Analysis of development of a subalpineAbies stand based on the growth processes of individual trees Makoto KimuraWakio KimuraTeruko Sasaki OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 248
Mammals, reptiles and crabs on the Krakatau Islands: Their roles in the ecosystem Toshitaka Iwamoto OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 258
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
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
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
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
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
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
The social organization of the speckled mousebird,Colius striatus, during the dry season in tropical Africa Satoshi YamagishiGatera Kabango Short Communication Pages: 329 - 334