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Spatial Distribution and Historical Dynamics of Threatened Conifers of the Dalat Plateau, Vietnam
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND HISTORICAL DYNAMICS OF THREATENED CONIFERS OF THE DALAT PLATEAU, VIETNAM A thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Graduate School At the University of Missouri In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts By TRANG THI THU TRAN Dr. C. Mark Cowell, Thesis Supervisor MAY 2011 The undersigned, appointed by the dean of the Graduate School, have examined the thesis entitled SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND HISTORICAL DYNAMICS OF THREATENED CONIFERS OF THE DALAT PLATEAU, VIETNAM Presented by Trang Thi Thu Tran A candidate for the degree of Master of Arts of Geography And hereby certify that, in their opinion, it is worthy of acceptance. Professor C. Mark Cowell Professor Cuizhen (Susan) Wang Professor Mark Morgan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research project would not have been possible without the support of many people. The author wishes to express gratitude to her supervisor, Prof. Dr. Mark Cowell who was abundantly helpful and offered invaluable assistance, support, and guidance. My heartfelt thanks also go to the members of supervisory committees, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cuizhen (Susan) Wang and Prof. Mark Morgan without their knowledge and assistance this study would not have been successful. I also wish to thank the staff of the Vietnam Initiatives Group, particularly to Prof. Joseph Hobbs, Prof. Jerry Nelson, and Sang S. Kim for their encouragement and support through the duration of my studies. I also extend thanks to the Conservation Leadership Programme (aka BP Conservation Programme) and Rufford Small Grands for their financial support for the field work. Deepest gratitude is also due to Sub-Institute of Ecology Resources and Environmental Studies (SIERES) of the Institute of Tropical Biology (ITB) Vietnam, particularly to Prof. -
Occurrences of Mild Compression Wood in Agathis Borneensis and Dacrydium Elatum
378 IAWAIAWA Journal Journal 36 (4), 36 2015: (4), 2015 378–386 OCCURRENCES OF MILD COMPRESSION WOOD IN AGATHIS BORNEENSIS AND DACRYDIUM ELATUM Yoon Soo Kim1,*, Kwang Ho Lee1 and Andrew H. H. Wong2 1Department of Wood Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, South Korea 2Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, University Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia *Corresponding author; e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT Studies on the compression wood in tropical gymnosperms are uncommon due to their limited distribution and over-exploitation. Microscopic examination of the heartwood of two tropical gymnosperms, Agathis borneensis (local name: bindang, damar minyak) and Dacrydium elatum (local name: sempilor) grow- ing on higher elevations in Sarawak, Malaysia showed the occurrence of mild compression wood. Intercellular spaces were present in the compression wood of A. borneensis, but not in D. elatum. Rounded shapes of tracheids, typical of severe compression wood, were not observed in any of the samples examined. In D. elatum helical cavities were present, which corresponded in location to cell wall checks seen in cross-sectional views. The S1 layer was relatively thick in both wood species but a distinct S3 layer was observable only in the mild compression wood of D. elatum. Although the main feature of the mild com- pression wood tracheids of both wood species was greater lignification of the outer S2 region, autofluorescence and KMnO4 staining showed the fluorescence and staining intensity in the corner middle lamella in some cases to be much stronger than that in the outer part of S2 layer. -
