1. Mechanisms determining the degree of size asymmetry in competition among plants

   • Susanne Schwinning
   • Jacob Weiner

   Article Pages: 447 - 455

2. Seasonal variations in soil, grass and shrub water status in a West African humid savanna

   • X. Le Roux
   • T. Bariac

   Article Pages: 456 - 466

3. Seasonal changes in energetics and torpor patterns in the subtropical blossom-bat Syconycteris australis (Megachiroptera)

   • Dionne K. Coburn
   • Fritz Geiser

   Article Pages: 467 - 473

4. Study design and interpretation of mammalian carnivore density estimates

   • K. Shawn Smallwood
   • Christine Schonewald

   Article Pages: 474 - 491

5. The chemical composition of plant galls: are levels of nutrients and secondary compounds controlled by the gall-former?

   • S. E. Hartley

   Article Pages: 492 - 501

6. Floral display size in comfrey, Symphytum officinale L. (Boraginaceae): relationships with visitation by three bumblebee species and subsequent seed set

   • Dave Goulson
   • Jane C. Stout
   • John A. Allen

   Article Pages: 502 - 508

7. Wood ants and a geometrid defoliator of birch: predation outweighs beneficial effects through the host plant

   • Kari J. Karhu
   • Seppo Neuvonen

   Article Pages: 509 - 516

8. Green islands still not explained

   • T. C. R. White

   Article Pages: 517 - 518

9. Nutrient dynamics on a precipitation gradient in Hawai'i

   • Amy T. Austin
   • P. M. Vitousek

   Article Pages: 519 - 529

10. Plants retard litter decay in a nutrient-limited soil: a case of exploitative competition?

    • Daryl L. Moorhead
    • Max M. Westerfield
    • John C. Zak

    Article Pages: 530 - 536

11. Ecosystem water fluxes for two grasslands in elevated CO₂: a modeling analysis

    • R. B. Jackson
    • O. E. Sala
    • H. A. Mooney

    Article Pages: 537 - 546

12. Effect of Eucalyptus saligna and Albizia falcataria on soil processes and nitrogen supply in Hawaii

    • D. C. Garcia-Montiel
    • D. Binkley

    Article Pages: 547 - 556

13. Nested distribution of amphibians in the Zhoushan archipelago, China: can selective extinction cause nested subsets of species?

    • L. Yiming
    • J. Niemelä
    • L. Dianmo

    Article Pages: 557 - 564

14. Fitness and community consequences of avoiding multiple predators

    • Barbara L. Peckarsky
    • Angus R. McIntosh

    Article Pages: 565 - 576

15. Interference interactions and nest usurpation between two subordinate ant species

    • Xim Cerdá
    • Javier Retana

    Article Pages: 577 - 583

16. An evaluation of randomization models for nested species subsets analysis

    • Rosamonde R. Cook
    • James F. Quinn

    Article Pages: 584 - 592