TY  - JOUR
AU  - Gargallo-Garriga, A.
AU  - Sardans, J.
AU  - Granda, V.
AU  - LlusiüJ.
AU  - Peguero, G.
AU  - Asensio, D.
AU  - Ogaya, R.
AU  - Urbina, I.
AU  - Van Langenhove, L.
AU  - Verryckt, L.T.
AU  - Chave, J.
AU  - Courtois, E.A.
AU  - Stahl, C.
AU  - Grau, O.
AU  - Klem, K.
AU  - Urban, O.
AU  - Janssens, I.A.
AU  - Peñuelas, J.
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Different "metabolomic niches" of the highly diverse tree species of the French Guiana rainforests
T2  - Sci. Rep.
JO  - Scientific Reports
SP  - 6937
VL  - 10
PB  - Nature Research
KW  - article
KW  - ecological niche
KW  - French Guiana
KW  - metabolome
KW  - plant leaf
KW  - rainy season
KW  - reproduction
KW  - stress
KW  - tropical rain forest
N2  - 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).
SN  - 20452322 (Issn)
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85083835846&doi=10.1038%2fs41598-020-63891-y&partnerID=40&md5=375a07783eff6a482740bb39144f75bf
L1  - http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/files/gargallo-garriga/2020/930_Gargallo-Garriga_etal2020.pdf
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63891-y
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