1. Soil–Litter Mixing Accelerates Decomposition in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland

   • Daniel B. Hewins
   • Steven R. Archer
   • Heather L. Throop

   OriginalPaper 26 October 2012 Pages: 183 - 195

   

2. The Role of Wood Ants (Formica rufa group) in Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics of a Boreal Norway Spruce Forest Ecosystem

   • Leena Finér
   • Martin F. Jurgensen
   • Pekka Niemelä

   OriginalPaper 27 October 2012 Pages: 196 - 208

   

3. Aquatic Ecosystem Responses to Rapid Recovery from Extreme Acidification and Metal Contamination in Lakes Near Wawa, Ontario

   • Adam Jeziorski
   • Bill Keller
   • John P. Smol

   OriginalPaper 07 November 2012 Pages: 209 - 223

   

4. Altered Sea Ice Thickness and Permanence Affects Benthic Ecosystem Functioning in Coastal Antarctica

   • Andrew M. Lohrer
   • Vonda J. Cummings
   • Simon F. Thrush

   OriginalPaper 27 October 2012 Pages: 224 - 236

   

5. The Role of Eelgrass in Marine Community Interactions and Ecosystem Services: Results from Ecosystem-Scale Food Web Models

   • Mark L. Plummer
   • Chris J. Harvey
   • Mary H. Ruckelshaus

   OriginalPaper 07 November 2012 Pages: 237 - 251

   

6. Fire and Grazing Change Herbaceous Species Composition and Reduce Beta Diversity in the Kalahari Sand System

   • Gaseitsiwe S. Masunga
   • Stein R. Moe
   • Baipidi Pelekekae

   OriginalPaper 09 November 2012 Pages: 252 - 268

   

7. Whole-Stream Metabolism Responds to Spawning Pacific Salmon in Their Native and Introduced Ranges

   • Peter S. Levi
   • Jennifer L. Tank
   • Gary A. Lamberti

   OriginalPaper 21 November 2012 Pages: 269 - 283

   

8. Parent Material and Topography Determine Soil Phosphorus Status in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico

   • Susanna M. Mage
   • Stephen Porder

   OriginalPaper 21 November 2012 Pages: 284 - 294

   

9. Multi-scale Analysis of Environmental Conditions and Conifer Seedling Distribution Across the Treeline Ecotone of Northern Manitoba, Canada

   • Steven D. Mamet
   • G. Peter Kershaw

   OriginalPaper 27 November 2012 Pages: 295 - 309

   

10. Assessing Double Counting of Carbon Emissions Between Forest Land-Cover Change and Forest Wildfires: A Case Study in the United States, 1992–2006

    • Daolan Zheng
    • Linda S. Heath
    • Brad Quayle

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2012 Pages: 310 - 322

    

11. Patterns of Forest Decline and Regeneration Across Scots Pine Populations

    • Albert Vilà-Cabrera
    • Jordi Martínez-Vilalta
    • Javier Retana

    OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 323 - 335

    

12. Significance of Over-Mature and Decaying Trees for Carbon Stocks in a Central European Natural Spruce Forest

    • Mascha Jacob
    • Claudia Bade
    • Markus Hauck

    OriginalPaper Open access 04 December 2012 Pages: 336 - 346

    

13. Increases of Soil C, N, and P Pools Along an Acacia Tree Density Gradient and Their Effects on Trees and Grasses

    • Judith Sitters
    • Peter J. Edwards
    • Harry Olde Venterink

    OriginalPaper 08 December 2012 Pages: 347 - 357