1. Proximate biochemical composition and caloric content calculated from elemental CHN analysis: a stoichiometric concept

   • E. Gnaiger
   • G. Bitterlich

   Original Papers Pages: 289 - 298

2. Determinants of web spider species diversity: Vegetation structural diversity vs. prey availability

   • Matthew H. Greenstone

   Original Papers Pages: 299 - 304

3. Intrinsic rate of increase, body size, and specific metabolic rate in marine mammals

   • O. J. Schmitz
   • D. M. Lavigne

   Original Papers Pages: 305 - 309

4. Extreme temperatures and thermal tolerances for seedlings of desert succulents

   • Park S. Nobel

   Original Papers Pages: 310 - 317

5. Ant distribution patterns in a cameroonian cocoa plantation: investigation of the ant mosaic hypothesis

   • D. A. Jackson

   Original Papers Pages: 318 - 324

6. Foraging in male bumblebees (Bombus lucorum L.): maximizing energy or minimizing water load?

   • Andreas Bertsch

   Original Papers Pages: 325 - 336

7. Correlations of understory herb distribution patterns with microhabitats under different tree species in a mixed mesophytic forest

   • Carl R. Crozier
   • Ralph E. J. Boerner

   Original Papers Pages: 337 - 343

8. On the analysis of phenological overlap

   • Theodore H. Fleming
   • Brian L. Partridge

   Original Papers Pages: 344 - 350

9. Home ranges of horned lizards (Phrynosoma): circumscribed and exclusive?

   • James C. Munger

   Original Papers Pages: 351 - 360

10. A laboratory study on temperature relations of egg production and development in two related species of carabid beetle

    • G. Ernsting
    • F. A. Huyer

    Original Papers Pages: 361 - 367

11. Osmotic potential and turgor maintenance in Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

    • B. G. Drake
    • J. L. Gallagher

    Original Papers Pages: 368 - 375

12. Energetics of free existence in swallows and martins (hirundinidae) during breeding: a comparative study using doubly labeled water

    • Klaas R. Westerterp
    • David M. Bryant

    Original Papers Pages: 376 - 381

13. General properties of predictive population models in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus)

    • P. Rothery
    • R. Moss
    • A. Watson

    Original Papers Pages: 382 - 386

14. Foliage value, apparency and defence investment in birch seedlings and trees

    • Simon V. Fowler

    Original Papers Pages: 387 - 392

15. Effect of late winter food addition on numbers and movements of snowshoe hares

    • Stan Boutin

    Original Papers Pages: 393 - 400

16. Spatial arrangement and diet overlap between colonies of desert ants

    • Randall T. Ryti
    • Ted J. Case

    Original Papers Pages: 401 - 404

17. Shrub clumps of the Chilean matorral vegetation: structure and possible maintenance mechanisms

    • Eduardo R. Fuentes
    • Ricardo D. Otaiza
    • Aldo Poiani

    Original Papers Pages: 405 - 411

18. The response of plants to elevated CO₂

    • A. R. Zangerl
    • F. A. Bazzaz

    Original Papers Pages: 412 - 417

19. Rewetting of drought-resistant blue-green algae: Time course of water uptake and reappearance of respiration, photosynthesis, and nitrogen fixation

    • Siegfried Scherer
    • Anneliese Ernst
    • Peter Böger

    Original Papers Pages: 418 - 423

20. Patchiness in patterns of growth and survival of two grasses

    • Norma L. Fowler

    Original Papers Pages: 424 - 428