1. Compensatory mechanisms of central U.S. hardwood forest communities in a changing environment

   • Shibu Jose
   • Andrew R. Gillespie

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 134

2. Patterns of vegetation along the Omo River in southwest Ethiopia

   • Claudia J. Carr

   OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 163

3. Effects of ground water and harvest intensity on alkaline grassland ecosystem dynamics – a simulation study

   • Qiong Gao
   • Mei Yu
   • Rui Yun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 176

4. Ecological significance of the aerial seed pool of a desert lignified annual, Blepharis sindica (Acanthaceae)

   • Kenji Narita
   • Naoya Wada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 184

5. Differential effects of ammonium and nitrate on three heathland species

   • Maaike C. C. de Graaf
   • Roland Bobbink
   • Peter J. M. Verbeek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 196

6. Alnus rubra (Bong.) nodule spore type distribution in southwestern British Columbia

   • John Markham
   • C. P. Chanway

   OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 205

7. Seed response to temperature of Mexican cacti species from two life forms: an ecophysiological interpretation

   • Mariana Rojas-Aréchiga
   • Carlos Vázquez-Yanes
   • Alma Orozco-Segovia

   OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 214

8. Species-environment relationships and vegetation patterns: effects of spatial scale and tree life-stage

   • Thomas J. Stohlgren
   • Richard R. Bachand
   • Dan Binkley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 228

9. The application of multivariate land classification to vegetation survey in the Wicklow Mountains, Ireland

   • Alan Cooper
   • Mortimer Loftus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 241

10. Spatial and temporal dispersal of Kalopanax pictus seeds in a temperate deciduous forest, central Japan

    • Shigeo Iida
    • Tohru Nakashizuka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 248