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Author Dejean, A.; Petitclerc, F.; Azémar, F.; Pélozuelo, L.; Talaga, S.; Leponce, M.; Compin, A. doi  openurl
  Title Aquatic life in Neotropical rainforest canopies: Techniques using artificial phytotelmata to study the invertebrate communities inhabiting therein Type Journal Article
  Year 2018 Publication Comptes Rendus – Biologies Abbreviated Journal Comptes Rendus – Biologies  
  Volume 341 Issue 1 Pages 20-27  
  Keywords Artificial phytotelmata; Epiphytes; French Guiana; Invertebrate diversity; Neotropical rainforests  
  Abstract In Neotropical rainforest canopies, phytotelmata (“plant-held waters”) shelter diverse aquatic macroinvertebrate communities, including vectors of animal diseases. Studying these communities is difficult because phytotelmata are widely dispersed, hard to find from the ground and often inaccessible. We propose here a method for placing in tree crowns “artificial phytotelmata” whose size and shape can be tailored to different research targets. The efficacy of this method was shown while comparing the patterns of community diversity of three forest formations. We noted a difference between a riparian forest and a rainforest, whereas trees alongside a dirt road cutting through that rainforest corresponded to a subset of the latter. Because rarefied species richness was significantly lower when the phytotelmata were left for three weeks rather than for six or nine weeks, we recommend leaving the phytotelmata for twelve weeks to permit predators and phoretic species to fully establish themselves.  
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Author Aguilos, M.; Hérault, B.; Burban, B.; Wagner, F.; Bonal, D. url  doi
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  Title What drives long-term variations in carbon flux and balance in a tropical rainforest in French Guiana? Type Journal Article
  Year 2018 Publication Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 253–254 Issue Pages 114-123  
  Keywords Tropical rainforest; Nee; Gpp; Ecosystem respiration; Radiation; Drought  
  Abstract A thorough understanding of how tropical forests respond to climate is important to improve ecosystem process models and to reduce uncertainties in current and future global carbon balance calculations. The Amazon rainforest, a major contributor to the global carbon cycle, is subject to strong intra- and interannual variations in climate conditions. Understanding their effect on carbon fluxes between the ecosystem and the atmosphere and on the resulting carbon balance is still incomplete. We examined the long-term (over a 12-year period; 2004–2015) variations in gross primary productivity (GPP), ecosystem respiration (RE) and net ecosystem exchange (NEE) in a tropical rainforest in French Guiana and identified key climatic drivers influencing the changes. The study period was characterized by strong differences in climatic conditions among years, particularly differences in the intensity of the dry and wet seasons, as well as differences in annual carbon fluxes and balance. Annual average GPP varied from 3384.9?g?C?m-2?yr?1 (95% CI [3320.7, 3445.9]) to 4061.2?g?C?m-2?yr?1 (95% CI [3980.1, 4145.0]). RE varied even more than GPP, with a difference of 933.1?C?m-2?yr?1 between the minimum (3020.6?g?C?m-2?yr?1; 95% CI [2889.4, 3051.3]) and maximum (3953.7?g?C?m-2?yr?1; 95% CI [3887.6, 4019.6]) values. Although NEE showed large interannual variability (nine-fold), from ?65.6?g?C?m-2?yr?1 (95% CI [?4.4, ?126.0]) to ?590.5?g?C?m-2 yr?1 (95% CI [?532.3, ?651.6]), the forest remained a carbon sink over the 12-year period. A combination of global radiation (Rg), relative extractable water (REW) and soil temperature (Ts) explained 51% of the daily variations for GPP, 30% for RE and 39% for NEE. Global radiation was always the best predictor of these variations, but soil water content and temperature did also influence carbon fluxes and balance. Seasonally, Rg was the major controlling factor for GPP, RE and NEE during the wet season. During the dry season, variations in carbon fluxes and balance were poorly explained by climate factors. Yet, REW was the key driver of variations in NEE during the dry season. This study highlights that, over the long-term, carbon fluxes and balance in such tropical rainforest ecosystems are largely controlled by both radiation and water limitation. Even though variations in Rg have a greater impact on these fluxes, water limitation during seasonal droughts is enough to reduce ecosystem productivity, respiration and carbon uptake. The reduced precipitation expected in tropical rainforest areas under future climatic conditions will therefore strongly influence carbon fluxes and carbon uptake. This study also highlights the importance for land surface or dynamic global vegetation models to consider the main drivers of carbon fluxes and balance separately for dry and wet seasons.  
