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In the development of a forest, climbers play a role in all stages of succession. As with trees, each stage is more or less represented by its own species. The herbaceous pioneers are soon followed, in the young secondary stage, by fast-growing woody species of Convolvulaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Vitaceae, and others; only woody climbers are considered true lianas.
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Jacobs, M. (1988). Other Life Forms. In: Kruk, R. (eds) The Tropical Rain Forest. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72793-1_6
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