Kosipe Revisited
Peat in the mountains of New Guinea G.S. Hope Department of Archaeology and Natural History, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia _______________________________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY Peatlands are common in montane areas above 1,000 m in New Guinea and become extensive above 3,000 m in the subalpine zone. In the montane mires, swamp forests and grass or sedge fens predominate on swampy valley bottoms. These mires may be 4–8 m in depth and up to 30,000 years in age. In Papua New Guinea (PNG) there is about 2,250 km2 of montane peatland, and Papua Province (the Indonesian western half of the island) probably contains much more. Above 3,000 m, peat soils form under blanket bog on slopes as well as on valley floors. Vegetation types include cushion bog, grass bog and sedge fen. Typical peat depths are 0.5‒1 m on slopes, but valley floors and hollows contain up to 10 m of peat. The estimated total extent of mountain peatland is 14,800 km2 with 5,965 km2 in PNG and about 8,800 km2 in Papua Province. The stratigraphy, age structure and vegetation histories of 45 peatland or organic limnic sites above 750 m have been investigated since 1965. These record major vegetation shifts at 28,000, 17,000‒14,000 and 9,000 years ago and a variable history of human disturbance from 14,000 years ago with extensive clearance by the mid- Holocene at some sites. While montane peatlands were important agricultural centres in the Holocene, the introduction of new dryland crops has resulted in the abandonment of some peatlands in the last few centuries. -
Temperate and Tropical Podocarps: How Ecologically Alike Are They? David A
7 Temperate and Tropical Podocarps: How Ecologically Alike Are They? David A. Coomes and Peter J. Bellingham ABSTRACT. With few exceptions, podocarps are specialists of nutrient-poor soils within temperate and tropical rainforests. They are locally abundant in some tropical mountains, especially near the tree line, and in the lowland tropics most are confined to heathlands and impoverished habitats, although some can persist in forest understories. The ecology of tropical podocarps is not well understood, so here we draw on literature from temperate regions to help characterize their niches. Temperate podocarps are ef- fective at capturing and retaining nutrients at the expense of competitors. They are uni- versally slow growing, but this is not necessarily an encumbrance on poor soils because competition for light is relatively weak. Temperate podocarps are often outcompeted on richer soils because several factors stack against them: they are ill equipped to compete with angiosperms in the race to occupy canopy gaps, there may be few sites for their establishment on the forest floors, and continuous regeneration by podocarps is seldom found in the forest understory because their growth is severely hampered by shading. We suggest that competition excludes imbricate- leaved podocarps from most lowland tropi- cal forests, whereas broad- leaved species with anastomosing veins (Nageia and some Podocarpus) are so shade tolerant that they regenerate beneath closed canopies. INTRODUCTION In 1989, Bond revisited an old but unresolved question: why were coni- David A. Coomes, Forest Conservation and fers pushed out of the lowland tropics and mesic temperate regions by angio- Ecology Group, Department of Plant Sciences, sperms as they diversified and expanded in range during the Late Cretaceous? University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK. -
Vietnamese Conifers and Some Problems of Their Sustainable Utilization Ke Loc Et Al
