Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Wiley
Résumé : Decomposing litter provides critical nutrients for plants, particularly in nutrient-poor ecosystems such as tropical forests. We hypothesised that decomposing litter improves the performance of a variety of tropical tree seedlings, and that this litter effect varies depending on the species of litter present in litter mixtures. We addressed these hypotheses with a large pot experiment manipulating a range of different litter mixtures of contrasting quality and using seedlings of four tree species from the Amazonian forest of French Guiana. In contrast to our initial hypothesis, decomposing litter had either neutral or negative impacts on seedling growth, despite strongly different growth rates, biomass allocation patterns and leaf and root traits among tree species. Tree species varied in their responses to litter additions, which were further modified by species identity of the added litter. Our data show litter species-specific effects on growth, biomass allocation and leaf and root traits of tropical tree seedlings. These results suggest that a net nutrient release from decomposing litter does not necessarily improve tree seedling growth, even under nutrient-limiting conditions. In conclusion, litter layer composition may affect seedling establishment and recruitment success beyond litter-derived plant nutrient availability, which may contribute to tree species composition and dynamics in the studied tropical forest.
ISSN: 1435-8603

hal-01032421
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01032421
DOI : 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00534.x

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Royal Society, The
Résumé : International audience
Since its original description as a chordate, the Late Devonian Scaumenella mesacanthi has been interpreted alternately as a prochordate, a larval ostracoderm and an immature acanthodian. For the past 30 years, these minute specimens were generally considered as decayed acanthodians, most of them belonging to Triazeugacanthus affinis. Among the abundant material of `Scaumenella', we identified a size series of 188 specimens of Triazeugacanthus based on otolith characteristics. Despite taphonomic alteration, we describe proportional growth and progressive appearance of skeletal elements through size increase. Three ontogenetic stages are identified based on squamation extent, ossification completion and allometric growth. We demonstrate that what has been interpreted previously as various degrees of decomposition corresponds to ontogenetic changes.
ISSN: 1744-9561

hal-01545474
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01545474
DOI : 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0950

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Public Library of Science
Résumé : International audience
Understanding how communities respond to natural disturbances is fundamental to assess the mechanisms of ecosystem resistance and resilience. However, ecosystem responses to natural disturbances are rarely monitored both through space and time, while the factors promoting ecosystem stability act at various temporal and spatial scales. Hence, assessing both the spatial and temporal variations in species composition is important to comprehensively explore the effects of natural disturbances. Here, we suggest a framework to better scrutinize the mechanisms underlying community responses to disturbances through both time and space. Our analytical approach is based on beta diversity decomposition into two components, replacement and biomass difference. We illustrate this approach using a 9-year monitoring of coral reef fish communities off Moorea Island (French Polynesia), which encompassed two severe natural disturbances: a crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak and a hurricane. These disturbances triggered a fast logistic decline in coral cover, which suffered a 90% decrease on all reefs. However, we found that the coral reef fish composition remained largely stable through time and space whereas compensatory changes in bio-mass among species were responsible for most of the temporal fluctuations, as outlined by the overall high contribution of the replacement component to total beta diversity. This suggests that, despite the severity of the two disturbances, fish communities exhibited high resistance and the ability to reorganize their compositions to maintain the same level of total community biomass as before the disturbances. We further investigated the spatial congruence of this pattern and showed that temporal dynamics involved different species across sites; yet, herbivores controlling the proliferation of algae that compete with coral communities were consistently favored. These results suggest that compensatory changes in bio-mass among species and spatial heterogeneity in species responses can provide further
ISSN: 1932-6203

hal-01212344
https://hal-univ-perp.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01212344
https://hal-univ-perp.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01212344/document
https://hal-univ-perp.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01212344/file/journal.pone.0138696.pdf
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0138696

