Liana Ecology Project

A new paper from our lab

A comprehensive synthesis of liana removal experiments in tropical forests - Estrada‐Villegas - - Biotropica - Wiley Online Library Review A comprehensive synthesis of liana removal experiments in tropical forests Sergio Estrada‐Villegas Corresponding Author E-mail address:[email protected] http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1072-4921 Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA Smithsonian...

http://wuwm.com/post/how-tropical-vines-could-be-impacting-pace-climate-change /0

How Tropical Vines Could Be Impacting The Pace Of Climate Change Marquette University biologist Stefan Schnitzer spends months at a time at his lab on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. Amidst the fauna and flora, the

Lab pict, but we missed Zoë Hammis and Brendan Pinto was just reading!

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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute To increase understanding of the past, present and future of tropical biodiversity and its relevance to human welfare.

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https://medium.com/research-at-marquette/tangled-b828b8c51567

Tangled – Research at Marquette – Medium Vines are taking over the world’s rain forests and impairing the forests’ ability to curb climate change.

http://e360.yale.edu/features/the-strange-case-of-the-liana-vine-and-its-role-in-global-warming

The Strange Case of the Liana Vine and Its Role in Global Warming Liana and other vines are proliferating in the rainforests of Central and South America, and their spread is impeding the ability of trees to sequester carbon dioxide. Now, researchers are trying to determine the impact of this phenomenon on climate change.

A new publication from our lab. Congratulations to Laura Martinez Izquierdo and Maria Muriel Garcia

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/14-2261.1/full

Lianas suppress seedling growth and survival of 14 tree species in a Panamanian tropical forest Lianas are a common plant growth form in tropical forests, where they compete intensely with trees, decreasing tree recruitment, growth, and survival. If the detrimental effects of lianas vary significantly...

This one can be downloaded for free!

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/btp.12259/abstract

Rapid Liana Colonization along a Secondary Forest Chronosequence - Barry - 2015 - Biotropica -... Barry, K. E., Schnitzer, S. A., van Breugel, M. and Hall, J. S. (2015), Rapid Liana Colonization along a Secondary Forest Chronosequence. Biotropica. doi: 10.1111/btp.12259

And here are our two new publications!

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/10/06/1504869112.abstract

Lianas reduce carbon accumulation and storage in tropical forests Edited by Steven C. Wofsy, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and approved September 10, 2015 (received for review March 10, 2015)

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Here's a video that the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee made of our lab and the work that we do here in Panamá.

UWM Spotlight on Excellence: Rainforest Research Bags packed. Parkas? Forget them. Bug spray, bandanas and hiking boots? Check. UWM students trade Milwaukee’s below-zero winter temperatures for 90 F and 90 ...