Search Results - "Elodie Courtois"
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Nutrient‐based species selection is a prevalent driver of community assembly and functional trait space in tropical forests
Published in The Journal of ecology (01-06-2023)“…Soil nutrient availability and functional traits interact in complex ways during the assembly of tree communities hindering our understanding of the…”
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EVOLUTION OF SEX-BIASED DISPERSAL
Published in The Quarterly review of biology (01-09-2016)“…Dispersal is central in ecology and evolution because it influences population regulation, adaptation, and speciation. In many species, dispersal is different…”
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Foliar elementome and functional traits relationships identify tree species niche in French Guiana rainforests
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-11-2023)“…Biogeochemical niche hypothesis (BN) aims to relate species/genotype elemental composition with its niche based on the fact that different elements are…”
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Weak warning signals can persist in the absence of gene flow
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (17-09-2019)“…Aposematic organisms couple conspicuous warning signals with a secondary defense to deter predators from attacking. Novel signals of aposematic prey are…”
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Interannual and Seasonal Variations in Ecosystem Transpiration and Water Use Efficiency in a Tropical Rainforest
Published in Forests (01-01-2019)“…Warmer and drier climates over Amazonia have been predicted for the next century with expected changes in regional water and carbon cycles. We examined the…”
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Regulation of nitrogen fixation from free-living organisms in soil and leaf litter of two tropical forests of the Guiana shield
Published in Plant and soil (01-05-2020)“…Background and aims Biological fixation of atmospheric nitrogen (N 2 ) is the main pathway for introducing N into unmanaged ecosystems. While recent estimates…”
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Automatic high-frequency measurements of full soil greenhouse gas fluxes in a tropical forest
Published in Biogeosciences (12-02-2019)“…Measuring in situ soil fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) continuously at high frequency requires appropriate technology…”
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Mechanisms of PhotoBioModulation (PBM) focused on oral mucositis prevention and treatment: a scoping review
Published in BMC oral health (29-04-2021)“…Oral mucositis (OM) is a severe complication cancer patients undergo when treated with chemoradiotherapy. Photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy also known as…”
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Climatic breadth of calling behaviour in two widespread Neotropical frogs: Insights from humidity extremes
Published in Global change biology (01-10-2020)“…Climate change is severely altering precipitation regimes at local and global scales, yet the capacity of species to cope with these changes has been…”
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Widespread occurrence of bd in French Guiana, South America
Published in PloS one (22-04-2015)“…The amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a purported agent of decline and extinction of many amphibian populations worldwide. Its…”
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Atmospheric deposition of elements and its relevance for nutrient budgets of tropical forests
Published in Biogeochemistry (01-06-2020)“…Atmospheric deposition is an important component of the nutrient cycles of terrestrial ecosystems, but field measurements are especially scarce in tropical…”
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Nutrient scarcity strengthens soil fauna control over leaf litter decomposition in tropical rainforests
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (11-09-2019)“…Soil fauna is a key control of the decomposition rate of leaf litter, yet its interactions with litter quality and the soil environment remain elusive. We…”
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Initiation of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in the absence of physical contact with infected hosts – a field study in a high altitude lake
Published in Oikos (01-06-2017)“…Understanding transmission is a critical prerequisite for predicting disease dynamics and impacts on host populations. It is well established that…”
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Functional explanations for variation in bark thickness in tropical rain forest trees
Published in Functional ecology (01-12-2010)“…1. The complex structure of tree bark reflects its many functions, which include structural support as well as defence against fire, pests and pathogens. Thick…”
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Phenotypic and life-history diversification in Amazonian frogs despite past introgressions
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-01-2019)“…[Display omitted] •Two phenotypes coexist in the Anomaloglossus baeobatrachus complex, an Amazonian frog.•They differ in many traits including larval…”
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Quantifying micro-environmental variation in tropical rainforest understory at landscape scale by combining airborne LiDAR scanning and a sensor network
Published in Annals of forest science. (01-06-2017)“…Key message We combined aerial LiDAR and ground sensors to map the spatial variation in micro-environmental variables of the tropical forest understory. We…”
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Cryptic diversity in Amazonian frogs: Integrative taxonomy of the genus Anomaloglossus (Amphibia: Anura: Aromobatidae) reveals a unique case of diversification within the Guiana Shield
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-07-2017)“…[Display omitted] •Two major clades of Anomaloglossus from the eastern Guiana Shield are detected.•We uncovered at least 12 undescribed species of…”
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Resistance and resilience of soil prokaryotic communities in response to prolonged drought in a tropical forest
Published in FEMS microbiology ecology (01-09-2021)“…ABSTRACT Global climate changes such as prolonged duration and intensity of drought can lead to adverse ecological consequences in forests. Currently little is…”
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Simulated chorus attracts conspecific and heterospecific Amazonian explosive breeding frogs
Published in Biotropica (01-01-2021)“…In tropical regions, some anuran species breed "explosively", reproducing in massive and highly diverse aggregations during a brief window of time. These…”
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Development and worldwide use of non-lethal, and minimal population-level impact, protocols for the isolation of amphibian chytrid fungi
Published in Scientific reports (17-05-2018)“…Parasitic chytrid fungi have emerged as a significant threat to amphibian species worldwide, necessitating the development of techniques to isolate these…”
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