The Biology of Vines

Cambridge University Press, 2/13/1992
EAN 9780521392501, ISBN10: 0521392500

Hardcover, 544 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 3 cm
Language: English

The climbing habit in plants has apparently evolved numerous times. Species that climb are well represented in habitats ranging from tropical rain forests through temperate forests to semi-deserts. The Biology of Vines, first published in 1992, is a treatment of what is known about climbing plants, written by a group of experts and covering topics ranging from the biomechanics of twining to silvicultural methods for controlling vine infestations. Also included are detailed accounts of climbing plant evolution, stem anatomy and function, climbing mechanics, carbon and water relations, reproductive ecology, the role of vines in forest communities and their economic importance. The chapters are based on research on herbaceous vines and woody climbers (lianas) in both temperate and tropical zones, deserts and rain-forests and Old and New World areas. Much remains to be learned about the biology of these plants, but this volume provides a substantial foundation upon which further research can be based.

Preface
Part I. Introduction
1. The distribution and evolution of climbing plants Alwyn H. Gentry
Part II. Climbing Mechanics and Stem Form
2. Anatomy of vine and liana stems
a review and synthesis Sherwin Carlquist
3. Biochemical studies of vines Francise Putz and Frank W. Ewers
4. Structural responses to stem injury in vines Jack B. Fisher and Frank W. Ewers
Part III. Vine Physiology and Development
5. Water flux and xylem structure in vines Frank W. Ewers, Jack B. Fisher and Klaus Fichtner
6. Reserve economy of vines Harold A. Mooney and Barbara L. Gartner
7. Photosynthesis and gas exchange of vines Alejandro E. Castellanos
8. Heteroblastic development in vines David W. Lee and Jennifer H. Richards
9. Physiological ecology of mesic, temperature woody vines Alan H. Teramura, Warren G. Gold and Irwin N. Forseth
10. Secondary compounds in vines with an emphasis on those with defensive functions Mervyn P. Hegarty, Elwyn E. Hegarty and Alwyn H. Gentry
Part IV. Community Ecology of Vines
11. Distribution and abundance of vines in forest communities Elwyn E. Hegarty and Guy Caballé
12. Vines in arid and semi-arid ecosystems Philip W. Rundel and Tamara Franklin
13. Vine-host interactions E. E. Hegarty
14. Seasonality of climbers
a review and example from Costa Rican dry forest Paul A. Opler, Herbert G. Baker and Gordon W. Frankie
15. Breeding and dispersal systems of lianas Alwyn H. Gentry
Part V. Economic Importance of Vines
16. The ethnobotany and economic botany of tropical vines Oliver Phillips
17. Biology, utlization, and silvicutural management of rattan palms Stephen F. Siebert
18. Silvicultural effects of lianas Francis E. Putz
Indices.