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : Diffusion du document : INRA Documentation de Centre, Domaine de Duclos, 97170 Petitt-Bourg (Guadeloupe, France) Diplôme : DEA
il s'agit d'un type de produit dont les métadonnées ne correspondent pas aux métadonnées attendues dans les autres types de produit : DISSERTATION
Because soil respiration representes 80% of ecosystem respiration, it is a major flux between biosphere and atmosphere. We examined the effects of root and litter exclusion on soil CO! efflux (Rsu1) using trenching and litter exclusion in a tropical plantation constituted of trees seedlings installed in 16 mono-specific stands 20 years ago near Kourou, French Guyana. Soil CO2 efflux was measured using an infra red gas analyser (PP System,EGM4 ) at 16 randomly distributed plot in each treatment: control, root exclusion, litter exclusion and both root and litter exclusion. in the plantation. We measured R'1l1during four periods, and we have collected soil samples, litter biomass and measured moisture at 5 cm depth in the soil. Soil CO, efflux varied significantly among species from 2,8±O,7f1mo l. m''. s' (mean ± standard deviation) to 7.4± 1.7fLmol. n'-' . s ' for Qualea rosea and Vochys ia tomentosa, respectively. 1'0 significant correlation was found between RSIlI variability and soil moisture, which is mostly related to soil texture in the experimental site. Soil CO2 efflux was significantly reduced in litter exclusion treatment and root exclusion plots (6 months litter and/or root exclusion) during ail measurements period and for ail species, compared to control plots. The reduction of soil CO, efflux was higher in plot without root than in plot without litter of control plot (42% and 25%, respectively). There was an import ant specific diversity in these reductions . We estimated the contribution of roof respiration (Rr) to total Rso1 by calculating the difference between Rso1 control and Rsn l root exclusion plot corrected for the decomposition of root that were killed following t re n e h in ~. Thus the heterotrophic component of soil carbon efflux accounts for 46% of total carbon efflux (1,9f1 mol. rn" . s•') while root respiration accounts for 54% of soil carbon release (2,3 ~t mo l. m-2 S-I) . Because there was a negative and significant correlation between microbial respiration (Rrn) and C/N of mature leaves it seemed to be possible to predict Rm if we known the mature leaves quality. In addition a good estimate theorical R ~, values from R~, measured in different treatments.
La respiration du sol en représentant une part de 80% de la respiration de l'écosystème apparaît être un flux majeur entre la biosphère et l'atmosphère. Nous avons étudié les effets de l'exclusion racinaire et de la litière sur le flux de CO, du sol (R ~ , ) en utilisant la méthode de " Trench-plots" et de suppression de litière dans une plantation d'arbres tropicaux. Ces arbres, âgés de 20 ans ont été plantés sur un sol uniforme, près de Kourou en Guyane française, en 16 placeaux mono-spécifiques. Pour mesurer les flux de CO2 provenant du sol, nous avons utilisé un analyseur différentiel de gaz infrarouge portable muni d'une chambre. Les mesures ont été faites sur 4 traitements différents tels que : le contrôle, l'exclusion racinaire, l'exclusion de litière et l'exclusion de litière et de racine et ce, répétés sur chacune des 16 placettes mono-spécifiques. Cette étude comporte 4 campagnes de mesures. Nous avons également effectué des prélèvements de sol de litière et nous avons fait des mesures d’humidité de sol à une profondeur de 5 cm. Les flux de C01 du sol varient fortement entre espèces de 2.8±O.7 ~t m o 1. m-2. sol à 7 A± 1. 7 ~t m o l. m•1 sol pour Qua/ev rosea ct Vochysto tomentasa, respectivement. Il n'existe pas de corrélation significative entre les variations de Rw l ct celles de l'humidité du sol (indication sur la texture du sol de la plantation ). Nous avons observé que Rso1 était significativement plus faible dans les placeaux sans racines et/ou sans litière (6 mois après la mise en place de l'expérimentation) pour toutes les campagnes de mesures et pour toutes les espèces que dans les placeaux contrôlés. Cette réduction du flux de CO2 du sol est plus forte dans les "trench-plots " que dans les traitement s d'exclusion de litière avec 42 et 25% respectivement. Un effet "traitement " et un effet "espèce" important expliquent 3 1"/.. ct 13% de la variabilité totale de R~. Nous avons cherché à connaître la contribution des racines dans les valeurs de R""I. en comparant le flux de CO2 provenant du sol sur des "trench -plot s'' au flux de COl provenant du sol dans les placeaux contrôlés . Cette estimation a été corrigée pour prendre en compte la décomposition des racines tuées par les tranchées. Ainsi, la composante appartenant aux micro -organismes représente 46% du flux total de carbone provenant du sol (1.9Jlmo l. m-2 S•I ) alors que la respiration des racines représente 54% du dégagement de carbone (2 ,3~lmol. m ol . 5-La respiration des micro-organismes pourrait être estimée en mesurant le C/N des feuilles matures puisqu'il existe une corrélation significative et négative entre les deux. Enfin les résultats obtenus sur les différents traitements permettent d'obtenir une bonne estimation de la respiration du sol avec un RSIlI théorique corrélé à 66% avec les valeurs réelles mesurées.
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01189239

hal-01189239
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01189239
PRODINRA : 18212

