Volume 27, Issue 4

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July 2012

17 articles in this issue

Implications of seasonal variation in nitrate export from forested ecosystems: a review from the hydrological perspective of ecosystem dynamics
Nobuhito Ohte
Ohshima Award 23 May 2012 Pages: 657 - 665
Effects of environmental factors on the distribution of plant communities in a semi-arid region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Zeng-Ru Wang
Guo-Jing Yang
Bai-Sheng Ye
Review 03 May 2012 Pages: 667 - 675
Seed dormancy and germination in the giant Himalayan lily (Cardiocrinum giganteum var. giganteum): an assessment of its potential for naturalization in northern Japan
Shyam S. Phartyal
Tetsuya Kondo
Jerry M. Baskin
Original Article 28 March 2012 Pages: 677 - 690
Inter-specific association and habitat use in a farmland passerine assemblage
Manuel B. Morales
Irene Guerrero
Leandro Meléndez
Original Article 22 April 2012 Pages: 691 - 700
Response of soil nematode community structure and diversity to long-term land use in the black soil region in China
Feng-Juan Pan
Yan-Li Xu
Chun-Jie Li
Original Article 27 April 2012 Pages: 701 - 714
Drought-induced mortality affects understory vegetation: release after death
M. L. Suarez
Y. Sasal
Original Article 22 April 2012 Pages: 715 - 724
The combined effects of warming and drying suppress CO₂ and N₂O emission rates in an alpine meadow of the eastern Tibetan Plateau
Fusun Shi
Huai Chen
Ning Wu
Original Article 01 May 2012 Pages: 725 - 733
Fungal succession and decomposition of beech cupule litter
Y. Fukasawa
O. Tateno
T. Osono
Original Article 26 April 2012 Pages: 735 - 743
Coexistence of carnivores in a heterogeneous landscape: habitat selection and ecological niches
Pedro Pereira
António Alves da Silva
Carlos Fonseca
Original Article 22 April 2012 Pages: 745 - 753
Analysis of vertical stratification of Syrphidae (Diptera) in an oak-hornbeam forest in northern Italy
Daniele Birtele
Sönke Hardersen
Original Article 26 April 2012 Pages: 755 - 763
Stoichiometric traits of oriental oak (Quercus variabilis) acorns and their variations in relation to environmental variables across temperate to subtropical China
Xiao Sun
Hongzhang Kang
Chunjiang Liu
Original Article 17 May 2012 Pages: 765 - 773
Rhombomys opimus contribution to the “fertile island” effect of tamarisk mounds in Junggar Basin
Wenxuan Xu
Wei Liu
David Blank
Original Article 26 April 2012 Pages: 775 - 781
Interactions between frequency and size of disturbance affect competitive outcomes
Adam Miller
Dan Reilly
Katriona Shea
Original Article 05 May 2012 Pages: 783 - 791
Bacterial succession during 500 years of soil development under agricultural use
Jun Cui
Han Meng
Changming Fang
Original Article 05 May 2012 Pages: 793 - 807
Inferring the invasion history of coral berry Ardisia crenata from China to the USA using molecular markers
Hong-Yu Niu
Lan Hong
Corey J. A. Bradshaw
Original Article 23 May 2012 Pages: 809 - 818
Stem, branch and leaf biomass-density relationships in forest communities
Wei-Ping Zhang
Xin Jia
Gen-Xuan Wang
Original Article 23 May 2012 Pages: 819 - 825
Effects of soil physicochemical properties and stand age on fine root biomass and vertical distribution of plantation forests in the Loess Plateau of China
Ruiying Chang
Bojie Fu
Shuai Wang
Original Article 26 May 2012 Pages: 827 - 836

Volume 27, Issue 4

Implications of seasonal variation in nitrate export from forested ecosystems: a review from the hydrological perspective of ecosystem dynamics

Effects of environmental factors on the distribution of plant communities in a semi-arid region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Seed dormancy and germination in the giant Himalayan lily (Cardiocrinum giganteum var. giganteum): an assessment of its potential for naturalization in northern Japan

Inter-specific association and habitat use in a farmland passerine assemblage

Response of soil nematode community structure and diversity to long-term land use in the black soil region in China

Drought-induced mortality affects understory vegetation: release after death

The combined effects of warming and drying suppress CO₂ and N₂O emission rates in an alpine meadow of the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Fungal succession and decomposition of beech cupule litter

Coexistence of carnivores in a heterogeneous landscape: habitat selection and ecological niches

Analysis of vertical stratification of Syrphidae (Diptera) in an oak-hornbeam forest in northern Italy

Stoichiometric traits of oriental oak (Quercus variabilis) acorns and their variations in relation to environmental variables across temperate to subtropical China

Rhombomys opimus contribution to the “fertile island” effect of tamarisk mounds in Junggar Basin

Interactions between frequency and size of disturbance affect competitive outcomes

Bacterial succession during 500 years of soil development under agricultural use

Inferring the invasion history of coral berry Ardisia crenata from China to the USA using molecular markers

Stem, branch and leaf biomass-density relationships in forest communities

Effects of soil physicochemical properties and stand age on fine root biomass and vertical distribution of plantation forests in the Loess Plateau of China

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