Frans Bongers & Robyn J. Burnham 
Ecology of Lianas [PDF ebook] 

Lianas are woody vines that were the focus of intense study by
early ecologists, such as Darwin, who devoted an entire book to the
natural history of climbing plants. Over the past quarter
century, there has been a resurgence in the study of lianas, and
liana are again recognized as important components of many forests,
particularly in the tropics. The increasing amount of
research on lianas has resulted in a fundamentally deeper
understanding of liana ecology, evolution, and life-history, as
well as the myriad roles lianas play in forest dynamics and
functioning.

This book provides insight into the ecology and evolution of
lianas, their anatomy, physiology, and natural history, their
global abundance and distribution, and their wide-ranging effects
on the myriad organisms that inhabit tropical and temperate
forests.

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Dr Stefan A. Schnitzer has studied tropical forest ecology in
Borneo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, and Panama. He is
currently a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, USA, and a Research Associate with the Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute in the Republic of Panama.

Frans Bongers has studied lianas for 20 years, analysing liana
communities, populations and autecology, as well as liana use and
management, mostly in the context of forest dynamics. He is
Professor of Tropical Forest Ecology at Wageningen University
and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Robyn J. Burnham is Associate Professor of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan and a Research
Associate at Smithsonian Institution, Field Museum, and Missouri
Botanical Garden. She has a dedicated focus on the species of
climbing plants that dominate the Amazon Basin, from Ecuador, Peru,
Bolivia, and all the way across Brazil, to the mouth of the Amazon
river.

Francis E. Putz started his research on liana ecology and
management in the 1970s in Southeast Asia, but has since spent an
equal amount of time in Latin America researching vines and forest
conservation. He is a Professor at the University of Florida and a
Senior Research Associate with the Center for International
Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Indonesia.