1. Functional Composition of Tree Communities Changed Topsoil Properties in an Old Experimental Tropical Plantation

   • Marijn Bauters
   • Hans Verbeeck
   • Pascal Boeckx

   OriginalPaper 18 November 2016 Pages: 861 - 871

   

2. Ecosystem Responses to Fire: Identifying Cross-taxa Contrasts and Complementarities to Inform Management Strategies

   • Tim S. Doherty
   • Eddie J. B. van Etten
   • Sarah A. Dalgleish

   OriginalPaper 28 November 2016 Pages: 872 - 884

   

3. Ecosystem Oceanography of Seabird Hotspots: Environmental Determinants and Relationship with Antarctic Krill Within an Important Fishing Ground

   • Jarrod A. Santora
   • Richard R. Veit
   • Marc Mangel

   OriginalPaper 15 November 2016 Pages: 885 - 903

   

4. Different Response Patterns of Soil Respiration to a Nitrogen Addition Gradient in Four Types of Land-Use on an Alluvial Island in China

   • Deping Zhai
   • Wanyu Jin
   • Xuhui Zhou

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2016 Pages: 904 - 916

   

5. Reduced Snow Cover Increases Wintertime Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) Emissions from an Agricultural Soil in the Upper U.S. Midwest

   • Leilei Ruan
   • G. Philip Robertson

   OriginalPaper Open access 21 November 2016 Pages: 917 - 927

   

6. Abundance, Activity and Community Structure of Denitrifiers in Drainage Ditches in Relation to Sediment Characteristics, Vegetation and Land-Use

   • Annelies J. Veraart
   • Maurício R. Dimitrov
   • Jeroen J. M. de Klein

   OriginalPaper Open access 23 November 2016 Pages: 928 - 943

   

7. Nationally Representative Plot Network Reveals Contrasting Drivers of Net Biomass Change in Secondary and Old-Growth Forests

   • Robert J. Holdaway
   • Tomás A. Easdale
   • David A. Coomes

   OriginalPaper Open access 28 November 2016 Pages: 944 - 959

   

8. Long-Term Release of Carbon Dioxide from Arctic Tundra Ecosystems in Alaska

   • E. S. Euskirchen
   • M. S. Bret-Harte
   • V. E. Romanovsky

   OriginalPaper 21 November 2016 Pages: 960 - 974

   

9. The Effects of Interannual Rainfall Variability on Tree–Grass Composition Along Kalahari Rainfall Gradient

   • Kailiang Yu
   • Michael Vijay Saha
   • Paolo D’Odorico

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2016 Pages: 975 - 988

   

10. Legume and Non-legume Trees Increase Soil Carbon Sequestration in Savanna

    • Joscha N. Becker
    • Adrian Gütlein
    • Yakov Kuzyakov

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2016 Pages: 989 - 999

    

11. The Influence of Hydrologic Residence Time on Lake Carbon Cycling Dynamics Following Extreme Precipitation Events

    • Jacob A. Zwart
    • Stephen D. Sebestyen
    • Stuart E. Jones

    OriginalPaper 02 December 2016 Pages: 1000 - 1014

    

12. Quantifying Ecological Stability: From Community to the Lake Ecosystem

    • Arkadi Parparov
    • Gideon Gal

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2016 Pages: 1015 - 1028

    

13. Carbon Sources in Riverine Food Webs: New Evidence from Amino Acid Isotope Techniques

    • James H. Thorp
    • Rachel E. Bowes

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2016 Pages: 1029 - 1041

    

14. Multi-decadal Changes in Water Table Levels Alter Peatland Carbon Cycling

    • Rodney A. Chimner
    • Thomas G. Pypker
    • James M. Waddington

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2016 Pages: 1042 - 1057

    

15. Forest Age Influences In-stream Ecosystem Processes in Northeastern US

    • H. A. Bechtold
    • E. J. Rosi
    • W. S. Keeton

    OriginalPaper 19 December 2016 Pages: 1058 - 1071

    

16. Erratum to: Modeled Effects of Climate Change and Plant Invasion on Watershed Function Across a Steep Tropical Rainfall Gradient

    • Ayron M. Strauch
    • Christian P. Giardina
    • Gregory L. Bruland

    Erratum 28 June 2017 Pages: 1072 - 1072