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Predicting Liana Crown Location from Stem Diameter in Three Panamanian Lowland Forests 1
Author(s) -
Kurzel Brian P.,
Schnitzer Stefan A.,
Carson Walter P.
Publication year - 2006
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.1744-7429.2006.00135.x
Subject(s) - liana , canopy , crown (dentistry) , competition (biology) , forestry , abundance (ecology) , rainforest , biology , ecology , agroforestry , geography , medicine , dentistry
In three forests that differed in annual rainfall and seasonality, the probability of a liana with a stem ≥2.0 cm stem diameter reaching the canopy was >50 percent. Lianas reached the canopy at significantly smaller size‐classes (1.5 cm) in the wet aseasonal forest, suggesting that this estimate changes with forest type. Nevertheless, as a general rule, we suggest that 2.0 cm is the minium stem diameter to examine the abundance and diversity of canopy lianas or canopy competition between lianas and trees.