Biodiversity of Lianas

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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. Sánchez-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