1. Variation of reproductive traits in Rhododendron ferrugineum L. (Ericaceae) populations along a successional gradient

   • A. Pornon
   • N. Escaravage
   • B. Doche

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 11

2. Seed dispersal and changing seed characteristics in a Pinus halepensis Mill. forest after fire

   • A. Saracino
   • R. Pacella
   • M. Borghetti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 19

3. Germinable soil seed banks of anthropogenic native grasslands and grassy forest remnants in temperate south-eastern Australia

   • Ian D. Lunt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 34

4. Recovery of the bilberry (Vaccinium Myrtillus L.) from artificial spring and summer frost

   • Anne Tolvanen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 39

5. Net production and carbon cycling in a bamboo Phyllostachys pubescens stand

   • Y. Isagi
   • T. Kawahara*
   • H. Ito

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 52

6. Shade avoidance in the clonal herb Trifolium fragiferum/: a field study with experimentally manipulated vegetation height

   • Heidrun Huber
   • Lars Wiggerman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 62

7. Growth and nitrogen accretion of dinitrogen-fixing Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. under elevated carbon dioxide

   • Christoph S. Vogel
   • Peter S. Curtis
   • Richard B. Thomas*

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 70

8. Leaf dynamics and shoot phenology of eleven warm-temperate evergreen broad-leaved trees near their northern limit in central Japan

   • Ikuko Nitta
   • Masahiko Ohsawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 88

9. Variance and spatial scales in a tropical rain forest: changing the size of sampling units

   • Claude Bellehumeur
   • Pierre Legendre
   • Denis Marcotte

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 98

10. Landscape patterns and plant species diversity of forest reserves in the Kanto region, Japan

    • Katsue Fukamachi
    • Shigeo Iida
    • Tohru Nakashizuka

    Erratum Pages: 99 - 100