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Author Anouhe, J.-B.S.; Niamké, F.B.; Faustin, M.; Virieux, D.; Pirat, J.-L.; Adima, A.A.; Kati-Coulibaly, S.; Amusant, N. url  doi
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  Title The role of extractives in the natural durability of the heartwood of Dicorynia guianensis Amsh: new insights in antioxydant and antifungal properties Type Journal Article
  Year 2018 Publication Annals of Forest Science Abbreviated Journal Annals of Forest Science  
  Volume 75 Issue 1 Pages  
  Keywords Alkaloid; Antifungal; Antioxidant; Dicorynia guianensis; Heartwood; Natural durability; Phenols  
  Abstract Key message: The natural durability of Dicorynia guianensis Amsh’s Heartwood is conferred by the high content of antioxidant phenolic compounds, especially tannins and flavonoids combined with the presence of fungistatic alkaloids. The content of phenolic compounds increases according to the natural durability classes, from durable wood (class 2) to moderately durable wood (class 3) and correlated to the antioxidant capacity.
Context: The heartwood of Dicorynia guianensis Amsh is resistant to white rot fungi decay, but the mechanism of this natural durability is not fully elucidated.
Aims: Biochemical studies were carried out in order to better understand the role of extractives in natural durability of D. guianensis.
Methods: The powders from durable and moderately durable heartwood were extracted with methanol, ethanol, and hot water. The quantity of total phenols, tannins, and flavonoids as well as antioxidant activity, evaluated by 2,2′-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) were determined using colorimetric methods. Antifungal activity was assessed by using two white rot fungi. The bioactive fractions and compounds were obtained using bio-guided fractionation, HPLC isolation, MS and RMN spectroscopic analyses.
Results: Durable woods contain higher amounts of heartwood extract and antioxidant activity. Antioxidant activity was highly correlated with the content of phenolics. The purification of the most antioxidant fraction FII affords the characterization of (+)-catechin (−)-epicatechin, neoastilbin, astilbin, and isoastilbin. Alkaloid fraction FIII exhibits dose-dependent fungistatic activity against Pycnoporus sanguineus Linnaeus and Trametes versicolor Quelet.
Conclusion: Phenolic antioxidants and fungistatic alkaloids positively impact the natural durability of D. guianensis.
 
  Address AM2N, Institut Charles Gerhardt, UMR 5253, ENSCM 8 rue de l’Ecole Normale, Montpellier, France  
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Author Dézerald, O.; Leroy, C.; Corbara, B.; Dejean, A.; Talaga, S.; Céréghino, R. url  doi
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  Title Tank bromeliads sustain high secondary production in neotropical forests Type Journal Article
  Year 2018 Publication Aquatic Sciences Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 80 Issue 14 Pages  
  Keywords Biomass turnover; Epiphytes; Food webs; Functional traits; Invertebrates; Rainforests  
  Abstract In neotropical landscapes, a substantial fraction of the still waters available is found within tank bromeliads, plants which hold a few milliliters to several litres of rainwater within their leaf axils. The bromeliad ecosystem is integrated into the functioning of rainforest environments, but no study has ever estimated the secondary production, nor the biomass turnover rates of bromeliad macroinvertebrates in relation to other functional traits. We estimated secondary production at invertebrate population to metacommunity level in bromeliads of French Guiana. Coleoptera, Diptera and Crustacea with traits that confer resistance to drought had lower biomass turnover, longer generation times, and slower individual growth than species without particular resistance traits, suggesting convergent life history strategies in phylogenetically distant species. Detritivores and predators accounted for 87% and 13% of the overall annual production, respectively, but had similar production to biomass ratios. An average bromeliad sustained a production of 23.93 g dry mass m−2 year−1, a value which exceeds the medians of 5.0–14.8 g DM m−2 year−1 for lakes and rivers worldwide. Extrapolations to the total water volumes held by bromeliads at our field site yielded secondary production estimates of 226.8 ± 32.5 g DM ha−1 year−1. We conclude that the ecological role of tank bromeliads in neotropical rainforests may be as important as that of other freshwater ecosystems. © 2018, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.  
