Ebook: Trends in European Forest Tree Physiology Research: Cost Action E6: EUROSILVA

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.

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This publication presents an overview of the current interests in tree physiology research within the European tree physiology EUROSILVA network, which has been going on since 1986. The last phase, entitled COST Action E 6: EUROSILVA Forest Tree Physiology Research, was accomplished during the period from 1996 to 2000. The scientific discussions in the three working groups (I: Tree growth and development, II: Tree nutrition and water relations, III: Biotic and abiotic interactions in trees) have touched on a diverse collection of topics. The articles in this book have been written by well-known European and American scientists and focus on basic tree physiology and trees and their environments.
The book will provide to the reader information of the EUROSILVA network's activities and recent findings. Some important future aspects are also discussed.

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This publication presents an overview of the current interests in tree physiology research within the European tree physiology EUROSILVA network, which has been going on since 1986. The last phase, entitled COST Action E 6: EUROSILVA Forest Tree Physiology Research, was accomplished during the period from 1996 to 2000. The scientific discussions in the three working groups (I: Tree growth and development, II: Tree nutrition and water relations, III: Biotic and abiotic interactions in trees) have touched on a diverse collection of topics. The articles in this book have been written by well-known European and American scientists and focus on basic tree physiology and trees and their environments.
The book will provide to the reader information of the EUROSILVA network's activities and recent findings. Some important future aspects are also discussed.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Cambial Cell Biology Comes of Age....Pages 3-18
Physiology of Cambial Growth, Storage of Reserves and Heartwood Formation....Pages 19-32
Insights into Bud Development and Dormancy in Poplar....Pages 33-52
Physiology of Tree Root/Fungus Symbiosis....Pages 53-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Understanding the Role of Ozone Stress in Altering Belowground Processes....Pages 65-79
Ozone-Induced Cell Death....Pages 81-92
Signalling and Antioxidant Defence Mechanisms in Higher Plants....Pages 93-114
Effects of Ozone on Conifers in the Timberline Ecotone....Pages 115-125
Ageing as an Influence on Tree Response to Ozone: Theory and Observations....Pages 127-155
Ozone and UV-B Responses of Trees and the Question of Forest Sustainability....Pages 157-166
Investigations on the Action of Fungal Toxins on Plants....Pages 167-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Effects of Atmospheric CO2 on Growth and Branchiness of Different Poplar (Populus) Genotypes in the Popface Experiment....Pages 183-196
Biotic Interactions....Pages 197-205
The Influence of the Environment during Sexual Reproduction on Adaptations of Conifers along Latitudinal and Altitudinal Gradients....Pages 207-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Tree Physiology Goes Genomics....Pages 225-227
Water, Nutrients and Carbon; Altitude and Ageing....Pages 229-240
Trends in Forest Tree Physiological Research....Pages 241-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-263

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This publication presents an overview of the current interests in tree physiology research within the European tree physiology EUROSILVA network, which has been going on since 1986. The last phase, entitled COST Action E 6: EUROSILVA Forest Tree Physiology Research, was accomplished during the period from 1996 to 2000. The scientific discussions in the three working groups (I: Tree growth and development, II: Tree nutrition and water relations, III: Biotic and abiotic interactions in trees) have touched on a diverse collection of topics. The articles in this book have been written by well-known European and American scientists and focus on basic tree physiology and trees and their environments.
The book will provide to the reader information of the EUROSILVA network's activities and recent findings. Some important future aspects are also discussed.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Cambial Cell Biology Comes of Age....Pages 3-18
Physiology of Cambial Growth, Storage of Reserves and Heartwood Formation....Pages 19-32
Insights into Bud Development and Dormancy in Poplar....Pages 33-52
Physiology of Tree Root/Fungus Symbiosis....Pages 53-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Understanding the Role of Ozone Stress in Altering Belowground Processes....Pages 65-79
Ozone-Induced Cell Death....Pages 81-92
Signalling and Antioxidant Defence Mechanisms in Higher Plants....Pages 93-114
Effects of Ozone on Conifers in the Timberline Ecotone....Pages 115-125
Ageing as an Influence on Tree Response to Ozone: Theory and Observations....Pages 127-155
Ozone and UV-B Responses of Trees and the Question of Forest Sustainability....Pages 157-166
Investigations on the Action of Fungal Toxins on Plants....Pages 167-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Effects of Atmospheric CO2 on Growth and Branchiness of Different Poplar (Populus) Genotypes in the Popface Experiment....Pages 183-196
Biotic Interactions....Pages 197-205
The Influence of the Environment during Sexual Reproduction on Adaptations of Conifers along Latitudinal and Altitudinal Gradients....Pages 207-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Tree Physiology Goes Genomics....Pages 225-227
Water, Nutrients and Carbon; Altitude and Ageing....Pages 229-240
Trends in Forest Tree Physiological Research....Pages 241-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-263
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