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD IOS Press
Résumé : International audience
Recent work has used graphs to modelize expression data from microarray experiments, in view of partitioning the genes into clusters. In this paper, we introduce the use of a decomposition by clique separators. Our aim is to improve the classical clustering methods in two ways: first we want to allow an overlap between clusters, as this seems biologically sound, and second we want to be guided by the structure of the graph to define the number of clusters. We test this approach with a well-known yeast database (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Our results are good, as the expression profiles of the clusters we find are very coherent. Moreover, we are able to organize into another graph the clusters we find, and order them in a fashion which turns out to respect the chronological order defined by the the sporulation process.
ISSN: 1386-6338

hal-00521936
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00521936

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Wiley
Résumé : 1. Resource control over abundance, structure and functional diversity of soil microbial communities is a key determinant of soil processes and related ecosystem functioning. Copiotrophic organisms tend to be found in environments which are rich in nutrients, particularly carbon, in contrast to oligotrophs, which survive in much lower carbon concentrations. We hypothesized that microbial biomass, activity and community structure in nutrient-poor soils of an Amazonian rain forest are limited by multiple elements in interaction. We tested this hypothesis with a fertilization experiment by adding C (as cellulose), N (as urea) and P (as phosphate) in all possible combinations to a total of 40 plots of an undisturbed tropical forest in French Guiana. After 2years of fertilization, we measured a 47% higher biomass, a 21% increase in substrate-induced respiration rate and a 5-fold higher rate of decomposition of cellulose paper discs of soil microbial communities that grew in P-fertilized plots compared to plots without P fertilization. These responses were amplified with a simultaneous C fertilization suggesting P and C colimitation of soil micro-organisms at our study site. Moreover, P fertilization modified microbial community structure (PLFAs) to a more copiotrophic bacterial community indicated by a significant decrease in the Gram-positive:Gram-negative ratio. The Fungi:Bacteria ratio increased in N fertilized plots, suggesting that fungi are relatively more limited by N than bacteria. Changes in microbial community structure did not affect rates of general processes such as glucose mineralization and cellulose paper decomposition. In contrast, community level physiological profiles under P fertilization combined with either C or N fertilization or both differed strongly from all other treatments, indicating functionally different microbial communities. While P appears to be the most critical from the three major elements we manipulated, the strongest effects were observed in combination with either supplementary C or N addition in support of multiple element control on soil microbial functioning and community structure. We conclude that the soil microbial community in the studied tropical rain forest and the processes it drives is finely tuned by the relative availability in C, N and P. Any shifts in the relative abundance of these key elements may affect spatial and temporal heterogeneity in microbial community structure, their associated functions and the dynamics of C and nutrients in tropical ecosystems.
ISSN: 0269-8463

hal-01204229
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01204229
DOI : 10.1111/1365-2435.12329
PRODINRA : 311389

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : Similarity-based diversity (Leinster and Cobbold 2012) encompasses classical measures of diversity, including the number of species, Shannon and Simpson diversity, and also phylogenetic and functional diversity. We derive two estimators to allow applying it to real, often under-sampled data, and its decomposition into alpha, beta and gamma diversity when an assemblage of communities is considered.
https://hal-agroparistech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00989454

hal-00989454
https://hal-agroparistech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00989454
https://hal-agroparistech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00989454v3/document
https://hal-agroparistech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00989454/file/DqZ%20%28HAL%29.pdf

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : International audience
The correlation between the flow turbulence and the performances of a ma- rine current turbine is studied. First, the incoming flow encountered in the flume tank is characterized in the framework of fully developed turbulent cascades in the inertial range. The Reynolds number, the Kolmogorov dissipation scale and the integral scale, are estimated from flow measurements. The intermittency of the turbulence is characterized in the lognormal multifractal framework, and the influence of the turbulent flow on the turbine power is assessed. The rotor speed control unit characteristics used for the turbine regulation induces non-negligible effects on the turbine behavior under fluctuations loads. Even if the power spectrum does not reveal any scale invariance, a multiscale analysis allows us to show the correlations between the turbulence time se- ries and the power produced. The classical Mean Square Coherency function shows that for scales larger than 10 seconds, the upstream velocity and power have large correlations. In the framework of the Empirical Mode Decomposition method, such correlations are studied using the time-dependence intrinsic corre- lation analysis method. This method allows to zoom into time-frequency scales where the flow perturbations induced some modifications in power production
ISSN: 0960-1481

hal-01528296
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01528296
DOI : 10.1016/j.renene.2017.05.024

