1. Editorial

   • U. Lüttge

   EditorialNotes 30 August 2000 Pages: 423 - 423

2. The effect of temperature on mechanical properties of standing lodgepole pine trees

   • Uldis Silins
   • Victor J. Lieffers
   • Lars Bach

   Original Article 29 August 2000 Pages: 424 - 428

3. Distinction of Araucaria angustifolia seeds from different locations in Brazil by a specific DNA sequence

   • R. Hampp
   • A. Mertz
   • U. Nehls

   Original Article 25 August 2000 Pages: 429 - 434

4. Controlled inoculation of Norway spruce (Picea abies) with Sirococcus conigenus: PCR-based quantification of the pathogen in host tissue and infection-related increase of phenolic metabolites

   • Günther Bahnweg
   • Roland Schubert
   • Heinrich Sandermann Jr

   Original Article 18 August 2000 Pages: 435 - 441

5. Roots of pioneer trees in the Amazonian rain forest

   • Jindrich Pavlis
   • Jan Jeník

   Original Article 05 August 2000 Pages: 442 - 455

6. The relation between growth cessation and frost hardening in Scots pines of different origins

   • Tapani Repo
   • Gang Zhang
   • Martti Vuorinen

   Original Article 21 July 2000 Pages: 456 - 464

7. Seasonal variations of symbiotic ultrastructure and relationships of two natural ectomycorrhizae of beech (Fagus sylvatica/Lactarius blennius var. viridis and Fagus sylvatica/Lactarius subdulcis)

   • P. Genet
   • A. Prevost
   • J.C. Pargney

   Original Article 29 August 2000 Pages: 465 - 474

8. Biomass allocation, needle structural characteristics and nutrient composition in Scots pine seedlings exposed to elevated CO₂ and O₃ concentrations

   • Jarkko Utriainen
   • Sari Janhunen
   • Toini Holopainen

   Original Article 25 August 2000 Pages: 475 - 484

9. Effects of drought on photoprotective mechanisms in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seedlings from different provenances

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

   Original Article 29 August 2000 Pages: 485 - 490