Open AccessWoody Vines Limit How Much Carbon Tropical Forests Sequester
Author(s) -
JoAnna Wendel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo037881
Subject(s) - environmental science , limit (mathematics) , agroforestry , tropical forest , carbon fibers , geography , ecology , mathematics , biology , mathematical analysis , algorithm , composite number
Vines called lianas, which store less carbon than trees, are winning the competition for sunlight and water.