Land-use history and the origins and effects of lianas on tree-communities : The case of secondary forests in Northeastern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Abstract: Economic problems generate large secondary tropical forests due to crop abandonment; lianas (woody vines climbing upon trees) proliferate there. Lianas generally retard the growth and carbon capture of trees, potentially enhancing global change. It is not known whether all liana species play such a role and which land-use disturbances determined the current species composition of liana communities. We surveyed all lianas 1cm diameter at ground level and all trees 3.16 cm diameter at 1.3 m above ground in twelve plots 20 x 20-m each in semi-evergreen tropical forests in Northeastern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, re-measuring the trees 15 mo later. Lianas were classified into two anatomic types: “hard” (typical stem with compact xylem masses) and “soft” (with much parenchyma and wide xylem vessels). History, archaeology, anthropology, and remote sensing studies, as well as non-formal interviews were used to determine the land-use history of each stand. Increasing densities of the hard l.... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/2632

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Land-use history and the origins and effects of lianas on tree-communities ; volume:63 ; number:3 ; year:2009 ; Erdkunde ; 63, Heft 3 (2009)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Garrido-Pérez, Edgardo I. ; Gerold, Gerhard

Further information

• DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2009.03.01
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410281818369.193059587562
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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