Bernard Riera

TL;DR: Biomass content and turnover rate were estimated for a lowland wet rain forest in French Guiana and the power-law allometric relationship of the form AGTB = aDb was used to estimate tree biomass, AGTB (Mg ha−1), from its dbh D (cm).

TL;DR: It is concluded that while DNA barcoding is an invaluable tool for detecting errors in identifications and for identifying plants at juvenile stages, its limited ability to identify collections will constrain the practical implementation of DNA-based tropical plant biodiversity programs.

TL;DR: The increase in above-ground biomass for both trees and lianas is consistent with the hypothesis of a shift in the functioning of Amazonian rain forests driven by environmental changes, although alternative hypotheses such as a recovery from past disturbances cannot be ruled out at the site, as suggested by the observed decrease in stem density.

TL;DR: In this article, an individual-oriented and process-based forest growth simulator was used to investigate the spatial and temporal effects on standing biomass and functional diversity of various intensities and patterns of fragmentation within a forest landscape.

TL;DR: The results show that both seed arrival and habitat preferences contribute to explaining the abundance of tropical woody species at the seedling stage, but their relative importance showed important interspecific differences.