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Liana litter decomposes faster than tree litter in a multispecies and multisite experiment
Roeder, M; Dossa, GGO; Cornelissen, JHC; Yang, XD; Nakamura, A; Tomlinson, KW
2022
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
complementarity; leaf dry matter content; mesofauna; nutrients; specific leaf area; woody growth forms
Liana optical traits increase tropical forest albedo and reduce ecosystem productivity
Meunier, F; Visser, MD; Shiklomanov, A; Dietze, MC; Guzm�n, QJA; Sanchez-Azofeifa, GA; De Deurwaerder, HPT; Moorthy, SMK; Schnitzer, SA; Marvin, DC; Longo, M; Liu, C; Broadbent, EN; Zambrano, AMA; Muller-Landau, HC; Detto, M; Verbeeck, H
2022
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
ecosystem demography model (ED2); forest albedo; forest energy balance; PROSPECT-5; radiative transfer models; structural parasitism; tropical lianas
Lianas Significantly Reduce Tree Performance and Biomass Accumulation Across Tropical Forests: A Global Meta-Analysis
Estrada-Villegas, S; Narvaez, SSP; Sanchez, A; Schnitzer, SA
2022
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
liana-tree interactions; competition; tropical forests; removal experiments; experimental ecology; forestry; biomass reduction
Lianas and Trees From a Seasonally Dry and a Wet Tropical Forest Did Not Differ in Embolism Resistance but Did Differ in Xylem Anatomical Traits in the Dry Forest
Smith-Martin, CM; Jansen, S; Brodribb, TJ; Medina-Vega, JA; Lucani, C; Huppenberger, A; Powers, JS
2022
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
canopy crane; Isthmus of Panama; plant functional traits; plant hydraulic strategies; P-50 optical vulnerability technique; rainfall gradient; woody plant growth forms; xylem intervessel pit membranes
Lianas decelerate tropical forest thinning during succession
Medina-Vega, JA; van der Heijden, GMF; Schnitzer, SA
2022
ECOLOGY LETTERS
competition; lianas; Panama; secondary forests; self-thinning; succession; thinning; trees; tropical forests
Lianas have more acquisitive traits than trees in a dry but not in a wet forest (vol 109, pg 2367, 2021)
Medina-Vega, JA; Bongers, F; Poorter, L; Schnitzer, SA; Sterck, FJ
2022
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
Lianas rapidly colonize early stages of tropical forests, presumably through leaf trait diversification
Mumbanza, FM; Bauters, M; Makelele, I; Meunier, F; Kearsley, E; Boeckx, P; Verheyen, K; Ewango, C; Mbula, IM; Lubini, CA; Verbeeck, H
2022
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
community assembly; forest structure; functional composition; lianas; secondary forest succession; Yoko forest reserve
Linking Drone and Ground-Based Liana Measurements in a Congolese Forest
Ka�amak, B; Barbier, N; Aubry-Kientz, M; Forni, E; Gourlet-Fleury, S; Guibal, D; Loumeto, JJ; Pollet, S; Rossi, V; Rowe, N; van Hoef, Y; R�jou-M�chain, M
2022
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
Central Africa; woody vines; strategy; canopy; competition; UAV systems; remote sensing
Local environmental factors shape liana community structure along an elevation gradient in a tropical rainforest
Bin Rahmad, Z; Johari, MS; Addo-Fordjour, P
2022
ECOSCIENCE
Abundance; composition; diversity; elevation; lianas; soil properties
Lygodium with in situ spores from the middle Miocene of Southeast China and its paleoclimatic implication
Wang, ZX; Shi, GL; Sun, BN; Dong, C; Yin, SX; Wu, XT
2022
REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY
Fujian; Miocene; Lygodium; In situ spores; Fertile pinna
Making (remote) sense of lianas
van der Heijden, GMF; Proctor, ADC; Calders, K; Chandler, CJ; Field, R; Foody, GM; Moorthy, SMK; Schnitzer, SA; Waite, CE; Boyd, DS
2022
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
forest canopies; global change ecology; lianas; remote sensing; tropical forests
Mapping the Spatial Distribution of Fern Thickets and Vine-Laden Forests in the Landscape of Bornean Logged-Over Tropical Secondary Rainforests
Takeshige, R; Onishi, M; Aoyagi, R; Sawada, Y; Imai, N; Ong, R; Kitayama, K
2022
REMOTE SENSING
arrested succession; climbing bamboo; forest degradation; GLCM texture; liana; Landsat-8; resilience; Sentinel-1; UAV; XGBoost
Microspines in tropical climbing plants: a small-scale fix for life in an obstacle course
Lehnebach, R; Paul-Victor, C; Courric, E; Rowe, NP
2022
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
Attachment; climbing plants; GrowBots; microspines; robotics; searcher stems; sliding force; static force
Mind the Gap: Reach and Mechanical Diversity of Searcher Shoots in Climbing Plants
Hattermann, T; Petit-Bagnard, L; Heinz, C; Heuret, P; Rowe, NP
2022
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
biomechanics; climbing plants; liana; searcher shoot; self-supporting anatomy; support foraging; three-dimensional space
Morphological and physicochemical studies in blood fruit (Haematocarpus validus Bakh. f. ex Forman): A tropical fruit and natural colorant
Bohra, P; Waman, AA; Kumar, SS; Devi, HL
2022
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
Andaman Islands; Anthocyanins; Khoon phal; Menispermaceae; Natural colorant
Non-random host tree infestation by the Neotropical liana Marcgravia longifolia
Heymann, EW; Thiel, S; Paci�ncia, F; Taricuarima, MNR; G�mez, RZ; Tello, NS; Heer, K; Sennhenn-Reulen, H; Mundry, R
2022
PEERJ
Tropical ecology; Amazonia; Liana; Marcgraviaceae; Host infestation; Lecythidaceae; Bark shedding
Occurrence of Dalbergia obovata in grasslands of urban nature reserves within a metropolitan municipality: Is it an encroaching woody species?
Stewart, T; Scogings, PF; Baijnath, H
2022
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE
fire; herbivory; savanna; tropical grassy biomes; woody encroachment
Parasitic plant, from inside out: endophytic development in Lathrophytum peckoltii (Balanophoraceae) in host liana roots from tribe Paullineae (Sapindaceae)
Pellissari, LCO; Teixeira-Costa, L; Ceccantini, G; Tamaio, N; Cardoso, LJT; Braga, JMA; Barros, CF
2022
ANNALS OF BOTANY
Balanophoraceae; endophyte; haustorium; holoparasite; Lathrophytum peckoltii Eichler; parasitic plant; plant development; Santalales; Sapindaceae; tribe Paullineae; woody vines
Phloem wedges in Malpighiaceae: origin, structure, diversification, and systematic relevance
Quintanar-Castillo, A; Pace, MR
2022
EVODEVO
Cambial variant; Discontinuous cambium; Lianas; Limiting rays; Malpighiaceae; Phloem; Phloem wedges; Vascular cambium; Xylem
Plant community analysis along environmental gradients in moist afromontane forest of Gerba Dima, South-western Ethiopia
Dibaba, A; Soromessa, T; Warkineh, B
2022
BMC ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Gerba Dima; Indicator species; Moist afromontane forest; Species diversity

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