1. Defence reactions of plants to fungal pathogens: principles and perspectives, using powdery mildew on cereals as an example

   • Rudolf Heitefuss

   Review Article Pages: 273 - 283

2. Light-induced short-term adaptation mechanisms under redox control in the PS II-LHCII supercomplex: LHC II state transitions and PS II repair cycle

   • Olaf Kruse

   Review Article Pages: 284 - 292

3. Multiple origin of diurnality in geckos: evidence from eye lens crystallins

   • Beate Röll

   Short Communication Pages: 293 - 296

4. A juvenile ankylosaur from China

   • Xing Xu
   • Xiao-Lin Wang
   • Hai-Lu You

   Short Communication Pages: 297 - 300

5. Wind-induced ventilation of the giant nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta vollenweideri

   • Christoph Kleineidam
   • Roman Ernst
   • Flavio Roces

   Short Communication Pages: 301 - 305

6. Production of a cyanogenic secretion by a thyridid caterpillar (Calindoea trifascialis, Thyrididae, Lepidoptera)

   • Christopher D. Darling
   • Frank C. Schroeder
   • Thomas Eisner

   Short Communication Pages: 306 - 309

7. Bacteria modulate the degree of amphimix of their symbiotic entomopathogenic nematodes (Heterohabditis spp) in response to nutritional stress

   • Johana Rincones
   • Hervé Mauléon
   • Klaus Jaffe

   Short Communication Pages: 310 - 312