1: Forest climbers in West Africa: introduction, F Bongers, M P E Parren, M D Swaine, University of Aberdeen, UK, and D Traore 2: A botanical synopsis of the lianas and other forest climbers, C C H Jongkind, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, and W D Hawthorne, University of Oxford, UK 3: On censusing lianas: a review of common methodologies, M P E Parren, F Bongers, G Caballe, Unite Mixte de Recherche, France, J Nabe-Nielsen, The Royal Veterinarian and Agricultural University, Denmark, and S A Schnitzer, University of Wisconsin, USA 4: The role of lianas in gap regeneration and in community wide species richness, S A Schnitzer and F Bongers 5: Climber abundance, diversity and colonisation in degraded forests of different ages in Cote d'Ivoire, M E Kuzee and F Bongers, Wageningen University, The Netherlands 6: Climbing plants in Ghanaian forests, M D Swaine, W D Hawthorne, F Bongers, and M Toledo Aceves, University of Aberdeen, UK 7: Climbers in forest fragments in Togo, K Kokou, Universite du Benin, Benin, and G Caballe 8: Taxonomic diversity of climbers in riparian forests in Benin, A K Natta and B Sinsin, Cotonou, Benin 9: The climbers of a semi-deciduous forests in Cote d'Ivoire: the case of Haut Sassandra, D T Etien and D Traore, University of Cocody, Cote d'Ivoire 10: Taxonomy, population dynamics and utilisation of the rattan palms of Upper Guinea, T C H Sunderland, V Beligne and L Bonnehin, Cote d'Ivoire, E Ebanyenle and A Oteng-Amoako, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Ghana, and E-J Zouzou 11: Utilisation of climbers in two forests reserves in western Cote d'Ivoire, H F Tra Bi, Universite de'Abobo-Adjame, Cote d'Ivoire, F N' Kouame, University of Cocody, Cote d'Ivoire, and D Traore 12: Logging and lianas in West Africa, M P E Parren and F Doumbia 13: Climbers after logging: the case of Haut Sassandra, F N' Kouame, D Traore, F Bongers and L Poorter, Wageningen University, The Netherlands 14: Management of climbers in the forests of West Africa, M P E Parren and F Bongers
