Title: The Biology of vines /
Authors: Putz, Francis E.; Mooney, Harold A.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1991
Subjects: Climbing plants
Abstract: The first scientific treatise on vines in nearly a century and the most wide-ranging one ever written. Putz (University of Florida) and Mooney (Stanford University) have edited 18 chapters by 25 experts and have grouped them into 5 parts: introduction, climbing mechanics and stem form, physiology and development, community ecology, and economic importance. The chapters are diverse, and topics examined include ethnobotany, heteroblastic development, water relations, vine-host interactions, breeding, physiological ecology, photosynthesis, distribution, responses to stem injury, secondary compounds used for defense, rattan palm management, and control of weedy vines in forests. Numerous graphs, tables, line drawings, and black-and-white photographs enhance the text. There are a taxonomic index and a general index, but no author index to link the numerous references at the end of each chapter. An excellent volume for advanced undergraduate, graduate students, and faculty. D. R. Hershey; University of Maryland at College Park--Choice Reviews.
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.