Heterogeneity ratio: a measure of beta-diversity and its use in community classification Shiro Kobayashi OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 111
Relationships between egg size and incubation time among the populations of two freshwater prawns Kazuo Mashiko Short Communication Pages: 97 - 99
The impact on the Senjogahara ecosystem of extreme run-off events from the river Sakasagawa, Nikko National Park Tukasa HukusimaKenneth Andrew KershawJohn Henry Looney OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 96
Grouping-patterns and inter-group relationships of Japanese wild boars (Sus scrofa leucomystax) in the Rokko mountain area Akira HirotaniJun Nakatani OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 84
Regeneration process of coniferous forests in northern Hokkaido I.Abies sachalinensis forest andPicea glehnii forest Eizi SuzukiKasio OtaKoichiro Fujiwara OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 75
Bionomics ofPhyllonorycter (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) onQuercus. II. Effects of ants Hiroaki SatoSeigo Higashi OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 60
Studies on ecology and behavior of Japanese black swallowtail butterflies. 6. Nectar feeding ofPapilio helenus nicconicolens Butler andP. protenor demetrius Cramer as main pollinators of glory bower,Clerodendron trichotomum, Thunb Nobuhiko SuzukiKeiko YamashitaKeizi Kiritani OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 52
Nitrogen cycling in an Antarctic ecosystem 2. Estimation of the amount of nitrogen fixation in a moss community on East Ongul Island Takayuki NakatsuboYoshio Ino OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 40
The role of the sea urchin,Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus), in decomposition and nutrient cycling in a tropical seagrass bed Isao KoikeHiroshi MukaiSatoshi Nojima OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 29
Analytical studies on the responses of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) to various defoliation treatments Shigeru MarikoKinji Hogetsu OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 17
The social organization of the speckled mousebird,Colius striatus, during the dry season in tropical Africa Satoshi YamagishiGatera Kabango Short Communication Pages: 329 - 334
The effect of density and starvation of a bacterial population on the rate constant of second-order kinetics Masayuki Seto Short Communication Pages: 323 - 327
A new life table of leaves ofPhaseolus vulgris L. in relation to their position within the canopy and plant density Ken-ichi Miyaji OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 322
Does the seston of Lake Biwa release dissolved inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus during aerobic decomposition?: Its implication for eutrophication Yasuhiko Tezuka OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 302
The impact on the senjogahara ecosystem of extreme run-off events from the river Sakasagawa, Nikko National Park Tukasa HukusimaKenneth Andrew KershawYuko Takase OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 292
The species composition and diversity of tree-dwelling beetles in deciduous oak and evergreen forests in central Japan; Relationship between the diversity index and sample size Masahiro IsonoSusumu TakedaHironori Sakurai OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 278
Interspecific competition and coexistence of the two chrysomelids,Gastrophysa atrocyanea motschulsky andGalerucella vittaticollis baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), under limited food resource conditions Nobuhiko Suzuki OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 268
Mammals, reptiles and crabs on the Krakatau Islands: Their roles in the ecosystem Toshitaka Iwamoto OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 258
Analysis of development of a subalpineAbies stand based on the growth processes of individual trees Makoto KimuraWakio KimuraTeruko Sasaki OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 248
Species diversity of equatorial insular forests on Ponape and Kosrae, Micronesia Syuzo Itow Short Communication Pages: 223 - 227
The seasonal abundance and vertical distribution of the <3-μm phytoplakton in the north basin of Lake Biwa Toshi Nagata OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 221
A soybean growth model based on compensatory growth following defoliation Hitoshi KawamotoTakashi SaitoKeizi Kiritani OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 206
Species numbers, area, and habitat diversity on the habitat-islands of Mizorogaike pond, Japan Yoshikazu Shimizu OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 194
Evaluation of the light interception by non-photosynthetic organs in aLarix leptolepis plantation Nahoko KurachiAkio HagiharaKazuo Hozumi OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 183
Size-sex relationship and sexual dimorphism in JapaneseArisaema (Araceae) Eiichiro Kinoshita OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 171
A simple generalized model of attack by predators and parasites Koichi FujiiC. S. HollingP. M. Mace OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 156
Comparative ecophysiology of two representativeQuercus species appearing in different stages of succession Akio Takenaka OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 140
Density, biomass, and guild structure of arboreal arthropods as related to their inhabited tree size in aCryptomeria japonica plantation Naoki Hijii OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 118
The ecological pollination syndromes of insect-pollinated plants in an alpine meadow Takakazu Yumoto OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 95
‘Safe sites’ for the seed germination ofRhus javanica: A characterization by responses to temperature and light Izumi WashitaniAkio Takenaka OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 82
Distribution of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in a moss community-soil system developed on a cold desert in Antarctica Yoshio InoTakayuki Nakatsubo OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 69
Cycling of soil carbon in a Japanese red pine forest II. Changes occurring in the first year after a clear-felling Kaneyuki NakaneHiroyuki TsubotaMakoto Yamamoto OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 58
Spatial relationship among individuals of the Japanese lacertidTakydromus tachydromoides (Sauria, Lacertidae) Masayoshi TakeishiYuiti Ono OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 46
Different effects of sphingid and noctuid moths on the fecundity ofPlatanthera metabifolia (Orchidaceae) in Hokkaido Ken Inoue OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 36
The feeding ecology of the pit-making ant lion larva,Myrmeleon bore: Feeding rate and species composition of prey in a habitat Toshiaki Matsura OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 24
Multiple effects of precipitation onSalix lasiolepis and populations of the stem-galling sawfly,Euura lasiolepis Peter W. PriceKaren M. Clancy OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 14