繁殖器官（球果や果実）の成長過程に着目し、生理生態学的側面から光合成・呼吸を測定し物質収支バランスから樹木の成長過程を論じた。本書は繁殖器官の測定実験のみならず理論考察をも網羅する。
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Focusing on the growth process of reproductive organs (cones and fruits), this book discusses the growth process of trees from the ecophysiological viewpoint of carbon balance, measuring photosynthesis and respiration of fruits or cones. This book covers not only the experimental measurement of reproductive organs but also the theoretical modeling analysis.

Preface
Chapter 1: Growth
1.1. Shape
1.2. Relationship between fruit mass, fruit diameter and fruit volume
1.3. Diameter and mass growth
1.4. Effect of reproduction on the growth of mother trees
Chapter 2: Measuring Photosynthesis and Respiration
2.1. Measurement method
2.2. Definition of photosynthesis and respiration
2.3. Definition of photosynthetic CO2 refixation
2.4. Chlorophyll content
Chapter 3: Daily and Seasonal Changes in Photosynthesis and Respiration
3.1. Daily changes in photosynthesis and respiration
3.2. Seasonal changes in photosynthesis and respiration
3.3. Daily and seasonal changes in photosynthetic CO2 refixation
Chapter 4: Light and Temperature Responses in Photosynthesis
4.1. Light - photosynthetic response
4.2. Temperature - photosynthetic response
4.3. Photosynthetic CO2 refixation and light intensity
4.4. Photosynthetic CO2 refixation and temperature
Chapter 5: Temperature Response of Respiration
5.1. Temperature - respiration response
5.2. Temperature coefficient Q10
Chapter 6: Size Dependence of Respiration
Chapter 7: Translocation
7.1. Estimating translocation by compartmental model
7.2. Seasonal changes in translocation
7.3. Relationship in translocation between fruits and leaves
7.4. Quantitative balance between translocation, growth, photosynthesis and respiration
7.5. Differences in translocation between the two climate zones
Chapter 8: Translocation and Peduncle Size
8.1. Relationship between fruit mass growth and peduncle cross-sectional area
8.2. Relationship between translocation into fruit and peduncle cross-sectional area
8.3. Negative rate of fruit mass growth
Chapter 9: Deriving a Growth Curve
9.1. Developing a growth model
9.2. Deriving the Bertalanffy's equation
9.3. Deriving the growth curve of the mother tree
Postface
Literature Cited
Index

Kazuharu Ogawa
Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1958, he graduated from the Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Nagoya University in 1981. Doctor of Agriculture from Nagoya University. After working as a guest researcher at the Department of Ecology and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), an assistant professor at the Faculty of Agriculture, Nagoya University, and an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, he became a lecturer at the Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University in 2016. He specializes in forest ecology and forest ecophysiology. His publications include Recent Research Developments in Environmental Biology (Research Signpost, co-author) and New Research on Forest Ecology (Nova Science, co-author).