The importance of including lianas in global vegetation models
The importance of including lianas in global vegetation models
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将藤本植物纳入全球植被模型的重要性
DOI：
10.1073/pnas.1521343113
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发表时间：
2015
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通讯作者：
E. Kearsley
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作者：
H. Verbeeck;E. Kearsley
热带森林是地球系统的重要组成部分，在陆地表面对气候变化的反馈方面发挥着关键作用。这些森林目前正在经历大规模的结构变化，其中最明显的可能是藤本植物丰富度和生物量的增加。第一项记录新热带地区藤本植物增殖的研究（1）最初存在争议，但后来被多项其他研究证实（2）。关于藤本植物增殖的共识导致人们猜测，这种现象可能对热带森林的碳循环产生巨大影响。但直到最近，这种推测还缺乏实验证据。
Tropical forests are essential components of the earth system and play a critical role for land-surface feedbacks to climate change. These forests are currently experiencing large-scale structural changes, of which the most apparent may be the increase in liana abundance and biomass. The first study that documented liana proliferation in the Neotropics (1) was initially debated but later confirmed by multiple other studies (2). The consensus on liana proliferation led to speculations that this phenomenon could potentially have large impacts on the carbon cycle of tropical forests. But experimental proof for such speculations was lacking until recently.