1. The effect of soil nutrient status on prey utilization in four carnivorous plants

   • P. S. Karlsson
   • K. O. Nordell
   • B. M. Svensson

   Original Papers Pages: 1 - 7

2. Food consumption and diet composition of the web-building spider Agelena limbata in two habitats

   • Koichi Tanaka

   Original Papers Pages: 8 - 15

3. Leaf lifespan as a determinant of leaf structure and function among 23 amazonian tree species

   • P. B. Reich
   • C. Uhl
   • D. S. Ellsworth

   Original Papers Pages: 16 - 24

4. Prey size, prey perishability and group foraging in a social spider

   • Ann L. Rypstra
   • R. Scott Tirey

   Original Papers Pages: 25 - 30

5. The effect of previous defoliation of pole-stage lodgepole pine on plant chemistry, and on the growth and survival of pine beauty moth (Panolis flammea) larvae

   • A. D. Watt
   • S. R. Leather
   • G. I. Forrest

   Original Papers Pages: 31 - 35

6. Epiphyll deterrence to the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes

   • Ulrich G. Mueller
   • Bettina Wolf-Mueller

   Original Papers Pages: 36 - 39

7. Distribution and aspects of population dynamics of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771), in the lake IJsselmeer area (The Netherlands)

   • Abraham Bij de Vaate

   Original Papers Pages: 40 - 50

8. Effect of exposure to fluoride, nitrogen compounds and SO₂ on the numbers of spruce shoot aphids on Norway spruce seedlings

   • J. K. Holopainen
   • E. Kainulainen
   • L. Kärenlampi

   Original Papers Pages: 51 - 56

9. Do cattle egrets gain information from conspecifics when foraging?

   • Karen J. Metz
   • Kent A. Prior
   • Mark L. Mallory

   Original Papers Pages: 57 - 61

10. Outbreaks of the winter moth on Sitka Spruce in Scotland are not influenced by nutrient deficiencies of trees, tree budburst, or pupal predation

    • M. D. Hunter
    • A. D. Watt
    • M. Docherty

    Original Papers Pages: 62 - 69

11. Thorns as induced defenses: experimental evidence

    • A. V. Milewski
    • Truman P. Young
    • Derek Madden

    Original Papers Pages: 70 - 75

12. Reciprocal transport between ramets increases growth of Fragaria chiloensis when light and nitrogen occur in separate patches but only if patches are rich

    • Deb Friedman
    • Peter Alpert

    Original Papers Pages: 76 - 80

13. Host selectivity and the mediation of competition by the root hemiparasite Rhinanthus minor

    • C. C. Gibson
    • A. R. Watkinson

    Original Papers Pages: 81 - 87

14. Competition for bumblebee visitation between Melampyrum pratense and Viscaria vulgaris with healthy and Ustilago-infected flowers

    • Ola Jennersten
    • Manja M. Kwak

    Original Papers Pages: 88 - 98

15. Bumblebee visitation and seedset in Melampyrum pratense and Viscaria vulgaris: heterospecific pollen and pollen limitation

    • Manja M. Kwak
    • Ola Jennersten

    Original Papers Pages: 99 - 104

16. Predators and avian community organization: an experiment in a semi-desert grassland

    • Steven L. Lima
    • Thomas J. Valone

    Original Papers Pages: 105 - 112

17. Survivorship of penstemon grandiflorus in an oak woodland: combined effects of fire and pocket gophers

    • Mark A. Davis
    • Jeff Villinski
    • Elisabeth Young

    Original Papers Pages: 113 - 118

18. Damage by episodic flooding to Phragmites reeds in a prealpine lake: proposal of a model

    • Wolfgang Ostendorp

    Original Papers Pages: 119 - 124

19. Plant population heterogeneity and pathogen and herbivore levels: a field experiment

    • Helen Miller Alexander

    Original Papers Pages: 125 - 131

20. Over-wintering strategies of the Lesser Sheathbill Chionis minor in an impoverished and insular environment

    • C. Verheyden
    • P. Jouventin

    Original Papers Pages: 132 - 139

21. Stabilization or regulation: what it all means!

    • Alan A. Berryman

    Short Communications Pages: 140 - 143

22. The usefulness of the equilibrium concept in population dynamics

    • Henk Wolda

    Short Communications Pages: 144 - 145

23. Response

    • Andrew R. Solow

    Short Communications Pages: 146 - 146

24. The spectre of ‘spurious’ correlations

    • D. A. Jackson
    • K. M. Somers

    Short Communications Pages: 147 - 151

25. Comments on ‘Some misconceptions about the spurious correlation problem in the ecological literature’ by Y.T. Prairie and D.F. Bird

    • Bernard C. Kenney

    Short Communications Pages: 152 - 152