Abstract
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 Caballe 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.
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