By Stefan Schnitzer,Frans Bongers,Robyn J. Burnham,Francis E. Putz
ISBN-10: 1118392493
ISBN-13: 9781118392492
Lianas are woody vines that have been the focal point of extreme research via early ecologists, equivalent to Darwin, who dedicated a whole ebook to the ordinary historical past of mountaineering plants. during the last sector century, there was a resurgence within the learn of lianas, and liana are back famous as vital parts of many forests, fairly within the tropics. The expanding quantity of analysis on lianas has ended in a essentially deeper knowing of liana ecology, evolution, and life-history, in addition to the myriad roles lianas play in wooded area dynamics and functioning.
This e-book offers perception into the ecology and evolution of lianas, their anatomy, body structure, and usual background, their international abundance and distribution, and their wide-ranging results at the myriad organisms that inhabit tropical and temperate forests.
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