1. Fire in the Brazilian Amazon: 1. Biomass, nutrient pools, and losses in slashed primary forests

   • J. Boone Kauffman
   • D. L. Cummings
   • R. Babbitt

   Original Paper Pages: 397 - 408

2. Forager size and ecology of Acromyrmex coronatus and other leaf-cutting ants in Costa Rica

   • James K. Wetterer

   Original Paper Pages: 409 - 415

3. Responses of Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to crowding: interactions with disease resistance, colour phase and growth

   • David Goulson
   • Jenny. S. Cory

   Original Paper Pages: 416 - 423

4. Moult and basal metabolic costs in males of two subspecies of stonechats: the European Saxicola torquata rubicula and the East African S. t. axillaris

   • Marcel Klaassen

   Original Paper Pages: 424 - 432

5. Spatial variation in diurnal surface temperatures and the distribution and abundance of an alpine grasshopper

   • C. C. Coxwell
   • C. E. Bock

   Original Paper Pages: 433 - 439

6. Ramet size equalisation in a clonal plant, Phragmites australis

   • B. Ekstam

   Original Paper Pages: 440 - 446

7. Nitrogen supply effects on productivity and potential leaf litter decay of Carex species from peatlands differing in nutrient limitation

   • R. Aerts
   • R. van Logtestijn
   • S. Toet

   Original Paper Pages: 447 - 453

8. Inter- and intra-generic differences in growth, reproduction, and fitness of nine herbaceous annual species grown in elevated CO₂ environments

   • E. J. Farnsworth
   • F. A. Bazzaz

   Original Paper Pages: 454 - 466

9. Interactions between fire, mycophagous mammals, and dispersal of ectromycorrhizal fungi in Eucalyptus forests

   • C. N. Johnson

   Original Paper Pages: 467 - 475

10. The influence of spatial heterogeneity on the behavior and growth of two herbivorous stream insects

    • Todd M. Palmer

    Original Paper Pages: 476 - 486

11. Growth, reproduction and defence in nettles: responses to herbivory modified by competition and fertilization

    • Pia Mutikainen
    • Mari Walls

    Original Paper Pages: 487 - 495

12. Egg-hatch phenology and intraguild predation between two mantid species

    • W. E. Snyder
    • L. E. Hurd

    Original Paper Pages: 496 - 500

13. Sexual reproduction in Daphnia: interspecific differences in a hybrid species complex

    • Piet Spaak

    Original Paper Pages: 501 - 507

14. Male larval nutrition in Choristoneura rosaceana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): an important factor in reproductive success

    • Johanne Delisle
    • André Bouchard

    Original Paper Pages: 508 - 517

15. Energy systems concepts and self-organization: a rebuttal

    • Howard T. Odum

    Commentary Pages: 518 - 522