Biodiversity of lianas
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Biodiversity of lianas
（Sustainable development and biodiversity / series editor, Kishan Gopal Ramawat, 5）
Springer, 2015
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This book "Biodiversity of lianas" under the series "Sustainable development and Biodiversity" is unique as it covers a wide array of topics in this subject covering all continents and will constitute a valuable reference material for students, researchers and forest managers who are concerned with biodiversity, forest ecology and sustainable development of forest resources. It contains peer-reviewed chapters from leading academicians and researchers around the world in the field of Plant Ecology, Taxonomy and related areas of Biodiversity Science but, centered on Lianology and includes original research articles, case studies and reviews (regional and global) in biodiversity, ecology and phytogeography and conservation of lianas from temperate, sub-tropical and tropical forests. The interest in lianas has increased over the last two decades. The ultimate goal of this book is to provide an insight into the patterns of liana diversity, distribution, the role of lianas in structuring forest community, and functional ecology (carbon uptake, ecosystem services, dynamics and invasion), biotechnological tool for conservation of lianas and finally summarizes the significance and the need for conservation of lianas in the changing global environmental scenario.
Table of Contents
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Preface
General Introduction
N Parthasarathy & P Vivek
Patterns of liana abundance and distribution in temperate forests
Bruce P Allen
Geographical, taxonomical and ecological aspects of lianas in subtropical forests of Argentina
Agustina Malizia & Paula Campanello
Liana effects on carbon storage and uptake in mature and secondary tropical forests
Sandra M Duran & G.A. Sanchez-Azofeifa
5. Diversity and distribution of climbing plants in Eurasia and North Africa
Liang Hu & Li Mingguang
6. Liana assemblages in tropical forests of Africa and South East Asia: diversity, abundance and management
Patrick Addo-Fordjour & Zakaria B. Rahmad
7. Diversity of lianas in Eastern Himalayas and North-Eastern India
SK Barik, D Adhikari, A Chettri & PP Singh
Biodiversity of lianas and their functional traits in tropical forests of peninsular India
N Parthasarathy, P Vivek, C Muthumperumal, S Muthuramkumar & N Ayyappan
The contribution of lianas to forest ecology, diversity, and dynamics
Stefan A Schnitzer
Liana diversity and their ecosystem services in tropical dry evergreen forest on the Coromandel Coast of India
N Parthasarathy, P Vivek & K Anil
11. A review of biotechnological approaches to conservation and sustainable utilization of medicinal lianas in India
Shaily Goyal, Varsha Sharma & K G Ramawat
Biological invasion of vines, their impacts and management
S M Sundarapandian, C Muthumperumal & K. Subashree
Liana diversity and the future of tropical forests
Mason Campbell, Ainhoa Magrach & Bill Laurance
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