1. Colony size and parasitoid load in two species of colonial Metepeira spiders from Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae)

   • Craig S. Hieber
   • George W. Uetz

   Original Papers Pages: 145 - 150

2. Influences of root distribution and growth on predicted water uptake and interspecific competition

   • A. C. Franco
   • P. S. Nobel

   Original Papers Pages: 151 - 157

3. Performance of two Picea abies (L.) Karst. stands at different stages of decline

   • E. -D. Schulze
   • I. McCracken
   • U. Benecke

   Original Papers Pages: 158 - 161

4. Plant structural complexity and host-finding by a parasitoid

   • D. A. Andow
   • D. R. Prokrym

   Original Papers Pages: 162 - 165

5. Alternative seed-handling strategies in primates: seed-spitting by long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

   • R. T. Corlett
   • P. W. Lucas

   Original Papers Pages: 166 - 171

6. Life histories of two desert species of the bulbous genus Bellevalia

   • Bertrand Boeken

   Original Papers Pages: 172 - 179

7. Ecophysiological consequences of non-random leaf orientation in the prairie compass plant, Silphium laciniatum

   • Thomas W. Jurik
   • Hanzhong Zhang
   • John M. Pleasants

   Original Papers Pages: 180 - 186

8. Effects of predation-risk on habitat use by Himalayan Snowcocks

   • James D. Bland
   • Stanley A. Temple

   Original Papers Pages: 187 - 191

9. Multiple factors promoting narrow host range in the sea hare, Aplysia californica

   • Steven C. Pennings

   Original Papers Pages: 192 - 200

10. Patterns of Solidago altissima ramet growth and mortality: the role of below-ground ramet connections

    • Michael L. Cain

    Original Papers Pages: 201 - 209

11. Aspects of the thermal ecology of the rusty crayfish Orconectes rusticus (Girard)

    • Neal D. Mundahl
    • Michael J. Benton

    Original Papers Pages: 210 - 216

12. Interactions of plant stress and herbivory: intraspecific variation in the susceptibility of a palatable versus an unpalatable seaweed to sea urchin grazing

    • Paul E. Renaud
    • Mark E. Hay
    • Timothy M. Schmitt

    Original Papers Pages: 217 - 226

13. Density effects in a colonial monoculture: experimental studies with a marine bryozoan (Membranipora membranacea L.)

    • C. Drew Harvell
    • Hal Caswell
    • Paul Simpson

    Original Papers Pages: 227 - 237

14. Consequences of herbivory in the mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp tortuosa): importance of the functional organization of the tree

    • Erkki Haukioja
    • Kai Ruohomäki
    • Mari Walls

    Original Papers Pages: 238 - 247

15. Exposure of cottonwood plants to ozone alters subsequent leaf decomposition

    • Stuart Findlay
    • Clive G. Jones

    Original Papers Pages: 248 - 250

16. Breeding phenology, variation in reproductive effort and offspring size in a tropical population of the woodlouse Porcellionides pruinosus

    • J. M. Dangerfield
    • S. R. Telford

    Original Papers Pages: 251 - 258

17. Causes of larval drift of the fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra terrestris, and its effects on population dynamics

    • Burkhard Thiesmeier
    • Helmut Schuhmacher

    Original Papers Pages: 259 - 263

18. Large herbivores that strive mightily but eat and drink as friends

    • W. F. de Boer
    • H. H. T. Prins

    Original Papers Pages: 264 - 274

19. Marine epibiosis

    • Martin Wahl
    • Francoise Lafargue

    Original Papers Pages: 275 - 282

20. Does competition regulate ungulate populations? Further evidence from Serengeti, Tanzania

    • H. T. Dublin
    • A. R. E. Sinclair
    • P. Arcese

    Original Papers Pages: 283 - 288