Vietnamese conifers and some problems of their sustainable utilization Ke Loc et al. Vietnamese conifers and some problems of their sustainable utilization Phan Ke Loc 1, 2, Nguyen Tien Hiep 2, Nguyen Duc To Luu 3, Philip Ian Thomas 4, Aljos Farjon 5, L.V. Averyanov 6, J.C. Regalado, Jr. 7, Nguyen Sinh Khang 2, Georgina Magin 8, Paul Mathew 8, Sara Oldfield 9, Sheelagh O’Reilly 8, Thomas Osborn 10, Steven Swan 8 and To Van Thao 2 1 University of Natural Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi; 2 Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources; 3 Vietnam Central Forest Seed Company; 4 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; 5 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; 6 Komarov Botanical Institute; 7 Missouri Botanical Garden; 8 Fauna & Flora International; 9 Global Trees Campaign; 10 Independent Consultant Introduction Vietnam is now recognized as one of the top ten global conifer conservation ‘hotspots’, as defined by the Conifer Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Vietnam’s conifer flora has approximately 34 species that are indigenous to the country, making up about 5% of conifers known worldwide. Although conifers represent only less than 0.3% of the total number of higher vascular plant species of Vietnam, they are of great ecological, cultural and economic importance. Most conifer wood is prized for its high value in house construction, furniture making, etc. The decline of conifer populations in Vietnam has caused serious concern among scientists. Threats to conifer species are substantial and varied, ranging from logging (both commercial and subsistence), land clearing for agriculture, and forest fire. Over the past twelve years (1995-2006), Vietnam Botanical Conservation Program (VBCP), a scientific cooperation between the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis and the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources in Hanoi, has conducted various studies on this important group of plants in order to gather baseline information necessary to make sound recommendations for their conservation and sustainable use. -
Early Performance of 12 Shade Tolerant Tree Species Inter Planted
1 38 Journal of Tropical Forest Science 4 (199639 - 8(3) 1 ) :38 EARLY PERFORMANC SHAD2 1 F EO E TOLERANT TREE SPECIES INTER PLANTED WITH PARASERIANTHES FALCATARIA IMPERATAN O CYLINDRICA GRASSLAND Riikka Otsamo*, Jl. Lombok 5, 70711 Banjarbaru, Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia Goran Adjers, EnsoPT. Forest Indonesia, WidjojoS. Centre, Floor,5th JenderalJl. Sudirman Jakarta71, Selatan, 12190, Indonesia Tjuk Sasmito Hadi, Balai Teknologi Reboisasi Banjarbaru, P.O. Box 65, Jl. Set Ulin 28 B, 70714 Banjarbaru, Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia Jussi Kuusipalo & Antti Otsamo Enso Forest Development Ltd., Reforestation Tropicaland Forest Management Project, Balaic/o Teknologi Reboisasi Banjarbaru, 70714UlinB, Sei 28 Jl. Banjarbaru, 65, P.O. Box Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia Received November 1994 ______ _ __ ______ OTSAMO, R., ADJERS, G., HADI, T. S., KUUSIPALO, J. & OTSAMO, A. 1996. Early performance of 12 shade tolerant tree species interplanted with Paraserianthes falcataria Imperatan o cylindrica grassland. Performanc slow-growin2 1 f o e g shade tolerant tree specie Imperatan o s cylindrica dominated grassland inter planted with Paraserianthes falcataria was studied for five years in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. The seedlings were planted unde two-year-ola r d plantatio randomizea n i n d complete block design with eight replications speciee th l higd Al .sha h survival unti thire th l d year, whe mortalite nth severaf yo l Shorea specie wels s a Durios a l zibethinus increased considerabl resula severa s y a f seasono ty edr . Non-dipterocarp species, Podocarpus polystachyus, Agathis borneensis and Pericopsis mooniana, had the best performance in the trial with survival rate 82-95f f fivso o ee heighyearsd %ag an e e 3.2-3.f th .Th t o t a 5m best dipterocarps were Vatica sp. -
