1. Field experiments on interactions between vertebrate predators and larval midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the littoral zone of a reservoir

   • James H. Thorp
   • E. A. Bergey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 290

2. Responses to starvation in a mantis, Paratenodera angustipennis (S.)

   • Toshiaki Matsura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 295

3. Similarity indices, sample size and diversity

   • Henk Wolda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 296 - 302

4. Tactile discriminatory ability and foraging strategies in Kangaroo rats and pocket mice (Rodentia: Heteromyidae)

   • Debra K. Lawhon
   • Mark S. Hafner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 309

5. Microhabitat use in coexisting desert rodents—The role of population density

   • Robert T. M'Closkey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 310 - 315

6. Nectar parasitism of Asclepias syriaca by ants: Effect on nectar levels, pollinia insertion, pollinaria removal and pod production

   • Robert S. Fritz
   • Douglass H. Morse

   OriginalPaper Pages: 316 - 319

7. Population structure of pierid butterflies IV. Genetic and physiological investment in offspring by male Colias

   • Carol L. Boggs
   • Ward B. Watt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 320 - 324

8. Drought tolerance and water use by plants along an alpine topographic gradient

   • Steven F. Oberbauer
   • W. D. Billings

   OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 331

9. Foraging behavior of a freshwater copepod: Frequency changes in looping behavior at high and low prey densities

   • Craig E. Williamson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 332 - 336

10. Relationships between water balance properties and habitat characteristics in the sibling Hawaiian Drosophilids, D. mimica and D. kambysellisi

    • I. A. Eckstrand
    • R. H. Richardson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 341

11. Thermal influences on oviposition in the montane butterfly Euphydryas gillettii

    • Ernest H. Williams

    OriginalPaper Pages: 342 - 346

12. Growth indices — Their rôle in understanding the growth, structure and distribution of Australian vegetation

    • R. L. Specht

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 356

13. Myrmecochory in some plants (F. chenopodiaceae) of the Australian arid zone

    • D. W. Davidson
    • S. R. Morton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 366

14. Leaf thickness and carbon isotope composition in the Crassulaceae

    • J. A. Teeri
    • S. J. Tonsor
    • M. Turner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 367 - 369

15. Host plant growth form and diversity: Effects on abundance and feeding preference of a specialist herbivore, Acalymma vittata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

    • Catherine E. Bach

    OriginalPaper Pages: 370 - 375

16. Pollinator flight directionality and the assessment of pollen returns

    • Clayton M. Hodges
    • Russell B. Miller

    OriginalPaper Pages: 376 - 379

17. Foraging ecology and niche partitioning in orb-weaving spiders

    • Kenneth M. Brown

    OriginalPaper Pages: 380 - 385

18. Life-history patterns and sociality in canids: Body size, reproduction, and behavior

    • Mare Bekoff
    • Judy Diamond
    • Jeffry B. Mitton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 386 - 390

19. Hunting in the kestrel, Falco tinnunculus, and the adaptive significance of daily habits

    • Adriaan Rijnsdorp
    • Serge Daan
    • Cor Dijkstra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 406

20. Effects of grazing on diversity of annual plants in the Sonoran Desert

    • Nickolas M. Waser
    • Mary V. Price

    OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 411

21. Fluctuations in resource availability and insect populations

    • J. P. Dempster
    • E. Pollard

    OriginalPaper Pages: 412 - 416

22. Soil metabolism and decomposition in a phryganic (East Mediterranean) ecosystem

    • E. Fouseki
    • N. S. Margaris

    OriginalPaper Pages: 417 - 421

23. Eco-physiological studies on desert plants X. Contribution to the autecology of the desert chasmophyte Stachys aegypticca Pers.

    • K. H. Batanouny

    OriginalPaper Pages: 422 - 426