Publications Authored by Jerome Chave

Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV), CONICET and FCEFyN, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Casilla de Correo 495, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina.

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The Influence of Prior Learning Experience on Pollinator Choice: An Experiment Using Bumblebees on Two Wild Floral Types of Antirrhinum majus.

PLoS One 2015 11;10(8):e0130225. Epub 2015 Aug 11.

CNRS-Université Paul Sabatier, UMR 5174, Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, Toulouse, France.

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Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling.

Nat Commun 2015 Apr 28;6:6857. Epub 2015 Apr 28.

School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.

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Widespread occurrence of bd in French Guiana, South America.

PLoS One 2015 22;10(4):e0125128. Epub 2015 Apr 22.

Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Conservation Biology, Leipzig, Germany; Université de Toulouse, Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (Ecolab), Toulouse, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, EcoLab, Toulouse, France.

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Shotgun assembly of the assassin bug Brontostoma colossus mitochondrial genome (Heteroptera, Reduviidae).

Gene 2014 Nov 18;552(1):184-94. Epub 2014 Sep 18.

Laboratoire EDB (UMR 5174, CNRS/UPS/ENFA), Université Paul Sabatier, Bât. 4R1, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse cedex 9, France. Electronic address:

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Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees.

Glob Chang Biol 2014 Oct 21;20(10):3177-90. Epub 2014 Jun 21.

UMR 5174 Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS & Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, 31062, France.

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High-resolution forest mapping for behavioural studies in the Nature Reserve 'Les Nouragues', French Guiana.

J Maps 2014 Oct;12(1):26-32

University of Vienna, Department of Integrative Zoology, Vienna, Austria ; University of Vienna, Department of Cognitive Biology, Vienna, Austria.

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Genome skimming by shotgun sequencing helps resolve the phylogeny of a pantropical tree family.

Mol Ecol Resour 2014 Sep 2;14(5):966-75. Epub 2014 Apr 2.

UMR 5174 Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, ENFA, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062, Toulouse, France; Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G5, Canada.

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Markedly divergent estimates of Amazon forest carbon density from ground plots and satellites.

Glob Ecol Biogeogr 2014 Aug 22;23(8):935-946. Epub 2014 Apr 22.

School of Geography, University of Leeds Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

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Fast demographic traits promote high diversification rates of Amazonian trees.

Ecol Lett 2014 May 3;17(5):527-36. Epub 2014 Mar 3.

School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

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Hyperdominance in the Amazonian tree flora.

Science 2013 Oct;342(6156):1243092

Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands.

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Monitoring strategy for eight amphibian species in French Guiana, South America.

PLoS One 2013 28;8(6):e67486. Epub 2013 Jun 28.

CNRS-Guyane USR 3456, Résidence Le Relais, Cayenne, French Guiana, France.

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The problem of pattern and scale in ecology: what have we learned in 20 years?

Authors:
Jérôme Chave

Ecol Lett 2013 May 28;16 Suppl 1:4-16. Epub 2013 Jan 28.

CNRS & Université Paul Sabatier, UMR 5174 Evolution et Diversité Biologique, bâtiment 4R1, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse, 31062, France.

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Rare species support vulnerable functions in high-diversity ecosystems.

PLoS Biol 2013 28;11(5):e1001569. Epub 2013 May 28.

Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-UM2- Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (IFREMER)-Institute for Research and Development (IRD) 5119 ECOSYM, Université Montpellier 2 cc 093, Montpellier, France.

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Unveiling the diet of elusive rainforest herbivores in next generation sequencing era? The tapir as a case study.

PLoS One 2013 1;8(4):e60799. Epub 2013 Apr 1.

Direction Etudes et Recherches, Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Kourou, French Guiana, France.

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Amazon forest carbon dynamics predicted by profiles of canopy leaf area and light environment.

Ecol Lett 2012 Dec 20;15(12):1406-14. Epub 2012 Sep 20.

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.

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Testing the metabolic theory of ecology.

Ecol Lett 2012 Dec 30;15(12):1465-74. Epub 2012 Aug 30.

School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia.

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Ecophylogenetics: advances and perspectives.

