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... He died on November 16,2007, aged 87 Liana Burgess Translator who married the novelist Anthony Burgess and became his stalwartly effective agent Liana Burgess, translator, literary agent and wife to Anthony ...
2007 - Gale Group | TDA
... total forest leaf area. In comparison to trees, liana stems are small in diameter relative to the ... lianas rely on other plants for support and liana stems generally have large diameter and thus efficient ... diameter ratios. Increases in cross sectional areas of liana stems are associated with proportionately larger increases in ... Jenik 1974), but little quantitative information exists on liana abundance. The present study reports liana biomass and leaf area in a tierra firme ( ... tropical forests of approximately 450 trha-' (Lieth 1975). Liana abundance and size-class distribution were estimated by ...
Tópico(s): Forest ecology and management
1983 - Wiley | Biotropica
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... The Sunday Times Offers Direct Used Car: Suzuki Liana Second Opinion The Internet Fast Lane Multiple Classified ...
2006 - Gale Group | Sunday Times HA GDA
Liana (woody vine) loads on 20 trees (dbh >20 cm) were determined for each of 24 species ... were consistently free of lianas. Trees of predominantly liana-free species were more flexible and had longer ... to shed or avoid lianas are advantageous in liana-rich forests. LIANAS ARE WOODY CLIMBING PLANTS that ... rates have been shown to be slower for liana-laden than for liana-free trees by Featherly (1941) and by Putz ( ... Harper (1979) suggest that by casting shade on liana seedlings, buttresses reduce the accessibility of tree trunks ...
Tópico(s): Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
1984 - Wiley | Biotropica
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... Blessing From Balcony, A Perilous Picnic Sand And Liana On One Of The Less Good African Roads, ...
1957 - Gale Group | TDA
Patrick Addo‐Fordjour, Samuel Kwabena Obeng, Matthew Glover Addo, Stephen Akyeampong,
... reports on the role of disturbances in maintaining liana community structure, and in determining their relationship with ... effects of human disturbances and plant invasion on liana community structure and relationship with trees in the ... identified in the 1.5 ha forest. Twelve liana species were unique to the DIF suggesting the ... positive influence of plant invasion on their colonisation. Liana density differed significantly across the forest types (df = ... the UF recording the greatest number. The mean liana stem diameter and basal area were greater in ...
Tópico(s): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
2009 - Elsevier BV | Forest Ecology and Management
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2004 - Gale Group | TDA
Patrick Addo‐Fordjour, Alexander K. Anning, John Asiedu Larbi, Stephen Akyeampong,
... represent various forms of disturbance regimes could influence liana species richness, abundance and relationship with their hosts. ... Exploitation Systems (SS, TSS and PES respectively) on liana species richness, abundance and relationship with trees in ... lianas were also enumerated. A total of 640 liana individuals belonging to 27 species, 22 genera and ... SS (18.3%) and the PES (13.1%). Liana diversity (H′) (species richness and abundance) was quantitatively ... in the management systems (p < 0.001 each). Liana infestation in the forest was high. The level ...
Tópico(s): Plant Parasitism and Resistance
2009 - Elsevier BV | Forest Ecology and Management
Mrs. E. Hill, Hilde Marchant, Trevor Philpott, G. W. Fellowe, Robert Muller, Fortunato Scrimalt, A. John Worsdell, Russell Braddon, Mrs. Liana Williams, Grace Robertson, John Cordeaux, John R. Simmonds, John Brittain,
Picture Post Du Maurier Cooper, McDougall & Robertson Ltd. Andrex Toilet Tissue Fynnon Limited Dunlop "Vaseline" is the registereal trade mark of the Chesebrough ...
1954 - Gale Group | Picture Post
Geertje van der Heijden, Oliver L. Phillips,
... differ. However, multivariate assessments of spatial patterns in liana species richness and their controls are lacking. Our ... environmental factors that best explain the variation in liana species richness within tropical forests. Location Lowland and ... We quantified the contributions of environmental variables and liana and tree‐and‐shrub abundance to the species ... of environmental variables (climate, soil and disturbance) and liana density on liana species richness, and we compared the species‐richness ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2009 - Wiley | Journal of Biogeography
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1993 - Gale Group | TDA
Produção Nacional
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Jeffrey J. Gerwing, Edson Vidal,
... also increase logging damage and slow tree growth. Liana cutting prior to logging is a silvicultural tool ... negative effects. We assessed the effects of complete liana cutting followed by reduced‐impact logging on liana abundance and species diversity. Eight years following liana cutting and 6 years following logging there was ... of climbing lianas ≥1 cm diameter in size. Liana basal area, aboveground biomass, and leaf area index ... of cut stems was the primary mode of liana recruitment. Liana cutting and logging resulted in a ...
