Estimation of dispersal ability responding to environmental conditions: larval dispersal of the flightless firefly, Luciola parvula (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) Kohei KakehashiRyoichi B. KuranishiNaoto Kamata Original Article 22 May 2014 Pages: 779 - 787
Controlling factors of temporal variation of soil respiration in a natural beech forest as revealed by natural incubation experiments Shuang LuShinitirou KatahataQuan Wang Original Article 06 May 2014 Pages: 789 - 799
Effects of environmental and anthropogenic drivers on Amur tiger distribution in northeastern China Guangshun JiangHaiyi SunMinghai Zhang Original Article 29 May 2014 Pages: 801 - 813
Temporary sterilization behavior of mutualistic partner ants in a Southeast Asian myrmecophyte Brigitte FialaUte MeyerUlrich Maschwitz Original Article 01 June 2014 Pages: 815 - 822
Effects of topographic and edaphic conditions on alpine plant species distribution along a slope gradient on Mount Norikura, central Japan Koichi TakahashiYoshinori Murayama Original Article 19 June 2014 Pages: 823 - 833
Between-island compositional dissimilarity of avian communities Eva PittaChristina KassaraSpyros Sfenthourakis Original Article 19 June 2014 Pages: 835 - 841
An application of the plant functional group concept to restoration practice on coal mine spoil heaps Anna Piekarska-StachowiakMałgorzata SzaryGabriela Woźniak Original Article Open access 02 July 2014 Pages: 843 - 853
Determinants of Caragana microphylla density distribution in the Mongolian steppe Amartuvshin NarantsetsegSinkyu KangDongwook W. Ko Original Article 02 July 2014 Pages: 855 - 865
Life history trade-offs and stress tolerance in green hydra (Hydra viridissima Pallas 1766): the importance of nutritional status and perceived population density Jácint TökölyiMárta E. RosaZoltán Barta Original Article 02 July 2014 Pages: 867 - 876
A comparison of diversity and species composition of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) between conifer plantations and regenerating forests in Korea Jong-Kook JungSeung-Tae KimJoon-Ho Lee Original Article 08 July 2014 Pages: 877 - 887
Biological soil crusts influence carbon release responses following rainfall in a temperate desert, northern China Yang ZhaoXinrong LiYongle Chen Original Article 15 July 2014 Pages: 889 - 896
Functional diversity versus species diversity: relationships with habitat heterogeneity at multiple scales in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest Guang HuYi JinMingjian Yu Original Article 05 July 2014 Pages: 897 - 903
The relative importance of sexual and asexual reproduction in the spread of Spartina alterniflora using a spatially explicit individual-based model Huiyu LiuZhenshan LinHao Yang Original Article 23 July 2014 Pages: 905 - 915
Fruit consumption and seed dispersal by birds in native vs. ex situ individuals of the endangered Chinese yew, Taxus chinensis Ning LiShu-qing AnChang-hu Lu Original Article 23 July 2014 Pages: 917 - 923
Divergent responses of flagship, keystone and resource-limited bio-indicators to forest structure Amalia SeguraJavier Castaño-SantamaríaJosé Ramón Obeso Original Article 24 July 2014 Pages: 925 - 936
The intraspecies relationship between tissue turnover and metabolic rate in rats Kimberly KraeerLynne S. ArnesonStephen E. MacAvoy Original Article 25 July 2014 Pages: 937 - 947
Protective nesting association between the Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria and the Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio: an experiment using artificial and natural nests Marcin Polak Original Article Open access 29 July 2014 Pages: 949 - 957
Geometric morphometric analysis of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium borellii (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) at a microgeographical scale in a floodplain system María Victoria TorresFederico GiriPablo Agustín Collins Original Article 26 July 2014 Pages: 959 - 968
Invasion of the cosmopolitan species Echinochloa colona into herbaceous vegetation of a tropical wetland system Samora M. AndrewØrjan TotlandStein R. Moe Original Article 26 July 2014 Pages: 969 - 979
Heterogeneous distribution of a floating-leaved plant, Trapa japonica, in Lake Mikata, Japan, is determined by limitations on seed dispersal and harmful salinity levels Jun NishihiroYoshikazu KatoIzumi Washitani Original Article 25 July 2014 Pages: 981 - 989
Extreme weather events and plant–plant interactions: shifts between competition and facilitation among grassland species in the face of drought and heavy rainfall Kerstin GrantJuergen KreylingAnke Jentsch Original Article 06 August 2014 Pages: 991 - 1001
Vegetation factors influencing the establishment and growth of the endangered Japanese orchid, Cypripedium macranthos var. rebunense Noriko KosakaTakayuki KawaharaHideki Takahashi Original Article 10 August 2014 Pages: 1003 - 1023