1. Tree species diversity mitigates disturbance impacts on the forest carbon cycle

   • Mariana Silva Pedro
   • Werner Rammer
   • Rupert Seidl

   Highlighted Student Research 21 December 2014 Pages: 619 - 630

   

2. Reduced microsatellite heterozygosity does not affect natal dispersal in three contrasting roe deer populations

   • Cécile Vanpé
   • Lucie Debeffe
   • Jean-Michel Gaillard

   Behavioral ecology - Original research 12 November 2014 Pages: 631 - 643

   

3. Testing the nutritional-limitation, predator-avoidance, and storm-avoidance hypotheses for restricted sea otter habitat use in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

   • Nathan L. Stewart
   • Brenda Konar
   • M. Tim Tinker

   Behavioral ecology - Original research 22 November 2014 Pages: 645 - 655

   

4. Sex-specific effects of parasitism on survival and reproduction of a rodent host in a subtropical montane region

   • Hsuan-Yi Lo
   • Pei-Jen L. Shaner

   Behavioral ecology –original research 23 November 2014 Pages: 657 - 667

   

5. Life history trait differentiation and local adaptation in invasive populations of Ambrosia artemisiifolia in China

   • Xiao-Meng Li
   • Deng-Ying She
   • Wan-Jin Liao

   Population ecology - Original research 02 November 2014 Pages: 669 - 677

   

6. Mechanisms of density dependence in ducks: importance of space and per capita food

   • Petri Nummi
   • Sari Holopainen
   • Hannu Pöysä

   Population ecology - Original research 15 November 2014 Pages: 679 - 688

   

7. Post-burning regeneration of the Chaco seasonally dry forest: germination response of dominant species to experimental heat shock

   • Pedro Jaureguiberry
   • Sandra Díaz

   Population ecology - Original research 25 November 2014 Pages: 689 - 699

   

8. Drought stress affects plant metabolites and herbivore preference but not host location by its parasitoids

   • Berhane T. Weldegergis
   • Feng Zhu
   • Marcel Dicke

   Plant-microbe-animal interactions - Original research 05 November 2014 Pages: 701 - 713

   

9. Benefits of gregarious feeding by aposematic caterpillars depend on group age structure

   • Stuart A. Campbell
   • Michael Stastny

   Plant-microbe-animal interactions - Original research 16 November 2014 Pages: 715 - 721

   

10. Soil-borne pathogens restrict the recruitment of a subtropical tree: a distance-dependent effect

    • Meng Xu
    • Yongfan Wang
    • Shixiao Yu

    Community ecology - Original research 31 October 2014 Pages: 723 - 732

    

11. Measuring habitat heterogeneity reveals new insights into bird community composition

    • Ingrid A. Stirnemann
    • Karen Ikin
    • David B. Lindenmayer

    Community ecology - Original research 07 November 2014 Pages: 733 - 746

    

12. Impact of plant species evenness, dominant species identity and spatial arrangement on the structure and functioning of soil microbial communities in a model grassland

    • L. Massaccesi
    • R. D. Bardgett
    • K. H. Orwin

    Community ecology - Original research 19 November 2014 Pages: 747 - 759

    

13. Abundance and phenology patterns of two pond-breeding salamanders determine species interactions in natural populations

    • Thomas L. Anderson
    • Daniel J. Hocking
    • Raymond D. Semlitsch

    Community ecology - Original research 21 November 2014 Pages: 761 - 773

    

14. Effects of predation risk across a latitudinal temperature gradient

    • Catherine M. Matassa
    • Geoffrey C. Trussell

    Community ecology - Original research 30 November 2014 Pages: 775 - 784

    

15. Replacement of a dominant viral pathogen by a fungal pathogen does not alter the collapse of a regional forest insect outbreak

    • Ann E. Hajek
    • Patrick C. Tobin
    • Kyle J. Haynes

    Community ecology - Original research 16 December 2014 Pages: 785 - 797

    

16. The invasive annual cheatgrass increases nitrogen availability in 24-year-old replicated field plots

    • John M. Stark
    • Jeanette M. Norton

    Ecosystem ecology - Original research 11 October 2014 Pages: 799 - 809

    

17. Increase in soil stable carbon isotope ratio relates to loss of organic carbon: results from five long-term bare fallow experiments

    • Lorenzo Menichetti
    • Sabine Houot
    • Alf Ekblad

    Ecosystem ecology - Original research 25 October 2014 Pages: 811 - 821

    

18. Food web efficiency differs between humic and clear water lake communities in response to nutrients and light

    • C. L. Faithfull
    • P. Mathisen
    • T. Vrede

    Ecosystem ecology - Original research 06 November 2014 Pages: 823 - 835

    

19. Growth and stoichiometry of a common aquatic detritivore respond to changes in resource stoichiometry

    • Chris L. Fuller
    • Michelle A. Evans-White
    • Sally A. Entrekin

    Ecosystem ecology - Original research 27 November 2014 Pages: 837 - 848

    

20. Climate change affects low trophic level marine consumers: warming decreases copepod size and abundance

    • Jessica Garzke
    • Stefanie M. H. Ismar
    • Ulrich Sommer

    Global change ecology - Original research 21 November 2014 Pages: 849 - 860

    

21. Net carbon flux of dead wood in forests of the Eastern US

    • C. W. Woodall
    • M. B. Russell
    • G. M. Domke

    Global change ecology - Original research 28 November 2014 Pages: 861 - 874

    

22. CO₂ alters community composition and response to nutrient enrichment of freshwater phytoplankton

    • Etienne Low-Décarie
    • Graham Bell
    • Gregor F. Fussmann

    Global change ecology - Original research 28 November 2014 Pages: 875 - 883

    

23. General patterns of acclimation of leaf respiration to elevated temperatures across biomes and plant types

    • Martijn Slot
    • Kaoru Kitajima

    Global change ecology - Original research 07 December 2014 Pages: 885 - 900

    

24. Evidence of a salt refuge: chytrid infection loads are suppressed in hosts exposed to salt

    • M. P. Stockwell
    • J. Clulow
    • M. J. Mahony

    Conservation ecology - Original research 23 November 2014 Pages: 901 - 910

    

25. Intraspecific variations in dispersal ability of saproxylic beetles in fragmented forest patches

    • C. Bouget
    • A. Brin
    • F. Archaux

    Conservation ecology - Original research 27 November 2014 Pages: 911 - 920