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Number of Lianas per Tree and Number of Trees Climbed by Lianas at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico 1
Author(s) -
PérezSalicrup Diego R.,
De Meijere Wessel
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
biotropica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1744-7429
pISSN - 0006-3606
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.03223.x
Subject(s) - liana , tendril , basal area , biology , panama , bignoniaceae , swietenia macrophylla , rainforest , tropical forest , forestry , botany , geography , ecology
In the tropical rainforest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico, lianas (woody‐climbing plants) had a clumped distribution on trees, and 63.3 percent of trees ≥10 cm in diameter carried at least one liana. Trees with larger diameters supported more lianas and a higher total basal area of lianas than trees with smaller diameters. There was no relationship between liana diameter and the number of trees a liana climbed, but tendril climbers climbed on more trees than stem‐twiners.