The past, present, and potential future of liana ecology

Ecology of Lianas

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Schnitzer, Stefan A ^a,b   Putz, Francis E ^c   Bongers, Frans ^d   Kroening, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forest managers; Liana biomass; Liana ecology; Liana publication rate; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926505789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118392409.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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