1. Influence of edaphic and climatic factors on dynamics of root colonization and spore density of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Acacia farnesiana Willd. and A. planifrons W.et.A.

   • K. Udaiyan
   • A. Karthikeyan
   • T. Muthukumar

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 65 - 71

2. Activities of enzymes of starch metabolism in developing Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] needles

   • B. Egger
   • Rüdiger Hampp

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 72 - 75

3. Stomatal and nonstomatal limitations of photosynthesis in relation to the drought and shade tolerance of tree species in open and understory environments

   • M. E. Kubiske
   • Marc D. Abrams
   • Scott A. Mostoller

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 76 - 82

4. Assimilation, allocation and utilization of carbon by 3-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L .) trees during winter and early spring

   • J. Hansen
   • Gerd Vogg
   • Erwin Beck

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 83 - 90

5. Growth rates and nutrition status of an open and a closed population of Rhododendron ferrugineum L . in the northwestern Alps (France)

   • André Pornon
   • Richard Bligny
   • Bernard Doche

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 91 - 98

6. The genetic resolution of juvenile canopy structure and function in a three-generation pedigree of Populus

   • R. Wu
   • R. F. Stettler

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 99 - 108

7. Above- and below-ground characteristics associated with wind toppling in a young Populus plantation

   • C. A. Harrington
   • Dean S. DeBell

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 109 - 118

8. Winter water relations of timberline larch (Larix leptolepis Gord.) on Mt. Fuji

   • E. Maruta

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 119 - 126