Contents Summary 366 I. Introduction 366 II. Testing ecological theory: effects of the
environment on lianas 369 III. A unified explanation for liana distribution and the …

Lianas are a quintessential tropical plant growth-form; they are speciose and abundant in
tropical forests worldwide. Lianas compete intensely with trees, reducing nearly all aspects …

More than half of all tropical forests are degraded by human impacts, leaving them
threatened with conversion to agricultural plantations and risking substantial biodiversity …

Canopy disturbance explains liana abundance and distribution within tropical forests and
thus may also explain the widespread pattern of increasing liana abundance; however, this …

Lianas are a key component of tropical forests, where they compete intensely with trees,
reducing tree recruitment, growth and survival. One of the most important potential outcomes …

Tropical montane forests provide an important natural laboratory to test ecological theory.
While it is well-known that some aspects of forest structure change with altitude, little is …

Lianas (woody vines) are an important component of tropical forests and research on the
liana community of the Barro Colorado Nature Monument (BCNM) has helped to elucidate …

Lianas are a quintessential feature of tropical forests and are often perceived as being
poorly studied. However, liana removal studies may be one of the most common …

Sustainable restoration of degraded ecosystems is a major environmental concern in
several regions of China. Changting is one of the severely affected water-and soil-loss areas …

Topographic heterogeneity and lateral subsurface flow at the hillslope scale of≤ 1 km may
have outsized impacts on tropical forest through their impacts on water available to plants …