Data and code associated with: Gora, EM, DeFilippis, DA., Schnitzer, SA. 2024. Inferring drivers of liana mortality from associated patterns of tree death. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Lianas are major contributors to tropical forest dynamics, yet we know little about their mortality. Using overlapping censuses of the lianas and trees across a 50-ha stand of moist tropical forest, we contrasted community-wide patterns of liana mortality with relatively well-studied patterns of tree mortality to quantify patterns of liana death and identify contributing factors. Liana mortality rates were 172% higher than tree mortality rates, but species-level mortality rates of lianas were similar to trees with “fast” life history strategies and both growth forms exhibited similar spatial and size-dependent patterns. The mortality rates of liana saplings (

藤本植物是热带森林动态变化的重要贡献者，然而关于其死亡率的知识却极为有限。通过对湿润热带森林50公顷范围内藤本植物和树木的重叠调查，我们对比了整个社区范围内的藤本植物死亡率与相对较为深入研究的树木死亡率模式，以量化藤本植物的死亡模式并识别其影响因素。藤本植物的死亡率是树木死亡率的172%，但藤本植物的物种级死亡率与具有“快速”生命历史策略的树木相似，且两种生长形态均表现出相似的空间和尺寸依赖性模式。藤本植物幼苗的死亡率（