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iii Contents Volume Contents Volume 95 Number 1 January 2007 I Journal of Ecology news MICHAEL HUTCHINGS, DAVID GIBSON, RICHARD BARDGETT, MERAN OWEN Ecogenomics Essay Review: An ecologist’s guide to ecogenomics N. J. OUBORG, W. H. VRIEZEN Essay Review: Ecogenomic approach to the role of herbivore-induced plant volatiles in community ecology TJEERD A. L. SNOEREN, PETER W. DE JONG, MARCEL DICKI Forest dynamics Mortality and tree-size distributions in natural mixed-age forests DAVID A. COOMES, ROBERT B. ALLEN Tree line population monitoring of Pinus sylvestris in the Swedish Scandes, 1973-2005: implications for tree line theory and climate change ecology LEIF KULLMAN Competitive interactions and species diversity Identifying mechanisms of competition in multi-species communities ALEXANDRA WEIGELT, JENS SCHUMACHER, TIM WALTHER, MAIK BARTELHEIMER, TOM STEINLEIN, WOLFRAM BEYSCHLAG Niche pre-emption increases with species richness in experimental plant communities PETER N. MWANGI, MARTIN SCHMITZ, CHRISTOPH SCHERBER, CHRISTIANE ROSCHER, JENS SCHUMACHER, MICHAEL SCHERER-LORENZEN, WOLFGANG W. WEISSER, BERNHARD SCHMID How spatial structure alters population and community dynamics in a natural plant community LINDSAY A. TURNBULL, DAVID A. COOMES, DREW W. PURVES, MARK REES Forum: Dispersal limitation may result in the unimodal productivity—diversity relationship: a new explanation for a general pattern MEELIS PARTEL, MARTIN ZOBEL Role of niche restrictions and dispersal in the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities YLVA LEKBERG, ROGER T. KOIDE, JASON R. ROHR, LAURA ALDRICH-WOLFE, JOSEPH B. MORTON Plant—herbivore interactions Invertebrate herbivory during the regeneration phase: experiments with a freshwater angiosperm A. ELGER, T. DE BOER, M. E. HANLEY Plant productivity and soil nitrogen as a function of grazing, migration and fire in an African savanna RICARDO M. HOLDO, ROBERT D. HOLT, MICHAEL B. COUGHENOUR, MARK E. RITCHII Consequences of herbivory by native ungulates for the reproduction of a savanna tree JACOB R. GOHEEN, TRUMAN P. YOUNG, FELICIA KEESING, TODD M. PALMER What is the relationship between changes in canopy leaf area and changes in photosynthetic CO, flux in arctic ecosystems? L. E. STREET, G. R. SHAVER, M. WILLIAMS, M. T. VAN WIJK Evaluating feathermoss growth: a challenge to traditional methods and implications for the boreal carbon budget BRIAN W. BENSCOTER, DALE H. VITI Hierarchical patterns of symbiotic orchid germination linked to adult proximity and environmental gradients JEFFREY M. DIEZ Xylem density, biomechanics and anatomical traits correlate with water stress in 17 evergreen shrub species of the Mediterranean-type climate region of South Africa ANNA L. JACOBSEN, LIZE AGENBAG, KAREN J. ESLER, R. BRANDON PRATT, FRANK W. EWERS, STEPHEN D. DAVIS The role of rainfall and predators in determining synchrony in reproduction of savanna trees in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania SIMON A. R. MDUMA, A. R. E. SINCLAIR, ROY TURKINGTON Genetic differentiation of Agrostis capillaris in a grassland system with stable heterogeneity due to terricolous ants JAN ROTHANZL, MAGDALENA KOTOUCOVA, IVANA HRABINOVA, IVANA PLACKOVA, TOMAS HERBEN iv Plant development and life-history relationships Volume 208 Vegetative phenology constrains the onset of flowering in the perennial herb Lathyrus vernus Contents ANA J. SOLA, JOHAN EHRLEN Dormancy is associated with decreased adult survival in the burnt orchid, Neotinea ustulata RICHARD P. SHEFFERSON, KADRI TALI Volume 95 Number 2 March 2007 Plant strategy theories Forum: Plant strategy theories: a comment on Craine (2005) J. PHILIP GRIME Forum: Resource competition and plant traits: a response to Craine et al. 2005 DAVID TILMAN Forum: Plant strategy theories: replies to Grime and Tilman JOSEPH M. CRAINI Belowground interactions Effects of rooting volume and nutrient availability as an alternative explanation for root self/non-self discrimination LINDE HESS, HANS DE KROON Challenging the tragedy of the commons in root competition: confounding effects of neighbour presence and substrate volume MARINA SEMCHENKO, MICHAEL J. HUTCHINGS, ELIZABETH A. JOHN Above- and below-ground competition cues elicit independent responses GUILLERMO P. MURPHY, SUSAN A. DUDLEY Strong below-ground competition shapes tree regeneration in invasive Cinnamomum verum forests CHRISTOPH KUEFFER, EVA SCHUMACHER, KARL FLEISCHMANN, PETER J. EDWARDS, HANSJORG DIETZ Vegetation loss alters soil nitrogen dynamics in an Arctic salt marsh KATE M. BUCKERIDGE, ROBERT L. JEFFERIES Species diversity and competitive interactions Forum: An operational, additive framework for species diversity partitioning and beta-diversity analysis RAPHAEL PELISSIER, PIERRE