Arthropod communities in a Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) plantation: Abundance, biomass and some properties Naoki Hijii OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 260
Reproductive ecology of three ocypodid crabs II. Incubation sites and egg mortality Yaushisa Henmi OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 269
Carbon-cycling changes during regeneration of a decinduous broadleaf forest after clear-cutting II. Aboveground net production Hideyuki KawaguchiKyoji Yoda OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 286
Edge effects created by clear-cutting on habitat use by sika deer on Mt. Goyo, northern Honshu, Japan Seiki Takatsuki OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 295
The influence of microclimatic conditions on potential photosynthesis ofUsnea sphacelata: A model Manfred BölterLudger KappenMichael Meyer OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 307
Survival and growth of konara oak (Quercus serrata Thunb.) seedlings in an abandoned coppice forest Kozue Matsuda OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 321
Influence of overwinteringDaphnia on spring zooplankton communities: An experimental study Takayuki HanazatoMasayuki Yasuno OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 338
Spatial heterogeneity of photosynthetic photon flux density in the canopy ofMiscanthus sinensis Yan-Hong TangIzumi WashitaniHideo Iwaki OriginalPaper Pages: 339 - 349
Comparative ecophysiology ofLarix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carr. andAbies veitchii Lindl. II. Mechanisms of higher drought resistance of seedlings ofL. kaempferi as compared withA. veitchii Hiroshi Yura OriginalPaper Pages: 351 - 360
How to avoid becoming a prey: Predatory encounters between an orb-weaving spider,Araneus pinguis (Karsch) (Araneae: Araneidae) and flying insects Tomoji Endo OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 371
Effects of herbivory by chrysomelid beetles on the growth and survival ofRumex plants Nobuhiko Suzuki OriginalPaper Pages: 373 - 385
An analysis of age-and size-dependent flowering: A critical-production model Yota Yokoi OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 397
A preliminary study of micro-spatial heterogeneity in the light spectral environment of seeds and seedlings in a grassland Izumi WashitaniMotoaki KishinoAkio Takenaka Short Communication Pages: 399 - 404