Palm trees have structural characteristics that limit their colonization by lianas (e.g., rapid growth, flexible monopodial stem and deciduous leaves). The objective of our study was to evaluate whether the presence of palm trees can influence the plant infestation by lianas in three forest communities (FG, FS1 and FS2) of the Estação Ecológica da Serra das Araras (EESA), the only transition space between three...