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Ecology of Lianas

2014
A liana is a long-stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees to climb up to the canopy to get access to well-lit areas of the forest. The main goal of this book is to present the current status of liana ecology in tropical and temperate forests.
Schnitzer, S.A., Bongers, F., Burnham, R.J., Putz, F.E.   +3 more
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Lianas and Trees in a Liana Forest of Amazonian Bolivia1

BIOTROPICA, 2001
ABSTRACTThe distribution of lianas (woody climbing plants) on trees in a lowland “liana forest” of northeastern Bolivia was clumped and varied with characteristics of individual trees and tree neighbors. In twenty‐four 900‐m2 square plots established to estimate tree (a 10 cm DBH [diameter at breast height]) and liana (≥2 cm DBH) densities and to count
Dlego R. Pérez‐Salicrup, Victoria L. Sork, Francis E. Putz   +2 more
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Biodiversity of Lianas

2015
This book lBiodiversity of lianasr under the series lSustainable development and Biodiversityr is unique as it covers a wide array of topics in this subject covering all continents and will constitute a valuable reference material for students, researchers and forest managers who are concerned with biodiversity, forest ecology and sustainable ...
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Invasive alien lianas have similar allometry to native lianas in temperate forests

Biological Invasions, 2016
Lianas use other trees for mechanical support and convert freed resources into other structures such as leaf biomass. Consequently, lianas can contribute significantly to leaf biomass in forests. As invasive species tend to have higher growth rates, we predicted that invasive lianas would have higher biomass accumulation which would cause greater ...
Kris French, Liza Smith, Eva Watts, Sharon A. Robinson   +3 more
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The Search for Champion Lianas: The Largest Lianas on Six Continents

Biotropica
ABSTRACT Determining species' maximum sizes provides valuable insights into their ecology, natural history, and potential ecosystem contributions. Using both plot‐based and forest‐wide surveys on six continents, we document the largest “Champion” liana ever recorded (866 mm diameter) from an African forest, as well as continental ...
Stefan A. Schnitzer, Begüm Kaçamak, Isaac Zombo, Vivek Pandi, Patrick Addo‐Fordjour, Ya‐Jun Chen, Alfredo Di Filippo, Warren Y. Brockelman, Anuttara Nathalang, Ernesto Gianoli, Maria M. Garcia Leon, Boris Bernal, Emma Mackintosh, Geertje van der Heijden, Hideki Mori, Christopher J. Davis, Jacob D. J. Peters, Rahmad B. Zakaria, Guillermo Ibarra‐Manríquez, Santiago Sinaca‐Colín, Wirong Chanthorn, Gabriel A. Dabo, Francis E. Putz, Andrew R. Marshall, David M. DeFilippis, Felipe Mello, Annik Schnitzler, Christian Dronneau, Naveen Babu Kanda, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Hannes P. T. De Deurwaerder   +30 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, Alberto Claros, Rudy Guzmán, Juan Carlos Licona, Fredy Ledezma, Michelle A. Pinard, Francis E. Putz   +6 more
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Lianas as Structural Parasites

2015
The “structural parasite” strategy is explored for lianas (woody vines). Since lianas grow upon host plants which provide mechanical support, fewer mechanical support cells are required in the stems and roots. Lianas have long and narrow stems with low Huber values (xylem area per distal leaf area) and long and wide vessels with great conductive ...
Frank W. Ewers, Julieta A. Rosell, Mark E. Olson   +2 more
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Gripopteryx liana Froehlich 1993

2011
Gripopteryx liana Froehlich, 1993 Gripopteryx liana Froehlich, 1993, p. 31. Gripopteryx liana — Froehlich, 2010, p 132. Material examined. Holotype male: BRAZIL, Minas Gerais, Serra do Cipó, Chapéu de Sol: 8.x.1975. Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype except for: 21.xii.1974; 1 nymph, same data as holotype except for: 17.iv.1974.
Lecci, Lucas Silveira, Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto   +1 more
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Epiphytes, Lianas and Hemiepiphytes

1997
Perhaps epiphytism could be thought to be primarily the utilization of any possible surface for holdfast and establishment, i.e. a conquest of space with epiphytes found in aquatic and terrestrial habitats made up of various combinations of lower and higher plants. In aquatic habitats, i.e.
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Logging and lianas in West Africa.

2005
AbstractSeveral aspects are considered including liana cutting as a silvicultural tool, liana abundance and tree infestation, silvicultural systems with natural regeneration and liana cutting, and forest regeneration based on a "model" forest.
Parren, M, Doumbia, F
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