Ecology and Biogeography of Pinus

Part I. Introduction: 1. Ecology and biogeography of Pinus - an introduction D. Richardson and P. Rundel Part II. Evolution, Phylogeny and Systematics: 2. Phylogeny and sytematics of Pinus R. Price, A. Liston and S. Strauss 3. Early evolution of pines C. Millar Part III. Historical Biogeography: 4. The late Quaternary history of pines in northern Asia C. Kremenetski, K. Liu and G. MacDonald 5. The late Quaternary history of pines in Europe K. Willis, K. Bennet and J. Birks 6. The late Quaternary history of pines in northern North America G. MacDonald, L. Cwynar and C. Whitlock 7. The history of pines in Mexico and Central America J. Perry, A. Graham, and D. Richardson Part IV. Macroecology and Recent Biogeography: 8. Pines of the Mediterrranean Basin M. Barbero, R. Loisel, P. Quezel, D. Richardson and F. Romane 9. The recent history of pinyon pines in the American southwest R. Lanner and T. van Devender 10. Macroecological limits to the abundance and distribution of Pinus G. Stevens and B. Enquist Part V. Ecological Themes: 11. Fire and pine ecosystems J. Agee 12. Evolution and life histories of Pinus J. Keely and P. Zedler 13. Genetic variation in Pinus F. Ledig 14. Seed dispersal in Pinus R. Lanner 15. Ecophysiology of Pinus P. Rundel and B. Yoder 16. The mycorrhizal state of Pinus D. Read 17. Effects of pines on soil properties and processes M. Scholes and T. Nowicki 18. Insect-pine interactions P. de Groot and J. Turgeon 19. Diseases and the ecology of indigenous and exotic pines T. Harrington and M. Wingfield Part VI. Pines and Humans: 20. Pines in cultivation: a global view D. Le Maitre 21. Pinus radiata: a narrow endemic of North America takes on the world P. Lavery and D. Mead 22. Pines as invaders in the southern hemisphere D. Richardson and S. Higgins Glossary Glossary of English common names for pines Taxonomic index Subject index.