1. Life history and population dynamics of the Japanese Yam,Dioscorea japonica Thunb.

   • Yoshimichi Hori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 8

2. Ultrastructural examination of embryogenesis inCrepis capillaris (L.) Wallr.: 1. The synergid before and after pollination

   • Haruko Kuroiwa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 24

3. Chromosome banding in the genusPinus

   • Masahiro Hizume
   • Atsuo Ohgiku
   • Akio Tanaka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 36

4. Seasonal changes of photosynthetic activity of a brown algaEcklonia cava Kjellman

   • Yoshihiko Sakanishi
   • Yasutsugu Yokohama
   • Yusho Aruga

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 51

5. Environmental factors inducing sexual development inDictyostelium discoideum

   • Kazuyoshi Suzuki
   • Kaichiro Yanagisawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 61

6. Response patterns of net photosynthesis to moisture of mosses in xeric habitats

   • Takayuki Nakatsubo
   • Yasunori Takamine
   • Yoshio Ino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 73

7. Biomass duration in growth models

   • Kazuo Hozumi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 83

8. Protein analysis of floral organs of some members of solanaceae

   • Shailendra K. Bhadula
   • Vipen K. Sawhney

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 91

9. Gap dynamics in climaxFagus crenata forests

   • Shin-Ichi Yamamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 114

10. A further analysis of the quasi-1/2 power law of tree height in stratified forest communities

    • Takuo Yamakura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 131

11. Entropy budget of conifer branches

    • Ichiro Aoki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 141

12. Peculiar spindle configuration in the pollen tube revealed by the anti-tubulin immunofluorescence method

    • Osamu Terasaka
    • Tsuneyoshi Niitsu

    Short Communication Pages: 143 - 147