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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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Stefan Schnitzer, a research associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, talks about lianas, or woody vines, on Panama's Barro Colorado Island on January 15, 2014.

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Sean Mattson/STRI

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