1. Physiological characteristics of Japanese red pine, Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc., in declined forests at Mt. Gokurakuji in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

   • A. Kume
   • Naoko Tsuboi
   • Hiroshi Sakugawa

   Original Article Pages: 305 - 311

2. Monitoring the physiological activity of plants by means of EPR spectroscopy. Mn(II) signals in Pinus nigra Arnold

   • A. Alberti
   • Dante Macciantelli
   • Federica Rossi

   Original Article Pages: 312 - 315

3. Estimation of fine root mortality and growth from simple measurements: a method based on system dynamics

   • A. Mäkelä
   • Petteri Vanninen

   Original Article Pages: 316 - 323

4. The influence of wind on spiral grain formation in conifer trees

   • L. Eklund
   • Harald Säll

   Original Article Pages: 324 - 328

5. Patterns of vegetative growth and reproduction in relation to branch orders: the plant as a spatially structured population

   • A. Suzuki

   Original Article Pages: 329 - 333

6. Cloning of a Picea abies monosaccharide transporter gene and expression – analysis in plant tissues and ectomycorrhizas

   • U. Nehls
   • Joachim Wiese
   • Rüdiger Hampp

   Original Article Pages: 334 - 338

7. Photoprotection mechanisms in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seedlings from diverse climatic origins

   • J. I. García-Plazaola
   • José M. Becerril

   Original Article Pages: 339 - 343

8. Water relations and gas exchange in Fagus sylvatica L. and Quercus petraea (Mattuschka) Liebl. in a mixed stand at their southern limit of distribution in Europe

   • I. Aranda
   • Luis Gil
   • J. A. Pardos

   Original Article Pages: 344 - 352