Liana species richness, abundance and relationship with trees in the Bobiri forest reserve, Ghana: Impact of management systems

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1822-1828

  Addo Fordjour, P ^a   Anning, A K ^a   Larbi, J A ^a   Akyeampong, S ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bobiri forest; Impact; Lianas; Management systems; Relationship; Trees

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES;

ABUNDANCE; BOBIRI FOREST; IMPACT; LIANAS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; RELATIONSHIP; TREES;

MANAGEMENT;

ABUNDANCE; DIAMETER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VINE;

BIODIVERSITY; ENERGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; GHANA; SHELTERWOOD; TREES;

AFRICA; ASHANTI; BOBIRI FOREST RESERVE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CALYCOBOLUS; GRIFFONIA; GRIFFONIA SIMPLICIFOLIA; MOTANDRA GUINEENSIS;

EID: 62049085455     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.051     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Addo-Fordjour P., Anning A.K., Atakora E.A., and Agyei P.S. Diversity and distribution of climbing plants in a semi-deciduous rain forest, KNUST Botanic Garden, Ghana. International Journal of Botany 4 (2008) 186-195
2. Appanah S., Gentry A.H., and Lafrankie J.V. Liana diversity and species richness of Malaysian rain forests. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 6 (1993) 116-123
3. Baidoe J.K. The selection system as practiced in Ghana. Commonwealth Forestry Review 49 (1970) 159-165
4. Balfour D.A., and Bond W.J. Factors limiting climber distribution and abundance in a southern African forest. Journal of Ecology 11 (1993) 93-99
5. Bongers F., Parren M.P.E., Swaine M.D., and Traoré D. Forest climbing plants of West Africa: introduction. In: Bongers F., Parren M.P.E., and Traoré D. (Eds). Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Management (2005), CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK 5-18
6. Clark D.B., and Clark D.A. Distribution and the effect on tree growth of lianas and woody epiphytes in a Costa Rican tropical wet forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 6 (1990) 321-331
7. Campbell E.J.F., and Newbery D.M.C. Ecological relationship between lianas and trees in lowland rainforest in Sabah, East Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 9 (1993) 469-490
8. Chalmers A.C., and Turner J.C. Climbing plants in relation to their supports in a stand of dry rainforest in the Hunter Valley. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society NSW 114. New South Wales (1994) 73-89
9. Dewalt S.J., Schnitzer S.A., and Denslow J.S. Density and diversity of lianas along a chronosequence in a central Panamanian lowland forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 16 (2000) 1-19
10. Dykstra, D.P., Kowero, G.S., Ofosu-Asiedu, A., Kio, P., 1996. Promoting stewardship of forests in the humid forest zone of Anglophone West and Central Africa. UNEP/CIFOR Final Report. UNEP, Nairobi.
11. Gentry A.H. The distribution and evolution of climbing plants. In: Putz F.E., and Mooney H.A. (Eds). The Biology of Vines (1991), Cambridge University Press 3-49
12. Hall J.B., and Swaine M.D. Distribution and Ecology of Vascular Plants in a Tropical Rain Forest. Forest vegetation in Ghana (1981), Junk Publishers, The Hague, Netherlands p. 383
13. Hegarty E.E., and Caballé G. Distribution and abundance in forest communities. In: Putz F.E., and Mooney H.A. (Eds). The Biology of Vines (1991), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 313-335
14. Kennard D.K., Gould K., Putz F.E., Fredericksen T.S., and Morales F. Effect of disturbance intensity on regeneration mechanisms in a tropical dry forest. Forest Ecology and Management 162 (2002) 197-208
15. Kokou K., Couteron P., Martin A., and Caballé G. Taxonomic diversity of lianas and vines in forests fragments of southern Togo. Revue d'Ecologie-Terre Vie 57 (2002) 3-17
16. Kuzee M.E., and Bongers F. Climber abundance, diversity and colonization in degraded forests of different ages in Côte d'voire. In: Bongers F., Parren M.P.E., and Traoré D. (Eds). Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Management (2005), CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK 73-91
