Effects of snow-load and shading by vascular plants on the vertical growth of hummocks formed by Sphagnum papillosum in a mire of northern Japan Tomotsugu YazakiKazuo Yabe OriginalPaper 09 June 2012 Pages: 1055 - 1067
Temperature and water requirements for germination and effects of discontinuous hydration on germinated seed survival in Tillandsia recurvata L. Saraí Montes-RecinasJudith Márquez-GuzmánAlma Orozco-Segovia OriginalPaper 12 June 2012 Pages: 1069 - 1079
Tree growth and death in a tropical gallery forest in Brazil: understanding the relationships among size, growth, and survivorship for understory and canopy dominant species Eduardo van den BergRobin ChazdonBruno S. Corrêa OriginalPaper 10 June 2012 Pages: 1081 - 1092
Demographic effects of fire on two endemic plant species in the longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem Wade A. WallWilliam A. HoffmannMatthew G. Hohmann OriginalPaper 20 June 2012 Pages: 1093 - 1104
Measuring genetic diversity in ecological studies Meghan L. AvolioJeremy M. BeaulieuMelinda D. Smith OriginalPaper 15 June 2012 Pages: 1105 - 1115
An invasive grass shows colonization advantages over native grasses under conditions of low resource availability Yi HanYvonne M. BuckleyJennifer Firn OriginalPaper 15 June 2012 Pages: 1117 - 1130
Are plant populations in expanding ranges made up of escaped cultivars? The case of Ilex aquifolium in Denmark Anne-Marie T. SkouFiorello ToneattoJohannes Kollmann OriginalPaper 20 June 2012 Pages: 1131 - 1144
Microsite and litter cover effects on seed banks vary with seed size and dispersal mechanisms: implications for revegetation of degraded saline land Claire FarrellRichard J. HobbsTimothy D. Colmer OriginalPaper 15 June 2012 Pages: 1145 - 1155
No evidence for evolutionarily decreased tolerance and increased fitness in invasive Chromolaena odorata: implications for invasiveness and biological control Yang-Ping LiYu-Long FengGregor Barclay OriginalPaper 09 June 2012 Pages: 1157 - 1166
Mucilage secretion by seeds doubles the chance to escape removal by ants Meike EngelbrechtPatricio García-Fayos OriginalPaper 20 June 2012 Pages: 1167 - 1175
Resource-use efficiencies of three indigenous tree species planted in resource islands created by shrubs: implications for reforestation of subtropical degraded shrublands Nan LiuQinfeng Guo OriginalPaper 20 June 2012 Pages: 1177 - 1185
Impact of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on soil properties and herb-layer diversity in remnant forests along an urban–rural gradient in Guangzhou, southern China Liujing HuangWeixing ZhuJun Wang OriginalPaper 27 June 2012 Pages: 1187 - 1202
Determinants of perennial and annual grass distribution in Mediterranean-climate California Jeffrey Clary Letter 27 June 2012 Pages: 1203 - 1208