1. Variation in hydraulic architecture and gas-exchange in two desert sub-shrubs, Hymenoclea salsola (T. & G.) and Ambrosia dumosa (Payne)

   • J. P. Comstock

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 1 - 10

2. Seed mass and seedling dimensions in relation to seedling establishment

   • R. Kidson
   • M. Westoby

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 11 - 17

3. Competition intensity and its importance: results of field experiments with Anthoxanthum odoratum

   • M. Sammul
   • K. Kull
   • P. Veromann

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 18 - 25

4. The effect of hillslope angle on pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) burrow geometry

   • E. W. Seabloom
   • O. J. Reichman
   • E. J. Gabet

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 26 - 34

5. Foraging, food selection and worker size in the seed harvesting ant Messor bouvieri

   • S. J. Willott
   • S. G. Compton
   • L. D. Incoll

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 35 - 44

6. Small-scale shifting mosaics of two dominant grassland species: the possible role of soil-borne pathogens

   • H. Olff
   • B. Hoorens
   • J. M. Gleichman

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 45 - 54

7. Seasonal availability of resources and habitat degradation for the western tree-hole mosquito, Aedes sierrensis

   • A. Maciá
   • W. E. Bradshaw

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 55 - 65

8. Communication between plants: induced resistance in wild tobacco plants following clipping of neighboring sagebrush

   • R. Karban
   • I. T. Baldwin
   • G. W. Felton

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 66 - 71

9. Consumption rates and food preferences of slugs in a calcareous grassland under current and future CO₂ conditions

   • H. A. Peters
   • B. Baur
   • Ch. Körner

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 72 - 81

10. A decade since ”diversification of ruminants”: has our knowledge improved?

    • S. S. Ditchkoff

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 82 - 84

11. Effects of body size and plant structure on the movement ability of a predaceous stinkbug, Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

    • L. H. Yang

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 85 - 90

12. Effects of water-column mixing on bacteria, phytoplankton, and rotifers under different levels of herbivory in a shallow eutrophic lake

    • G. Weithoff
    • A. Lorke
    • N. Walz

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 91 - 100

13. Observational evidence that diversity may increase productivity in Mediterranean shrublands

    • A. Y. Troumbis
    • Dimitris Memtsas

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 101 - 108

14. Reciprocal interactions between Scots pine and soil food web structure in the presence and absence of ectomycorrhiza

    • H. Setälä

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 109 - 118

15. Long-term effects of local disturbance history on mobile stream invertebrates

    • C. D. Matthaei
    • C. R. Townsend

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 119 - 126

16. Why are there so many coexisting species of lizards in Australian deserts?

    • C. D. James
    • R. Shine

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 127 - 141

17. Influence of small-scale disturbances by kangaroo rats on Chihuahuan Desert ants

    • R. L. Schooley
    • B. T. Bestelmeyer
    • J. F. Kelly

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 142 - 149

18. Morphological defenses induced in situ by the invertebrate predator Chaoborus: comparison of responses between Daphnia pulex and D. rosea

    • A. F. Sell

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 150 - 160