The ecology of lianas and their role in forests

By Stefan A. Schnitzer, Frans Bongers. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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A Standard Protocol for Liana Censuses 1 (2006, background): “16 Corresponding author; e-mail: jgerwing@pdx.edu (Gentry 1983, Hegarty 1990, Schnitzer & Bongers 2002), biomass (Putz 1983, Gerwing & Farias 2000, Körner 2004), and management (Appanah & Putz 1984, Putz 1991, Vidal et al. 1997, Parren & Bongers 2001) of tropical forests.”
Hydraulic properties and photosynthetic rates in co-occurring lianas and trees in a seasonal tropical rainforest in southwestern China (2009, background): “typically have a very high canopy: stem biomass ratio, resulting in a higher proportion of assimilating biomass than other woody plants (Schnitzer and Bongers 2002).”
Above-ground biomass and productivity in a rain forest of eastern South America (2008, background): “To the south of the GP, patches of forest with an overabundance of lianas of unknown origin are encountered (Chave et al. 2001, Schnitzer & Bongers 2002, Schnitzer et al. 2006).”
Seedling emergence, growth, and allocation of Oriental bittersweet: effects of seed input, seed bank, and forest floor litter (2004, background): “Woody vines are well known to damage trees by above- and below-ground competition, girdling, physically linking and deforming stems, and suppressing regeneration ( Schnitzer and Bongers, 2002 ).”
Liana diversity, abundance, and mortality in a tropical wet forest in Costa Rica (2004, background): “…and Barker, 2000, Schnitzer et al., 2000, Horvitz and Koop, 2001, Laurance et al., 2001, Nabe-Nielsen, 2001, Perez-Salicrup et al., 2001, Schnitzer and Carson, 2001, Burnham, 2002, Phillips et al., 2002, Schnitzer and Bongers, 2002), the ecology of lianas in most forests is still poorly understood.”
Causes and implications of the correlation between forest productivity and tree mortality rates (2011, background): “Trees with heavy liana loads at BCI experience reduced growth and increased mortality rates (Putz 1984, Ingwell et al. 2010), a consequence of competition for both light and belowground resources (Schnitzer and Bongers 2002, Schnitzer et al. 2005, Ingwell et al. 2010).”
Liana loads and post-logging liana densities after liana cutting in a lowland forest in Bolivia (2004, background): “Lianas are found in forests throughout the world but are most abundant and diverse in tropical forests (e.g., Putz, 1984a; Gentry, 1991; Balfour and Bond, 1993; Caballe and Martin, 2001; Schnitzer and Bongers, 2002).”
Tolerance to herbivory, and not resistance, may explain differential success of invasive, naturalized, and native North American temperate vines (2007, background): “As with many invasive species, little is known about the factors limiting the distribution and growth of invasive vines (Bell et al ., 1988; Putz & Holbrook, 1991; Schnitzer & Bongers, 2002).”
Drought stress and tropical forest woody seedlings: effect on community structure and composition (2005, background): “Journal of Ecology 2005 93 , 794–806 © 2005 British Ecological Society Blackwell Publishing, Ltd.Drought stress and tropical forest woody seedlings: effect on community structure and composition DANIEL E. BUNKER and WALTER P. CARSON”
Annual Rainfall and Seasonality Predict Pan‐tropical Patterns of Liana Density and Basal Area (2010, background): “In contrast, the abundance of lianas, a key component of most tropical forests (Schnitzer & Bongers 2002), has been hypothesized to be negatively correlated with mean annual precipitation (MAP) and positively correlated with length of the dry season (Gentry 1991, Schnitzer 2005).”
Resource‐based habitat associations in a neotropical liana community (2012, background): “Lianas are an important component of species richness and structural diversity in lowland tropical forests accounting for up to 20% of woody plant diversity and 40% of stem density (Putz 1984; Putz & Mooney 1991; Schnitzer & Bongers 2002, 2011).”
Tropical forest recovery: legacies of human impact and natural disturbances (2003, background): “Recovery has recently been examined in herbaceous communities, lianas, and non-vascular epiphytes (Turner et al. 1996; Romero 1999; Costa & Magnusson 2002; Schnitzer & Bongers 2002).”
Lianas Have a Greater Competitive Effect Than Trees of Similar Biomass on Tropical Canopy Trees (2012, positive): “Lianas have a major influence on community and ecosystem processes in tropical forests throughout the world (Schnitzer and Bongers 2002, 2011).”
Liana abundance in a Puerto Rican forest (2004, background): “Given this large role of lianas in forest diversity and structure, it is important to study the variables influencing liana abundance (Schnitzer and Bongers, 2002).”
Effects of lianas on growth and regeneration of Prioria copaifera in Darien, Panama (2004, background): “Because lianas are a major component of woody plant diversity and provide important food sources for wildlife, they play critical roles in the maintenance of biological diversity (Nabe-Nielsen, 2001; Burnham, 2002; Schnitzer and Bongers, 2002).”