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By Stefan Schnitzer,Frans Bongers,Robyn J. Burnham,Francis E. Putz

Lianas are woody vines that have been the focal point of extreme examine via early ecologists, comparable to Darwin, who dedicated a whole e-book to the normal historical past of mountain climbing plants.  during the last region century, there was a resurgence within the learn of lianas, and liana are back well-known as very important elements of many forests, quite within the tropics.  The expanding quantity of study on lianas has led to a essentially deeper figuring out of liana ecology, evolution, and life-history, in addition to the myriad roles lianas play in wooded area dynamics and functioning. 
This publication presents perception into the ecology and evolution of lianas, their anatomy, body structure, and traditional background, their worldwide abundance and distribution, and their wide-ranging results at the myriad organisms that inhabit tropical and temperate forests.

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