17. Laurance W.F., Pérez-Salicrup D., Delamonica P., Fernside P.M., D'Angelo S., Jerozolinski A., Pohl L., and Lovejoy T.E. Rainforest fragmentation and the structure of Amazonian liana communities. Ecology 82 (2001) 105-116
18. Lowe R.G., and Walker P. Classification of canopy, stem, crown status and climber infestation in natural tropical forest in Nigeria. Journal of Applied Ecology 14 (1977) 897-903
19. Nabe-Nielsen J. Diversity and distribution of lianas in a neotropical rain forest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17 (2001) 1-19
20. Natta A.K., and Sinsin B. Taxonomic diversity of climbers in riparian forests in Benin. In: Bongers F., Parren M.P.E., and Traoré (Eds). Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Management (2005), CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK 123-136
21. Parren M.P.E., and Bongers F. Does climber cutting reduce felling damage in southern Cameroon?. Forest Ecology and Management 141 (2001) 175-188
22. Parren M.P.E., and Bongers F. Management of climbers in the forests of West Africa. In: Bongers F., Parren M.P.E., and Traoré D. (Eds). Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Management (2005), CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK 217-229
23. Parren M.P.E., and de Graaf N.R. The quest for natural forest management in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia. Tropenbos Series vol. 13 (1995), Tropenbos Foundation, Wageningen, Netherlands p. 199
24. Parren M.P.E., and Doumbia F. Logging and lianas in West Africa. In: Bongers F., Parren M.P.E., and Traoré D. (Eds). Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Management (2005), CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK 183-201
25. Pereira Jr. R., Zweede J., Asner G.P., and Keller M. Forest canopy damage and recovery in reduced-impact and conventional selective logging in eastern Para, Brazil. Forest Ecology and Management 168 (2002) 77-89
26. Pérez-Salicrup D.R., and de Meijere W. Number of lianas per tree and number of trees climbed by lianas at Loss Tuxtlas, Mexico. Biotropica 37 (2005) 153-156
27. Pérez-Salicrup D.R. Effect of liana cutting on tree regeneration in a liana forest in Amazonian Bolivia. Ecology 82 (2001) 389-396
28. Pinard M.A., and Putz F.E. Vine infestation of large remnant trees in logged forest in Sabah, Malaysia: biomechanical facilitation in vine succession. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 6 (1992) 302-309
29. Putz F.E., and Chai P. Ecological studies of lianas in Lambir National Park, Sarawak. Journal of Ecology 75 (1987) 523-531
30. Putz F.E. How trees avoid and shed lianas. Biotropica 16 (1984) 19-23
31. Putz F.E. Vines in treetops: consequences of mechanical dependence. In: Lowman M.D., and Nadkarni N.M. (Eds). Forest Canopies (1995), Academic Press 311-322
32. Reddy M.S., and Parthasarathy N. Liana diversity and distribution on host trees in four inland tropical dry evergreen forests of peninsular India. Tropical Ecology 47 (2006) 109-123
33. Sackey, A.N.A., 2007. Assessment of forest management practices in Ghana-a case study of some forest districts in Ghana. The International Management of Resources and Environment Journal, 1 (2). Accessed online: http://www.wiwi.tu-freiberg.de/∼urm/imre/journal/index.htm.
34. Schnitzer S.A., and Bongers F. Lianas and gap phase regeneration: implications for forest dynamics and species diversity. In: Bongers F., Parren M.P.E., and Traoré D. (Eds). Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Management (2005), CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK 59-72
35. Schnitzer S.A., and Bongers F. The ecology of lianas and their role in forests. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 17 (2002) 223-230
36. Senbeta F., Schmitt C., Denich M., Demissew S., Vlek P.L.G., Preisinger H., Woldemariam T., and Teketay D. The diversity and distribution of lianas in the Afromontane rain forests of Ethiopia. Diversity and distributions 11 (2005) 443-452
37. Swaine M.D., Hawthorne W.D., Bongers F., and Toledo Aceves M. Climbing plants in Ghanaian forests. In: Bongers F., Parren M.P.E., and Traoré D. (Eds). Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Management (2005), CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK 93-108
38. Vidal E., Johns J., Gerwing J.J., Barretto P., and Uhl C. Vine management for reduced-impact logging in eastern Amazonia. Forest Ecology and Management 98 (1997) 105-114