SynthesisGlobal change biology2019
Modeling the impact of liana infestation on the demography and carbon cycle of tropical forests.
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- Liana optical traits increase tropical forest albedo and reduce ecosystem productivity.Global change biology · 2022Pooled it
- Modeling the impact of liana infestation on the demography and carbon cycle of tropical forests.Global change biology · 2019Pooled it
- Mechanisms and scales in modeling forest responses to changing disturbance regimes.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- MaxEnt model-based prediction of potential suitable habitats of three Trichosanthes L. species in China under future climate change scenarios.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Local Forest Structure and Host Specificity Influence Liana Community Composition in a Moist Central African Forest.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Towards a liana plant functional type for vegetation models.Ecological modelling · 2024Article
- Effects of Climate, Soil, Topography and Disturbance on Liana Prevalence.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Linking physiology, epidemiology, and demography: Understanding how lianas outcompete trees in a changing world.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Climate and hydraulic traits interact to set thresholds for liana viability.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: The past and future role of simulation models.Ecology and evolution · 2021Review
- Unraveling the relative role of light and water competition between lianas and trees in tropical forests: A vegetation model analysis.The Journal of ecology · 2021Article
- Lianas in silico, ecological insights from a model of structural parasitism.Ecological modelling · 2020Article
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Abstract
There is mounting empirical evidence that lianas affect the carbon cycle of tropical forests. However, no single vegetation model takes into account this growth form, although such efforts could greatly improve the predictions of carbon dynamics in tropical forests. In this study, we incorporated a novel mechanistic representation of lianas in a dynamic global vegetation model (the Ecosystem Demography Model). We developed a liana-specific plant functional type and mechanisms representing liana-tree interactions (such as light competition, liana-specific allometries, and attachment to host trees) and parameterized them according to a comprehensive literature meta-analysis. We tested the model for an old-growth forest (Paracou, French Guiana) and a secondary forest (Gigante Peninsula, Panama). The resulting model simulations captured many features of the two forests characterized by different levels of liana infestation as revealed by a systematic comparison of the model outputs with empirical data, including local census data from forest inventories, eddy flux tower data, and terrestrial laser scanner-derived forest vertical structure. The inclusion of lianas in the simulations reduced the secondary forest net productivity by up to 0.46 t
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