Table 3 Mean values of diameter at breast height (DBH), stem CO₂ efflux (E _s) in long wet season in 2008 (LWS08) and long dry season in 2008 (LDS08), and number of sampled trees per species (n) in the two plots in French Guiana representing Terra Firme forest (TFF) and seasonally flooded forest (SFF)

Aspidosperma album

Apocynaceae

29.3

1.91

2.31

1

Bocoa prouacensis

Papilionaceae

38.0 ± 2.8

1.56 ± 0.35

0.83 ± 0.21

3

Carapa procera

Meliaceae

34.8 ± 4.2

1.00 ± 0.15

0.67 ± 0.12

8

Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus

Euphorbiaceae

32.7 ± 0.0

1.37 ± 0.16

0.71 ± 0.03

2

Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum

Sapotaceae

36.0 ± 8.8

1.00 ± 0.15

0.86 ± 0.06

6

Dicorynia guianensis

Caesalpiniaceae

44.3 ± 10.6

2.17 ± 0.23

1.33 ± 0.21

8

Eperua falcata

Caesalpiniaceae

47.6 ± 10.9

2.08 ± 0.36

1.02 ± 0.28

6

Eschweilera coriacea

Lecythidaceae

31.6 ± 6.8

1.20 ± 0.17

0.83 ± 0.19

4

Eschweilera sagotiana

Lecythidaceae

42.3 ± 7.9

1.26 ± 0.15

0.63 ± 0.08

9

Goupia glabra

Celastraceae

75.5

1.70

1.45

1

Hirtella bicornis

Chrysobalanaceae

14.8

2.88

2.94

1

Iryanthera sagotiana

Myristicaceae

34.2

1.13

0.84

1

Lecythis poiteaui

Lecythidaceae

34.1

1.03

0.70

1

Lecythis zabucajo

Lecythidaceae

27.4

4.04

1.64

1

Licania alba

Chrysobalanaceae

34.8 ± 3.7

1.40 ± 0.25

1.06 ± 0.02

3

Licania heteromorpha

Chrysobalanaceae

19.8 ± 3.0

1.22 ± 0.23

1.24 ± 0.33

2

Licania membranacea

Chrysobalanaceae

34.8 ± 4.0

1.25 ± 0.22

1.45 ± 0.24

3

Moronobea coccinea

Clusiaceae

52.9

2.01

0.77

1

Pradosia cochlearia

Sapotaceae

58.6 ± 11.3

1.46 ± 0.26

0.97 ± 0.09

6

Recordoxylon speciosum

Caesalpiniaceae

44.7 ± 3.6

1.59 ± 0.18

1.17 ± 0.29

7

Sloanea sp.

Elaeocarpaceae

47.7

0.94

0.76

1

Sterculia pruriens

Sterculiaceae

50.8

2.02

1.24

1

Swartzia polyphylla

Papilionaceae

48.3

1.15

0.41

1

Symphonia sp.

Clusiaceae

32.0 ± 1.5

1.50 ± 0.16

1.13 ± 0.17

7

Tapura capitulifera

Dichapetalaceae

42.6 ± 5.6

1.07 ± 0.29

0.75 ± 0.01

2

Vantanea sp.

Humiriaceae

40.5

1.57

2.12

1

Virola michelii

Myristicaceae

34.6 ± 4.4

1.49 ± 0.23

0.89 ± 0.11

5

Vouacapoua americana

Caesalpiniaceae

36.2 ± 8.8

1.39 ± 0.12

0.80 ± 0.13

8

Xylopia nitida

Annonaceae

29.9

0.91

1.11

1

Carapa procera

Meliaceae

29.0 ± 14.9

1.15 ± 1.30

0.96 ± 0.31

3

Cecropia obtusa

Cecropiaceae

29.3

0.54

0.39

1

Eperua falcata

Caesalpiniaceae

34.0 ± 3.4

1.15 ± 0.28

0.80 ± 0.15

5

Eschweilera coriacea

Lecythidaceae

34.4 ± 4.2

1.41 ± 0.33

2.01 ± 0.34

4

Goupia glabra

Celastraceae

35.9

1.43

0.83

1

Moronobea coccinea

Clusiaceae

73.9

1.71

1.09

1

Recordoxylon speciosum

Caesalpiniaceae

38.7 ± 5.1

1.60 ± 1.03

1.11 ± 0.31

2

Sloanea grandiflora

Elaeocarpaceae

27.1

0.95

0.93

1

Sterculia pruriens

Sterculiaceae

53.8 ± 7.1

1.24 ± 0.54

1.26 ± 0.16

2

Symphonia sp.

Clusiaceae

65.2 ± 17.5

1.13 ± 0.11

1.08 ± 0.16

4

Tabebuia insignis

Bignoniaceae

34.6 ± 8.3

0.85 ± 0.10

0.51 ± 0.10

5

Tapirira guianensis

Anacardiaceae

34.7

1.40

0.70

1

Virola surinamensis

Myristicaceae

64.2 ± 12.3

1.36 ± 0.35

1.41 ± 0.13

2