1. Interspecific and intraspecific variation in tree seedling survival: effects of allocation to roots versus carbohydrate reserves

   • Charles D. Canham
   • Richard K. Kobe
   • Robin L. Chazdon

   Article Pages: 1 - 11

2. Energetic consequences of an inducible morphological defence in crucian carp

   • Lars B. Pettersson
   • Christer Brönmark

   Article Pages: 12 - 18

3. Reproductive effort and costs of reproduction in female European ground squirrels

   • Susanne Huber
   • Eva Millesi
   • Walter Arnold

   Article Pages: 19 - 24

4. Exploitation of inland-breeding Antarctic petrels by south polar skuas

   • M. L. Brooke
   • D. Keith
   • N. Røv

   Article Pages: 25 - 31

5. Does habitat-specific variation in trematode infection risks influence habitat distribution of two closely related freshwater snails?

   • Esther Wullschleger
   • Jukka Jokela

   Article Pages: 32 - 38

6. Effects of environmental context on the susceptibility of Atriplex patula to attack by herbivorous beetles

   • Tatyana A. Rand

   Article Pages: 39 - 46

7. Effects of nutrient recycling by zooplankton and fish on phytoplankton communities

   • José Luiz Attayde
   • Lars-Anders Hansson

   Article Pages: 47 - 54

8. Scaling food chains in aquatic mesocosms: do the effects of depth override the effects of planktivory?

   • Andrea Bertolo
   • Gérard Lacroix
   • Françoise Lescher-Moutoué

   Article Pages: 55 - 65

9. Above-ground biomass and structure of pristine Siberian Scots pine forests as controlled by competition and fire

   • C. Wirth
   • E.-D. Schulze
   • N. N. Vygodskaya

   Article Pages: 66 - 80

10. The decay of forest woody debris: numerical modeling and implications based on some 300 data cases from North America

    • Xiwei Yin

    Article Pages: 81 - 98

11. Native and alien species diversity at the local and regional scales in a grazed California grassland

    • Susan Harrison

    Article Pages: 99 - 106

12. Essential versus alternative foods of insect predators: benefits of a mixed diet

    • Edward W. Evans
    • Adam T. Stevenson
    • Douglas R. Richards

    Article Pages: 107 - 112

13. Indirect effects of phorid fly parasitoids on the mechanisms of interspecific competition among ants

    • Lloyd W. Morrison

    Article Pages: 113 - 122

14. The dietary basis for temporal partitioning: food habits of coexisting Acomys species

    • Noga Kronfeld-Schor
    • Tamar Dayan

    Article Pages: 123 - 128

15. Impact of intraguild predators on survival of a forest-floor wolf spider

    • David H. Wise
    • Benrong Chen

    Article Pages: 129 - 137

16. Niche relations among three sympatric Mediterranean carnivores

    • Jose M. Fedriani
    • Francisco Palomares
    • Miguel Delibes

    Article Pages: 138 - 148