Extracted raw data from: Global dominance of lianas over trees is driven by forest disturbance, climate, and topography
DOI10.5281/zenodo.10428834Zenodo10428834MaRDI QIDQ6692443FDOQ6692443
Dataset published at Zenodo repository.
Susan Letcher, Michiel van Breugel, William F. Laurance, Susan Gw Laurance, Geertje M.f. van der Heijden, Rachael Gallagher, Christoph Gehring, Wenyao Liu, Brian J. Enquist, Oliver L Phillips, Alain Senghor K. Ngute
Publication date: 19 December 2023
Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
In a meta-analysis, we use an unprecedented dataset, representing 556 unique locations worldwide, distributed across 44 countries and six continents to show for the first time that lianas (woody vines) thrive relatively better than trees when forests are disturbed, temperature increase, precipitation decrease, and particularly in tropical lowlands. We demonstrate that liana dominance can persist for decades post-disturbance and hinder the recovery of disturbed forests, especially when climate favours lianas. With implications for the global carbon sink, our findings suggest that degraded tropical forests with environmental conditions favouring lianas should be the highest priority to consider for restoration management.
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