Liana impacts on carbon cycling, storage and sequestration in tropical forests

Biotropica

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 682-692

  van der Heijden, Geertje M ^a,b   Schnitzer, Stefan A ^a,b   Powers, Jennifer S ^c   Phillips, Oliver L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Carbon cycle; Carbon sequestration; Lianas; Tree growth; Tree mortality; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CANOPY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; SURVIVAL; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

EID: 84886950535     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12060     Document Type: Review

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