2. DACRYCARPUS (Endlicher) De Laubenfels, J. Arnold Arbor. 50: 315
Flora of China 4: 79. 1999. 2. DACRYCARPUS (Endlicher) de Laubenfels, J. Arnold Arbor. 50: 315. 1969. 鸡毛松属 ji mao song shu Podocarpus L’Héritier ex Persoon sect. Dacrycarpus Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 221. 1847; Bracteocarpus A. V. Bobrov & Melikyan. Trees or shrubs evergreen, dioecious (very rarely monoecious); trunk straight; main branches spreading or drooping; branchlets drooping or ascending, dense. Leaves dimorphic: juvenile leaves 2-ranked and forming an oblong-ovate branchlet outline, linear, not scalelike; adult leaves needlelike or scalelike, falcate, bilaterally or bifacially flattened, or not flattened, 0.8–1.5 mm. Pollen cones lateral (rarely terminal), solitary or few together; microsporophylls numerous, imbricate; microsporangia 2, abaxial. Seed-bearing structures terminal and often borne on short, lateral branchlets, pedunculate, with appressed or spreading, bractlike leaves at base of peduncle; apical 1 or 2 bracts fertile; basal bracts fused to form a succulent, warty receptacle; ovule inverted. Epimatium wholly enveloping seed, united with fertile bract(s) and together bearing a short, free apex forming an asymmetrically projecting crest on immature seed-bearing structure. Seed large. Nine species: from China and Myanmar to Fiji Islands and New Zealand; one species in China. 1. Dacrycarpus imbricatus (Blume) de Laubenfels var. patulus de Laubenfels, J. Arnold Arbor. 50: 320. 1969. 鸡毛松 ji mao song Bracteocarpus kawaii (Hayata) A. V. Bobrov & Meli- kyan; Podocarpus kawaii Hayata. Trees to 40 m tall; trunk to 2 m d.b.h.; bark superficially dark brown or blackish, weathering gray, red-brown and granular fibrous within, flaking in thin strips; crown spreading; branchlets stiff, erect. Juvenile leaves borne at 60–75° to branchlet axis, 0.2– 0.7 mm apart (branchlets 3–4 × 1.2–1.6 cm in outline), sessile, green or ± glaucous, linear, falcate to “S”- shaped, 6–10(–17) × 0.9–1.2 mm, stomata arranged in 2 whitish rows on abaxial surface, base decurrent, margin entire, apex obliquely incurved-apiculate, apiculus 0.2–0.3 mm. -
Dacrydium Elatum (Podocarpaceae) in the Montane Cloud Forest of Bokor Mountain, Cambodia
90 P.W. Rundel et al. Dacrydium elatum (Podocarpaceae) in the montane cloud forest of Bokor Mountain, Cambodia Philip W. RUNDEL1,*, M. Rasoul SHARIFI1, Judith KING-RUNDEL2 & David J. MIDDLETON3 1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 621 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. 2 Department of Earth Sciences, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria Street, Carson, California 90747, USA. 3 Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569, Singapore. * Corresponding author. Email [email protected] Paper submitted 20 May 2016, revised manuscript accepted 29 July 2016. ɊɮɍɅʂɋɑɳȶɆſ əDŽɒɌɀɿ ƺȴɸɌɊɮ ɯɋɵɅɵƙɈɳɁȟɳǷǂɊɉɸƒɵɅɵƙɈƙɁȪɈɩȷ ǕȷƙɁȪɎLJɅɳȵˊȻɳǷɁɸɆɅɽȳƕȶɽǍɆɵɅȹɯɌɉɸƒȼɸɌȲɪ ɭƒȶəɃǚɅƺɁɩɆɮȲɳƵʆ ȹƙNjɍɳƸɃɳǷɃɩɑƴȶɁƓɮȶɵɅȹɯɌɉɸƒ Ʌɩȶ ȹɩɁɑɊɭƙɃɆɳȶˊžɁƺɁɸɆɅɽNjɅɍȲſȳʂɀƋ ɳɑˊɊȳɭɑƙɆƙȲɁɪ ɴȼɍNjɅȲɊƕɑɽɃɫȲɳɉƚȣȶɳɍˊɑ Ɉɪ ʕʐʐʐ Ɋ.Ɋ ɵɅȲɊƕɑɽɃɫȲɳɉƚȣȶƙɆƸɸƹƒ ɸ NjɅɑǁƊ Ʌƽȷɽʉ ɅɩȶNjɅǕɑɭɪɁȳƕɑɽʆ ɍȲſȳʂɀƋ DŽɸȶɳɅɹɆɳȶˊžɁɤƘNjɅɵƙɈɳɁȟ Ʌɩȶ Ƀɪ ȷɭɍƙɈɫȲƞɴȼɍNJȴɳƙȷˊɅƺƙɆɳɉɃ Dacrydiumȱ elatumȱ (Podocarpaceae)ʆ ɆɴƙɊɆƙɊȫɍɃɸɒɸɳȼˊɊɳȺˊƙɁȪɎLJɅƙɆɃɹɳȵˊȻ ȲɊƕɑɽƸɆɽɈɪ ʕ-ʗ Ɋ. ɳǷǂɊȹƙNjɍȹɩɁȲɸɈɮɍɅɩȶɆɅƎɌɒɮɁǂɊɁɸɆɅɽɆɴƙɊɆƙɊɍȫ Ʌɩȶ ȲɊƕɑɽȼɍɽ ʑʕ Ɋ. ȲɭƒȶɁɸɆɅɽɴȲƓɌɃɫȲDžƚ Ȳɽ ɈɈȲɎɍʆɩ ɑɫȲɴȼɍNjɅɑǁƚ Ɗ ɅȼɮȷȯɑƳɵɅɳȼˊɊɳȺˊɳɈȻɎɋʂ Ʌɩȶ ɑǁƊ ɅƙɃɴɎȶȯɑȷȷȫ ɭȶɵɅȲɮɅɌȲɭ ſƺɁɩƙɆɳɉɃ D.ȱ elatum ɆƷƟ ȻɈɪɃɸɳdžɌȲɃɩɑɈɅɬƚɳɄˊɌɑƛ ɪɑƗ ɸɳnjȴ ɳɒˊɋɍȲſɀɺɳɅɹȲʁɆƷƟ ȻɈɪƳɌɆɅǜɸɳǵɅɫȶɍȲſȳʂɀƋ ɈɈȲɳƙȷˊɅɵɅȹƙɊȲɳǷɉɸƒɆɮȲɳƵʆ ɃƙɊȶɽDŽɸȶɈɪɌLJɅƻɅȼɍɽ ʕʐ% ɵɅɔƙǂɔɁɩɆɌNjɵɅƳɌƙƺɆǃɊɈɍɈɅɬƚȲƙɊɩɁDŽɆȴɬƙɁɫɊɴɁ ʒʐʐɊɪƙȲȪɊɻɮɍ/ɴɊɻƙɁ/ ɎdžɃɩ ɪʆ ɔƙǂɔɁɩɆɌNjɵɅƳɌƙƺɆǃɊɈɍɈɅɬƚɳɓˊȶȳƕɑɽɌɒɮɁȼɍɽƙɆɴɒɍ ʘʐʐ ɊɪƙȲȪɊɻɮɍ/ɴɊɻƙɁ/ ɎdžɃɩ -
