Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Biogeographical patterns of liana abundance and diversity

  • Saara J. Dewalt
  • , Stefan A. Schnitzer
  • , Luciana F. Alves
  • , Frans Bongers
  • , Robyn J. Burnham
  • , Zhiquan Cai
  • , Walter P. Carson
  • , Jérôme Chave
  • , George B. Chuyong
  • , Flavia R.C. Costa
  • , Corneille E.N. Ewango
  • , Rachael V. Gallagher
  • , Jeffrey J. Gerwing
  • , Esteban Gortaire Amezcua
  • , Terese Hart
  • , Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez
  • , Kalan Ickes
  • , David Kenfack
  • , Susan G. Letcher
  • , Manuel J. Macía
  • Jean Remy Makana, Agustina Malizia, Miguel Martínez-Ramos, Joseph Mascaro, Chellam Muthumperumal, S. Muthuramkumar, Anselmo Nogueira, Marc P.E. Parren, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Diego R. Pérez-Salicrup, Francis E. Putz, Hugo G. Romero-Saltos, M. Sridhar Reddy, Moses Nsanyi Sainge, Duncan Thomas, Juliano Van Melis
  • Clemson University
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Instituto Ciências agrárias (IAC)
  • Wageningen University & Research
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • CAS - Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • CNRS and Paul Sabatier University
  • University of Buea
  • Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
  • Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-DR Congo
  • Macquarie University
  • Portland State University
  • Botanist and Consultant
  • Wildlife Conservation Society
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Purchase College, State University of New York
  • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  • Universidad Nacional de Tucuman
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Madurai Kamaraj University
  • Universidade de São Paulo
  • Tropenbos International Congo-Basin Programme
  • Pondicherry University
  • University of Florida
  • Universidad Yachay Tech
  • Yogi Vemana University
  • Tropical Plant Exploration Group
  • Washington State University Vancouver
  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference PaperChapterpeer-review

77 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

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 important for the distribution of tropical lianas. The analyses follow from the standard sampling protocol of liana diversity and abundance used by Alwyn Gentry in the 1980s and 1990s. The chapter examines how climatic conditions are associated with liana density and diversity, by analyzing old-growth continental forests at <1050m in elevation and with mean annual precipitation >850mm yr-1.To broaden the discussion of determinants of liana density and diversity beyond climatic factors, the authors comment on differences between temperate and tropical forests and between continental and island regions. The chapter focuses on sites in the Global Liana Database (GLD) from temperate forests in Australia, subtropical forest in Argentina, and an island in the Caribbean, and also reviews the available literature.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEcology of Lianas
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages131-146
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9781118392409
ISBN (Print)9781118392492
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2014
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by JohnWiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Global Liana Database (GLD)
  • Liana diversity
  • Subtropical forests
  • Tropical islands

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Biogeographical patterns of liana abundance and diversity'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this