ArticleEcology and evolution2025
Local Forest Structure and Host Specificity Influence Liana Community Composition in a Moist Central African Forest.
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- Linking anatomical diversity with functional life strategies in a liana community of central Africa.The New phytologist · 2025Article
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Abstract
Lianas are important components of tropical forest diversity and dynamics, yet little is known about the drivers of their community structure and composition. Combining extensive field and LiDAR data, we investigated the influence of local topography, forest structure, and tree composition on liana community structure, and their floristic and functional composition, in a moist forest in northern Republic of Congo. We inventoried all lianas ≥ 1 cm in diameter in 144 20 × 20-m quadrats located in four 9-ha permanent plots, where trees and giant herbs were inventoried. We characterized the functional strategies of selected representatives of the main liana taxa using a set of resource-use leaf and wood traits. Finally, we used complementary statistical analyses, including multivariate and randomization approaches, to test whether forest structure, topography, and tree composition influence the structure, floristic composition, and functional composition of liana communities. The structure of liana communities was strongly shaped by local forest structure, with higher abundances and total basal areas in relatively open-canopy forests, where lianas competed with giant herbs. Liana floristic composition exhibited a weak spatial structure over the study site but was marginally influenced by the local forest structure and topography. Only forest structure had a weak but significant effect on liana functional composition, with more conservative strategies-higher stem tissue density and lower PO
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