  Address Université de Guyane, UMR Écologie des Forêts de Guyane (AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, Université des Antilles), Campus Agronomique, BP 316, Kourou cedex, France  
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Author Gomes, V.H.F.; IJff, S.D.; Raes, N.; Amaral, I.L.; Salomão, R.P.; de Souza Coelho, L.; de Almeida Matos, F.D.; Castilho, C.V.; de Andrade Lima Filho, D.; López, D.C.; Guevara, J.E.; Magnusson, W.E.; Phillips, O.L.; Wittmann, F.; de Jesus Veiga Carim, M.; Martins, M.P.; Irume, M.V.; Sabatier, D.; Molino, J.-F.; Bánki, O.S.; da Silva Guimarães, J.R.; Pitman, N.C.A.; Piedade, M.T.F.; Mendoza, A.M.; Luize, B.G.; Venticinque, E.M.; de Leão Novo, E.M.M.; Vargas, P.N.; Silva, T.S.F.; Manzatto, A.G.; Terborgh, J.; Reis, N.F.C.; Montero, J.C.; Casula, K.R.; Marimon, B.S.; Marimon, B.-H.; Coronado, E.N.H.; Feldpausch, T.R.; Duque, A.; Zartman, C.E.; Arboleda, N.C.; Killeen, T.J.; Mostacedo, B.; Vasquez, R.; Schöngart, J.; Assis, R.L.; Medeiros, M.B.; Simon, M.F.; Andrade, A.; Laurance, W.F.; Camargo, J.L.; Demarchi, L.O.; Laurance, S.G.W.; de Sousa Farias, E.; Nascimento, H.E.M.; Revilla, J.D.C.; Quaresma, A.; Costa, F.R.C.; Vieira, I.C.G.; Cintra, B.B.L.; Castellanos, H.; Brienen, R.; Stevenson, P.R.; Feitosa, Y.; Duivenvoorden, J.F.; Aymard C., G.A.; Mogollón, H.F.; Targhetta, N.; Comiskey, J.A.; Vicentini, A.; Lopes, A.; Damasco, G.; Dávila, N.; García-Villacorta, R.; Levis, C.; Schietti, J.; Souza, P.; Emilio, T.; Alonso, A.; Neill, D.; Dallmeier, F.; Ferreira, L.V.; Araujo-Murakami, A.; Praia, D.; do Amaral, D.D.; Carvalho, F.A.; de Souza, F.C.; Feeley, K.; Arroyo, L.; Pansonato, M.P.; Gribel, R.; Villa, B.; Licona, J.C.; Fine, P.V.A.; Cerón, C.; Baraloto, C.; Jimenez, E.M.; Stropp, J.; Engel, J.; Silveira, M.; Mora, M.C.P.; Petronelli, P.; Maas, P.; Thomas-Caesar, R.; Henkel, T.W.; Daly, D.; Paredes, M.R.; Baker, T.R.; Fuentes, A.; Peres, C.A.; Chave, J.; Pena, J.L.M.; Dexter, K.G.; Silman, M.R.; Jørgensen, P.M.; Pennington, T.; Di Fiore, A.; Valverde, F.C.; Phillips, J.F.; Rivas-Torres, G.; von Hildebrand, P.; van Andel, T.R.; Ruschel, A.R.; Prieto, A.; Rudas, A.; Hoffman, B.; Vela, C.I.A.; Barbosa, E.M.; Zent, E.L.; Gonzales, G.P.G.; Doza, H.P.D.; de Andrade Miranda, I.P.; Guillaumet, J.