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Geological Society of London
Résumé : International audience
This paper presents the background for the calculation of various numbers that can be used to characterize crystal-preferred orientation (CPO), also known as texture in materials science, for large datasets using the combined scripting possibilities of MTEX and MatLab®. The paper is focused on three aspects in particular: the strength of CPO represented by orientation and misorientation distribution functions (ODFs, MDFs) or pole figures (PFs); symmetry of PFs and components of ODFs; and elastic tensors. The traditional measurements of texture strength of ODFs, MDFs and PFs are integral measurements of the distribution squared. The M-index is a partial measure of the MDF as the difference between uniform and measured misorientation angles. In addition there other parameters based on eigen analysis, but there are restrictions on their use. Eigen analysis does provide some shape factors for the distributions. The maxima of an ODF provides information on the modes. MTEX provides an estimate of the lower bound uniform fraction of an ODF. Finally, we illustrate the decomposition of arbitrary elastic tensor into symmetry components as an example of components in anisotropic physical properties. Ten examples scripts and their output are provided in the appendix.
Geological Society Special Publication

hal-01277689
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01277689
DOI : 10.1144/SP409.8

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : Half-way between optimization and astronautic, this research study deals with satellites constel- lations design problems. In order to find the required number of satellites and to correctly set their position, such are the technical challenges of this thesis. To minimise the cost and reduce the time such are the economical challenges the space industries are confronted in a daily manner. The major difficulties of these problems are the size and the characteristics of the search space The irregularity of the criterions The mathematical and physical heterogeneity of parameters forbids the use of classical algorithms The evaluation of a solution, which uses a time consuming evalua- tion without returning pertinent information about the good or bad properties of the constellations, forbid a massive exploration of the search space. From this constatation and several preliminary studies a new approach is born. Based on a better use of the simulation and on a simplification of the criterions, the algorithm is composed of several levels and uses different optimization techniques it integrates a knowledge database on the orbits and a numerical optimization process both orchestrated by a metaheuristic algorithm. This new approach tries to bypass the main drawbacks of the field with a decomposition of the problem.
A mi-chemin entre l optimisation et l astronautique ce travail de recherche s attaque au problème du design de constellations de satellites Déterminer le nombre de satellites nécessaires pour ré- pondre à un besoin et les positionner de manière correcte tels sont les enjeux techniques de cette thèse Minimiser les coûts et les délais tels sont les enjeux économiques auxquels est confronté le domaine spatial au quotidien Les difficultés majeures de ce problème sont d une part la taille et les caractéristiques de l espace de recherche; D autre part la non-régularité des critères utilisés et la nature mathématique et phy- sique hétérogène de l ensemble des paramètres (paramètres entiers et paramètres réels) interdisant l utilisation d algorithmes classiques; Enfin l évaluation des solutions qui met en oeuvre une simu- lation coûteuse en temps et en calculs sans retourner d information pertinente sur les bonnes ou mauvaises propriétés de la constellation évaluée interdit une exploration massive de l espace de recherche De ces constatations et de diverses études préliminaires est née une nouvelle approche Basé sur une meilleure exploitation de la simulation et sur une simplification des critères utilisés l algorithme composé de plusieurs niveaux met en oeuvre plusieurs techniques d optimisation En intégrant une base de connaissance sur les orbites et une méthode numérique de recherche d optimum le tout or- chestré par un algorithme métaheuristique cette nouvelle approche tente de résoudre les difficultés intrinsèques au domaine d application en décomposant le problème.
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00634769

tel-00634769
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00634769
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00634769/document
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00634769/file/grandchamp_phd_2001.pdf

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : International audience
Journal of Applied Nonlinear Dynamics

hal-01528080
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01528080
DOI : 10.5890/JAND.2016.12.001