Taxus Wallichiana (Zucc.), an Endangered Anti-Cancerous Plant: a Review
International Journal of Research e-ISSN: 2348-6848 p-ISSN: 2348-795X Available at https://pen2print.org/index.php/ijr/ Volume 05 Issue 21 October 2018 Taxus wallichiana (Zucc.), an Endangered Anti-Cancerous Plant: A Review Sudina Bhuju1 & Dhurva P. Gauchan1 1Department of Biotechnology, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal. Corresponding email: [email protected] Abstract: which are: Baglung, Bajhang, Darchula, Dhankuta, Dolakha, Dolpa, Doti, Gorkha, Humla, Jajarkot, Taxus one of the slow growing species, is found to be Jumla, Kaski, Kathmandu, Lamjung, Manang, the major source of Taxol (anti-cancer agent). Since Mustang, Myagdi, Parbat, Rasuwa, Sankhuwasabha, very less is known about the biology of Taxus genus Solukhumbu and Taplejung. alongside the controversies going on with the species, profitable mechanism for large scale Taxol In Nepal, it is distributed in the Western, Central and production is still in debate. Commercially, Taxol Eastern sub-alpine and temperate regions in the synthesis is unlikely because of the limited sources range of 1800-3000m in association with Quercus and probability of over consumption of natural semecarpifolia, Abies spectabilis, Picea smithiana, product, which would be an issue concerning the Cedrus deodara, Tsuga dumosa, Pinus wallichiana endangered species of Taxus like Taxus wallichiana. and Rhododendron campanulatum [2]. In Vietnam, The only possible alternative way for high conifers like Dacrycarpus imbricatus, Keteleeria production of Taxol is by generating Taxol in plant- evelyniana, Nageia wallichiana, and Podocarpus based mediums without exploiting the plant in its neriifolius has been found associated with T. natural vegetation. Before that, one should have wallichiana where they grow in sub-montane detailed understanding about Taxus. -
Republic of Fiji: the State of the World's Forest Genetic Resources
REPUBLIC OF FIJI This country report is prepared as a contribution to the FAO publication, The Report on the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources. The content and the structure are in accordance with the recommendations and guidelines given by FAO in the document Guidelines for Preparation of Country Reports for the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources (2010). These guidelines set out recommendations for the objective, scope and structure of the country reports. Countries were requested to consider the current state of knowledge of forest genetic diversity, including: Between and within species diversity List of priority species; their roles and values and importance List of threatened/endangered species Threats, opportunities and challenges for the conservation, use and development of forest genetic resources These reports were submitted to FAO as official government documents. The report is presented on www. fao.org/documents as supportive and contextual information to be used in conjunction with other documentation on world forest genetic resources. The content and the views expressed in this report are the responsibility of the entity submitting the report to FAO. FAO may not be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained in this report. STATE OF THE FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES IN FIJI Department of Forests Ministry of Fisheries and Forests for The Republic of Fiji Islands and the Secreatriat of Pacific Communities (SPC) State of the Forest Genetic Resources in Fiji _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents Executve Summary ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….. 5 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….. 6 Chapter 1: The Current State of the Forest Genetic Resources in Fiji ………………………………………………………………….……. -
