Towards a liana plant functional type for vegetation models

Hans Verbeeck, Hannes P.T. De Deurwaerder, Elizabeth Kearsley, Sruthi M.Krishna Moorthy, Francis Mumbanza Mundondo, Kasper Coppieters, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Marcos Longo, Marc Peaucelle, Marijn Bauters and Félicien Meunier

Ecological Modelling, 2024, vol. 498, issue C

Abstract: Lianas (woody climbers) are crucial components of tropical forests and they have been increasingly recognized to have profound effects on tropical forest carbon dynamics. Despite their importance, lianas' representation in vegetation models remains limited, partly due to the complexity of liana-tree dynamics and the diversity in liana life history strategies. This paper provides a comprehensive review of advances and challenges for mechanistically representing lianas in forest ecosystem models and a proposed path towards effectively representing lianas in these models.

Keywords: Lianas; Tropical forest; Vegetation model; Plant functional type (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110901

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