Tópico(s): Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
2002 - Wiley | Conservation Biology
Diana Alvira, Francis E. Putz, Todd S. Fredericksen,
Liana infestations can be a problem in forests managed for timber because lianas decrease rates of tree ... from which lianas colonize tree crowns in a liana-rich moist lowland forest in a timber concession ... the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, we described "liana sheds" of individual canopy trees (the area under ... cutting of lianas in a harvested tree's liana shed reduces post-logging liana infestations. Prior to logging, 73% of 570 trees > ... representing 12 commercial species, carried at least one liana >2 cm DBH. Liana-infested trees hosted an ...
Tópico(s): Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
2003 - Elsevier BV | Forest Ecology and Management
Stefan A. Schnitzer, Marc Parren, Frans Bongers,
... forest, such as logging gaps, and pre-harvest liana cutting has been widely recommended throughout the tropics ... following tree harvest. The effectiveness of forest-wide liana cutting, however, is currently unresolved, particularly for reducing liana abundance in logging gaps. Furthermore, our understanding of the dynamics and rate of liana colonization in gaps is limited. We tested: (1) ... their dynamics afterwards; and (2) whether pre-harvest liana cutting actually reduces the abundance of lianas in ...
Tópico(s): Plant Parasitism and Resistance
2003 - Elsevier BV | Forest Ecology and Management
Jane R. Foster, Philip A. Townsend, Chris Zganjar,
... National Park (NKMNP) in the Bolivian Amazon. Evergreen liana forests comprise as much as 14% of the NKMNP landscape, and low-stature liana patches occupy 1.5% of these forests. We ... from 1986 and 2000 to determine changes in liana-dominated patches over time and to assess whether ... regenerating to canopy forest. The spatial distribution of liana patches showed that patches were spatially aggregated and ... CVA results showed that most of the dense liana patches increased in brightness and greenness and decreased ...
Tópico(s): Remote Sensing in Agriculture
2008 - Elsevier BV | Remote Sensing of Environment
Laura M. Ladwig, Scott J. Meiners,
... temperate forests, are largely unstudied. To understand potential liana impacts on the community we need to first know the location and intensity of liana burdens on host trees. We examined liana-tree host preferences within a series of young ... were surveyed in 2008. The five most abundant liana species were Celastrus orbiculatus, Lonicera japonica, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, ... radicans, and Vitis species. Host preference for each liana species was measured in two ways, as colonization ... tree species and tree size were compared among liana species. A total of 798 trees were measured ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2010 - | The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society
C. Muthumperumal, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy,
... conducted a large-scale, landscape-level investigation of liana diversity in six hill complexes of the South ... in 110 transects totalling a 55-ha area. Liana diversity totalled 143 species in 83 genera and ... species belonged to the rare and endangered category. Liana species richness ranged from 8–35 species and ... individuals per transect. A total of 32 033 liana individuals were enumerated in the 55 ha and ... abundance was 291 individuals per transect. Across sites, liana abundance varied significantly, but not species richness and ...
Tópico(s): Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
2010 - Taylor & Francis | Systematics and Biodiversity
Agustina Malizia, H. Ricardo Grau, Jeremy W. Lichstein,
... gaps, tree species composition, and tree density on liana species composition and total liana abundance? Location: A 6-ha permanent plot in ... Multiple regressions were used to quantify associations of liana species composition and total liana abundance with edaphic, disturbance and tree community variables. Gradients in liana and tree species composition were quantified using principal components analysis (PCA). Results: Liana species composition was correlated most strongly with soil phosphorus concentration (R2=0.55). Total liana aanased with phosphorus and the density of recent ...
Tópico(s): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
2010 - Wiley | Journal of Vegetation Science
Laura L. Ingwell, S. Joseph Wright, Kristen K. Becklund, Stephen P. Hubbell, Stefan A. Schnitzer,
... few studies have examined long‐term effects of liana infestation on tree growth and mortality. We quantified ... 2005 on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama, documented liana infestation in tree crowns in 1996 and 2007 to determine the dynamics of liana infestation, and quantified liana infestation in the crowns of 3231 additional canopy ... previous studies in 1967 and 1980. 2. Severe liana infestation increased tree mortality: 21% of liana‐free trees in 1996 had died by 2007, ... lianas in 1996 had died by 2007. 3. Liana infestation of tree crowns significantly reduced tree growth, ...
Tópico(s): Plant Parasitism and Resistance
2010 - Wiley | Journal of Ecology
Saara J. DeWalt, Kalan Ickes, Reuben Nilus, Kyle E. Harms, David F. R. P. Burslem,
... the importance of habitat specialization in maintaining tropical liana diversity and the causes of variation among forests in liana abundance and species composition. We examined habitat associations, ... and averaged 1348 lianas ha−1, but mean liana stem diameter, basal area, estimated biomass, species richness, ... plots in alluvial than sandstone or kerangas forests. Liana species composition also differed greatly among the three ... alluvial and kerangas forests in most aspects of liana community structure and composition, and fewer species showed ...
