Testing ecological theory with lianas [PDF]
New Phytologist, 2018 Lianas constitute a diverse polyphyletic plant group that is advancing our understanding of ecological theory. Specifically, lianas are providing new insights into the mechanisms that control plant distribution and diversity maintenance.
Stefan A Schnitzer
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Stem Xylem Differences in Congeneric Lianas Between Forests Are Unrelated to Hydraulic Safety but Partly Explain Efficiency [PDF]
PlantsLianas are known for their distinctive vascular anatomy and remarkable hydraulic efficiency. Yet they exhibit considerable variation in hydraulic safety across and within forest types.
Caian S. Gerolamo +5 more
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Increasing dominance of large lianas in Amazonian forests [PDF]
Nature, 2002 Ecological orthodoxy suggests that old-growth forests should be close to dynamic equilibrium, but this view has been challenged by recent findings that neotropical forests are accumulating carbon and biomass, possibly in response to the increasing ...
Oliver L Phillips +2 more
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Exploring Co-Occurrence Patterns to Understand Epiphyte–Liana Interactions [PDF]
PlantsAlthough epiphytes and lianas share the same habitat, most research has treated these two groups independently. This study aimed to evaluate the co-occurrence of vascular epiphytes and lianas in the subtropical montane forests of northwestern Argentina ...
Sergio J. Ceballos +2 more
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Lianas reduce carbon accumulation and storage in tropical forests [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015 Tropical forests store vast quantities of carbon, account for a third of the carbon fixed by photosynthesis, and are a major sink in the global carbon cycle.
Jennifer S Powers, Stefan A Schnitzer
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Wood Anatomical and Demographic Similarities Between Self-Standing Liana and Tree Seedlings in Tropical Dry Forests of Colombia [PDF]
PlantsCanopy lianas differ considerably from trees in terms of wood anatomical structure, and they are suggested to have a demographic advantage—faster growth and higher survival—than trees.
Juliana Puentes-Marín +14 more
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Lianas in gaps reduce carbon accumulation in a tropical forest [PDF]
Ecology, 2014 Treefall gaps are the “engines of regeneration” in tropical forests and are loci of high tree recruitment, growth, and carbon accumulation. Gaps, however, are also sites of intense competition between lianas and trees, whereby lianas can dramatically ...
Stefan A Schnitzer +2 more
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Disturbance and Clonal Reproduction Determine Liana Distribution and Maintain Liana Diversity in a Tropical Forest [PDF]
Ecology, 2014 Negative density dependence (NDD) and habitat specialization have received strong empirical support as mechanisms that explain tree species diversity maintenance and distribution in tropical forests.
Ledo, Alicia, Schnitzer, Stefan A.
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Lianas as a food resource for brown howlers (Alouatta guariba) and southern muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides) in a forest fragment [PDF]
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2009 Las lianas como recurso alimentario para el mono aullador (Alouatta guariba) y el muriqui meridional (Brachyteles arachnoides) en un área forestal Las lianas (enredaderas leñosas) son muy abundantes y presentan una gran diversidad en las selvas ...
M. M. Martins
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Liana infestation impacts tree growth in a lowland tropical moist forest [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2009 Ecosystem-level estimates of the effect of lianas on tree growth in mature tropical forests are needed to evaluate the functional impact of lianas and their potential to affect the ability of tropical forests to sequester carbon, but these are currently ...
G. M. F. van der Heijden, O. L. Phillips
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