novel peptides from Amazonian stinging ant venoms with antiparasitic activity Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Toxicon Abbreviated Journal Toxicon
Volume 177 Issue 1 Pages S60
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Address The Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Australia; CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia; CNRS, UMR Ecologie des forêts de Guyane, France
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Author Bréchet, Laëtitia M.; Daniel Warren; Stahl, Clément; Burban, Benoït; Goret, Jean-Yves; Salomon, Roberto L.; Janssens, Ivan A.o
Title Simultaéneous tree stem and soil greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4, N2O) flux measurements: a novel design for continuous monitoring towards improving flux estimates and temporal resolution Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication New Phytologist Abbreviated Journal
Volume 230 Issue 6 Pages 2487-2500
Keywords système de chambre automatisé ; efflux de dioxyde de carbone ; flux de méthane ; flux d'oxyde nitreux ; tige d'arbre ; forêt tropicale
Abstract Tree stems and soils can act as sources and sinks for the greenhouse gases (GHG) carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Since both uptake and emission capacities can be large, especially in tropical rainforests, accurate assessments of the magnitudes and temporal variations of stem and soil GHG fluxes are required. We designed a new flexible stem chamber system for continuously measuring GHG fluxes in a French Guianese rainforest. Here, we describe this new system, which is connected to an automated soil GHG flux system, and discuss measurement uncertainty and potential error sources. In line with findings for soil GHG flux estimates, we demonstrated that lengthening the stem chamber closure time was required for accurate estimates of tree stem CH4 and N2O flux but not tree stem CO2 flux. The instrumented stem was a net source of CO2 and CH4 and a weak sink of N2O. Our experimental setup operated successfully in situ and provided continuous tree and soil GHG measurements at a high temporal resolution over an 11-month period. This automated system is a major step forward in the measurement of GHG fluxes in stems and the atmosphere concurrently with soil GHG fluxes in tropical forest ecosystems.
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Author Leroy, Celine ; Maes, Arthur QuyManh ; Louisanna, Eliane ; Schimann, Heidy ; Séjalon-Delmas, Nathalie
Title Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of rootassociated fungi in bromeliads: effects of host identity, life forms and nutritional modes Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication New Phytologist Abbreviated Journal
Volume 231 Issue 3 Pages 1195-1209
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Abstract Bromeliads represent a major component of neotropical forests and encompass a considerable diversity of life forms and nutritional modes. Bromeliads explore highly stressful habitats and root-associated fungi may play a crucial role in this, but the driving factors and variations in root-associated fungi remain largely unknown.
We explored root-associated fungal communities in 17 bromeliad species and their variations linked to host identity, life forms and nutritional modes by using ITS1 gene-based high-throughput sequencing and by characterizing fungal functional guilds.
We found a dual association of mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal fungi. The different species, life forms and nutritional modes among bromeliad hosts had fungal communities that differ in their taxonomic and functional composition. Specifically, roots of epiphytic bromeliads had more endophytic fungi and dark septate endophytes and fewer mycorrhizal fungi than terrestrial bromeliads and lithophytes.
Our results contribute to a fundamental knowledge base on different fungal groups in previously undescribed Bromeliaceae. The diverse root-associated fungal communities in bromeliads may enhance plant fitness in both stressful and nutrient-poor environments and may give more flexibility to the plants to adapt to changing environmental conditions.
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Author Gargallo-Garriga, A.; Sardans, J.; Granda, V.; Llusià, J.; Peguero, G.; Asensio, D.; Ogaya, R.; Urbina, I.; Van Langenhove, L.; Verryckt, L.T.; Chave, J.; Courtois, E.A.; Stahl, C.; Grau, O.; Klem, K.; Urban, O.; Janssens, I.A.; Peñuelas, J.
Title Different “metabolomic niches” of the highly diverse tree species of the French Guiana rainforests Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Scientific Reports Abbreviated Journal Sci. Rep.
Volume 10 Issue Pages 6937
Keywords article; ecological niche; French Guiana; metabolome; plant leaf; rainy season; reproduction; stress; tropical rain forest
Abstract Tropical rainforests harbor a particularly high plant diversity. We hypothesize that potential causes underlying this high diversity should be linked to distinct overall functionality (defense and growth allocation, anti-stress mechanisms, reproduction) among the different sympatric taxa. In this study we tested the hypothesis of the existence of a metabolomic niche related to a species-specific differential use and allocation of metabolites. We tested this hypothesis by comparing leaf metabolomic profiles of 54 species in two rainforests of French Guiana. Species identity explained most of the variation in the metabolome, with a species-specific metabolomic profile across dry and wet seasons. In addition to this “homeostatic” species-specific metabolomic profile significantly linked to phylogenetic distances, also part of the variance (flexibility) of the metabolomic profile was explained by season within a single species. Our results support the hypothesis of the high diversity in tropical forest being related to a species-specific metabolomic niche and highlight ecometabolomics as a tool to identify this species functional diversity related and consistent with the ecological niche theory. © 2020, The Author(s).
Address INRA, UMR EcoFoG, CNRS, Cirad, AgroParisTech, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane, Kourou, 97310, France
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Author Romero, G.Q.; Marino, N.A.C.; MacDonald, A.A.M.; Céréghino, R.; Trzcinski, M.K.; Mercado, D.A.; Leroy, C.; Corbara, B.; Farjalla, V.F.; Barberis, I.M.; Dézerald, O.; Hammill, E.; Atwood, T.B.; Piccoli, G.C.O.; Bautista, F.O.; Carrias, J.-F.; Leal, J.S.; Montero, G.; Antiqueira, P.A.P.; Freire, R.; Realpe, E.; Amundrud, S.L.; de Omena, P.M.; Campos, A.B.A.; Kratina, P.; O’Gorman, E.J.; Srivastava, D.S.
Title Extreme rainfall events alter the trophic structure in bromeliad tanks across the Neotropics Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Nature Communications Abbreviated Journal Nat. Commun.
Volume 11 Issue 3215 Pages
Keywords fresh water; rain; fresh water; agricultural intensification; angiosperm; biomass; climate change; ecosystem function; extreme event; food web; freshwater ecosystem; Neotropic Ecozone; precipitation intensity; rainfall; trophic structure; Article; biomass; Central America; controlled study; detritivore; drought; flooding; food web; hydrology; microcosm; Neotropics; nonhuman; precipitation; predator; South America; trophic level; animal; biodiversity; Bromelia; climate change; ecosystem; flooding; food chain; Central America; South America; Animals; Biodiversity; Biomass; Bromelia; Climate Change; Droughts; Ecosystem; Floods; Food Chain; Fresh Water; Hydrology; South America
Abstract Changes in global and regional precipitation regimes are among the most pervasive components of climate change. Intensification of rainfall cycles, ranging from frequent downpours to severe droughts, could cause widespread, but largely unknown, alterations to trophic structure and ecosystem function. We conducted multi-site coordinated experiments to show how variation in the quantity and evenness of rainfall modulates trophic structure in 210 natural freshwater microcosms (tank bromeliads) across Central and South America (18°N to 29°S). The biomass of smaller organisms (detritivores) was higher under more stable hydrological conditions. Conversely, the biomass of predators was highest when rainfall was uneven, resulting in top-heavy biomass pyramids. These results illustrate how extremes of precipitation, resulting in localized droughts or flooding, can erode the base of freshwater food webs, with negative implications for the stability of trophic dynamics. © 2020, The Author(s).
Address Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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