List of contributors
Preface
SECTION I: THE WHOLE-LIFESPAN PERSPECTIVE ON INTEGRATION OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
1. A Lifespan Perspective on Integrating Structure and Function in Trees
Thomas M. Hinckley, Barbara Lachenbruch, Frederick C. Meinzer, and Todd E. Dawson
SECTION II: REPRODUCTION AND REGENERATION
2. Age-related Changes in Tree Growth and Functional Biology: the Role of Reproduction
Sean C. Thomas
3. The Earliest Stages of Tree Growth: Development, Physiology and Impacts of Climate Change
Daniel Johnson, Katherine A. McCulloh, and Keith Reinhardt
SECTION III: INTEGRATION OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION ACROSS ONTOGENY
4, Regulation of Ontogeny in Temperate Conifers
Michael E. Day and Michael S. Greenwood
5. Radial Variation in Wood Structure and Function in Woody Plants, and Hypotheses for its Occurrence
Barbara Lachenbruch, John R. Moore, and Robert Evans
6. Size-related Changes in Tree Proportions and Their Potential Influence on the Course of Height Growth
David A. King
7. Influence of Tree Ontogeny on Plant-Herbivore Interactions
Karina Boege, Kasey E. Barton, and Rodolfo Dirzo
8. How do Changes in Leaf/shoot Morphology and Crown Architecture Affect Growth and Physiological Function of Large, old Trees?
Hiroaki Ishii
SECTION IV: PHOTOSYNTHETIC GAS EXCHANGE AND CARBON BALANCE
9. Tree size- and Age-Related Changes in Leaf Physiology and Their Influence on Carbon Gain
Kathy Steppe, Űlo Niinemets, and Robert O. Teskey
10. Relationships Between Tree Height and Carbon Isotope Discrimination
Nate G. McDowell, Barbara J. Bond, Lee T. Hill, Michael G. Ryan, and David Whitehead
11. Carbon Storage in Trees: Does Relative Carbon Supply Decrease With Tree Size?
Anna Sala, Willa Fouts, and Günter Hoch
SECTION V: WATER RELATIONS AND TRANSPORT PROCESSES
12. Comparative Criteria for Models of the Fluid Transport System of Tall Trees
Maurizio Mencuccini, Teemu Hölttä, and Jordi Martinez-Vilalta
13. Hydraulic Capacitance: Biophysics and Functional Significance of Internal Water Sources in Relation to Tree Size
Fabian G. Scholz, Nathan G. Phillips, Sandra J. Bucci, Frederick C. Meinzer, and Guillermo Goldstein
14. Size-Dependent Changes in Biophysical Control of Tree Growth: the Role of Turgor
David R. Woodruff and Frederick C. Meinzer
15. Instrumental Approaches to Studying Tree Water Relations Along Gradients of Tree Size and Forest Age
Jan Čermák and Nadezhda Nadezhdina
SECTION VI: SCALING FROM INDIVIDUAL TRAITS TO STANDS
16. Ecophysiology of Secondary Succession in Tropical Moist Forest: Scaling From Individual Traits to Whole-Plant Performance
Niels Anten and N. Galia Selaya
17. Age-Dependent Changes in Environmental Influences on Tree Growth and Their Implications for Forest Responses to Climate Change
Steven L. Voelker
18. Consequences of Stand age and Species' Functional Trait Changes on Ecosystem Water use of Forests
Brent Ewers, D. Scott Mackay, and Ben Bond-Lamberty
