1. Greetings from the new editor-in-chief

   • Hirokazu Tsukaya

   Editorial 16 December 2008 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Satellite Ecology (SATECO)—linking ecology, remote sensing and micrometeorology, from plot to regional scale, for the study of ecosystem structure and function

   • Hiroyuki Muraoka
   • Hiroshi Koizumi

   Current Topics in Plant Research 29 October 2008 Pages: 3 - 20

   

3. Unique mechanism of plant endocytic/vacuolar transport pathways

   • Kazuo Ebine
   • Takashi Ueda

   Current Topics in Plant Research 11 December 2008 Pages: 21 - 30

   

4. Plant meristems: CLAVATA3/ESR-related signaling in the shoot apical meristem and the root apical meristem

   • Hiroki Miwa
   • Atsuko Kinoshita
   • Shinichiro Sawa

   Current Topics in Plant Research 23 December 2008 Pages: 31 - 39

   

5. Maintenance mechanisms of the pipe model relationship and Leonardo da Vinci’s rule in the branching architecture of Acer rufinerve trees

   • Kosei Sone
   • Alata Antonio Suzuki
   • Ichiro Terashima

   Regular Paper 09 August 2008 Pages: 41 - 52

   

6. The self-thinning process in mangrove Kandelia obovata stands

   • Kangkuso Analuddin
   • Rempei Suwa
   • Akio Hagihara

   Regular Paper 13 November 2008 Pages: 53 - 59

   

7. Phenology of 16 species of ferns in a subtropical forest of northeastern Taiwan

   • Pei-Hsuan Lee
   • Tzer-Tung Lin
   • Wen-Liang Chiou

   Regular Paper 12 November 2008 Pages: 61 - 67

   

8. Structural and physiological responses of two invasive weeds, Mikania micrantha and Chromolaena odorata, to contrasting light and soil water conditions

   • Ling-Ling Zhang
   • Da-Zhi Wen

   Regular Paper 22 November 2008 Pages: 69 - 79

   

9. Growth strategies differentiate the spatial patterns of 11 dipterocarp species coexisting in a Malaysian tropical rain forest

   • Ryo O. Suzuki
   • Shinya Numata
   • Naoki Kachi

   Regular Paper 27 November 2008 Pages: 81 - 93

   

10. Non-monophyly of the woody bamboos (Bambuseae; Poaceae): a multi-gene region phylogenetic analysis of Bambusoideae s.s.

    • Sarawood Sungkaew
    • Chris M. A. Stapleton
    • Trevor R. Hodkinson

    Regular Paper 19 November 2008 Pages: 95 - 108

    

11. Distribution, biomass, and dynamics of roots in a revegetated stand of Caragana korshinskii in the Tengger Desert, northwestern China

    • Zhi-Shan Zhang
    • Xin-Rong Li
    • Tao Wang

    Regular Paper 21 November 2008 Pages: 109 - 119

    

12. Isolation and functional characterization of HvDREB1—a gene encoding a dehydration-responsive element binding protein in Hordeum vulgare

    • Zhao-Shi Xu
    • Zhi-Yong Ni
    • You-Zhi Ma

    Regular Paper 10 December 2008 Pages: 121 - 130

    

13. Chloroplasts do not have a polarity for light-induced accumulation movement

    • Hidenori Tsuboi
    • Hiroko Yamashita
    • Masamitsu Wada

    Regular Paper 27 November 2008 Pages: 131 - 140