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2012 Nov 20;87(4):769-85. Epub 2012 Mar 20.

Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR, CNRS, Université Montpellier, France.

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Differences in volatile terpene composition between the bark and leaves of tropical tree species.

Phytochemistry 2012 Oct 2;82:81-8. Epub 2012 Aug 2.

Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174 CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse, France.

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Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas.

Nature 2012 Sep;489(7415):290-4

Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland 4878, Australia.

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Phylogenetic density dependence and environmental filtering predict seedling mortality in a tropical forest.

Ecol Lett 2012 Jan 18;15(1):34-41. Epub 2011 Oct 18.

AgroParisTech, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane, Kourou, French.

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Botany, genetics and ethnobotany: a crossed investigation on the elusive tapir's diet in French Guiana.

PLoS One 2011 3;6(10):e25850. Epub 2011 Oct 3.

Direction Etudes et Recherches Guyane, Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Kourou, French Guiana, France.

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Analyzing tropical forest tree species abundance distributions using a nonneutral model and through approximate Bayesian inference.

Am Nat 2011 Aug;178(2):E37-47

Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier, Bâtiment 4R3, 31062 Toulouse, Cedex 4, France.

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The relationship between wood density and mortality in a global tropical forest data set.

New Phytol 2010 Dec 6;188(4):1124-36. Epub 2010 Sep 6.

Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

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Decoupled leaf and stem economics in rain forest trees.

Ecol Lett 2010 Nov 29;13(11):1338-47. Epub 2010 Aug 29.

INRA, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane, 97387 Kourou Cedex, French Guiana.

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Diversity of the volatile organic compounds emitted by 55 species of tropical trees: a survey in French Guiana.

J Chem Ecol 2009 Nov 12;35(11):1349-62. Epub 2009 Dec 12.

Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174 CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier, 118, route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France.

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Identification of Amazonian trees with DNA barcodes.

PLoS One 2009 Oct 16;4(10):e7483. Epub 2009 Oct 16.

Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, Université Paul Sabatier and CNRS, UMR 5174, Toulouse, France.

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Dynamics of aboveground carbon stocks in a selectively logged tropical forest.

Ecol Appl 2009 Sep;19(6):1397-404

CIRAD, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane, Kourou, French Guiana.

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Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum.

Ecol Lett 2009 Apr 20;12(4):351-66. Epub 2009 Feb 20.

Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174, CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier, Bâtiment 4R3, Toulouse, France.

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Inferring the parameters of the neutral theory of biodiversity using phylogenetic information and implications for tropical forests.

Ecol Lett 2009 Mar 16;12(3):239-48. Epub 2008 Dec 16.

Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, Bâtiment 4R3, Toulouse cedex 4, France.

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Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.

Science 2009 Mar;323(5919):1344-7

Ecology and Global Change, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.

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Assessing evidence for a pervasive alteration in tropical tree communities.

PLoS Biol 2008 Mar;6(3):e45

Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

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The role of gap phase processes in the biomass dynamics of tropical forests.

Proc Biol Sci 2007 Nov;274(1627):2857-64

Center for Tropical Forest Science, Arnold Arboretum Asia Program, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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Mast fruiting is a frequent strategy in woody species of eastern South America.

PLoS One 2007 Oct 24;2(10):e1079. Epub 2007 Oct 24.

Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174 Université Paul Sabatier/CNRS, Toulouse, France.

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Rapid decay of tree-community composition in Amazonian forest fragments.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Dec 5;103(50):19010-4. Epub 2006 Dec 5.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado Postal 2072, Balboa, Republic of Panamá.

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Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2456 Neotropical tree species.

Ecol Appl 2006 Dec;16(6):2356-67

Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS UMR 5174, Université Paul Sabatier Bâtiment 4R3, 31062 Toulouse, France.

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Continental-scale patterns of canopy tree composition and function across Amazonia.

Nature 2006 Sep;443(7110):444-7

Institute of Environmental Biology, Section Plant Ecology and Biodiversity, and the National Herbarium of the Netherlands NHN, Utrecht University branch, Sorbonnelaan 14-16, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands.