Data and code associated with: Gora, EM, DeFilippis, DA., Schnitzer, SA. 2024. Patterns and inferred causes of liana mortality in a tropical forest. 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 (File list, includes 14 files (2 .csv, 1 .xlsx, 8 .R files, and 3 .RData files):ReadMe.xlsx. - this contains definitions for all variables in the .xlsx data files.habitat_chemistry_covariates.csvindivids_undisturbed.csvdisturbance_individuals_21mm_split_2021-4-28.Rmature_individuals_DBHbins_ov21mm.Rmature_individuals_DBHbins_un21mm.Rmortality_total_sizedependence_2022-3-21.Rmortality_total_sizedependence_2024-3-28.Rrecovery_density_21mm_split.Rrecovery_individuals_21mm_split.Rspatial_analyses_individuals.Rall.tree.data.RDatalianas_trim_updated.RDataquadrat_metrics.RData