-L.; Pinto, L.F.M.; de Matos Bonates, L.C.; Silva, N.; Gómez, R.Z.; Zent, S.; Gonzales, T.; Vos, V.A.; Malhi, Y.; Oliveira, A.A.; Cano, A.; Albuquerque, B.W.; Vriesendorp, C.; Correa, D.F.; Torre, E.V.; van der Heijden, G.; Ramirez-Angulo, H.; Ramos, J.F.; Young, K.R.; Rocha, M.; Nascimento, M.T.; Medina, M.N.U.; Tirado, M.; Wang, O.; Sierra, R.; Torres-Lezama, A.; Mendoza, C.; Ferreira, C.; Baider, C.; Villarroel, D.; Balslev, H.; Mesones, I.; Giraldo, L.E.U.; Casas, L.F.; Reategui, M.A.A.; Linares-Palomino, R.; Zagt, R.; Cárdenas, S.; Farfan-Rios, W.; Sampaio, A.F.; Pauletto, D.; Sandoval, E.H.V.; Arevalo, F.R.; Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I.; Garcia-Cabrera, K.; Hernandez, L.; Gamarra, L.V.; Alexiades, M.N.; Pansini, S.; Cuenca, W.P.; Milliken, W.; Ricardo, J.; Lopez-Gonzalez, G.; Pos, E.; ter Steege, H. pdf  doi
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  Title Species Distribution Modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data Type Journal Article
  Year 2018 Publication Scientific Reports Abbreviated Journal Sci. Rep.  
  Volume 8 Issue Pages 1003  
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  Abstract Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used in ecology and conservation. Presence-only SDMs such as MaxEnt frequently use natural history collections (NHCs) as occurrence data, given their huge numbers and accessibility. NHCs are often spatially biased which may generate inaccuracies in SDMs. Here, we test how the distribution of NHCs and MaxEnt predictions relates to a spatial abundance model, based on a large plot dataset for Amazonian tree species, using inverse distance weighting (IDW). We also propose a new pipeline to deal with inconsistencies in NHCs and to limit the area of occupancy of the species. We found a significant but weak positive relationship between the distribution of NHCs and IDW for 66% of the species. The relationship between SDMs and IDW was also significant but weakly positive for 95% of the species, and sensitivity for both analyses was high. Furthermore, the pipeline removed half of the NHCs records. Presence-only SDM applications should consider this limitation, especially for large biodiversity assessments projects, when they are automatically generated without subsequent checking. Our pipeline provides a conservative estimate of a species’ area of occupancy, within an area slightly larger than its extent of occurrence, compatible to e.g. IUCN red list assessments.  
