No evidence that elevated CO2gives tropical lianas an advantage over tropical trees

Disturbance and clonal reproduction determine liana distribution and maintain liana diversity in a tropical forest

(2014) Alicia Ledo et al.   ECOLOGY

Water-use advantage for lianas over trees in tropical seasonal forests

(2014) Ya-Jun Chen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Liana Impacts on Carbon Cycling, Storage and Sequestration in Tropical Forests

(2013) Geertje M. van der Heijden et al.   BIOTROPICA

Increasing Liana Abundance and Basal Area in a Tropical Forest: The Contribution of Long-distance Clonal Colonization

(2013) Suzanne R. Yorke et al.   BIOTROPICA

Long-term changes in liana abundance and forest dynamics in undisturbed Amazonian forests

(2013) William F. Laurance et al.   ECOLOGY

Tropical forest responses to increasing atmospheric CO2: current knowledge and opportunities for future research

(2013) Lucas A. Cernusak et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Resource-based habitat associations in a neotropical liana community

(2013) James W. Dalling et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Contrasting leaf chemical traits in tropical lianas and trees: implications for future forest composition

(2012) Gregory P. Asner et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Elevated CO2increases tree-level intrinsic water use efficiency: insights from carbon and oxygen isotope analyses in tree rings across three forest FACE sites

(2012) Giovanna Battipaglia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Liana Abundance, Diversity, and Distribution on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

(2012) Stefan A. Schnitzer et al.   PLoS One

Lianas have a greater competitive effect than trees of similar biomass on tropical canopy trees

(2012) Michael F. Tobin et al.   Ecosphere

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

(2011) Stefan A. Schnitzer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

(2011) Y. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Tropical Vine Growth and the Effects on Forest Succession: A Review of the Ecology and Management of Tropical Climbing Plants

(2010) Gillian S. Paul et al.   BOTANICAL REVIEW

Lianas suppress tree regeneration and diversity in treefall gaps

(2010) Stefan A. Schnitzer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Long-term change within a Neotropical forest: assessing differential functional and floristic responses to disturbance and drought

(2010) BRIAN J. ENQUIST et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The impact of lianas on 10 years of tree growth and mortality on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

(2010) Laura L. Ingwell et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Contrasting cost–benefit strategy between lianas and trees in a tropical seasonal rain forest in southwestern China

(2010) Shi-Dan Zhu et al.   OECOLOGIA

Responses of Humid Tropical Trees to Rising CO2

(2009) Christian Körner   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Annual Rainfall and Seasonality Predict Pan-tropical Patterns of Liana Density and Basal Area

(2009) Saara J. DeWalt et al.   BIOTROPICA

Lianas and self-supporting plants during tropical forest succession

(2009) Susan G. Letcher et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Seasonal differences in leaf-level physiology give lianas a competitive advantage over trees in a tropical seasonal forest

(2009) Zhi-Quan Cai et al.   OECOLOGIA

Hydraulic properties and photosynthetic rates in co-occurring lianas and trees in a seasonal tropical rainforest in southwestern China

(2009) Shi-Dan Zhu et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Effects of lianas and Hurricane Wilma on tree damage in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

(2008) Edgardo I. Garrido-Pérez et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Effect of lianas on tree regeneration in gaps and forest understorey in a tropical forest in Ghana

(2008) T. Toledo-Aceves et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Assessing Evidence for a Pervasive Alteration in Tropical Tree Communities

(2008) Jérôme Chave et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY