1. Decomposition and Fragmentation of Coarse Woody Debris: Re-visiting a Boreal Black Spruce Chronosequence

   • Ben Bond-Lamberty
   • Stith T. Gower

   OriginalPaper 17 June 2008 Pages: 831 - 840

   

2. Effects of Gap-Size Classes on Long-Term Litter Decomposition Rates of Beech, Oak and Chestnut Species at High Elevations in Northeast Turkey

   • Temel Sariyildiz

   OriginalPaper 27 June 2008 Pages: 841 - 853

   

3. Variability in Energy Influences Avian Distribution Patterns Across the USA

   • Pedram Rowhani
   • Christopher A. Lepczyk
   • Eric F. Lambin

   OriginalPaper 24 June 2008 Pages: 854 - 867

   

4. Long-Term Impacts of Fuelwood Extraction on a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest

   • Nadja Rüger
   • Guadalupe Williams-Linera
   • Andreas Huth

   OriginalPaper 28 June 2008 Pages: 868 - 881

   

5. Deadwood in Relation to Stand Management and Forest Type in Central Apennines (Molise, Italy)

   • Fabio Lombardi
   • Bruno Lasserre
   • Marco Marchetti

   OriginalPaper 06 August 2008 Pages: 882 - 894

   

6. Effects of Land-Use Change on Carbon Stocks in Switzerland

   • Janine Bolliger
   • Frank Hagedorn
   • Felix Kienast

   OriginalPaper 18 July 2008 Pages: 895 - 907

   

7. NO₃ ⁻-Driven SO₄ ²⁻ Production in Freshwater Ecosystems: Implications for N and S Cycling

   • Amy J. Burgin
   • Stephen K. Hamilton

   OriginalPaper 19 July 2008 Pages: 908 - 922

   

8. Ecosystem Services and Emergent Vulnerability in Managed Ecosystems: A Geospatial Decision-Support Tool

   • Colin M. Beier
   • Trista M. Patterson
   • F. Stuart Chapin III

   OriginalPaper 12 July 2008 Pages: 923 - 938

   

9. Structural Degradation in Mediterranean Sea Food Webs: Testing Ecological Hypotheses Using Stochastic and Mass-Balance Modelling

   • Marta Coll
   • Heike K. Lotze
   • Tamara N. Romanuk

   OriginalPaper 13 August 2008 Pages: 939 - 960

   

10. Soil Texture Drives Responses of Soil Respiration to Precipitation Pulses in the Sonoran Desert: Implications for Climate Change

    • Jessica M. Cable
    • Kiona Ogle
    • Travis E. Huxman

    OriginalPaper 21 August 2008 Pages: 961 - 979

    

11. The Coupling Between Grazing and Detritus Food Chains and the Strength of Trophic Cascades Across a Gradient of Nutrient Enrichment

    • José Luiz Attayde
    • Jörgen Ripa

    OriginalPaper 06 August 2008 Pages: 980 - 990

    

12. Effects of Herbivory, Fire and N₂-fixation on Nutrient Limitation in a Humid African Savanna

    • Patrick G. Cech
    • Thomas Kuster
    • Harry Olde Venterink

    OriginalPaper 21 August 2008 Pages: 991 - 1004

    

13. From Genes to Ecosystems: The Genetic Basis of Condensed Tannins and Their Role in Nutrient Regulation in a Populus Model System

    • Jennifer A. Schweitzer
    • Michael D. Madritch
    • Thomas G. Whitham

    Minireview 21 August 2008 Pages: 1005 - 1020