1. How to get fat: nutritional mechanisms of seasonal fat accumulation in migratory songbirds

   • Franz Bairlein

   Review Article 19 February 2004 Pages: 1 - 10

2. Occurrence, functions and biosynthesis of polyamides in microorganisms and biotechnological production

   • F. B. Oppermann-Sanio
   • Alexander Steinbüchel

   Review Article 19 February 2004 Pages: 11 - 22

3. Relevance of mangroves for the production and deposition of organic matter along tropical continental margins

   • Tim C. Jennerjahn
   • Venugopalan Ittekkot

   Review Article 19 February 2004 Pages: 23 - 30

4. Differential anti-lipid peroxidative activity of melatonin

   • Shinya Kawanishi
   • Hiromu Sakurai

   Short Communication 19 February 2004 Pages: 31 - 33

5. Largest bird from the Early Cretaceous and its implications for the earliest avian ecological diversification

   • Zhonghe Zhou
   • Fucheng Zhang

   Short Communication 19 February 2004 Pages: 34 - 38

6. Cells of the connective tissue differentiate and migrate into pollen sacs

   • M. C. M. Iqbal
   • Kolitha B. Wijesekara

   Short Communication 19 February 2004 Pages: 39 - 42

7. Estimation of soil erosion and deposition rates at an agricultural site in Bavaria, Germany, as derived from fallout radiocesium and plutonium as tracers

   • W. Schimmack
   • K. Auerswald
   • K. Bunzl

   Short Communication 19 February 2004 Pages: 43 - 46