Ecological applications of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy – a tool for rapid, cost-effective prediction of the composition of plant and animal tissues and aspects of animal performance William J. FoleyAllen McIlweeNils Berding Article Pages: 293 - 305
The use of relaxed eddy accumulation to measure biosphere-atmosphere exchange of isoprene and other biological trace gases D. R. BowlingA. A. TurnipseedR. K. Monson Article Pages: 306 - 315
Functional diversity in an Amazonian rainforest of French Guyana: a dual isotope approach (δ15N and δ13C) J. M. GuehlA. M. DomenachJ. Garbaye Article Pages: 316 - 330
Stimulated N2O flux from intact grassland monoliths after two growing seasons under elevated atmospheric CO2 John A. Arnone IIIPatrick J. Bohlen Article Pages: 331 - 335
Energetics and water flux of the marbled velvet gecko (Oedura marmorata) in tropical and temperate habitats Keith A. ChristianGavin BedfordKeith Newgrain Article Pages: 336 - 342
Increase in a heat-shock protein from blood cells in response of nestling house martins (Delichon urbica) to parasitism: an experimental approach S. MerinoJ. MartínezF. Rodríguez-Caabeiro Article Pages: 343 - 347
Habitat deterioration and efficiency of antipredator strategy in a meadow-breeding wader, Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii) K. KoivulaA. Rönkä Article Pages: 348 - 355
Fluctuating asymmetry, call structure and the risk of attack from phonotactic parasitoids in the bushcricket Sciarasaga quadrata (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) John HuntGeoff R. Allen Article Pages: 356 - 364
Competition intensity as a function of resource availability in a semiarid ecosystem O. BrionesC. MontañaE. Ezcurra Article Pages: 365 - 372
Geographic and taxonomic distribution of a positive interaction: ant-tended homopterans indirectly benefit figs across southern Africa J. Hall CushmanStephen G. ComptonVanessa K. Rashbrook Article Pages: 373 - 380
Impacts of ungulates on the demography and diversity of small mammals in central Kenya Felicia Keesing Article Pages: 381 - 389
Habitat patchiness affects decomposition and faunal diversity: a microcosm experiment on forest floor Pekka SulkavaVeikko Huhta Article Pages: 390 - 396
Altered leaf-litter decomposition rates in tropical forest fragments Raphael K. Didham Article Pages: 397 - 406
Biomass and mineral element responses of a Serengeti short-grass species to nitrogen supply and defoliation: compensation requires a critical [N] E. William Hamilton IIIMichele S. GiovanniniSamuel J. McNaughton Article Pages: 407 - 418
Does fragmentation of Urtica habitats affect phytophagous and predatory insects differentially? Jörg ZabelTeja Tscharntke Article Pages: 419 - 425
Effects of a benthivorous and a drift-feeding fish on a benthic stream assemblage Jonas Dahl Article Pages: 426 - 432
Mate fidelity and coloniality in waterbirds: a comparative analysis Frédérique DuboisFrank CézillyMark Pagel Article Pages: 433 - 440