Female multiple mating as a genetic bet-hedging strategy when mate choice criteria are unreliable Yukio Yasui Special Submission from the Winner of the 4th Denzaburo Miyadi Award Pages: 605 - 616
Gap formation, microsite variation and the conifer seedling occurrence in a subalpine old-growth forest, central Japan Yoshiko NarukawaShin-Ichi Yamamoto Original Articles Pages: 617 - 625
A test of vegetation–environment relationship in serpentine soils of Tuscany, Italy Alessandro ChiarucciDuccio RocchiniVincenzo De Dominicis Original Articles Pages: 627 - 639
Adaptive significance of vegetative sprouting for a tropical canopy tree, Scaphium longiflorum (Sterculiaceae), in a peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan Toshihiro YamadaYoshie KumagawaEizi Suzuki Original Articles Pages: 641 - 647
Organic chemical and nutrient dynamics in decomposing beech leaf litter in relation to fungal ingrowth and succession during 3-year decomposition processes in a cool temperate deciduous forest in Japan Takashi OsonoHiroshi Takeda Original Articles Pages: 649 - 670
Quantitative evaluation of atmospheric CO2 sink into forest soils from the tropics to the boreal zone during the past three decades Kaneyuki Nakane Original Articles Pages: 671 - 685
Growth and reproductive characteristics of an aquatic macrophyte Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers. (Hydrocharitaceae) Meiyi JiangYasuro Kadono Original Articles Pages: 687 - 695
Stable nitrogen and carbon isotope ratios as migration tracers of a landlocked goby, Rhinogobius sp. (the orange form), in the Lake Biwa water system Atsushi MaruyamaYoshihiro YamadaBosco Rusuwa Original Articles Pages: 697 - 703
Alterations in the grazing activities of cased caddisfly larvae in response to variations in predation risk and resource level Naotoshi KuharaShigeru NakanoHitoshi Miyasaka Original Articles Pages: 705 - 714
Overlapping territory of a benthophagous fish, Goniistius zonatus (Teleostei: Cheilodactylidae) Kazunori Matsumoto Original Articles Pages: 715 - 726
Skewed reproductive success among male white-spotted charr land-locked by an erosion control dam: Implications for effective population size Koji MaekawaYusuke KosekiSatoshi Kitano Original Articles Pages: 727 - 735
Food habits of an endangered Japanese frog, Rana porosa brevipoda Toshiaki HiraiMasafumi Matsui Original Articles Pages: 737 - 743
Foraging and breeding performance of Japanese cormorants in relation to prey type Akiko KatoYutaka WatanukiYasuhiko Naito Original Articles Pages: 745 - 758
Relation between age–sex classes and dietary selection of wild Japanese monkeys Naoki Agetsuma Original Articles Pages: 759 - 763
Interspecific variation and ontogenetic change in antiherbivore defense in myrmecophytic Macaranga species Takao ItinoTakao Itioka Original Articles Pages: 765 - 774
Effects of food rewards offered by ant–plant Macaranga on the colony size of ants Takao ItinoTakao ItiokaAbang Abdul Hamid Original Articles Pages: 775 - 786
Cospeciation of ants and plants Takao ItinoStuart J. DaviesTamiji Inoue Original Articles Pages: 787 - 793
Pine wilt disease as promising causal agent of the mass mortality of Pinus armandii Franch. var. amamiana (Koidz.) Hatusima in the field Katsunori NakamuraMitsuteru AkibaSeiichi Kanetani Note and Comment Pages: 795 - 801
Nutrient compositions of acorns and horse chestnuts in relation to seed-hoarding Takuya Shimada Note and Comment Pages: 803 - 808
Regional differences in the morphology of a shrub Damnacanthus indicus: An induced resistance to deer herbivory? Mayura TakadaMasahiko AsadaTadashi Miyashita Note and Comment Pages: 809 - 813
Ecological study of pseudoscorpion fauna in the soil organic layer in managed and abandoned secondary forests Tetsuya YamamotoNobukazu NakagoshiYoshifumi Touyama Corrigendum Pages: 815 - 815