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Author Gourlet-Fleury, S.; Gazull, L.; Bigombe Logo, P.; Billand, A.; Bolaluembe, P.-C.; Boyemba, F.; Dessard, H.; Doucet, J.-L.; Doumenge, C.; Dubiez, E.; Durrieu De Madron, L.; Feintrenie, L.; Fomete, T.; Garcia, C.; Gillet, J.-F.; Herault, B.; Karsenty, A.; Menga, P.; Ngoya Kessy, A.M.; Pietsch, S.; Putz, J.; Rossi, V.; Sayer, J.; Sist, P.; Zongang Ngongang, A.A. pdf  url
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  Title Are logging concessions a threat to the peatlands in DRC? Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Bois et Forets des Tropiques Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue 334 Pages 3-6  
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Author Morel, H.; Nicolini, E.; Bossu, J.; Blanc, L.; Beauchene, J. pdf  url
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  Title Qualité et usages du bois de cinq espèces forestières adaptées à la plantation à vocation de bois d’oeuvre et testées en Guyane française Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Bois & Forêts des Tropiques Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 334 Issue Pages 61-74  
  Keywords propriétés technologiques; qualité du bois; plantation; Guyane française  
  Abstract Des essais de plantations forestières ont été menés en Guyane française depuis le début des années 1960 sur plus de 138 espèces (70 espèces natives et 68 espèces exotiques). Une étude récente sur la productivité de ces espèces en plantation (projet ForesTreeCulture, 2013-2015) a mis en avant le fort potentieldeproductiondetroisespècesnatives ( Simarouba amara Aubl., Vochysia tomentosa (G. Mey.) DC., Bagassa guianensis ( Aubl.)) et d’une espèce d’Afrique de l’Ouest ( Tarrietia utilis Sprague) avec des volumes de bois produits supérieurs à 20 m3/ha/an. Cependant, les propriétés du bois de ces espèces commerciales ne sont connues qu’au travers d’arbres issus de forêt naturelle. Nous présentons les propriétés du bois de ces espèces en conditions de plantation – densité, retrait, élasticité, angle du fil,  durabilité – et discutons de leurs potentiels et de leurs usages respectifs futurs. Une autre espèce, Cordia alliodora ((Ruiz et Pavon) Oken), a également été retenue bien qu’elle n’ait pas encore été plantée en Guyane française. Cette espèce, native de Guyane, est bien connue en Amérique latine pour son bois et son fort potentiel de croissance en milieu anthropisé.  
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Author Epelboin, L.; Bourhy, P.; Le Turnier, P.; Schaub, R.; Mosnier, E.; Berlioz-Arthaud, A.; Reynaud, Y.; Nacher, M.; De Thoisy, B.; Carles, G.; Richard-Hansen, C.; Demar, M.; Picardeau, M.; Djossou, F. url  doi
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  Title La leptospirose en Guyane française et sur le bouclier des Guyanes. État des connaissances en 2016 Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 110 Issue 3 Pages 165-179  
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  Abstract La leptospirose est une zoonose cosmopolite causée par les bactéries du genre Leptospira. Si sa répartition est vaste sur le globe, le climat chaud et humide de la zone intertropicale est particulièrement propice à son expansion. Dans la plupart des départements et territoires français d’outremer, la leptospirose est considérée comme un problème de santé publique. En Guyane, département français situé au nord-est de la forêt amazonienne, elle est considérée comme rare. L’objectif de cette revue est de faire l’état des lieux des connaissances sur la leptospirose humaine et animale en Guyane française et dans les pays environnants. Une recherche exhaustive a été conduite, à travers la littérature médicale indexée et informelle en français, anglais, espagnol et portugais. Ainsi, respectivement dix et quatre publications ont pu être identifiées sur la leptospirose humaine et animale en Guyane, publiées entre 1940 et 1995, sous formes de cas cliniques ou de séries de cas. Les publications concernant cette maladie dans les autres pays du plateau des Guyanes, Venezuela oriental, Guyana, Suriname, et État brésilien de l’Amapá, étaient également rares voire inexistantes. En revanche, les données récentes du centre national de la leptospirose français ont montré une augmentation récente et brutale du nombre de cas dans le département, probablement en partie due à la mise en place d’outils diagnostiques tels que la sérologie IgM Elisa. Il est en fait probable que la leptospirose soit une maladie négligée dans la région, du fait de l’absence d’outils diagnostiques rapidement disponibles, de la méconnaissance des cliniciens de cette pathologie et de l’existence de nombreux autres pathogènes à présentation clinique similaire (paludisme, arboviroses, fièvre Q, toxoplasmose amazonienne). La mise en place d’études de plus grande ampleur sur la leptospirose animale et humaine est nécessaire et urgente pour connaître le véritable poids de cette maladie dans notre région.  
