1. Seed germination patterns of Salvia mellifera in fire-prone environments

   • J. E. Keeley

   Original Papers Pages: 1 - 5

2. Seasonal changes in photosynthetic characteristics of Pachysandra terminalis (Buxaceae), an evergreen woodland chamaephyte, in the cool temperate regions of Japan

   • F. Yoshie
   • S. Kawano

   Original Papers Pages: 6 - 11

3. The controlled assembly of microcosmic communities: the selective extinction hypothesis

   • J. E. Dickerson Jr.
   • J. V. Robinson

   Original Papers Pages: 12 - 17

4. Age specific fecundity and size of offspring in the prosobranch snail, Viviparus ater

   • G. Ribi
   • M. Gebhardt

   Original Papers Pages: 18 - 24

5. The influence of the frequency of periodic disturbances on the maintenance of phytoplankton diversity

   • A. Gaedeke
   • U. Sommer

   Original Papers Pages: 25 - 28

6. Diversity and spatial pattern of coral communities in the Red Sea upper twilight zone

   • H. W. Fricke
   • B. Knauer

   Original Papers Pages: 29 - 37

7. The site of settlement indicates commensalism between bluemussel and its epibiont

   • P. Laihonen
   • E. R. Furman

   Original Papers Pages: 38 - 40

8. Interaction of Euonymus scale (Homoptera: Diaspididae) feeding damage and severe water stress on leaf abscission and growth of Euonymus fortunei

   • S. D. Cockfield
   • D. A. Potter

   Original Papers Pages: 41 - 46

9. Reward partitioning in Capparis spp. along ecological gradient

   • D. Eisikowitch
   • Y. Ivri
   • A. Dafni

   Original Papers Pages: 47 - 50

10. Seed production and seed predation in a patchy and time-varying environment. Dynamics of a milkweed — tephritid fly system

    • C. Solbreck
    • B. Sillén-Tullberg

    Original Papers Pages: 51 - 58

11. The role of variable weather for the dynamics of a seed-seed predator system

    • Christer Solbreck
    • Birgitta Sillén-Tullberg

    Original Papers Pages: 59 - 62

12. Comparative physiology of burned and unburned Rhus laurina after chaparral wildfire

    • J. DeSouza
    • P. A. Silka
    • S. D. Davis

    Original Papers Pages: 63 - 68

13. Ecophysiology of Zigadenus nuttallii, a toxic spring ephemeral in a warm season grassland: effect of defoliation and fire

    • A. K. Knapp

    Original Papers Pages: 69 - 74

14. A test of the Menge-Sutherland model of community organization in a tropical rocky intertidal food web

    • Bruce A. Menge
    • Jane Lubchenco
    • Linda R. Ashkenas

    Original Papers Pages: 75 - 89

15. The effect of neonatal starvation on the growth, development and survival of larvae of the pine beauty moth, Panolis flammea (D & S)

    • Simon R. Leather

    Original Papers Pages: 90 - 93

16. Origins of the regional feeding abilities in the tiger swallowtail butterfly: ecological monophagy and the Papilio glaucus australis subspecies in Florida

    • J. M. Scriber

    Original Papers Pages: 94 - 103

17. Water vapor uptake and photosynthesis of lichens: performance differences in species with green and blue-green algae as phycobionts

    • O. L. Lange
    • E. Kilian
    • H. Ziegler

    Original Papers Pages: 104 - 110

18. Scorpions, spiders and solpugids: predation and competition among distantly related taxa

    • Gary A. Polis
    • Sharon J. McCormick

    Original Papers Pages: 111 - 116

19. Responses of gas exchange to humidity in populations of three herbs from environments differing in atmospheric water

    • J. A. Bunce

    Original Papers Pages: 117 - 120

20. Mineral licks as a sodium source for Isle Royale moose

    • K. L. Risenhoover
    • R. O. Peterson

    Original Papers Pages: 121 - 126

21. Effects of water stress on gas exchange and water relations of a succulent epiphyte, Kalanchoë uniflora

    • C. Schäfer
    • U. Lüttge

    Original Papers Pages: 127 - 132

22. Hostplant, larval age, and feeding behavior influence midgut pH in the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)

    • J. C. Schultz
    • M. J. Lechowicz

    Original Papers Pages: 133 - 137

23. The transformation of Saperda calcarata (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) into a cellulose digester through the inclusion of fungal enzymes in its diet

    • Jerome J. Kukor
    • Michael M. Martin

    Original Papers Pages: 138 - 141

24. Effect of microhabitat on fitness components of larval tiger salamanders, Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum

    • J. R. Holomuzki

    Original Papers Pages: 142 - 148

25. Flock size and habitat-dependent food and energy intake of foraging Goldfinches

    • Erich Glück

    Original Papers Pages: 149 - 155

26. Population cycles caused by overcompensating density-dependence in an annual plant

    • E. Symonides
    • J. Silvertown
    • V. Andreasen

    Short Communications Pages: 156 - 158

27. Resurrection grasses in India

    • D. F. Gaff
    • P. V. Bole

    Short Communications Pages: 159 - 160