1. A demographic analysis of mortality caused by the pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) and pine sawyer beetles (Monochamus alternatus) in pine forests in the Seto Inland Sea-side, Japan

   • Katsushiko Kondo
   • David W. Inouye
   • Tarou Seki

   Original Papers Pages: 321 - 326

2. Native seed preferences of shrub-steppe rodents, birds and ants: the relationships of seed attributes and seed use

   • M. I. Kelrick
   • J. A. MacMahon
   • D. V. Sisson

   Original Papers Pages: 327 - 337

3. island biogeography of Day Geckos (Phelsuma) in the Indian Ocean

   • Jonathan B. Losos

   Original Papers Pages: 338 - 343

4. Density compensation in allopatric populations of the pygmy shrewSorex minutus on Gotland and the outer hebrides: evidence for the effect of interspecific competition

   • Mats Malmquist

   Original Papers Pages: 344 - 346

5. An “aquatic” millipede from a Central Amazonian inundation forest

   • Joachim Adis

   Original Papers Pages: 347 - 349

6. Photosynthesis, carbon allocation, and growth of sulfur dioxide ecotypes ofGeranium carolinianum L.

   • G. E. Taylor Jr.
   • D. T. Tingey
   • C. A. Gunderson

   Original Papers Pages: 350 - 357

7. Vegetation change in large clearings: Patterns in the Chilean matorral

   • Eduardo R. Fuentes
   • Alicia J. Hoffmann
   • María C. Alliende

   Original Papers Pages: 358 - 366

8. Host monitoring by aphid migrants: do gynoparae maximise offspring fitness?

   • Simon R. Leather

   Original Papers Pages: 367 - 369

9. Intercellular CO₂ concentration and water-use efficiency of temperate plants with different life-forms and from different microhabitats

   • F. Yoshie

   Original Papers Pages: 370 - 374

10. Ecotypic variation in root respiration rate among elevational populations ofAbies lasiocarpa andPicea engelmannii

    • J. B. Sowell
    • G. G. Spomer

    Original Papers Pages: 375 - 379

11. Coexistence of three species of leaf-feeding aphids (Homoptera) onBetula pendula

    • Ann E. Hajek
    • Donald L. Dahlsten

    Original Papers Pages: 380 - 386

12. Interactions amongst species in a guild of subtidal benthic herbivores

    • J. H. Choat
    • N. L. Andrew

    Original Papers Pages: 387 - 394

13. Variation in life-history characteristics over a clinal gradient in three populations of a communal orb-weaving spider

    • Michael J. Benton
    • George W. Uetz

    Original Papers Pages: 395 - 399

14. Field measurements of photosynthesis, water-use efficiency, and growth inAgropyron smithii (C₃) andBouteloua gracilis (C₄) in the Colorado shortgrass steppe

    • Russell K. Monson
    • Michael R. Sackschewsky
    • George J. Williams III

    Original Papers Pages: 400 - 409

15. Sapwood area ofPinus contorta stands as a function of mean size and density

    • James N. Long
    • Thomas J. Dean

    Original Papers Pages: 410 - 412

16. Aspects of tissue water relations and seasonal changes of leaf water potential components of evergreen and deciduous species coexisting in tropical dry forests

    • M. A. Sobrado

    Original Papers Pages: 413 - 416

17. Microhabitat segregation in two desert rodent species: the relation of prey availability to diet

    • John H. Harris

    Original Papers Pages: 417 - 421

18. Effect of temperature on the rate of pupal-adult development of the noctuid moth,Mamestra configurata Wlk.: evidence for differential effects on the initiation of development and subsequent metamorphic development

    • W. J. Turnock
    • R. P. Bodnaryk
    • D. Abramson

    Original Papers Pages: 422 - 427

19. Effects of increasing salinity on anArtemia population from Mono Lake, California

    • Gayle L. Dana
    • Petra H. Lenz

    Original Papers Pages: 428 - 436

20. Sources of mortality for a cynipid gall-wasp (Dryocosmus dubiosus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)): The importance of the Tannin/Fungus interaction

    • Mark L. Taper
    • Eric M. Zimmerman
    • Ted J. Case

    Original Papers Pages: 437 - 445

21. Effects of plant spinescence on large mammalian herbivores

    • Susan M. Cooper
    • Norman Owen-Smith

    Original Papers Pages: 446 - 455

22. Climatic control of annual leaf area production in two New Zealand subalpine composite shrubs

    • Peter Haase

    Original Papers Pages: 456 - 458

23. Maternal regulation of fecundity: non-random ovule abortion inCassia fasciculata Michx.

    • T. D. Lee
    • F. A. Bazzaz

    Original Papers Pages: 459 - 465

24. Nutrient dynamics within amazonian forest ecosystems

    • E. Cuevas
    • E. Medina

    Original Papers Pages: 466 - 472

25. The role of mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) in distribution and germination of seeds of the submerged hydrophyteNajas marina L.

    • Moshe Agami
    • Yoav Waisel

    Short Communications Pages: 473 - 475

26. Green islands — predation not nutrition

    • Pekka Niemelä
    • Kari J. Laine

    Short Communications Pages: 476 - 478

27. Dormancy phases in seeds ofVerbascum thapsus L.

    • Koen A. Vanlerberghe
    • Jozef A. Van Assche

    Short Communications Pages: 479 - 480