The woody vines are "non-self-supporting structural ... to nearly 75 percent in 2007. The number of trees with severe liana infestation (more than 75 percent of a tree's canopy covered by lianas ...

Compared with the trees, lianas are able to put more energy into the production of leaves and seeds and less towards growing a trunk. Morley Read / Alamy Stock Photo When a woody vine, or liana ...

Ecologist are studying how woody vines, or lianas, are affecting tropical forests and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Through a comprehensive community-level study on liana-tree interactions in ...

"When a tree is liana infested, its crown is often covered ... it needed to be done in a controlled way, as the vines played important roles in forest ecosystems. "They provide pathways between ...

A liana is a vine with a woody stem that has roots in the soil and leaves high above in the tree canopy. Technically, most of the larger vines on the island should really be called lianas.

In the American tropics, thick woody vines called lianas are outpacing trees. They're sucking up soil ... which would favor liana proliferation. We think that elevated CO2 may also favor liana ...

a single lightning strike cleared out 9.2 neighboring trees as the current passed along via vines and adjoining branches. Additionally, the liana infestation on D. oleifera decreased by 78%.

Basking in the sun at the top, these vines flower, fruit and lay out new leaves as they photosynthesize. But the number of lianas is increasing in tropical forests relative to trees, and their ...

Professor Andy Marshall, from UniSC's Forest Research Institute, said the team had confirmed a "tipping point" in conditions that led to the dominance of liana, a woody vine that chokes trees and ...

These vines are a crucial part ... be warming the atmosphere. But if liana growth were to increase with the climate crisis, the forests could suffer as more trees die. For one, you might end ...

The strike damaged 115 surrounding trees, half of which died within two years. Additionally, all the liana vines that covered the D. oleifera perished. The impacted tree, however, was practically ...