1. Response of alpine plant flower production to temperature and snow cover fluctuation at the species range boundary

   • Thomas Abeli
   • Graziano Rossi
   • Paolo Cristofanelli

   OriginalPaper 13 November 2011 Pages: 1 - 13

   

2. Plant competitive ability and the transitivity of competitive hierarchies change with plant age

   • Shiting Zhang
   • Eric G. Lamb

   OriginalPaper 12 November 2011 Pages: 15 - 23

   

3. The relative importance of above- versus belowground competition for tree growth during early succession of a tropical moist forest

   • Michiel van Breugel
   • Paulo van Breugel
   • Frans Bongers

   OriginalPaper Open access 19 November 2011 Pages: 25 - 34

   

4. Analysis and modelling of tree succession on a recent rockslide deposit

   • Liesbet Van der Burght
   • Markus Stoffel
   • Christof Bigler

   OriginalPaper 19 November 2011 Pages: 35 - 46

   

5. Effects of experimental warming on growth, biomass allocation, and needle chemistry of Abies faxoniana in even-aged monospecific stands

   • Jinchuang Wang
   • Baoli Duan
   • Yuanbin Zhang

   OriginalPaper 26 November 2011 Pages: 47 - 55

   

6. Edaphic factors influence the longevity of seeds in the soil

   • Robin J. Pakeman
   • James L. Small
   • Lynne Torvell

   OriginalPaper 24 November 2011 Pages: 57 - 65

   

7. Different aspects of plant diversity show contrasting patterns in Carpathian forest openings

   • Pavel Dan Turtureanu
   • Jürgen Dengler

   OriginalPaper 27 November 2011 Pages: 67 - 76

   

8. Acer rubrum (red maple) growth is negatively affected by soil from forest stands dominated by its invasive congener (Acer platanoides, Norway maple)

   • Shannon L. Galbraith-Kent
   • Steven N. Handel

   OriginalPaper 27 November 2011 Pages: 77 - 88

   

9. Adaptive characteristics of grassland community structure and leaf traits along an altitudinal gradient on a subtropical mountain in Chongqing, China

   • Lu-lu Song
   • Jiang-wen Fan
   • Xu-dong Zhu

   OriginalPaper 06 December 2011 Pages: 89 - 101

   

10. Phenology constrains opportunistic growth response in Bromus tectorum L.

    • Andrew R. Dyer
    • Jeanine L. Hardison
    • Kevin J. Rice

    OriginalPaper 07 December 2011 Pages: 103 - 112

    

11. Local ecotypic and species range-related adaptation influence photosynthetic temperature optima in deciduous broadleaved trees

    • Piotr Robakowski
    • Yan Li
    • Peter B. Reich

    OriginalPaper Open access 07 December 2011 Pages: 113 - 125

    

12. Plasticity in the expression of direct and indirect defence traits of young plants of Mallotus japonicus in relation to soil nutritional conditions

    • Akira Yamawo
    • Noboru Katayama
    • Yoshio Hada

    Letter 23 August 2011 Pages: 127 - 132

    

13. The trade-off between cold resistance and growth determines the Nothofagus pumilio treeline

    • Marco A. Molina-Montenegro
    • Jorge Gallardo-Cerda
    • Cristian Atala

    OriginalPaper 04 September 2011 Pages: 133 - 142

    

14. Assessing context-dependent survival of Quercus glauca seeds in a humid maritime woodland

    • Makoto Yoko-o
    • Mutsunori Tokeshi

    OriginalPaper 07 September 2011 Pages: 143 - 153

    

15. Forest fragment size and nutrient availability: complex responses of mycorrhizal fungi in native–exotic hosts

    • Gabriel Grilli
    • Carlos Urcelay
    • Leonardo Galetto

    OriginalPaper 07 September 2011 Pages: 155 - 165

    

16. Prioritized contingencies: context-dependent regeneratory effects of grazer saliva

    • Hagai Shemesh
    • Ofer Ovadia
    • Ariel Novoplansky

    OriginalPaper 07 September 2011 Pages: 167 - 174