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Competition between pioneer trees and hyperabundants lianas in the Seasonally Dry Atlantic Forest
In the last decades, significant knowledge was generated on the restoration of tropical forest. However, we still have many fundamental knowledge questions to be answered regarding the restoration of degraded forest remnants. Shade intolerant lianas dominate disturbed forest communities, limiting trees recruitment and growth, and the restoration of degraded forests. Our objective in this project is to evaluate the competition and the water and light use strategies of hyperabudants shade intolerant lianas and pioneer trees of the Seasonally Dry Atlantic Forest, aiming to understand the mechanisms that determine the abundance of shade intolerant lianas in disturbed forest communities.
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Lianas over trees in a degraded forest fragment. Why do lianas dominate degraded Atlantic Forest fragments and preclude the growth and re-colonization by pioneer trees?
