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liana

a climbing, tropical plant with a ropelike stem.

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No RFID observou-se uma predominancia das arboreas, com 767 individuos (35,62%), seguido pelas lianas com 585 individuos (27,17%), herbaceas com 554 individuos (25,73%) e arbustivas com 247 individuos (11,47%).

INFLUENCE OF TOPOGRAPHY AND CANOPY OPENING IN THE STRUCTURE OF A HERB SHRUB COMPONENT IN TWO FOREST AREAS, IN THE UPPER PARANA RIVER FLOODPLAIN/ INFLUENCIA DA TOPOGRAFIA E DA ABERTURA DO DOSSEL NA ESTRUTURA DO COMPONENTE HERBACEO-ARBUSTIVO EM DOIS FRAGMENTOS FLORESTAIS NA PLANICIE DE INUNDACAO DO ALTO RIO PARANA

Lianas may offer protection that larger tree cavities do not.

Refugio de una colonia de maternidad de Eptesicus brasiliensis en una liana al sudeste de la Amazonia peruana

Competition between tropical lianas and trees is primarily for below ground resources (Schnitzer et al., 2005).

Using dendroecology to examine the effect of Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) invasion on tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) growth

Compared to trees, lianas invest more biomass in leaves (Castellanos, 1991; Putz, 1984) and roots (Toledo-Aceves & Swaine, 2008), and concentrate foliage on top of the canopy (Avalos & Mulkey, 1999b; Avalos et al., 2007).

Aclimatacion de plantulas de Gnetum leyboldii Tul. (Gnetaceae) a los cambios de luz en un bosque lluvioso tropical

rol de las lianas en el balance competitivo entre arboles puede paliarse y difundirse entre especies arboreas debido a las asociaciones difusas e impredecibles entre especies de lianas y arboles, y a sus cambios en cortos tiempos y espacios.

Liana-tree relationships: consequences for tree communities and tree evolution/ Las relaciones liana-arbol: repercusiones sobre las comunidades arboreas y sobre la evolucion de los arboles/ As relacoes liana-arvore: repercussoes sobre as comunidades arboreas e sobre a evolucao das arvores

In comparison of leaf phenology with both pioneer and shade-tolerant trees, lianas demonstrated more frequent evergreenness than trees in a semi-deciduous forest of Panama.

Tropical vine growth and the effects on forest succession: a review of the ecology and management of tropical climbing plants

THE Suzuki Liana is in many ways an unremarkable little car.

REAR VIEW Mirror: THE LIANA KING; Super Suzuki is cheap, reliable & fun USED CAR GUIDE Suzuki Liana 2001-2007 IN ASSOCIATION WITH Firestone together

Palabras Clave: Lianas, hemiepifitas, estructura, densidad, dominancia, diversidad, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillen, Comunidades Nativas Yanesha, selva baja

Estructura y diversidad de lianas y hemiepifitas de la selva baja de la provincia de Oxapampa--Pasco, Peru

Two Lianas were used with one as a spare The cars started looking tired by the last series, and many celebrities were less than complimentary about it.

Rear View Mirror with Brain Twomey: CHEVROLET

Just before his head appears about to hit the ground, the lianas snap taut.

Hurtling to Life - The Land Divers of Pentecost Island

In the end, the public enjoyed Crouching Tiger instinctively, not according to supposedly objective artistic criteria set down by critics who spent several years hacking through impenetrable Amazonian lianas of film theory.