Genetic Structure in Natural Populations of Dacrydium Elatum (Roxb.) Wall
E3S Web of Conferences 265, 01030 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202126501030 APEEM 2021 Genetic structure in natural populations of Dacrydium elatum (Roxb.) Wall. (Podocarpaceae) in the Central Highlands of Vietnam inferred by Microsatellites Dinh Duy Vu1*, Quoc Khanh Nguyen1 and Mai Phuong Pham1 Institute of Tropical Ecology, Vietnam - Russia Tropical Center, 63 Nguyen Van Huyen, Ha Noi, Vietnam Abstract: To provide a reference for the conservation and application of breeding parentallines resource of Dacrydium elatum (Roxb.). Genetic diversity and population structure of eighty individuals from four populations (Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Lam Dong) in Central Highlands were evaluated using eight SSR markers. Based on the SSR data, 21 alleles were detected by eight SSR with high polymorphism. The genetic diversity of levels within the populations were moderately high (Ho = 0.555, He = 0.429). The average number of shannon information index were 0.618 and genetic differentiation among populations was low (Fst=0.097). The AMOVA revealed high genetic variation within individuals (87%) compared among populations (13%). The UPGMA phenogram showed that the results of molecular clustering largely agreed with the pedigree and geographic origin. Three populations (NL, KCR and BDNB) were clustered together and CYS population was separated. The maximum quantity ΔK was observed for K=2 in population structure analysis, indicating that the entire collection could be divided into two main groups of genes. This study can provide a theoretical basis for genetic resource management and varieties identification of D. elatum resources, and provide reference basis for breeding. 1 Introduction Dacrydium elatum (Roxb.) Wall. -
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NAT. NAT. HIST. BUL L. SIAM So c. 49: 295-303 , 2001 PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY IN THAI CONIFERS Philip Philip W. Rundel 1,Mark Patterson 2, Kansri Boonpragob 3 and Santi Watthana 4 ABSTRACT Ecophysiological Ecophysiological studies were carried out to detennine photosynthetic capacity and as- sociated sociated gas exch 飢 .ge characteristics of seven species of conifers growing under cornrnon g訂 den conditions in the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden in the Mae Sa ne Valley 訂 Chi 釦 g Mai , northem northem Th ailand. Rates of net photosynthesis under conditions of non ・limiting light and water availability availability ranged from a high of 7.9-8.0μmol m- 2・S-I in Pinus kesiya and P. merkusii to a low low of 2.0 in Podocarpus wallichianus. C 訂 bon isotope ratios (o) of -24 .1 %0 in this latter species species indicated a high degree of water use efficiency (WUE) ,while 出巴 two pines ,C ephalot a.x us griffithii griffithii and Dacrydium elatum , showed low WUE with o values of -29.3 to -30 .4 %0. ・Thai conifers conifers appear to have ecophysiological traits of photosynthetic capacity ,stomatal conduct- 如 ce ,組d water use efficiency comp 訂 'able to those of in North American temperate conifers Our data suggest that inherent limitations in the structural characteristics of the photosynthetic and and water 甘ansport systems in conifers are equally applicable to tropical as well as temperate conifers conifers in mainland Southeast Asia. INTRODUCTION Wh ile there has been a rapidly increasing interest in recent years in the physiological ecology of conifers (SMITH & HINCKLEY ,1995) , this work has focused almost exclusively on temperate zone conifers ,particularly those in th 巴 genera Pinus ,Abies 叩 d Picea.