Recruitment of lianas into logging gaps and the effects of pre-harvest climber cutting in a lowland forest in Cameroon

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Disentangling above‐ and below‐ground competition between lianas and trees in a tropical forest (2005, background): “…value of timber trees by suppressing their growth and regeneration and causing trunk malformations (Pinard & Putz 1994; 1123 Disentangling above- and belowground competition © 2005 British Ecological Society, Journal of Ecology 93, 1115–1125 Vidal et al. 1997; Gerwing 2001; Schnitzer et al. 2004).”
Increasing Liana Abundance and Basal Area in a Tropical Forest: The Contribution of Long‐distance Clonal Colonization (2013, background): “[37] , [41] ), and together they may displace slower-growing, shade-tolerant tree species, which have higher wood density (Schnitzer et al.”
On the formation of dense understory layers in forests worldwide: consequences and implications for forest dynamics, biodiversity, and succession (2006, background): “Additionally, the physical weight of a large liana load may suppress tree seedling and sapling growth (Putz 1991; Gerwing 2001; Schnitzer et al. 2004).”