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Highlights in the early history of the International Association of Wood Anatomists.- Systematic, phylogenetic, and ecological wood anatomy — History and perspectives.- Functional xylem anatomy of angiosperm trees.- Cell wall hydrolysis in the tracheary elements of the secondary xylem.- The concept of cambium.- Morphogenetic factors in wood formation and differentiation.- Genetic variation in wood properties.- An anatomical explanation for visco-elastic and mechano-sorptive creep in wood, and effects of loading rate on strength.- The application of statistics and computing in wood anatomy.