1. Host preference and growth patterns of ivy (Hedera helix L.) in a temperate alluvial forest

   • Daniele Castagneri
   • Matteo Garbarino
   • Paola Nola

   OriginalPaper 04 November 2012 Pages: 1 - 9

   

2. Use of differential water sources by Prosopis flexuosa DC: a dendroecological study

   • María Alejandra Giantomasi
   • Fidel Alejandro Roig-Juñent
   • Pablo Eugenio Villagra

   OriginalPaper 04 November 2012 Pages: 11 - 27

   

3. Local-scale disturbance by Siberian marmots has little influence on regional plant richness in a Mongolian grassland

   • Takehiro Sasaki
   • Yu Yoshihara

   OriginalPaper 08 November 2012 Pages: 29 - 34

4. The birds and the seeds: opportunistic avian nectarivores enhance reproduction in an endemic montane aloe

   • Gina Arena
   • Craig T. Symes
   • E. T. F. Witkowski

   OriginalPaper 18 November 2012 Pages: 35 - 47

   

5. Do frugivorous birds concentrate their foraging activities on those alien plants with the most abundant and nutritious fruits in the South African Mediterranean-climate region?

   • Thabiso Michael Mokotjomela
   • Charles F. Musil
   • Karen J. Esler

   OriginalPaper 23 November 2012 Pages: 49 - 59

   

6. Structural characterization and analysis of the regeneration of woodlands dominated by Juniperus oxycedrus L. in west-central Spain

   • L. C. Jovellar Lacambra
   • L. Fernández de Uña
   • V. Escudero San Emeterio

   OriginalPaper 23 November 2012 Pages: 61 - 73

   

7. The dynamics of three shrub species in a fire-prone temperate savanna: the interplay between the seed bank, seed rain and fire regime

   • Guadalupe Galíndez
   • Pablo Ortega-Baes
   • Michael J. Hutchings

   OriginalPaper 08 December 2012 Pages: 75 - 86

   

8. Seasonal timing of inundation affects riparian plant growth and flowering: implications for riparian vegetation composition

   • Joe Greet
   • Roger D. Cousens
   • J. Angus Webb

   OriginalPaper 06 December 2012 Pages: 87 - 101

   

9. Effects of seed burial and fire on seedling and sapling recruitment, survival and growth of African savanna woody plant species

   • Emmanuel Ngulube Chidumayo

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 103 - 114

   

10. Inter-annual higher germination from smaller than medium-sized premontane wet forest fragments for an animal-dispersed tree species in Costa Rica

    • Anna Sugiyama
    • Chris J. Peterson

    OriginalPaper 07 December 2012 Pages: 115 - 125

    

11. Early physiological responses of Abies alba and Rubus fruticosus to ungulate herbivory

    • François Pellissier

    OriginalPaper 11 December 2012 Pages: 127 - 138

    

12. Seedling emergence and establishment of Pinus sylvestris in the Mongolian forest-steppe ecotone

    • Choimaa Dulamsuren
    • Markus Hauck
    • Christoph Leuschner

    OriginalPaper Open access 14 December 2012 Pages: 139 - 152

    

13. Vegetation recovery and plant facilitation in a human-disturbed lava field in a megacity: searching tools for ecosystem restoration

    • Pedro E. Mendoza-Hernández
    • Alma Orozco-Segovia
    • Miguel Martínez-Ramos

    OriginalPaper 19 December 2012 Pages: 153 - 167

    

14. A trade-off in stand size effects in the reproductive biology of a declining tropical conifer Callitris intratropica

    • Michael J. Lawes
    • Pascale Taplin
    • Donald C. Franklin

    OriginalPaper 11 December 2012 Pages: 169 - 174