1. Architecture of Iberian canopy tree species in relation to wood density, shade tolerance and climate

   • Lourens Poorter
   • Elena Lianes
   • Miguel A. Zavala

   OriginalPaper Open access 07 March 2012 Pages: 707 - 722

   

2. Geographical variation in population demography and life history traits of Tecate cypress (Hesperocyparis forbesii) suggests a fire regime gradient across the USA–Mexico border

   • Roland C. de Gouvenain
   • Jose Delgadillo

   OriginalPaper 11 March 2012 Pages: 723 - 733

   

3. Contributions of large wood to the initial establishment and diversity of riparian vegetation in a bar-braided temperate river

   • Futoshi Nakamura
   • Nao Fuke
   • Mayumi Kubo

   OriginalPaper 11 March 2012 Pages: 735 - 747

   

4. Disentangling the relative effects of ambient energy, water availability, and energy–water balance on pteridophyte species richness at a landscape scale in China

   • Hong Qian
   • Silong Wang
   • Xianli Wang

   OriginalPaper 08 March 2012 Pages: 749 - 756

   

5. Establishing climatic constraints shaping the distribution of alien plant species along the elevation gradient in the Alps

   • Elena Barni
   • Giovanni Bacaro
   • Consolata Siniscalco

   OriginalPaper 16 March 2012 Pages: 757 - 767

   

6. The influence of nitrogen, water and competition on the vegetative and reproductive growth of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.)

   • Robert Leskovšek
   • Klemen Eler
   • Andrej Simončič

   OriginalPaper 04 April 2012 Pages: 769 - 781

   

7. Crown exposure to light and tree allometry of 11 tree species in a snowy cool-temperate forest in Japan

   • Noriyuki Osada

   OriginalPaper 07 March 2012 Pages: 783 - 794

   

8. Effects of nutrient additions on plant biomass and diversity of the herbaceous-subshrub layer of a Brazilian savanna (Cerrado)

   • Mercedes M. C. Bustamante
   • Darlan Q. de Brito
   • Frederico S. C. Takahashi

   OriginalPaper 16 March 2012 Pages: 795 - 808

   

9. Plant functional composition and ecosystem properties: the case of peatlands in South Africa

   • Erwin J. J. Sieben

   OriginalPaper 16 March 2012 Pages: 809 - 820

   

10. Canopy structure, photosynthetic capacity and nitrogen distribution in adjacent mixed and monospecific stands of Phragmites australis and Typha latifolia

    • J. N. Hirtreiter
    • D. L. Potts

    OriginalPaper 21 March 2012 Pages: 821 - 829

    

11. Habitat characteristics, stage structure and reproduction of colline and montane populations of the threatened species Arnica montana

    • Tiphaine Maurice
    • Guy Colling
    • Diethart Matthies

    OriginalPaper 25 March 2012 Pages: 831 - 842

    

12. Insect herbivore effects on resource allocation to shoots and roots in Lespedeza capitata

    • Abigail I. Pastore
    • F. Leland Russell

    OriginalPaper 25 March 2012 Pages: 843 - 851

    

13. Positive plant-soil feedback may drive dominance of a woodland invader, Euonymus fortunei

    • Lauren M. Smith
    • Heather L. Reynolds

    OriginalPaper 16 March 2012 Pages: 853 - 860

    

14. Is water availability really the main environmental factor controlling the phenology of woody vegetation in the central Sahel?

    • Josiane Seghieri
    • Julie Carreau
    • Franck Timouk

    OriginalPaper 07 April 2012 Pages: 861 - 870

15. Germination of Sedum oxypetalum (Crassulaceae) in a primary lava-field shrubland

    • Jorge A. Martínez-Villegas
    • Alma Orozco-Segovia
    • Irene Pisanty

    OriginalPaper 07 April 2012 Pages: 871 - 881