...this book is packed with valuable information and is a must for all tropical ecologists. - Trends in Ecology and Evolution; ...this book is packed with valuable information and is a must for all tropical ecologists. - Trends in Ecology and Evolution

• I. Resource Acquisition.- Photosynthesis.- 1. Photosynthetic Responses of Tropical Forest Plants to Contrasting Light Environm-ents.- 2. CAM and C4 Plants in the Humid Tropics.- 3. Diel Patterns of CO2 Exchange in Rainforest Canopy Plants.- 4. Scaling up from Leaves to Whole Plants and Canopies for Photosynthetic Gas Exchange.- 5. On the Relationship of Plant Geometry to Photosynthetic Response.- 6. Photosynthetic Characteristics of Tropical Trees Along Successional Gradients.- Water Relations.- 7. Influence of Seasonal Drought on the Carbon Balance of Tropical Forest Plants.- 8. Hydraulic Architecture of Woody Tropical Plants.- 9. Evaluating Aspects of Water Economy and Photosynthetic Performance with Stable Isotopes from Water and Organic Matter.- Acquisition of Soil Resources.- 10. Root Growth and Rhizosphere Interactions in Tropical Forests.- II. Ecophysiological Aspects of Species Interactions.- 11. Anti-Herbivore Defenses of Young Tropical Leaves: Physiological Constraints and Ecological Tradeoffs.- 12. Causes and Consequences of Epiphyll Colonization.- 13. Physiology of Tropical Vines and Hemiepiphytes: Plants that Climb Up and Plants that Climb Down.- III. Ecophysiological Patterns across Tropical Forest Communities.- 14. Environmental Factors and Ecophysiological Processes along Altitudinal Gradients in Wet Tropical Mountains.- 15. Phenological Responses to Seasonality in Tropical Forest Plants.- 16. Comparative Ecophysiology of Mangrove Forest and Tropical Lowland Moist Rainforest.- 17. Ecotypic Variation in the Physiology of Tropical Plants.- IV. Ecophysiology of Forest Regeneration and Succession.- 18. Physiological Ecology of Seed Dormancy and Longevity.- 19. Ecophysiology of Tropical Tree Seedlings.- 20. Ecophysiological Constraints on the Distribution ofPiper Species.- 21. Canopy Structure and Dynamics: Integration of Growth Processes in Tropical Pioneer Trees.

...this book is packed with valuable information and is a must for all tropical ecologists. - Trends in Ecology and Evolution; ...this book is packed with valuable information and is a must for all tropical ecologists. - Trends in Ecology and Evolution

• I. Resource Acquisition.- Photosynthesis.- 1. Photosynthetic Responses of Tropical Forest Plants to Contrasting Light Environm-ents.- 2. CAM and C4 Plants in the Humid Tropics.- 3. Diel Patterns of CO2 Exchange in Rainforest Canopy Plants.- 4. Scaling up from Leaves to Whole Plants and Canopies for Photosynthetic Gas Exchange.- 5. On the Relationship of Plant Geometry to Photosynthetic Response.- 6. Photosynthetic Characteristics of Tropical Trees Along Successional Gradients.- Water Relations.- 7. Influence of Seasonal Drought on the Carbon Balance of Tropical Forest Plants.- 8. Hydraulic Architecture of Woody Tropical Plants.- 9. Evaluating Aspects of Water Economy and Photosynthetic Performance with Stable Isotopes from Water and Organic Matter.- Acquisition of Soil Resources.- 10. Root Growth and Rhizosphere Interactions in Tropical Forests.- II. Ecophysiological Aspects of Species Interactions.- 11. Anti-Herbivore Defenses of Young Tropical Leaves: Physiological Constraints and Ecological Tradeoffs.- 12. Causes and Consequences of Epiphyll Colonization.- 13. Physiology of Tropical Vines and Hemiepiphytes: Plants that Climb Up and Plants that Climb Down.- III. Ecophysiological Patterns across Tropical Forest Communities.- 14. Environmental Factors and Ecophysiological Processes along Altitudinal Gradients in Wet Tropical Mountains.- 15. Phenological Responses to Seasonality in Tropical Forest Plants.- 16. Comparative Ecophysiology of Mangrove Forest and Tropical Lowland Moist Rainforest.- 17. Ecotypic Variation in the Physiology of Tropical Plants.- IV. Ecophysiology of Forest Regeneration and Succession.- 18. Physiological Ecology of Seed Dormancy and Longevity.- 19. Ecophysiology of Tropical Tree Seedlings.- 20. Ecophysiological Constraints on the Distribution ofPiper Species.- 21. Canopy Structure and Dynamics: Integration of Growth Processes in Tropical Pioneer Trees.

...this book is packed with valuable information and is a must for all tropical ecologists. - Trends in Ecology and Evolution; ...this book is packed with valuable information and is a must for all tropical ecologists. - Trends in Ecology and Evolution

• I. Resource Acquisition.- Photosynthesis.- 1. Photosynthetic Responses of Tropical Forest Plants to Contrasting Light Environm-ents.- 2. CAM and C4 Plants in the Humid Tropics.- 3. Diel Patterns of CO2 Exchange in Rainforest Canopy Plants.- 4. Scaling up from Leaves to Whole Plants and Canopies for Photosynthetic Gas Exchange.- 5. On the Relationship of Plant Geometry to Photosynthetic Response.- 6. Photosynthetic Characteristics of Tropical Trees Along Successional Gradients.- Water Relations.- 7. Influence of Seasonal Drought on the Carbon Balance of Tropical Forest Plants.- 8. Hydraulic Architecture of Woody Tropical Plants.- 9. Evaluating Aspects of Water Economy and Photosynthetic Performance with Stable Isotopes from Water and Organic Matter.- Acquisition of Soil Resources.- 10. Root Growth and Rhizosphere Interactions in Tropical Forests.- II. Ecophysiological Aspects of Species Interactions.- 11. Anti-Herbivore Defenses of Young Tropical Leaves: Physiological Constraints and Ecological Tradeoffs.- 12. Causes and Consequences of Epiphyll Colonization.- 13. Physiology of Tropical Vines and Hemiepiphytes: Plants that Climb Up and Plants that Climb Down.- III. Ecophysiological Patterns across Tropical Forest Communities.- 14. Environmental Factors and Ecophysiological Processes along Altitudinal Gradients in Wet Tropical Mountains.- 15. Phenological Responses to Seasonality in Tropical Forest Plants.- 16. Comparative Ecophysiology of Mangrove Forest and Tropical Lowland Moist Rainforest.- 17. Ecotypic Variation in the Physiology of Tropical Plants.- IV. Ecophysiology of Forest Regeneration and Succession.- 18. Physiological Ecology of Seed Dormancy and Longevity.- 19. Ecophysiology of Tropical Tree Seedlings.- 20. Ecophysiological Constraints on the Distribution ofPiper Species.- 21. Canopy Structure and Dynamics: Integration of Growth Processes in Tropical Pioneer Trees.