Tropical forests are experiencing large‐scale structural changes, the most apparent of which may be the increase in liana (woody vine) abundance and biomass. Lianas permeate most lowland tropical forests, where they can have a huge effect on tree diversity, recruitment, growth and survival, which, in turn, can alter tree community composition, carbon storage and carbon, nutrient and water fluxes. Consequently, increasing liana abundance and biomass have potentially profound ramifications for tropical forest composition and functioning. Currently, eight studies support the pattern of increasing liana abundance and biomass in American tropical and subtropical forests, whereas two studies, both from Africa, do not. The putative mechanisms to e...
1. Lianas (or vines) are woody climbers that root in the ground and utilise the structure of neighbo...
Canopy disturbance explains liana abundance and distribution within tropical forests and thus may al...
Humans are altering tropical ecosystems and their biotic and biogeochemical processes with unprecede...
Tropical forests are experiencing large‐scale structural changes, the most apparent of which may be ...
Tropical forests are experiencing large-scale structural changes, the most apparent of which may be ...
Tropical forests are experiencing large-scale structural changes, the most apparent of which may be ...
Tropical forests are experiencing large-scale structural changes, the most apparent of which may be ...
Tropical forests are experiencing large-scale structural changes, the most apparent of which may be ...
Lianas (woody vines) are increasing in neotropical forests, representing one of the first large-scal...
Lianas (woody vines) are increasing in neotropical forests, representing one of the first large-scal...
Lianas (woody vines) are increasing in neotropical forests, representing one of the first large-scal...
Mature tropical forests sequester large quantities of atmospheric CO2, which they store as plant bio...
Recent evidence suggests that liana abundance and biomass are increasing in Neotropical forests, rep...
Lianas (woody vines) are increasing in neotropical forests, representing one of the first large-scal...
Lianas (woody vines) are increasing in neotropical forests, representing one of the first large-scal...
1. Lianas (or vines) are woody climbers that root in the ground and utilise the structure of neighbo...
Canopy disturbance explains liana abundance and distribution within tropical forests and thus may al...
Humans are altering tropical ecosystems and their biotic and biogeochemical processes with unprecede...
Tropical forests are experiencing large‐scale structural changes, the most apparent of which may be ...
Tropical forests are experiencing large-scale structural changes, the most apparent of which may be ...
Tropical forests are experiencing large-scale structural changes, the most apparent of which may be ...
Tropical forests are experiencing large-scale structural changes, the most apparent of which may be ...
Tropical forests are experiencing large-scale structural changes, the most apparent of which may be ...
Lianas (woody vines) are increasing in neotropical forests, representing one of the first large-scal...
Lianas (woody vines) are increasing in neotropical forests, representing one of the first large-scal...
Lianas (woody vines) are increasing in neotropical forests, representing one of the first large-scal...
Mature tropical forests sequester large quantities of atmospheric CO2, which they store as plant bio...
Recent evidence suggests that liana abundance and biomass are increasing in Neotropical forests, rep...
Lianas (woody vines) are increasing in neotropical forests, representing one of the first large-scal...
Lianas (woody vines) are increasing in neotropical forests, representing one of the first large-scal...
1. Lianas (or vines) are woody climbers that root in the ground and utilise the structure of neighbo...
Canopy disturbance explains liana abundance and distribution within tropical forests and thus may al...
Humans are altering tropical ecosystems and their biotic and biogeochemical processes with unprecede...