1. Editorial: How Are We Doing? Reflections on the First Year of Ecosystems

   • Monica G. Turner
   • Stephen R. Carpenter

   Pages: 1 - 3

2. Original Articles: Dynamic Redistribution of Isotopically Labeled Cohorts of Nitrogen Inputs in Two Temperate Forests

   • William S. Currie
   • Knute J. Nadelhoffer

   Pages: 4 - 18

3. Californian Salt-Marsh Vegetation: An Improved Model of Spatial Pattern

   • Joy B. Zedler
   • John C. Callaway
   • Brian K. Bradshaw

   Pages: 19 - 35

4. Interannual Variability in Terrestrial Net Primary Production: Exploration of Trends and Controls on Regional to Global Scales

   • Christopher S. Potter
   • Steven Klooster
   • Vanessa Brooks

   Pages: 36 - 48

5. Unexpected Effects of Predators Upon Their Prey: The Case of the American Alligator

   • Cristina Bondavalli
   • Robert E. Ulanowicz

   Pages: 49 - 63

6. Grassland Precipitation-Use Efficiency Varies Across a Resource Gradient

   • José M. Paruelo
   • William K. Lauenroth
   • Osvaldo E. Sala

   Pages: 64 - 68

7. A Phosphorus Budget for the Lake Mendota Watershed

   • Elena M. Bennett
   • Tara Reed-Andersen
   • Stephen R. Carpenter

   Pages: 69 - 75

8. Forest Pattern, Fire, and Climatic Change in the Sierra Nevada

   • Carol Miller
   • Dean L. Urban

   Pages: 76 - 87

9. Aboveground Net Primary Production and Leaf-Area Index in Early Postfire Vegetation in Yellowstone National Park

   • Rebecca A. Reed
   • Mary Ellen Finley
   • Monica G. Turner

   Pages: 88 - 94