Volume 31, Issue 4, July 2016

ISSN: 0912-3814 (Print) 1440-1703 (Online)

In this issue (13 articles)

  1. Data Paper

    Larval host records of butterflies in Japan

    Masayuki U. Saito, Utsugi Jinbo, Masaya Yago, Osamu Kurashima… Page 491
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  2. Data Paper

    Mammal assemblages recorded by camera traps inside and outside the evacuation zone of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

    Fukasawa Keita, Mishima Yoshio, Yoshioka Akira, Kumada Nao… Page 493
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    Biodiversity in Asia

    Constant tree species richness along an elevational gradient of Mt. Bokor, a table-shaped mountain in southwestern Cambodia

    Meng Zhang, Shuichiro Tagane, Hironori Toyama, Tsuyoshi Kajisa… Pages 495-504

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    Original Article

    Spatial patterns of soil and ecosystem respiration regulated by biological and environmental variables along a precipitation gradient in semi-arid grasslands in China

    Wenfang Xu, Xianglan Li, Wei Liu, Linghao Li, Longyu Hou, Huiqiu Shi… Pages 505-513

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    Original Article

    Response of plant functional traits to grazing for three dominant species in alpine steppe habitat of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China

    Jianxun Wang, Mengying Zhong, Ruixin Wu, QuanMin Dong, Kun Wang… Pages 515-524

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    Original Article

    Stand density and species richness affect carbon storage and net primary productivity in early and late successional temperate forests differently

    Huiying Cai, Xueying Di, Scott X. Chang, Guangze Jin Pages 525-533

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    Original Article

    Root decomposition of Artemisia halodendron and its effect on soil nitrogen and soil organic carbon in the Horqin Sandy Land, northeastern China

    Yongqing Luo, Xueyong Zhao, Yuqiang Li, Xiaoan Zuo, Jie Lian… Pages 535-545

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    Original Article

    Minimum sampling area for the monitoring of herb diversity in riparian zone of temperate rivers, China

    Weijing Kong, Huijuan Xia, Yuan Zhang Pages 547-555

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    Original Article

    Differences in nitrogen redistribution between early and late plant colonizers through ectomycorrhizal fungi on the volcano Mount Koma

    TaeOh Kwon, Shiro Tsuyuzaki Pages 557-567

  10. Original Article

    Deer herbivory affects the functional diversity of forest floor plants via changes in competition-mediated assembly rules

    Keita Nishizawa, Shinichi Tatsumi, Ryo Kitagawa, Akira S. Mori Pages 569-578
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    Original Article

    Can litter addition mediate plant productivity responses to increased precipitation and nitrogen deposition in a typical steppe?

    Yue Shen, Wenqing Chen, Gaowen Yang, Xin Yang, Nan Liu, Xiao Sun… Pages 579-587

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    Note and Comment

    Trophic plasticity among spring vs. cave populations of Gammarus minus: examining functional niches using stable isotopes and C/N ratios

    Stephen E. MacAvoy, Alyssa Braciszewski, Eric Tengi, Daniel W. Fong Pages 589-595

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    Technical Report

    Should fatty acid signature proportions sum to 1 for diet estimation?

    Jeffrey F. Bromaghin, Suzanne M. Budge, Gregory W. Thiemann Pages 597-606