Trends in European Forest Tree Physiology Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Basic Tree Physiology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Cambial Cell Biology Comes of Age

      • Nigel Chaffey

      Pages 3-18

   3. Physiology of Cambial Growth, Storage of Reserves and Heartwood Formation

      • Magel Elisabeth

      Pages 19-32

   4. Insights into Bud Development and Dormancy in Poplar

      • A. Rohde, W. Boerjan

      Pages 33-52

   5. Physiology of Tree Root/Fungus Symbiosis

      • Rüdiger Hampp, Uwe Nehls

      Pages 53-62

3. Stress Physiology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. Understanding the Role of Ozone Stress in Altering Belowground Processes

      • Christian P. Andersen

      Pages 65-79

   3. Ozone-Induced Cell Death

      • Jaakko Kangasjärvi, Hannele Tuominen, Kirk Overmyer

      Pages 81-92

   4. Signalling and Antioxidant Defence Mechanisms in Higher Plants

      • Stanislaw Karpinski, Barbara Karpinska, Michael Meltzer, Jan-Erik Hällgren, Gunnar Wingsle

      Pages 93-114

   5. Effects of Ozone on Conifers in the Timberline Ecotone

      • Gerhard Wieser, Wilhelm M. Havranek

      Pages 115-125

   6. Ageing as an Influence on Tree Response to Ozone: Theory and Observations

      • Thomas E. Kolb

      Pages 127-155

   7. Ozone and UV-B Responses of Trees and the Question of Forest Sustainability

      • Christian Langebartels, Sabine Anegg, Klaus Hahn, Hélène Chiron, Alain Drouet, Dieter Ernst et al.

      Pages 157-166

   8. Investigations on the Action of Fungal Toxins on Plants

      • W. Oßwald, I. Heiser, J. Fromm, A. Albrecht, M. Brummer

      Pages 167-180

4. Trees and their Environment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. Effects of Atmospheric CO₂ on Growth and Branchiness of Different Poplar (Populus) Genotypes in the Popface Experiment

      • B. Gielen, C. Calfapietra, I. A. Janssens, G. Scarascia-Mugnozza, R. Ceulemans

      Pages 183-196

   3. Biotic Interactions

      • Wolfram Beyschlag

      Pages 197-205

   4. The Influence of the Environment during Sexual Reproduction on Adaptations of Conifers along Latitudinal and Altitudinal Gradients

      • Øystein Johnsen, Tore Skrøppa

      Pages 207-221

5. Future Aspects of Tree Physiology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223

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   2. Tree Physiology Goes Genomics

      • B. Sundberg

      Pages 225-227

The increasing con'. ;ern for the serious problems of forest decline that occurred in the Northern Hemisphere in the late 1970's and early 1980 's led to an emphasis on the necessity of promoting and setting up investigations into the basic physiological mechanisms of forest trees. Since then, the concern about rapid changes has decreased along with the increase of monitored data on European forests health status. But tree physiology has faced new questions about changing climate and increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Advances in plant molecular biology and forest genetics have opened up new avenues in the research on forest tree physiology. At the same, time it has become evident that molecular and genetic tools give only a basis for further research on tree structure and function, which needs basic tree physiology again. On the other hand, the problems of forest decline in Europe are not over. They are no longer discussed daily in the media, but stress is an everyday phenomenon experienced by European forest trees. For instance, in southern Europe and mountainous regions, drought stress and many other abiotic or biotic factors are stressors and cause problems to forests with many important social and protective functions. Stress physiology is a branch of everyday physiology in traditional forestry. How to grow a forest with maximal carbon­ binding functions and optimal wood quality and rich in biodiversity.

• adaptation
• biology
• cell death
• conifers
• defence mechanisms
• forest
• genotypes
• growth
• nutrition
• phase
• physiology
• plants
• reproduction
• symbiosis
• toxin
• Tree Biology
• Forestry Management

• Botany Division, Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

  Satu Huttunen

• Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

  Hannele Heikkilä

• Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürich, Switzerland

  Jürg Bucher

• Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden

  Björn Sundberg

• Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

  Paul Jarvis

• Technical University of Münich, Münich, Germany

  Rainer Matyssek

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