Density effects on life-history traits of an island lizard population Masami Hasegawa OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 118
Fruiting phenology of animal-dispersed plants in response to winter migration of frugivores in a warm temperate forest on Yakushima Island, Japan Naohiko NomaTakakazu Yumoto OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 129
Myrmecofauna of lucidophyllous forests in different developmental stages in south-western Japan Yoshifumi TouyamaNobukazu NakagoshiTetsuya Yamamoto OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 138
Distribution and regeneration strategies of major canopy dominants in species-rich subtropical/warm temperate rainforests in south-western Japan Masaaki TakyuMasahiko Ohsawa OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 151
Relatedness among females in a peak phase population of Japanese field voles Hiroshi MashimaToshiyuki SatohYoshiaki Obara OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 158
Dispersion pattern and mortality of seeds and seedlings ofFagus crenata Blume in a cool temperate forest in western Japan Nobuhiro Akashi OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 165
Germination responses ofRubus palmatus var.coptophyllus andRubus parvifolius seeds with different burial durations to a variable light and temperature regime Wajirou Suzuki OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 174
Species diversity of Chinese beech forests in relation to warmth and climatic disturbances Kun-Fang CaoRob Peters OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 189
Nutrient-uptake and nutrient-use efficiency ofPinus thunbergii Parl. along a topographical gradient of soil nutrient availability Tsutomu EnokiHideyuki KawaguchiGoro Iwatsubo OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 199
Major substrates for microbial sulfate reduction in the sediments of Ise Bay, Japan Manabu FukuiJungin SuhYoshikuni Urushigawa OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 209
Intraspecific nest parasitism in the grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus) Yasuhiro YamaguchiTakashi Saitou OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 221