Thirteen years of change in trees and lianas in a Gabonese rainforest

Authors
Caballe, G Martin, A
Citation
G. Caballe et A. Martin, Thirteen years of change in trees and lianas in a Gabonese rainforest, PLANT ECOL, 152(2), 2001, pp. 167-173
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
PLANT ECOLOGY
ISSN journal
13850237 → ACNP
Volume
152
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
167 - 173
Database
ISI
SICI code
1385-0237(2001)152:2<167:TYOCIT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Inventories of trees and lianas were performed at a 13-year interval (1979- 1992) in an evergreen forest in north-east Gabon. The number of trees decre ased while their basal area and species richness increased. In contrast, bo th the richness and density of lianas decreased. Lianas with active climbin g mechanisms were the main types to disappear.