Climbing plants require an external support to grow vertically and enhance light acquisition.
Vines that find a suitable support have greater performance and fitness than those that …

Climbing plants have unique adaptations to enable them to compete for sunlight, for which
they invest minimal resources for vertical growth. Indeed, their stems bear relatively little …

Growing evidence suggests that liana competition with trees is threatening the global carbon
sink by slowing the recovery of forests following disturbance. A recent theory based on local …

In science, standardization of terminology is crucial to make information accessible and
allow proper comparison of studies' results. Climbing plants and the climbing habit have …

Climbers germinate on the ground but need external support to sustain their stems, which
are maintained attached to supports through modified organs, that is, climbing mechanisms …

This chapter examines the pantropical patterns of liana abundance and species diversity
and their correlates with climatic characteristics to gain insight into which processes are …

Aims Lianas are a central component of tropical forests. However, how the type of climbing
mechanisms is related to the functional and taxonomic diversity of lianas across the tropics …

Questions How do climbing species richness and composition change between subtropical
and temperate areas of southern S outh A merica? How do growth form (lianas and vines) …

Several factors related to liana abundance have been shown at broad scales, however, the
information on factors affecting liana distribution in temperate zones is limited. Climbing …

Lianas (woody vines and climbing monocots) are increasing in abundance in many tropical
forests with uncertain consequences for forest functioning and recovery following …