A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants

Climbing plants (lianas, vines, scramblers) are under‐represented in many global datasets that underpin knowledge in functional trait biology, important for ecological theory, conservation and predicting forest dynamics under global change. To address this omission, we tested a set of hypotheses about how the traits of climbers vary with latitude and climate and amongst major biogeographical regions of the world using a comprehensive new, global dataset.

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