1. Considerations on structure and function of the “Central-Amazonian inundation forest ecosystem” with particular emphasis on selected soil animals

   • Ulrich Irmler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 18

2. Competition between plant populations with different rooting depths

   • Frank Berendse

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 26

3. The effect of density upon deposit-feeding populations: Movement, feeding and floating of Hydrobia ventrosa Montagu (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)

   • Jeffrey S. Levinton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 39

4. Induction of diapause in a migratory seed bug, Neacoryphus bicrucis (Say) (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)

   • Christer Solbreck

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 49

5. Relations between environment, migration and reproduction in a seed bug, Neacoryphus bicrucis (Say) (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)

   • Christer Solbreck
   • Ingela Pehrson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 62

6. Changes in fecundity of Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans in response to selection for competitive ability

   • Ronald B. Aiken
   • David L. Gibo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 77

7. Thermal biology of the common garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis (L.)

   • A. Ralpha Gibson
   • B. Bruce Falls

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 97

8. Thermal biology of the common garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis (L.)

   • A. Ralph Gibson
   • J. Bruce Falls

   OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 109

9. Suitability, digestibility and assimilation of various host plants of the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar L.

   • Pedro Barbosa
   • Jane Greenblatt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 119

10. Niche metrics and diversity components

    • R. D. Routledge

    Short Communication Pages: 121 - 124