Tópico(s): Plant Diversity and Evolution
2006 - Springer Science+Business Media | Plant Ecology
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Karen A. Kainer, L. H. de O. Wadt, D. A. P. Gomes-Silva, Marinela Capanu,
... were: (1) to determine the relationship between crown liana load and liana number, basal area, and origin in relation to ... host; and (2) to determine the relationship between liana load and B. excelsa fruit and nut production, ... with representatives of 10 diameter classes and four liana load categories. To quantify fruit and nut production, ... fruits and had reduced nut fresh weights than liana-free trees. Trees with the most extensive liana loads (>75% crown coverage) were 10.2 times ... crowns or few branches than trees with reduced liana loads. No statistically significant relationship was found between ...
Tópico(s): Nuts composition and effects
2006 - Cambridge University Press | Journal of Tropical Ecology
Agustina Malizia, H. Ricardo Grau,
... phenology and tree species identity as determinants of liana–host tree associations, as well as the spatial pattern of liana abundance in a 6-ha permanent plot. We recorded 2346 liana individuals ≥ 2 cm and 2320 trees ≥ 10 cm ... cent of the trees hosted at least one liana stem. Large and well-lit trees were more likely to support lianas and supported more liana abundance than small and shaded trees. Yet, when trees were standardized by their size (liana basal area/tree basal area ratio), lianas were ... identity showed no association with the frequency of liana colonization and their abundance. Overall, tree features played ...
Tópico(s): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
2006 - Cambridge University Press | Journal of Tropical Ecology
Patrick Addo‐Fordjour, Zakaria B. Rahmad, Mashhor Mansor,
... of the Malayan Uniform management System (MUS) on liana abundance and their relationship with trees in the ... height ≥ 10 cm were identified and examined for liana presence (diameter ≥ 2 cm) in ten 40 m × ... 20 m × 20 m subplot within each plot. Liana abundance and infestation rates were significantly higher in ... the L-MUS. Tree diameter related significantly with liana load and basal area in all the forests ... contained relatively more uniform diameter trees. Reduction in liana abundance and infestation in the treated forests favoured ...
Tópico(s): Plant Parasitism and Resistance
2012 - Taylor & Francis | International Journal of Biodiversity Science Ecosystems Services & Management
Patrick Addo‐Fordjour, Zakaria B. Rahmad, A. M. S. Shahrul,
... there are conflicting reports on the response of liana communities to disturbance, calling for more research in ... was carried out to investigate the response of liana diversity and structure to human disturbance within two ... to determine the effects of tree abundance on liana abundance. A total of 46 liana species belonging to 27 genera and 15 families ... identified in the study. Human disturbance significantly reduced liana species richness and species diversity in the secondary forest. Liana abundance remained the same in both forests whereas ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2012 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Plant Ecology
Stefan A. Schnitzer, Scott A. Mangan, James W. Dalling, Claire A. Baldeck, Stephen P. Hubbell, Alicia Ledo, Helene C. Muller‐Landau, Michael F. Tobin, Salomón Aguilar, David Brassfield, Andrés Hernández, Suzanne Lao, Rolando Pérez, Oldemar Valdes, Suzanne R. Yorke,
... most surveys are too small to accurately quantify liana community composition, diversity, abundance, and spatial distribution - critical ... on Barro Colorado Island, Panama (BCI). We calculated liana density, basal area, and species richness for both independently rooted lianas and all rooted liana stems (genets plus clones). We compared spatial aggregation patterns of liana and tree species, and among liana species that varied in the amount of clonal reproduction. We also tested whether liana and tree densities have increased on BCI compared ...
Tópico(s): Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
2012 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
James W. Dalling, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Claire A. Baldeck, Kyle E. Harms, Robert John, Scott A. Mangan, Elena Lobo, Joseph B. Yavitt, Stephen P. Hubbell,
... of the importance of habitat variables in structuring liana communities. 2. We compare the association patterns of 82 liana species and an equivalent sample of tree species ... soil chemical variables. In addition, we test for liana species associations with canopy disturbance using a canopy ... using light detection and ranging. 3. For all liana species combined, densities differed among topographic habitat types ... with low canopy height. 4. The proportion of liana species associated with one or more topographic habitat ...
Tópico(s): African Botany and Ecology Studies
2012 - Wiley | Journal of Ecology
Paula I. Campanello, Mariana Villagra, Juan Garibaldi, Luis Javier Ritter, Jorge Justino Araujo, Guillermo Goldstein,
Liana abundance and host tree colonization dynamics during a 10-year period were studied in a subtropical Atlantic Forest in Northeastern Argentina. The impact of liana and woody bamboo cutting on liana abundance and diversity, tree infestation and advanced tree ... stand. Three plots were subjected to bamboo and liana cutting (BLC) and other three left as control ( ... All lianas regardless of their diameters were cut. Liana abundance and basal area increased more than 50% ... were able to shed their lianas but increased liana load was observed in other tree species which ...
Tópico(s): Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
2012 - Elsevier BV | Forest Ecology and Management