1. Walter’s two-layer hypothesis revisited: back to the roots!

   • David Ward
   • Kerstin Wiegand
   • Stephan Getzin

   Concepts, Reviews and Syntheses Open access 25 December 2012 Pages: 617 - 630

   

2. Estimating age at maturation and energy-based life-history traits from individual growth trajectories with nonlinear mixed-effects models

   • Thomas Brunel
   • Bruno Ernande
   • Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp

   Methods 18 December 2012 Pages: 631 - 643

   

3. Different mechanisms lead to convergence of reproductive strategies in two lacertid lizards (Takydromus wolteri and Eremias argus)

   • Bao-Jun Sun
   • Shu-Ran Li
   • Wei-Guo Du

   Physiological ecology - Original research 15 November 2012 Pages: 645 - 652

   

4. Seasonality and phenology alter functional leaf traits

   • Athena D. McKown
   • Robert D. Guy
   • Linda K. Quamme

   Physiological ecology - Original research 02 December 2012 Pages: 653 - 665

   

5. Traits underpinning desiccation resistance explain distribution patterns of terrestrial isopods

   • André T. C. Dias
   • Eveline J. Krab
   • Matty P. Berg

   Physiological ecology - Original research 07 December 2012 Pages: 667 - 677

   

6. Does maternal oviposition site influence offspring dispersal to suitable habitat?

   • Daniel A. Warner
   • Timothy S. Mitchell

   Behavioral ecology - Original research 30 November 2012 Pages: 679 - 688

   

7. Experimental dissociation of individual quality, food and timing of breeding effects on double-brooding in a migratory songbird

   • Erin L. O’Brien
   • Russell D. Dawson

   Behavioral ecology - Original research 11 December 2012 Pages: 689 - 699

   

8. When species’ ranges meet: assessing differences in habitat selection between sympatric large carnivores

   • Geir Rune Rauset
   • Jenny Mattisson
   • Jens Persson

   Behavioral ecology - Original research 14 December 2012 Pages: 701 - 711

   

9. Soil-related variations in the population dynamics of six dipterocarp tree species with strong habitat preferences

   • Toshihiro Yamada
   • Yuko Yamada
   • Christine Fletcher

   Population ecology - Original research 25 November 2012 Pages: 713 - 724

   

10. A piecewise linear modeling approach for testing competing theories of habitat selection: an example with mule deer in northern winter ranges

    • Jeffrey A. Manning
    • Edward O. Garton

    Population ecology - Original research 01 December 2012 Pages: 725 - 735

    

11. Anthropogenic subsidies mitigate environmental variability for insular rodents

    • Lise Ruffino
    • James Russell
    • Eric Vidal

    Population ecology - Original research 08 December 2012 Pages: 737 - 749

    

12. Thresholds in plant–herbivore interactions: predicting plant mortality due to herbivore browse damage

    • E. Penelope Holland
    • Roger P. Pech
    • Richard P. Duncan

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 28 November 2012 Pages: 751 - 766

    

13. Parental resource and offspring liability: the influence of extrafloral nectar on oviposition by a leaf-mining moth

    • Brent Mortensen
    • Diane Wagner
    • Patricia Doak

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 08 December 2012 Pages: 767 - 777

    

14. An ant’s-eye view of an ant-plant protection mutualism

    • M. C. Lanan
    • J. L. Bronstein

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 21 March 2013 Pages: 779 - 790

    

15. Multiphase myrmecochory: the roles of different ant species and effects of fire

    • Kieren P. Beaumont
    • Duncan A. Mackay
    • Molly A. Whalen

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 06 February 2013 Pages: 791 - 803

    

16. Variability in bumblebee pollination buzzes affects the quantity of pollen released from flowers

    • Paul A. De Luca
    • Luc F. Bussière
    • Mario Vallejo-Marín

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 28 November 2012 Pages: 805 - 816

    

17. Fern and bryophyte endozoochory by slugs

    • Steffen Boch
    • Matthias Berlinger
    • Daniel Prati

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 01 December 2012 Pages: 817 - 822

    

18. Fitness costs of butterfly oviposition on a lethal non-native plant in a mixed native and non-native plant community

    • Mifuyu Nakajima
    • Carol L. Boggs
    • Timothy Paape

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 20 December 2012 Pages: 823 - 832

    

19. Induced plant defense via volatile production is dependent on rhizobial symbiosis

    • Daniel J. Ballhorn
    • Stefanie Kautz
    • Martin Schädler

    Plant-Animal Interactions - Original Research 16 December 2012 Pages: 833 - 846

    

20. Influence of a propagative plant virus on the fitness and wing dimorphism of infected and exposed insect vectors

    • Clesson H. V. Higashi
    • Alberto Bressan

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 18 December 2012 Pages: 847 - 856

    

21. Consumer preference for seeds and seedlings of rare species impacts tree diversity at multiple scales

    • Hillary S. Young
    • Douglas J. McCauley
    • Rodolfo Dirzo

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 11 December 2012 Pages: 857 - 867

    

22. Interplant volatile signaling in willows: revisiting the original talking trees

    • Ian S. Pearse
    • Kathy Hughes
    • Richard Karban

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 11 April 2013 Pages: 869 - 875

    

23. Habitat structure alters top-down control in litter communities

    • Gregor Kalinkat
    • Ulrich Brose
    • Björn Christian Rall

    Community ecology - Original research Open access 28 November 2012 Pages: 877 - 887

    

24. Nutrient limitation in rainforests and cloud forests along a 3,000-m elevation gradient in the Peruvian Andes

    • Joshua B. Fisher
    • Yadvinder Malhi
    • Walter Huaraca Huasco

    Ecosystem Ecology - Original Research 24 November 2012 Pages: 889 - 902

    

25. Mixing Eucalyptus and Acacia trees leads to fine root over-yielding and vertical segregation between species

    • Jean-Paul Laclau
    • Yann Nouvellon
    • Jean-Pierre Bouillet

    Ecosystem ecology - Original research 21 November 2012 Pages: 903 - 913

    

26. Ecosystem legacy of the introduced N₂-fixing tree Robinia pseudoacacia in a coastal forest

    • Betsy Von Holle
    • Christopher Neill
    • Krista Lee

    Ecosystem ecology - Original research 16 December 2012 Pages: 915 - 924