Biogeographical patterns of liana abundance and diversity

Ecology of Lianas

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 131-146

  Dewalt, Saara J ^a   Schnitzer, Stefan A ^b,c   Alves, Luciana F ^d   Bongers, Frans ^e   Burnham, Robyn J ^f   Cai, Zhiquan ^g   Carson, Walter P ^h   Chave, Jérôme ⁱ   Chuyong, George B ^j   Costa, Flavia R C ^k   Ewango, Corneille E N ^l   Gallagher, Rachael V ^m   Gerwing, Jeffrey J ⁿ   Amezcua, Esteban Gortaire ^o   Hart, Terese ^p   Ibarra Manríquez, Guillermo ^q   Ickes, Kalan ^a   Kenfack, David ^r   Letcher, Susan G ^s   Macía, Manuel J ^t   Makana, Jean Remy ^p   Malizia, Agustina ^u   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^q   Mascaro, Joseph ^v   Muthumperumal, Chellam ^w   Muthuramkumar, S ^x   Nogueira, Anselmo ^y   Parren, Marc P E ^z   Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy ^aa   Pérez Salicrup, Diego R ^q   Putz, Francis E ^ab   Romero Saltos, Hugo G ^ac   Sridhar Reddy, M ^ad   Sainge, Moses Nsanyi ^ae   Thomas, Duncan ^af   Melis, Juliano Van ^ag   more..

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d Instituto Ciências agrárias IAC Departamento de Botânica   (Brazil)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^k INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^l Wildlife Conservation Society WCS DR Congo Reserve de Faune á Okapis Ituri Epulu Aru Landscape   (Congo)

^m MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Botanist and Consultant   (Ecuador)

^p WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

^q INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^r DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^s STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^t UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^u UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^v AAAS   (United States)

^w MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^x VHNSN COLLEGE   (India)

^y UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^z Tropenbos International Congo Basin Programme   (Cameroon)

^aa PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^ac YACHAY TECH UNIVERSITY   (Ecuador)

^ad YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^ae Tropical Plant Exploration Group   (Cameroon)

^af WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

more..

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926472392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118392409.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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