Number 11, November

Tree Physiology 27:1505–1516 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Mechanical analysis of the strains generated by water tension in plant stems. Part I: stress transmission from the water to the cell walls
Tancrède Alméras and Joseph Gril

Tree Physiology 27:1517–1531 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Leaf responsiveness of Populus tremula and Salix viminalis to soil contaminated with heavy metals and acidic rainwater
Sandra Hermle, Pierre Vollenweider, Madeleine S. Günthardt-Goerg, Carolyn J. McQuattie and Rainer Matyssek

Tree Physiology 27:1533–1540 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Storage lipid dynamics in somatic embryos of Norway spruce (Picea abies): histochemical and quantitative analyses
Magdalena Grigová, Martin Kubeš, Nikola Drážná, Tomáš Řezanka and Helena Lipavská

Tree Physiology 27:1541–1550 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Gene expression induced by chronic ozone in the Mediterranean shrub Phillyrea latifolia: analysis by cDNA-AFLP
Anna Rita Paolacci, Cristiano Miraldi, Oronzo A. Tanzarella, Maurizio Badiani, Enrico Porceddu, Cristina Nali, Giacomo Lorenzini and Mario Ciaffi

Tree Physiology 27:1551–1559 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Shoot biomass growth is related to the vertical leaf nitrogen gradient in Salix canopies
Martin Weih and Ann-Christin Rönnberg-Wästjung

Tree Physiology 27:1561–1568 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Dry-season leaf flushing of Enterolobium cyclocarpum (ear-pod tree): above- and belowground phenology and water relations
Keilor Rojas-Jiménez, Noel M. Holbrook and Marco V. Gutiérrez-Soto

Tree Physiology 27:1569–1574 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Radiocarbon dating of a very large African baobab
Adrian Patrut, Karl F. Von Reden, Daniel A. Lowy, Andries H. Alberts, John W. Pohlman, Rudolf Wittmann, Dana Gerlach, Li Xu and Clark S. Mitchell

Tree Physiology 27:1575–1583 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Development of AFLP and RAPD markers linked to a locus associated with twisted growth in corkscrew willow (Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’)
Juan Lin, Lee E. Gunter, Scott A. Harding, Richard F. Kopp, Rachel P. McCord, Chung-Jui Tsai, Gerald A. Tuskan and Lawrence B. Smart

Tree Physiology 27:1585–1593 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Needle longevity, photosynthetic rate and nitrogen concentration of eight spruce taxa planted in northern Japan
Masazumi Kayama, Satoshi Kitaoka, Wenjie Wang, Dongsu Choi and Takayoshi Koike

Tree Physiology 27:1595–1605 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Plasticity of shoot and needle morphology and photosynthesis of two Picea species with different site preferences in northern Japan
Hiroaki Ishii, Satoshi Kitaoka, Taiji Fujisaki, Yutaka Maruyama and Takayoshi Koike

Tree Physiology 27:1607–1617 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Within-canopy nitrogen and photosynthetic gradients are unaffected by soil fertility in field-grown Eucalyptus globulus
Tarryn L. Turnbull, Natalie Kelly, Mark A. Adams and Charles R. Warren

Tree Physiology 27:1619–1626 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Response of winter root starch concentration to severe water stress and fruit load and its subsequent effects on early peach fruit development
Gerardo Lopez, Joan Girona and Jordi Marsal

Tree Physiology 27:1627–1634 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Fine root morphological adaptations in Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch along a latitudinal gradient in boreal forests
Ivika Ostonen, Krista Lõhmus, Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari, Jaak Truu and Signe Meel

Tree Physiology 27:1635–1645 [ Summary ] [ Full Text ]
Seasonal patterns of cytokinins and microclimate and the mediation of gas exchange among canopy layers of mature Acer saccharum trees
Ian Reeves and R. J. Neil Emery