1. Size differences in migrant sandpiper flocks: ghosts in ephemeral guilds

   • Jan L. Eldridge
   • Douglas H. Johnson

   Original Papers Pages: 433 - 444

2. Ecological resistance to the invasion of a freshwater clam, Corbicula fluminea: fish predation effects

   • James V. Robinson
   • Gary A. Wellborn

   Original Papers Pages: 445 - 452

3. Rooting dynamics of Medicago sativa seedlings growing in association with Bothriochloa caucasica

   • T. J. Svejcar
   • T. W. Boutton
   • S. Christiasen

   Original Papers Pages: 453 - 456

4. Studies of the life-history and energetics of marine and brackish-water nematodes

   • Peter M. J. Herman
   • Guido Vranken

   Original Papers Pages: 457 - 463

5. The species composition of Antarctic phytoplankton interpreted in terms of Tilman's competition theory

   • Ulrich Sommer

   Original Papers Pages: 464 - 467

6. Predator driven changes in community structure

   • R. W. Black II
   • N. G. Hairston Jr

   Original Papers Pages: 468 - 479

7. Effects of manipulation of water and nitrogen regime on the water relations of the desert shrub Larrea tridentata

   • F. C. Meinzer
   • M. R. Sharifi
   • P. W. Rundel

   Original Papers Pages: 480 - 486

8. Plankton time — space dynamics in German Bight — a systems approach

   • Wulf Greve
   • Frank Reiners

   Original Papers Pages: 487 - 496

9. Effects of starvation and experience on the response of Drosophila to alternative resources

   • Michael Turelli
   • Ary A. Hoffmann

   Original Papers Pages: 497 - 505

10. Differences in carbon and nutrient fractions among arctic growth forms

    • F. S. Chapin III
    • G. R. Shaver

    Original Papers Pages: 506 - 514

11. When is an island not an island? Insular effects and their causes in fynbos shrublands

    • W. J. Bond
    • J. Midgley
    • J. Vlok

    Original Papers Pages: 515 - 521

12. Density- and size-dependent spacing of ant nests: evidence for intraspecific competition

    • J. Hall Cushman
    • Gregory D. Martinsen
    • Anthony I. Mazeroll

    Original Papers Pages: 522 - 525

13. Influence of food size and food quantity on the feeding of the mussel Dreissena polymorpha

    • Martin Sprung
    • Udo Rose

    Original Papers Pages: 526 - 532

14. Adaptive energy metabolism in four chromosomal species of subterranean mole rats

    • S. Yahav
    • S. Simson
    • E. Nevo

    Original Papers Pages: 533 - 536

15. Role of mycorrhizal infection in the growth and reproduction of wild vs. cultivated plants

    • Roger Koide
    • Mingguang Li
    • Cherie Irby

    Original Papers Pages: 537 - 543

16. Effect of CO₂ enrichment and nitrogen availability on resource acquisition and resource allocation in a grass, Bromus mollis

    • Anne Larigauderie
    • David W. Hilbert
    • Walter C. Oechel

    Original Papers Pages: 544 - 549

17. The interaction of defoliation and nutrient uptake in Sporobolus kentrophyllus, a short-grass species from the serengeti plains

    • R. W. Ruess

    Original Papers Pages: 550 - 556

18. Repeated larval diapause and diapause-free development in geographic strains of the burnet moth Zygaena trifolii Esp. (Insecta, Lepidoptera)

    • W. Wipking

    Original Papers Pages: 557 - 564

19. Elevational and age gradients in hawaiian montane rainforest: foliar and soil nutrients

    • Peter M. Vitousek
    • Pamela A. Matson
    • Douglas R. Turner

    Original Papers Pages: 565 - 570