The Biology of vines / edited by Francis E. Putz and Harold A. Mooney.

Other author Putz, Francis E. (Jack)
Other author Mooney, Harold A.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Descriptionxv, 526 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Climbing plants.

Contents Anatomy of vine and liana stems : a review and synthesis / Sherwin Carlquist -- Biomechanical studies of vines / Frances E. Putz & N. Michele Holbrook -- Structural responses to stem injury in vines / Jack B. Fisher & Frank W. Ewers -- Water flux and xylem structure in vines / Frank W. Ewers, Jack B. Fisher & Klaus Fichtner -- Reserve economy of vines / Harold A. Mooney & Barbara L. Gartner -- Photosynthesis and gas exchange of vines / Alejandro E. Castellanos -- Heteroblastic development in vines / David W. Lee & Jennifer H. Richards -- Physiological ecology of mesic, temperate woody vines / Alan H. Teramura, Warren G. Gold & Irwin N. Forseth -- Secondary compounds in vines with an emphasis on those with defensive functions / Mervyn P. Hegarty, Elwyne E. Hegarty & Alwyn H. Gentry - Distribution and abundance of vines in forest communities / Elwyne E. Hegarty & Guy Caballé.
Contents Vines in arid and semi-arid ecosystems / Philip W. Rundel & Tamara Franklin -- Vine-host interactions / E. E. Hegarty -- Seasonality pf climbers : a review and example from Costa Rican dry forest / Paula A. Opler, Herbert G. Baker & Gordon W. Frankie -- Breeding and dispersal systems of lianas / Alwyn H. Gentry -- The ethnobotany and economic botany of tropical vines / Oliver Phillips -- Biology, utilization, and silvicultural management of rattan palms / Stephen F. Siebert -- Silvicultural effects of lianas / Francis E. Putz.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 90023763
ISBN0521392500 (hardback)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QK773 .B58 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold