1. Spontaneous, field tested and tethered flight in healthy and infected Magicicada septendecim L.

   • Jo Ann White
   • Phillip Ganter
   • Monte Lloyd

   Original Papers Pages: 281 - 286

2. Asymmetric binary similarity measures

   • Daniel P. Faith

   Original Papers Pages: 287 - 290

3. Simulation of plant temperature and water loss by the desert succulent, Agave deserti

   • Robert M. Woodhouse
   • John G. Williams
   • Park S. Nobel

   Original Papers Pages: 291 - 297

4. Nutritional changes in host foliage during and after defoliation, and their relation to the weight of gypsy moth pupae

   • Harry T. Valentine
   • William E. Wallner
   • Philip M. Wargo

   Original Papers Pages: 298 - 302

5. Characterization of a glabrate Encelia farinosa mutant: morphology, ecophysiology, and field observations

   • James Ehleringer

   Original Papers Pages: 303 - 310

6. Photosynthesis by flowers in Encelia farinosa and Encelia californica (Asteraceae)

   • Kenneth S. Werk
   • James R. Ehleringer

   Original Papers Pages: 311 - 315

7. Interactions between irradiance, nitrogen nutrition, and water stress in the sun-shade responses of Solanum dulcamara

   • C. B. Osmond

   Original Papers Pages: 316 - 321

8. Local movement in herbivorous insects: applying a passive diffusion model to mark-recapture field experiments

   • P. M. Kareiva

   Original Papers Pages: 322 - 327

9. Experiments on seed predation by rodents and ants in the Israeli desert

   • Zvika Abramsky

   Original Papers Pages: 328 - 332

10. Snail numbers, biomass and respiratory metabolism in a beech woodland — Wytham Woods, Oxford

    • J. Phillipson
    • R. Abel

    Original Papers Pages: 333 - 338

11. Life cycle, numbers, biomass and respiratory metabolism of Trichoniscus pusillus (Crustacea, Isopoda) in a beech woodland — Wytham Woods, Oxford

    • J. Phillipson

    Original Papers Pages: 339 - 343

12. Ecophysiology of two solar tracking desert winter annuals

    • I. N. Forseth
    • J. R. Ehleringer

    Original Papers Pages: 344 - 351

13. Carbon balance of Yucca elata Engelm. during a hot and cool period in situ

    • William B. Sisson

    Original Papers Pages: 352 - 360

14. Water movements, tadpole competition and limits to the distribution of the frogs Ranidella riparia and R. signifera

    • F. J. Odendaal
    • C. M. Bull

    Original Papers Pages: 361 - 367

15. The tissue water relationships of Callitris columellaris, Eucalyptus melliodora and Eucalyptus microcarpa investigated using the pressure-volume technique

    • K. A. Clayton-Greene

    Original Papers Pages: 368 - 373

16. The shift in aerial/subterranean fruit ratio in Amphicarpum purshii: causes and significance

    • G. P. Cheplick
    • J. A. Quinn

    Original Papers Pages: 374 - 379

17. Utilisation of pressure-volume techniques and non-linear least squares analysis to investigate site induced stresses in evergreen trees

    • G. T. Jane
    • T. G. A. Green

    Original Papers Pages: 380 - 390

18. Monkeys and matrices: a second look

    • Joseph P. Skorupa

    Original Papers Pages: 391 - 396

19. Reptilian viviparity in cold climates: testing the assumptions of an evolutionary hypothesis

    • Richard Shine

    Original Papers Pages: 397 - 405

20. Competition between Bromus tectorum L. and Poa pratensis L.: the role of light

    • Peter A. Bookman
    • Richard N. Mack

    Original Papers Pages: 406 - 411

21. The distribution of standing crop of nectar: what does it really tell us?

    • John M. Pleasants
    • Michael Zimmerman

    Original Papers Pages: 412 - 414

22. Food and feeding rates of the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille)

    • Stephen P. Rushton
    • Mark Hassall

    Original Papers Pages: 415 - 419

23. A comparison of photosynthesis in two thalloid liverworths

    • T. G. A. Green
    • W. P. Snelgar

    Erratum Pages: 420 - 420