1. Density dependence: an ecological Tower of Babel

   • Salvador Herrando-Pérez
   • Steven Delean
   • Corey J. A. Bradshaw

   Concepts, Reviews and Syntheses 31 May 2012 Pages: 585 - 603

   

2. Immune function in a free-living bird varies over the annual cycle, but seasonal patterns differ between years

   • Arne Hegemann
   • Kevin D. Matson
   • B. Irene Tieleman

   Physiological ecology - Original research Open access 06 May 2012 Pages: 605 - 618

   

3. Individual birds advance offspring hatching in response to increased temperature after the start of laying

   • Oscar Vedder

   Behavioral ecology - Original research 09 May 2012 Pages: 619 - 628

   

4. Effects of size and size structure on predation and inter-cohort competition in red-eyed treefrog tadpoles

   • Christopher M. Asquith
   • James R. Vonesh

   Population ecology - Original research 06 May 2012 Pages: 629 - 639

   

5. Seasonality determines patterns of growth and age structure over a geographic gradient in an ectothermic vertebrate

   • Mårten B. Hjernquist
   • Fredrik Söderman
   • Juha Merilä

   Population ecology - Original research 08 May 2012 Pages: 641 - 649

   

6. Effects of extreme climatic events on small-scale spatial patterns: a 20-year study of the distribution of a desert spider

   • Klaus Birkhofer
   • Joh Henschel
   • Yael Lubin

   Population ecology - Original research 12 May 2012 Pages: 651 - 657

   

7. Quantifying how fine-grained environmental heterogeneity and genetic variation affect demography in an annual plant population

   • Andrew M. Latimer
   • Brooke S. Jacobs

   Population ecology - Original research 17 June 2012 Pages: 659 - 667

   

8. Do the antiherbivore traits of expanding leaves in the Neotropical tree Inga paraensis (Fabaceae) vary with light availability?

   • G. Sinimbu
   • P. D. Coley
   • T. A. Kursar

   Population ecology - Original research 22 May 2012 Pages: 669 - 676

   

9. Plant defense, herbivory, and the growth of Cordia alliodora trees and their symbiotic Azteca ant colonies

   • Elizabeth G. Pringle
   • Rodolfo Dirzo
   • Deborah M. Gordon

   Plant-animal interactions - Original research 06 May 2012 Pages: 677 - 685

   

10. Family matters: effect of host plant variation in chemical and mechanical defenses on a sequestering specialist herbivore

    • Romina D. Dimarco
    • Chris C. Nice
    • James A. Fordyce

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 15 May 2012 Pages: 687 - 693

    

11. Relative importance of genetic, ontogenetic, induction, and seasonal variation in producing a multivariate defense phenotype in a foundation tree species

    • Liza M. Holeski
    • Michael L. Hillstrom
    • Richard L. Lindroth

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 01 June 2012 Pages: 695 - 707

    

12. Shared pollinators and pollen transfer dynamics in two hybridizing species, Rhinanthus minor and R. angustifolius

    • Laurent C. Natalis
    • Renate A. Wesselingh

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 19 May 2012 Pages: 709 - 721

    

13. Incorporating insect infestation into rodent seed dispersal: better if the larva is still inside

    • Ramón Perea
    • David López
    • Luis Gil

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 16 May 2012 Pages: 723 - 733

    

14. Ecosystem linkages revealed by experimental lake-derived isotope signal in heathland food webs

    • David Hoekman
    • Mireia Bartrons
    • Claudio Gratton

    Community ecology - Original research 24 April 2012 Pages: 735 - 743

    

15. Primary assembly of soil communities: disentangling the effect of dispersal and local environment

    • María Ingimarsdóttir
    • Tancredi Caruso
    • Katarina Hedlund

    Community ecology - Original research 26 April 2012 Pages: 745 - 754

    

16. Effects of local biotic neighbors and habitat heterogeneity on tree and shrub seedling survival in an old-growth temperate forest

    • Xuejiao Bai
    • Simon A. Queenborough
    • Zhanqing Hao

    Community ecology - Original research 29 May 2012 Pages: 755 - 765

    

17. Incorporating intraspecific variation in tests of trait-based community assembly

    • Andrew Siefert

    Community ecology - Original research 13 May 2012 Pages: 767 - 775

    

18. Geographic variation in salt marsh structure and function

    • Brittany D. McCall
    • Steven C. Pennings

    Community ecology - Original research 22 May 2012 Pages: 777 - 787

    

19. Post-mortem ecosystem engineering by oysters creates habitat for a rare marsh plant

    • Hongyu Guo
    • Steven C. Pennings

    Community ecology - Original research 29 May 2012 Pages: 789 - 798

    

20. Nitrogen cycling and water pulses in semiarid grasslands: are microbial and plant processes temporally asynchronous?

    • Feike A. Dijkstra
    • David J. Augustine
    • Joseph C. von Fischer

    Ecosystem ecology - Original research 04 May 2012 Pages: 799 - 808

    

21. Seasonal climate manipulations have only minor effects on litter decomposition rates and N dynamics but strong effects on litter P dynamics of sub-arctic bog species

    • R. Aerts
    • T. V. Callaghan
    • J. H. C. Cornelissen

    Global change ecology - Original research Open access 21 April 2012 Pages: 809 - 819

    

22. Legacy effects of drought on plant growth and the soil food web

    • Franciska Trijntje de Vries
    • Mira E. Liiri
    • Richard D. Bardgett

    Global change ecology - Original research 04 May 2012 Pages: 821 - 833

    

23. Phylogenetic niche conservatism in C₄ grasses

    • Hui Liu
    • Erika J. Edwards
    • Colin P. Osborne

    Global change ecology - Original research 09 May 2012 Pages: 835 - 845

    

24. Response of epiphytic bryophytes to simulated N deposition in a subtropical montane cloud forest in southwestern China

    • Liang Song
    • Wen-Yao Liu
    • Jin-Hua Qi

    Global change ecology - Original research 12 May 2012 Pages: 847 - 856

    

25. Increasing nitrogen deposition enhances post-drought recovery of grassland productivity in the Mongolian steppe

    • Toshihiko Kinugasa
    • Atsushi Tsunekawa
    • Masato Shinoda

    Global change ecology - Original research 15 May 2012 Pages: 857 - 865

    

26. High urban population density of birds reflects their timing of urbanization

    • Anders Pape Møller
    • Mario Diaz
    • Piotr Tryjanowski

    Global change ecology - Original research 16 May 2012 Pages: 867 - 875

    

27. A field study on the influence of food and immune priming on a bumblebee–gut parasite system

    • Gabriel Cisarovsky
    • Hauke Koch
    • Paul Schmid-Hempel

    Conservation ecology - Original research 24 April 2012 Pages: 877 - 884