1. Drought acclimation among tropical forest shrubs (Psychotria, Rubiaceae)

   • S. Joseph Wright
   • José Luis Machado
   • Alan P. Smith

   Original Papers Pages: 457 - 463

2. Biogeographic comparisons of marine algal polyphenolics: evidence against a latitudinal trend

   • Nancy M. Targett
   • Loren D. Coen
   • Christopher E. Tanner

   Original Papers Pages: 464 - 470

3. Small mammal seed consumption in the Karoo, South Africa: further evidence for divergence in desert biotic processes

   • Graham I. H. Kerley

   Original Papers Pages: 471 - 475

4. Indirect effects of fish on macrophytes in Bays Mountain Lake: evidence for a littoral trophic cascade

   • T. H. Martin
   • L. B. Crowder
   • J. M. Burkholder

   Original Papers Pages: 476 - 481

5. Growth and carbon allocation of Agropyron desertorum following autumn defoliation

   • Richard F. Miller
   • Jeffrey A. Rose

   Original Papers Pages: 482 - 486

6. The dispersal behaviour of the phoretic mite Poecilochirus carabi (Mesostigmata, Parasitidae): adaptation to the breeding biology of its carrier Necrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera, Silphidae)

   • Horst H. Schwarz
   • Josef K. Müller

   Original Papers Pages: 487 - 493

7. The impact of limb autotomy on mate competition in blue crabs Callinectes sapidus Rathbun

   • L. David Smith

   Original Papers Pages: 494 - 501

8. Plant interactions for pollinator visits: a test of the magnet species effect

   • Terence M. Laverty

   Original Papers Pages: 502 - 508

9. Design and analysis of multiple-choice feeding-preference experiments

   • Rubén Roa

   Original Papers Pages: 509 - 515

10. Photosynthetic response of Ulva rotundata to light and temperature during emersion on an intertidal sand flat

    • W. J. Henley
    • S. T. Lindley
    • J. Ramus

    Original Papers Pages: 516 - 523

11. Interspecific competition among grasshoppers and their effect on plant abundance in experimental field environments

    • Mark E. Ritchie
    • David Tilman

    Original Papers Pages: 524 - 532

12. Parasite-induced parthenogenesis in a freshwater snail: stable, persistent patterns of parasitism

    • Steven G. Johnson

    Original Papers Pages: 533 - 541

13. Interactions between fungi, bacteria and beech leaves in a stream microcosm

    • Göran Bengtsson

    Original Papers Pages: 542 - 549

14. Impact of predation by spiders on a territorial damselfly (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

    • Gunnar Rehfeldt

    Original Papers Pages: 550 - 556

15. Predicted changes in the synchrony of larval emergence and budburst under climatic warming

    • R. C. Dewar
    • A. D. Watt

    Original Papers Pages: 557 - 559

16. Food limitation and seasonal population declines of rotifers

    • María J. González
    • Thomas M. Frost

    Original Papers Pages: 560 - 566

17. Differences in relative growth rate in 11 grasses correlate with differences in chemical composition as determined by pyrolysis mass spectrometry

    • Gerard J. Niemann
    • Jos B. M. Pureveen
    • Jaap J. Boon

    Original Papers Pages: 567 - 573

18. Contrary choices: possible exploitation of enemy-free space by herbivorous insects in cultivated vs. wild crucifers

    • L. R. Fox
    • J. Eisenbach

    Original Papers Pages: 574 - 579

19. Controls of biomass partitioning between roots and shoots: Atmospheric CO₂ enrichment and the acquisition and allocation of carbon and nitrogen in wild radish

    • Celia C. Chu
    • James S. Coleman
    • Harold A. Mooney

    Original Papers Pages: 580 - 587

20. Consequences of variation in flowering phenology for seed head herbivory and reproductive success in Erigeron glaucus (Compositae)

    • Gregory M. English-Loeb
    • Richard Karban

    Original Papers Pages: 588 - 595

21. Light, leaf age, and leaf nitrogen concentration in a tropical vine

    • D. D. Ackerly

    Original Papers Pages: 596 - 600

22. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 601 - 602