1. Spatial distribution patterns of two predominant emergent trees in a tropical rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia

   • Akira Itoh
   • Takuo Yamakura
   • Peter S. Ashton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 136

2. Objective classification and analysis of vegetation data

   • R. H. Westfall
   • G. K. Theron
   • N. Rooyen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 154

3. The halophilous vegetation of the Orumieh lake salt marshes, NW. Iran

   • Y. Asri
   • M. Ghorbanli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 170

4. Ecological factors affecting gene flow between populations of Anarthrophyllum cumingii (Papilionaceae) growing on equatorial- and polar-facing slopes in the Andes of Central Chile

   • Ricardo Rozzi
   • Mary Kalin Arroyo
   • Juan J. Armesto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 179

5. Effects of natural disturbance on the regeneration of riparian forests in a Chichibu Mountains, central Japan

   • Hitoshi Sakio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 195

6. Canopy dieback in lower montane forests of Alto Urimán, Venezuelan Guayana

   • Nelda Dezzeo
   • Lionel Hernández
   • Horst Fölster

   OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 209

7. Woody vegetation spatial patterns in a semi-arid savanna of Burkina Faso, West Africa

   • Pierre Couteron
   • Kouami Kokou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 227

8. Relations of soil properties to topography and vegetation in a subtropical rain forest in southern Taiwan

   • Zueng-Sang Chen
   • Chang-Fu Hsieh
   • I-Fang Sun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 241

9. Book review

   • Marinus J.A. Werger

   BookReview Pages: 243 - 243

10. Book review

    • Marinus J.A. Werger

    BookReview Pages: 244 - 244

11. List of Contributors

    Legacy Pages: 250 - 250