Environmental factors influencing liana community diversity, structure and habitat associations in a tropical hill forest, Malaysia

Addo‐Fordjour, Patrick; Rahmad, Zakaria B.; Shahrul, A. M. S.

doi:10.1080/17550874.2013.782369

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“…Hitherto soil properties had been considered to be of less importance in determining liana species diversity and structure in some studies [2,[41][42][43]. Soil pH and magnesium signi�cantly affected liana species richness and structure in this study, providing support for a previous study [44] which had a similar result. Soil pH and magnesium have been found to in�uence ecological amplitudes of lianas [45].…”

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“…Low soil pH values were recorded in this study, and at such levels, nutrients availability becomes limited [46]. us, the in�uence of soil pH on liana species richness and structure might have occurred through its regulation of nutrients available to lianas in the forest reserve [44]. Generally, soil exchangeable cations exerted a greater in�uence on liana species richness and structure in the study compared to the other soil properties.…”

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“…In the light of this, it is possible that soil pH and magnesium affected liana species richness and structure by in�uencing the ecological amplitude of liana species (cf. [44]). Soil pH affects the availability of nutrients to plants by in�uencing nutrient solubility, microbial activity, and soil physical properties (cf.…”

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“…Soil pH affects the availability of nutrients to plants by in�uencing nutrient solubility, microbial activity, and soil physical properties (cf. [44]). Low soil pH values were recorded in this study, and at such levels, nutrients availability becomes limited [46].…”

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Factors Influencing Liana Species Richness and Structure following Anthropogenic Disturbance in a Tropical Forest, Ghana

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e study was conducted to determine the factors that in�uenced liana species richness and structure in forests of different disturbance intensities (high, moderate, and low disturbance forests) in the Southern Scarp Forest Reserve, Ghana. Within each forest, lianas (dbh ≥ 2 cm) were enumerated in six 25 × 20 m 2 plots located along transects. Soil physicochemical properties and forest structure were determined within the plots. Liana species richness and abundance were signi�cantly lower in the high disturbance forest ( 0 00 ) whereas basal area was signi�cantly higher in the low disturbance forest ( 0 0 ). Tree abundance and dbh signi�cantly predicted liana species richness and structure in the study ( 0 05). On the basis of the importance value index, three main liana communities, each corresponding with a forest type, were identi�ed. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that exchangeable magnesium and calcium, and total exchangeable bases were the main soil variables that affected liana species richness. Liana structure was in�uenced by the above-mentioned soil variables as well as exchangeable potassium and sodium, and pH. e present study has demonstrated that changes in liana species richness and structure following human disturbance may be due to variations in soil properties and forest structure.

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Factors Influencing Liana Species Richness and Structure following Anthropogenic Disturbance in a Tropical Forest, Ghana

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“…Lianas have generated considerable interest in recent times in recognition of their importance to forest ecosystems (Addo-Fordjour et al 2013 ). Lianas are key structural component of tropical forests and constitute 10-45 % of all woody plants and species (Schnitzer andBongers 2002 , 2011 ).…”

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Biodiversity of Lianas and Their Functional Traits in Tropical Forests of Peninsular India

Parthasarathy¹,

Pandi²,

Muthumperumal³

et al. 2015

Sustainable Development and Biodiversity

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The present study was aimed to investigate the diversity and functional traits of lianas in four tropical forest types of peninsular India. The work also intended to study the variation in the proportion of lianas with trees along an altitudinal gradient and to compare the functional traits of lianas and trees sharing similar environmental conditions. All lianas ≥ 1.5 cm diameter and trees ≥ 10 cm diameter at breast height were measured and included the inventory. A total of 237 liana species were enumerated across the four forest types. The species richness of lianas per hectare was maximum at semi-evergreen forest (31 ± 5.3) and minimum at dry evergreen forest sites (21 ± 3.9). Semi-evergreen forest sites of Eastern Ghats also had the highest density (648 ± 152.7 ha −1 ) of liana stems and wet-evergreen forest sites of Western Ghats registered the lowest (261 ± 86.7 ha ). The proportion of liana species richness to total woody species decreased along the altitudinal gradient in the present study. Majority of lianas in the study sites were brevi-deciduous by plant type except in wet-evergreen forest sites. Stem twining was the chief climbing mechanism by species richness and scramblers formed the most abundant liana group by abundance. Majority of lianas had microphyllous leaves, whereas trees had mesophyllous leaves as their predominant leaf type. Flowers of SEF and SDF sites were mostly conspicuous, while the

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Environmental heterogeneity influences liana community differentiation across a Neotropical rainforest landscape

Ek‐Rodríguez,

Meave,

Navarrete‐Segueda

et al. 2024

Ecology and Evolution

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We examined the variation in liana community composition and structure across geopedological land units to test the hypothesis that environmental heterogeneity is a driving force in liana community assembly. The study site was the Los Tuxtlas Tropical Biology Station, SE Mexico, a reserve that encompasses 640 ha of tropical rainforest. We sampled all lianas with basal diameter ≥1 cm in three 0.5‐ha plots established in each of five land units (totaling 15 plots and 7.5 ha). We censused 6055 individuals and 110 species. Overall, the most speciose families were also the most abundant ones. Density and basal area of some dominant liana species differed among land units, and a permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) and a non‐metric multidimensional scaling ordination (NMDS) revealed differences in the presence, density, and basal area of liana species across the landscape. Liana composition and structure were highly heterogeneous among land units, suggesting that variations in soil water availability and relief are key drivers of liana community spatial differentiation. By showing that soil and topography play an important role at the landscape scale, we underscore the ecological relevance of environmental heterogeneity for liana community assembly. In the future, as our ability to assess the local environmental complexity increases, we will gain a better understanding of the liana community assembly process and their heterogeneous distribution in tropical forests.

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Environmental factors influencing liana community diversity, structure and habitat associations in a tropical hill forest, Malaysia

Cited by 19 publications

References 45 publications

Factors Influencing Liana Species Richness and Structure following Anthropogenic Disturbance in a Tropical Forest, Ghana

Factors Influencing Liana Species Richness and Structure following Anthropogenic Disturbance in a Tropical Forest, Ghana

Biodiversity of Lianas and Their Functional Traits in Tropical Forests of Peninsular India

Environmental heterogeneity influences liana community differentiation across a Neotropical rainforest landscape

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