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Effects of Climate, Soil, Topography and Disturbance on Liana Prevalence [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionLianas (woody vines and climbing monocots) are increasing in abundance in many tropical forests with uncertain consequences for forest functioning and recovery following disturbances.
Emma J. Mackintosh +7 more
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Cost and Efficiency of Cutting Lianas in a Lowland Liana Forest of Bolivia1
BIOTROPICA, 2001 ABSTRACTLiana cutting is a commonly suggested silvicultural practice aimed at reducing the negative impacts of lianas on timber production, but few experimental studies have been conducted to evaluate the cost and efficiency of this practice. In this study, we estimated the cost of cutting lianas in 12 plots of 0.25 ha each in a densely liana‐infested ...
Diego R. Pérez‐Salicrup +6 more
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RIPK3 dampens mitochondrial bioenergetics and lipid droplet dynamics in metabolic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 RIPK3 dampens mitochondrial bioenergetics and lipid droplet dynamics in metabolic liver disease. Abstract Background and Aims Receptor‐interacting protein kinase 3 (RIPK3) mediates NAFLD progression, but its metabolic function is unclear. Here, we aimed to investigate the role of RIPK3 in modulating mitochondria function, coupled with lipid droplet (LD)
Marta B. Afonso +16 more
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Botanical Sciences, 2015 Through an exhaustive literature review, field exploration and revision of herbaria, the presence of 861 native species of lianas in Mexico is documented, pertaining to 250 genera and 59 families. A total of 25.9 % ( n = 224) of the species and three genera are endemic to Mexico. The 15 most diverse families account for 80.1 % of the species and 85.7 %
Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez +3 more
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Two decades of change in Ghanaian forests [PDF]
, 2012 Understanding the impacts and synergies of the many threats facing tropical forests is a key research challenge. Here, three potential threats are addressed: drought, fire and lianas.
Fauset, Sophie
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Lianas Significantly Reduce Aboveground and Belowground Carbon Storage: A Virtual Removal Experiment
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 Lianas are structural parasites of trees that cause a reduction in tree growth and an increase in tree mortality. Thereby, lianas negatively impact forest carbon storage as evidenced by liana removal experiments.
Félicien Meunier +6 more
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Current Biology, 2018 Rowe introduces the beautiful and fascinating plants classified as lianas.
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Climate and hydraulic traits interact to set thresholds for liana viability
Nature Communications, 2022 Lianas are an important component of tropical forests. Here the authors compare liana and tree functional trait distributions from across the tropics and use a liana-tree competition model to show that a key hydraulic trait influences liana viability and
Alyssa M. Willson +4 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Forest degradation has been most frequently defined as an anthropogenic reduction in biomass compared with reference biomass in extant forests. However, so-defined “degraded forests” may widely vary in terms of recoverability.
Ryuichi Takeshige +6 more
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Above- and below-ground competition in high and low irradiance: tree seedling responses to a competing liana Byttneria grandifolia [PDF]
, 2008 : In tropical forests, trees compete not only with other trees, but also with lianas, which may limit tree growth and regeneration. Liana effects may depend on the availability of above- and below-ground resources and differ between tree species.
Bongers, F +7 more
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