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InhaltsangabeI: Resource acquisition; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetic responses of tropical forest plants to contrasting light environments-- R. Chazdon, R. Pearcy, D. Lee, N. Fetcher; CAM and C4 plants in the humid tropics-- E. Medina; Diel patterns of CO2 exchange in rainforest canopy plants-- G. Zotz, K. Winter; Scaling up from leaves to whole plants and canopies for photosynthetic gas exchange-- F. Meizner, G. Goldstein; On the relationship of plant geometry and photosynthetic response-- T. Herbert; Photosynthetic characteristics of tropical trees along successional gradients -- S. Strauss-Debenedetti, F. Bazzaz; Water Relations: Influence of seasonal drought on the carbon balance of tropical forest plants-- S.S. Mulkey, S. Wright; Hydraulic architecture of woody tropical plants-- M. Tyree, F. Ewers; Evaluating aspects of water economy and photosynthetic performance with stable isotopes from water and organic matter-- G. Goldstein, F. Meinzer, L. Sternberg, P. Jackson, J. Cavelier, N. Holbrook; Acquisition of soil resources; Root growth and rhizosphere interactions in tropical forests-- R. Sanford Jr., E. Cuevas; II: Ecophysiological aspects of species interactions; Anti-herbivore defenses of young tropical leaves: physiological constraints and ecological trade-offs-- P. Coley, T. Kursar; Causes and consequences of epiphyll colonization-- P. Coley, T. Kursar; Physiology of tropical vines and hemiepiphytes: plants that climb up and plants that climb down-- N. Holbrook, F. Putz; III: Ecophysiological patterns across tropical forest communities; Environmental factors and ecophysiological processes along altitudinal gradients in wet tropical mountains-- J. Cavelier; Phenological responses to seasonality in tropical forest plants-- S. Wright; Comparative ecophysiology of Mangrove forest and tropical lowland moist rainforest -- M. Ball; Ecotypic variation in the physiology of tropical plants-- K. Hogan; IV: Ecophysiology of forestregeneration and succession; Physiological ecology of seed dormancy and longevity-- C. Vazquez-Yanes, A. Orozco-Segovia; Ecophysiology of tropical tree seedlings-- K. Kitajima; Ecophysiological constraints on the distribution of Piper species-- A. Fredeen, C. Field; Canopy structure and dynamics: integration of growth processes in tropical pioneer trees-- D. Ackerly.

Exploring the most recent advances occurring in tropical plant ecophysiology, this volume synthesizes a range of information on the ways in which tropical plants adapt to their environment and demonstrate physiological processes.