1. Vegetative response of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi to experimental cutting and burning

   • J. del Barrio
   • E. Luis-Calabuig
   • R. Tárrega

   OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 195

2. Leaf size zonation pattern of woody species along an altitudinal gradient on Mt. Pulog, Philippines

   • I.E. Buot Jr.
   • S. Okitsu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 208

3. Responses of dune mosses to experimental burial by sand under natural and greenhouse conditions

   • M. Luisa Martínez
   • M.A. Maun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 219

4. Altitudinal distribution of evergreen broad-leaved trees and their leaf-size pattern on a humid subtropical mountain, Mt. Emei, Sichuan, China

   • Cindy Q. Tang
   • Masahiko Ohsawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 233

5. Patch to landscape patterns in post fire recruitment of a serotinous conifer

   • G. Ne'eman
   • C.J. Fotheringham
   • J.E. Keeley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 242

6. Effects of grazing and topography on long-term vegetation changes in a Mediterranean ecosystem in Israel

   • Yohay Carmel
   • Ronen Kadmon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 254

7. Seed rain from forest fragments into tropical pastures in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

   • C. Martínez-Garza
   • R. González-Montagut

   OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 265

8. Patterns of woody plant abundance, recruitment, mortality, and growth in a 65 year chronosequence of old-fields

   • Dan Lawson
   • Richard S. Inouye
   • Walter P. Carson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 279

9. Suppression and release during canopy recruitment in Fagus crenata and Acer mono in two old-growth beech forests in Japan

   • K.-F. Cao
   • T. Ohkubo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 290

10. The effects of burning on the understorey composition of 11–13 year-old rehabilitated bauxite mines in Western Australia – Vegetation characteristics

    • C.D. Grant
    • W.A. Loneragan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 305

11. Patterns of litter production across a salinity gradient in a Pterocarpus officinalis tropical wetland

    • Ana Maria Eusse
    • T. Mitchell Aide

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 315

12. Contrasting effects of herbivory on plant size and reproductive performance in two populations of the Critically Endangered species, Euphorbia clivicola R. A. Dyer

    • M.F. Pfab
    • E.T.F. Witkowski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 325

13. Environmental control of canopy dynamics and photosynthetic rate in the evergreen tussock grass Stipa tenacissima

    • Peter Haase
    • Francisco I. Pugnaire
    • L.D. Incoll

    OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 339

14. Survival, growth, and photosynthesis of tree seedlings competing with herbaceous vegetation along a water-light-nitrogen gradient

    • Mark A. Davis
    • Keith J. Wrage
    • Carolyn Muermann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 350

15. Photoinhibition by visible and ultraviolet radiation in the red macroalga Porphyra umbilicalis grown in the laboratory

    • Donat-P. Häder
    • Almut Gröniger
    • Carlos Jiménez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 351 - 358