Assessing the impact of lianas on aboveground wood production in tropical forests: scaling from individual to stand-level Ghent University
Tropical forests store nearly 30% of global terrestrial carbon and contribute to 40% of the global terrestrial carbon sink. Lianas impact the carbon balance of these forest by affecting tree growth and survival. Currently the rate of liana infestation is increasing putting tropical trees under additional stress. This stress can significantly affect the fate of the tropical carbon balance, and
negatively influence the forests’ uptake of ...