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Increasing liana abundance and biomass in tropical forests: emerging patterns and putative mechanisms: Increasing lianas in tropical forests

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Schnitzer, Stefan A., Bongers, Frans·2011·Ecology Letters

DOI 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01590.x

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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 explain increasing lianas include increasing evapotranspirative demand, increasing forest disturbance and turnover, changes in land use and fragmentation and elevated atmospheric CO₂. Each of these mechanisms probably contributes to the observed patterns of increasing liana abundance and biomass, and the mechanisms are likely to be interrelated and synergistic. To determine whether liana increases are occurring throughout the tropics and to determine the mechanisms responsible for the observed patterns, a widespread network of large-scale, long-term monitoring plots combined with observational and manipulative studies that more directly investigate the putative mechanisms are essential.

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Authors: Schnitzer, S. A., & Bongers, F.
Affiliations: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (US)
ORCID: Schnitzer, Stefan A.
Bongers, Frans
Venue: Ecology Letters
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011-02-14
Volume: 14
Issue: 4
Pages: 397-406
ISSN: 1461-023X (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01590.x
OpenAlex: W2148550868
Semantic Scholar: cf8e151bf39fda6d22710e250b2fd985b190b2b2
Cited by: 543
References: 103
Citations by year: 2026: 16 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 42 · 2019: 39 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 51 · 2015: 49 · 2014: 59 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 27
FWCI: 2.19
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
research.wur.nl
Licence: doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 1660 d)
Locations: Ecology Letters (publishedVersion)
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Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution) (submittedVersion)
e-Publications@Marquette (Marquette University) (submittedVersion)
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation (1019436, 0613666, 0845071)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Wageningen University and Research
Division of Environmental Biology
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Forestry › Forest ecology and management
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
Keywords: lianas, liana abundance, tropical forests, forest structural change, evapotranspiration, forest disturbance, land use change, forest fragmentation, elevated CO2, tree recruitment, carbon storage, long-term monitoring plots
MeSH terms: Population Density, Trees, Tropical Climate, Ecosystem, Biomass, Magnoliopsida, Biodiversity, Carbon Cycle

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