Lianas have a seasonal growth advantage over co‐occurring trees
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
No evidence that elevated CO2 gives tropical lianas an advantage over tropical trees.
Recent studies indicate that lianas are increasing in size and abundance relative to trees in neotropical forests. As a result, forest dynamics and carbon balance may be altered through liana-induced suppression of tree growth and increases in tree mortality. Increasing atmospheric CO2 is hypothesized to be responsible for the increase in neotropical lianas, yet no study has directly compared t...
متن کاملLianas Have a Greater Competitive Effect Than Trees of Similar Biomass on Tropical Canopy Trees
Lianas (woody vines) reduce growth and survival of host trees in both temperate and tropical forests; however, the relative strength of liana-tree competition in comparison to tree-tree competition remains unexplored. When controlling for biomass, lianas may have greater competitive effects than trees because the unique morphology of lianas allows them to reach the forest canopy at relatively s...
متن کاملSeedling growth strategies in Bauhinia species: comparing lianas and trees.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Lianas are expected to differ from trees in their growth strategies. As a result these two groups of woody species will have different spatial distributions: lianas are more common in high light environments. This study determines the differences in growth patterns, biomass allocation and leaf traits in five closely related liana and tree species of the genus Bauhinia. MET...
متن کاملStronger seasonal adjustment in leaf turgor loss point in lianas than trees in an Amazonian forest.
Pan-tropically, liana density increases with decreasing rainfall and increasing seasonality. This pattern has led to the hypothesis that lianas display a growth advantage over trees under dry conditions. However, the physiological mechanisms underpinning this hypothesis remain elusive. A key trait influencing leaf and plant drought tolerance is the leaf water potential at turgor loss point (πtl...
متن کاملDoes Malleolus non-Lifting Tympanoplasty have any Advantage Over Malleus Lifting Technique?
Introduction: In order to achieve a higher success rate for tympanoplasty, different techniques have been developed, and a wide variety of grafting materials have been developed. One of the techniques currently receiving considerable attention involves not lifting the remaining of eardrum from the malleus and embedding the graft underneath in order to repair the eardrum correctly in its origina...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ecology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0012-9658,1939-9170
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2655