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liana

a climbing, tropical plant with a ropelike stem.
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Lianas (woody vines) are important components of tropical ecosystems, where they currently make up to 40% of the woody stems and more than 25% of the woody species (Schnitzer and Bongers, 2011).
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
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.
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.
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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
8 CDX replaces the Suzuki Liana as the car used by BBC's motoring programme Top Gear to test the driving skills of celebrity guests.
Rear View Mirror with Brain Twomey: CHEVROLET
This paper deals about the study of wood anatomy of eleven lianas species from Bignoniaceae family reported in the Reserva Forestal Caparo: Anemopaegma chrysoleucum, Arrabidaea candicans, A.
Anatomia xilematica de lianas de la familia Bignoniaceae en la Reserva Forestal de Caparo
Just before his head appears about to hit the ground, the lianas snap taut.
Hurtling to Life - The Land Divers of Pentecost Island
They are replaced in large part by climbing woody vines known as lianas, which constitute only a fraction of the biomass provided by the trees.
Patchy forests and greenhouse gases
Before the 1980s, limited attention is paid to lianas in the tropical forest.
Diversity and aboveground biomass of lianas in the tropical seasonal rain forests of Xishuangbanna, SW China

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