1. Latitudinal variation in plant size and relative growth rate in Arabidopsis thaliana

   • Bo Li
   • Jun-Ichirou Suzuki
   • Toshihiko Hara

   Article Pages: 293 - 301

2. A hypothesis on the evolution of isoprenoid emission by oaks based on the correlation between emission type and Quercus taxonomy

   • Francesco Loreto
   • Paolo Ciccioli
   • Guenther Seufert

   Article Pages: 302 - 305

3. The redistribution of soil water by tree root systems

   • Stephen S. O. Burgess
   • Mark A. Adams
   • Chin K. Ong

   Article Pages: 306 - 311

4. Breeding time, health and immune response in the chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica

   • J. Moreno
   • A. de León
   • E. Moreno

   Article Pages: 312 - 319

5. Food limitation in a wild cyclopoid copepod population: direct and indirect life history responses

   • Anne-Mette Hansen
   • Nelson G. Hairston Jr.

   Article Pages: 320 - 330

6. Condensed tannins and sugars in the diet of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Budongo Forest, Uganda

   • V. Reynolds
   • A. J. Plumptre
   • J. Harborne

   Article Pages: 331 - 336

7. Metabolic fractionation of stable carbon isotopes: implications of different proximate compositions for studies of the aquatic food webs using δ¹³C data

   • U. Focken
   • K. Becker

   Article Pages: 337 - 343

8. The effect of elevated CO₂ concentration and nutrient supply on carbon-based plant secondary metabolites in Pinus sylvestris L.

   • C. J. Heyworth
   • G. R. Iason
   • A. J. Duncan

   Article Pages: 344 - 350

9. Root morphological plasticity and nutrient acquisition of perennial grass species from habitats of different nutrient availability

   • Bart Fransen
   • Hans de Kroon
   • Frank Berendse

   Article Pages: 351 - 358

10. The role of ethylene and darkness in accelerated shoot elongation of Ammophila breviligulata upon sand burial

    • L. A. C. J. Voesenek
    • W. H. van der Putten
    • C. W. P. M. Blom

    Article Pages: 359 - 365

11. A comparison of photolyase activity in three Australian tree frogs

    • Thea van de Mortel
    • William Buttemer
    • Andrew Blaustein

    Article Pages: 366 - 369

12. The evolution of life-history traits in parasitic and free-living platyhelminthes: a new perspective

    • Sandrine Trouvé
    • Pierre Sasal
    • Serge Morand

    Article Pages: 370 - 378

13. Offspring growth, survival and reproductive success in the bank vole: a litter size manipulation experiment

    • Esa Koskela

    Article Pages: 379 - 384

14. Host choice in the phoretic mite Parasitellus fucorum (Mesostigmata: Parasitidae): which bumblebee caste is the best?

    • Kerstin Huck
    • Horst H. Schwarz
    • Paul Schmid-Hempel

    Article Pages: 385 - 390

15. Sexual specialization in two tropical dioecious figs

    • Aviva Patel
    • Doyle McKey

    Article Pages: 391 - 400

16. The interaction of thorns and symbiotic ants as an effective defence mechanism of swollen-thorn acacias

    • Linsey Stapley

    Article Pages: 401 - 405

17. Vascular plant ¹⁵N natural abundance in heath and forest tundra ecosystems is closely correlated with presence and type of mycorrhizal fungi in roots

    • Anders Michelsen
    • Chris Quarmby
    • Sven Jonasson

    Article Pages: 406 - 418

18. The charcoal effect in Boreal forests: mechanisms and ecological consequences

    • D. A. Wardle
    • O. Zackrisson
    • M.-C. Nilsson

    Article Pages: 419 - 426

19. Insect species richness tracking plant species richness in a diverse flora: gall-insects in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

    • Mark G. Wright
    • Michael J. Samways

    Article Pages: 427 - 433

20. Is host plant choice by a clytrine leaf beetle mediated through interactions with the ant Crematogaster lineolata?

    • Vernon L. Stiefel
    • David C. Margolies

    Article Pages: 434 - 438

21. Patterns in the geographical range sizes of ectotherms in North America

    • M. E. Pfrender
    • W. E. Bradshaw
    • C. A. Kleckner

    Article Pages: 439 - 444