Size- and Age-Related Changes in Tree Structure and Function

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