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Comparative transcriptomics of tropical woody plants supports fast and furious strategy along the leaf economics spectrum in lianas

Biology Open, 2022
Lianas, climbing woody plants, influence the structure and function of tropical forests. Climbing traits have evolved multiple times, including ancestral groups such as gymnosperms and pteridophytes, but the genetic basis of the liana strategy is largely
U. Uzay Sezen, Samantha J. Worthy, Maria N. Umaña, Stuart J. Davies, Sean M. McMahon, Nathan G. Swenson   +5 more
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Phytodiversity of Barail Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India: field‑based observations—I. Trees and lianas [PDF]

Check List, 2017
Trees and lianas were inventorized in Barail Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India, which revealed the occurrence of 112 and 23 species of trees and lianas respectively.
Arpita Bora, Debjyoti Bhattacharyya
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Differential influence of cortex and stele components on root tip diameter in different types of tropical climbing plants

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Climbing plants are an abundant and taxonomically diverse plant group that competes intensely with trees and thus substantially affects forest diversity and structure.
Haiwu Xu, Siyuan Wang, Liang Tang, Yan Wang, Zhongyue Li, Wenna Wang   +5 more
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Facilitation, competition and parasitic facilitation amongst invasive and native liana seedlings and a native tree seedling

NeoBiota, 2017
Lianas are prevalent in gaps and edges of forests where they compete intensely with trees, reducing growth and recruitment. Invasive lianas have the potential to be particularly harmful as the competitive advantage of the liana life history may be ...
Kris French, Sharon Robinson, Liza Smith, Eva Watts   +3 more
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Conceptualising the Global Forest Response to Liana Proliferation

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020
Lianas are woody vines, rooted in the soil, and supported physically by trees. Lianas contribute to forest ecosystem functioning globally, but especially in the tropics and subtropics. However, prolific liana growth following heavy disturbance frequently
Andrew R. Marshall, Andrew R. Marshall, Andrew R. Marshall, Philip J. Platts, Robin L. Chazdon, Robin L. Chazdon, Hamidu Seki, Mason J. Campbell, Oliver L. Phillips, Roy E. Gereau, Robert Marchant, Jingjing Liang, John Herbohn, Yadvinder Malhi, Marion Pfeifer   +14 more
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Influencia de la invasión de Ligustrum lucidum (Oleaceae) sobre la comunidad de lianas en la sierra de San Javier (Tucumán – Argentina)

Ecología Austral, 2015
Ecología Austral, 25:65-74 (2015) En la sierra de San Javier (Tucumán, Argentina) se presentan bosques secundarios nativos e invadidos, estos últimos dominados por Ligustrum lucidum, que afecta la biodiversidad nativa.
Sergio J. Ceballos, Agustina Malizia, Natacha P. Chacoff   +2 more
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Liana loads and post-logging liana densities after liana cutting in a lowland forest in Bolivia

Forest Ecology and Management, 2004
Abstract Liana infestations can be a problem in forests managed for timber because lianas decrease rates of tree growth, damage tree boles, and inhibit tree regeneration. To determine the area from which lianas colonize tree crowns in a liana-rich moist lowland forest in a timber concession in the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, we described ...
Department of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-8526, USA ( host institution ), Alvira, Diana, Putz, Francis E., Fredericksen, Todd S.   +3 more
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Calibration of Co-Located Identical PAR Sensors Using Wireless Sensor Networks and Characterization of the In Situ fPAR Variability in a Tropical Dry Forest

Remote Sensing, 2022
The fraction of photosynthetic active radiation (fPAR) attempts to quantify the amount of enery that is absorbed by vegetation for use in photosynthesis.
Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Iain Sharp, Paul D. Green, Joanne Nightingale   +3 more
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Editorial: Lianas, ecosystems, and global change

, 2023
Lianas (woody vines) are an abundant and diverse plant group in tropical ecosystems (Gentry, 1991; Dewalt et al., 2014). While they enhance forest canopy connectivity and provide food and shelter for tropical fauna (Yanoviak and Schnitzer, 2013 ...
Schnitzer, Stefan A, van der Heijden, Geertje M. F., van der Heijden, Geertje M.F., Meunier, Félicien, Schnitzer, Stefan A.   +4 more
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Can Functional Traits Explain Plant Coexistence? A Case Study with Tropical Lianas and Trees

Diversity, 2020
Organisms are adapted to their environment through a suite of anatomical, morphological, and physiological traits. These functional traits are commonly thought to determine an organism’s tolerance to environmental conditions.
Felipe N. A. Mello, Sergio Estrada-Villegas, David M. DeFilippis, Stefan A. Schnitzer   +3 more
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