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : International audience
Four fibers from banana-trees (leaf, trunk) and coconut-tree (husk, fabric) were examined before their incorporation in cementitious matrices, in order to prepare insulating material for construction. Their botanical compositions have been determined following a method described previously. Thermal degradation of these fibers were studied between 200 and 700 °C under nitrogen gas flow. Temperature of pyrolysis was the experimental parameter investigated. The solid residues obtained were analyzed by classical elemental analysis, Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) spectroscopy and were observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). This study has shown (1) the relation between botanical, chemical composition with both localization of fibers in the tree and type of tree; (2) the rapid and preferential decomposition of banana fibers with increasing temperature of pyrolysis and (3) the rough samples are made of hollow fibers.
ISSN: 0960-8524

hal-00809780
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00809780
DOI : 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.11.030

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer
Résumé : Third International Workshop, MLMI 2012, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2012
International audience
Universal Nearest Neighbours (unn) is a classifier recently proposed, which can also effectively estimates the posterior probability of each classification act. This algorithm, intrinsically binary, requires the use of a decomposition method to cope with multiclass problems, thus reducing their complexity in less complex binary subtasks. Then, a reconstruction rule provides the final classification. In this paper we show that the application of unn algorithm in conjunction with a reconstruction rule based on the posterior probabilities provides a classification scheme robust among different biomedical image datasets. To this aim, we compare unn performance with those achieved by Support Vector Machine with two different kernels and by a k Nearest Neighbours classifier, and applying two different reconstruction rules for each of the aforementioned classification paradigms. The results on one private and five public biomedical datasets show satisfactory performance.
Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
Nice, France

hal-00958909
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00958909
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00958909/document
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00958909/file/Miccai.pdf
DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-35428-1_15

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD EDP Sciences
Résumé : International audience
Aggregation patterns are often visually detected in sets of location data. These clusters may be the result of interesting dynamics or the effect of pure randomness. We build an asymptotically Gaussian test for the hypothesis of randomness corresponding to a homogeneous Poisson point process. We first compute the exact first and second moment of the Ripley K-statistic under the homogeneous Poisson point process model. Then we prove the asymptotic normality of a vector of such statistics for different scales and compute its covariance matrix. From these results, we derive a test statistic that is chi-square distributed. By a Monte-Carlo study, we check that the test is numerically tractable even for large data sets and also correct when only a hundred of points are observed
ISSN: 1292-8100

hal-01502640
https://hal-agroparistech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01502640
DOI : 10.1051/ps/2012027

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé :  
Termites represent one of the most abundant belowground animal taxa in tropical rainforests, where their species richness is much higher than in any other ecosystem. This high diversity in soil ecosystems is however difficult to explain by classical Hutchinsonian niche theory, as there is little evidence for spatial or temporal separation between species. Using delta(13)C and delta(15)N isotopic ratios, we tested if resource partitioning along the humification gradient occurs; in neotropical soldierless termites of the Anoplotermes-group. Two distinct sites were investigated to check if interspecific differences are transposable between sites. Significant differences in delta(15)N were found between species of the Anoplotermes-group. Although some species displayed higher intersite delta(15)N variation than others, species-average delta(15)N values for both sites were highly correlated, showing that sympatric soldierless soil-feeding termites feed on distinct components of the soil. Our data also suggest that some species are more likely to shift along this gradient than others, in response to overall habitat conditions or to the presence of competitors. Feeding niche differentiation can therefore account for the high species richness and diversity of soldierless soil-feeding termites in neotropical rainforests.
ISSN: 0038-0717

hal-01032157
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01032157
DOI : 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.07.005

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : Similarity-based diversity (Leinster and Cobbold 2012) encompasses classical measures of diversity, including the number of species, Shannon and Simpson diversity, and also phylogenetic and functional diversity. We derive two estimators to allow applying it to real, often under-sampled data, and its decomposition into alpha, beta and gamma diversity when an assemblage of communities is considered.
https://hal-agroparistech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00989454

hal-00989454
https://hal-agroparistech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00989454
https://hal-agroparistech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00989454v2/document