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Author Mayer, V.E.; Lauth, J.; Orivel, J. pdf  url
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  Title Convergent structure and function of mycelial galleries in two unrelated Neotropical plant-ants Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Insectes Sociaux Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 64 Issue 3 Pages 365-371  
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  Abstract The construction process and use of galleries by Azteca brevis (Myrmicinae: Dolichoderinae) inhabiting Tetrathylacium macrophyllum (Salicaceae) were compared with Allomerus decemarticulatus (Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) galleries on Hirtella physophora (Chrysobalanaceae). Though the two ant species are phylogenetically distant, the gallery structure seems to be surprisingly similar and structurally convergent: both are pierced with numerous holes and both ant species use Chaetothyrialean fungi to strengthen the gallery walls. Al. decemarticulatus is known to use the galleries for prey capture and whether this is also the case for Az. brevis was tested in field experiments. We placed Atta workers as potential prey/threat on the galleries and recorded the behaviour of both ant species. We found considerable behavioural differences between them: Al. decemarticulatus was quicker and more efficient at capture than was Az. brevis. While most Atta workers were captured after the first 5 min by Al. decemarticulatus, significantly fewer were captured by Az. brevis even after 20 min. Moreover, the captured Atta were sometimes simply discarded and not taken to the nest by Az. brevis. As a consequence, the major function of the galleries built by Az. brevis may, therefore, be defense against intruders in contrast to Al. decemarticulatus which uses them mainly for prey capture. This may be due to a higher need for protein in Al. decemarticulatus compared to coccid-raising Az. brevis.  
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Author Stahl, C.; Fontaine, S.; Klumpp, K.; Picon-Cochard, C.; Grise, M.M.; Dezecache, C.; Ponchant, L.; Freycon, V.; Blanc, L.; Bonal, D.; Burban, B.; Soussana, J.-F.; Blanfort, V. doi  openurl
  Title Continuous soil carbon storage of old permanent pastures in Amazonia Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Global Change Biology Abbreviated Journal Glob Change Biol  
  Volume 23 Issue 8 Pages 3382-3392  
  Keywords carbon storage; CN coupling; deep soil; mixed-grass pasture; native forest  
  Abstract Amazonian forests continuously accumulate carbon (C) in biomass and in soil, representing a carbon sink of 0.42–0.65 GtC yr−1. In recent decades, more than 15% of Amazonian forests have been converted into pastures, resulting in net C emissions (~200 tC ha−1) due to biomass burning and litter mineralization in the first years after deforestation. However, little is known about the capacity of tropical pastures to restore a C sink. Our study shows in French Amazonia that the C storage observed in native forest can be partly restored in old (≥24 year) tropical pastures managed with a low stocking rate (±1 LSU ha−1) and without the use of fire since their establishment. A unique combination of a large chronosequence study and eddy covariance measurements showed that pastures stored between −1.27 ± 0.37 and −5.31 ± 2.08 tC ha−1 yr−1 while the nearby native forest stored −3.31 ± 0.44 tC ha−1 yr−1. This carbon is mainly sequestered in the humus of deep soil layers (20–100 cm), whereas no C storage was observed in the 0- to 20-cm layer. C storage in C4 tropical pasture is associated with the installation and development of C3 species, which increase either the input of N to the ecosystem or the C:N ratio of soil organic matter. Efforts to curb deforestation remain an obvious priority to preserve forest C stocks and biodiversity. However, our results show that if sustainable management is applied in tropical pastures coming from deforestation (avoiding fires and overgrazing, using a grazing rotation plan and a mixture of C3 and C4 species), they can ensure a continuous C storage, thereby adding to the current C sink of Amazonian forests.  
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