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Résumé : Une étude stratigraphique, sédimentologique et magnétique a été réalisée sur la partie supérieure d'une terrasse alluviale de l'oued Adaila, dansla plaine d'El Ma Labiod (nord-est de l'Algérie). Cette terrasse renferme un niveau très riche en matériel archéologique appartenant à la civilisation atérienne, dont l'âge dépasse 35 000 ans. Du point de vue sédimentologique, les sédiments sont dominés par la fraction limoneuse suivie par les sables fins et grossiers. Du point de vue stratigraphique, la succession de dépôts à éléments grossiers recouverts par des éléments fins correspond à des niveaux fluviatiles avec des mises en place à débit contrasté. Les courbes cumulatives ont un faciès dit " parabolique " et témoignent d'un sédiment immature et peu évolué. Les résultats de l'étude magnétique concordent avec les précédents. Ils révèlent une forte concentration en grains magnétiques dans la partie médiane de la coupe (foyer) et une faible concentration à la base (Unité L) contemporaine d'un climat sec. Les grains magnétiques, de taille variable (polydomaine, monodomaine et superparamagnétique), sont portés par la magnétite et la maghémite de faible champ coercitif, ainsi que par la goethite et l'hématite de fort champ coercitif. Les courbes de la susceptibilité magnétique en fonction de la température et les courbes de la décomposition de l'ARI (spectres de coercivité) confirment ces résultats.
ISSN: 1142-2904

hal-00750185
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00750185

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Wiley
Résumé : International audience
Measuring functional or phylogenetic diversity is the object of an active literature. The main issues to address are relating measures to a clear conceptual framework, allowing unavoidable estimation-bias correction and decomposing diversity along spatial scales. We provide a general mathematical framework to decompose measures of species-neutral, phylogenetic or functional diversity into α and β components. We first unify the definitions of phylogenetic and functional entropy and diversity as a generalization of HCDT entropy and Hill numbers when an ultrametric tree is considered. We then derive the decomposition of diversity. We propose a bias correction of the estimates allowing meaningful computation from real, often undersampled communities. Entropy can be transformed into true diversity, that is an effective number of species or communities. Estimators of α- and β-entropy, phylogenetic and functional entropy are provided. Proper definition and estimation of diversity is the first step towards better understanding its underlying ecological and evolutionary mechanisms.
ISSN: 2041-210X

hal-01502645
https://hal-agroparistech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01502645
DOI : 10.1111/2041-210X.12323

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Wiley
Résumé : International audience
In this paper, the generalized Stokes problem αu−νΔu+∇p=f, ∇u=0, is considered, where ν denotes the kinematic viscosity, α is a positive parameter proportional to the inverse of the time-step, and the source term f gathers the external forcing, the nonlinear term, and the explicit part of the linear term. The system is derived from a time discretization for the Navier-Stokes equation governing the motion of a two-dimensional incompressible fluid. A domain decomposition numerical method is developed for solving the system. The original domain is divided into several nonoverlapping subdomains, and in each subdomain the concerned equations are discretized by certain finite element methods. A new feature of the method is that the pressure p is required to be piecewise linear rather than piecewise constant, so that the nonphysical oscillations in the solution using piecewise linear pressure are eliminated. However, a difficulty in using piecewise linear pressure is that the Stokes problem in each subdomain involves Dirichlet boundary conditions on pressure at the interface, which is not a real Stokes problem. To avoid the difficulty, a modification is proposed which removes the continuity conditions on the pressure across the interface. In this way, the Stokes problem in each subdomain has only Dirichlet boundary conditions on the velocity. Formulations and discussions for both the methods are presented, which shows that the modified method is simpler than the original one. Numerical experiments are displayed to show the efficiency of the methods, especially that the modified method has the same accuracy as the original one.
ISSN: 0749-159X

hal-00730200
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00730200

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : International audience
The objectives are to study and model the aggregate wind power fluctuations dynamics in the multifractal framework. We present here the analysis of aggregate power output sampled at 1 Hz during three years. We decompose the data into several Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) using Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD). We use a new approach, arbitrary order Hilbert spectral analysis, a combination of the EMD approach with Hilbert spectral analysis (or Hilbert-Huang Transform) and the classical structure-function analysis to extract the scaling exponents or multifractal spectrum ζ(q)ζ(q): this function provides a full characterization of a process at all intensities and all scales. The application of both methods, i.e. structure-function and arbitrary-order Hilbert spectral analyses, gives similar results indicating that the aggregate power output from a wind farm, possesses intermittent and multifractal properties. In order to check this result, we generate stochastic simulations of a Multifractal Random Walk (MRW) using a log-normal stochastic equation. We show that the simulation results are fully compatible with the experimental results
Physica A

hal-00846643
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00846643
DOI : 10.1016/j.physa.2013.04.038