COUTERON Measuring the components of competition along productivity gradients MARK V. WILSON Plant population dynamics Is oak establishment in old-fields and savanna openings context dependent? IAN A. DICKIE, S. A. SCHNITZER, P. B. REICH, S. E. HOBBIE Linking growth strategies to iong-term population dynamics in a guild of desert annuals \. L. ANGERT, T. E. HUXMAN, G. A. BARRON-GAFFORD, K. L. GERST, D. L. VENABLI Strong habitat preference of a tropical rain forest tree does not imply large differences in population dynamics across habitats TOSHIHIRO YAMADA, PIETER A. ZUIDEMA, AKIRA ITOH, TAKUO YAMAKURA, TATSUHIRO OHKUBO, MAMORU KANZAKI, SYLVESTER TAN, PETER S. ASHTON Over the (range) edge: a 45-year transplant experiment with the perennial forest herb Hyacinthoides non-scripta SEBASTIAAN VAN DER VEKEN, JULES ROGISTER, KRIS VERHEYEN, MARTIN HERMY, RAN NATHAN Forest dynamics and trade-offs Variability, contingency and rapid change in recent subarctic alpine tree line dynamics RYAN K. DANBY, DAVID S. HIK Effects of landscape heterogeneity on the emerging forest disease sudden oak death EMIKO CONDESO, ROSS K. MEENTEMEYER The leaf size/number trade-off in trees DAVID KLEIMAN, LONNIE W. AARSSEN Carbohydrate storage enhances seedling shade and stress tolerance in a neotropical forest JONATHAN A. MYERS, KAORU KITAJIMA Volume 95 Number 3 May 2007 Clonal growth traits 397 Greater capacity for division of labour in clones of Fragaria chiloensis from patchier habitats SERGIO R. ROILOA, PETER ALPERT, NISHANTH THARAYIL, GOVINDA HANCOCK, PRASANTA C. BHOWMIK 406 What youngsters say about adults: seedling roots reflect clonal traits of adult plants MARIE SMILAUEROVA, PETR SMILAUER ¥ Plant-herbivore interactions Volume Grasses and the resource availability hypothesis: the importance of silica-based defences FERGUS P. MASSEY, A. ROLAND ENNOS, SUE E. HARTLEY Contents Induced herbivore resistance in seaweeds: a meta-analysis GUNILLA B. TOTH, HENRIK PAVIA Plant population and community dynamics Density effects at multiple scales in an experimental plant population RICHARD M. GUNTON, WILLIAM E. KUNIN Is there reduction in disease and pre-dispersal seed predation at the border of a host plant’s range? Field and herbarium studies of Carex blanda HELEN M. ALEXANDER, SARAH PRICE, RHONDA HOUSER, DEBRA FINCH, MICHAEL TOURTELLOT Effect of a major canopy disturbance on the coexistence of Acer saccharum and Fagus grandifolia in the understorey of an old-growth forest MARILOU BEAUDET, JACQUES BRISSON, DOMINIQUE GRAVEL, CHRISTIAN MESSIER Effects of a directional abiotic gradient on plant community dynamics and invasion in a coastal dune system CHRISTOPHER J. LORTIE, J. HALL CUSHMAN Developmental changes in habitat associations of tropical trees LIZA S$. COMITA, RICHARD CONDIT, STEPHEN P. HUBBELI Characterizing the phylogenetic structure of communities by an additive partitioning of phylogenetic diversity OLIVIER J. HARDY, BRUNO SENTERRI Is temporal variation of seedling communities determined by environment or by seed arrival? A test in a neotropical forest NATALIA NORDEN, JEROME CHAVE, ADELINE CAUBERE, PATRICK CHATELET, NICOLE FERRONI. PIERRE-MICHEL FORGET, CHRISTOPHE THEBAUD Lake-effect snow as the dominant control of mesic-forest distribution in Michigan, USA PAUL D. HENNE, FENG SHENG HU, DAVID T. CLELAND Species and diversity effects on ecosystem properties Evenness drives consistent diversity effects in intensive grassland systems across 28 European sites L. KIRWAN, A. LUSCHER, M. T. SEBASTIA, J. A. FINN, R. P. COLLINS, C. PORQUEDDU, A. HELGADOTTIR, O. H. BAADSHAUG, C. BROPHY, C. CORAN, S. DALMANNSDOTTIR, I. DELGADO, A. ELGERSMA, M. FOTHERGILL, B. E. FRANKOW-LINDBERG, P. GOLINSKI, P. GRIEU, A. M. GUSTAVSSON, M. HOGLIND, 0. HUGUENIN-ELIE, C. ILIADIS, M. JORGENSEN, Z. KADZIULIENE, T. KARYOTIS, T. LUNNAN, M. MALENGIER, S. MALTONI, V. MEYER, D. NYFELER, P. NYKANEN-KURKI, J. PARENTE, H. J. SMIT, U. THUMM, J. CONNOLLY The cascading effects of birch on heather moorland: a test for the top-down control of an ecosystem engineer R. J. MITCHELL, C. D. CAMPBELL, S. J. CHAPMAN, G. H. R. OSLER, A. J. VANBERGEN, L. C. ROSS, C. M. CAMERON, L. COLI Land-use history and agricultural landscapes Evaluating the distribution of plant life-history traits in relation to current and historical landscape configurations REGINA LINDBORG Homogenization of forest plant communities and weakening of species-environment relationships via agricultural land use MARK VELLEND, KRIS VERHEYEN, KATHRYN M. FLINN, HANS JACQUEMYN, ANNETTE KOLB, HANS VAN CALSTER, GEORGE PETERKEN, BENTE JESSEN GRAAE, JESSE BELLEMARE, OLIVIER HONNAY, JORG BRUNET, MONIKA WULF, FRITZ GERHARDT, MARTIN HERMY Grassland diversity related to the Late Iron Age human population density MEELIS PARTEL, AVELIINA HELM, TRIIN REITALU, JAAN LIIRA, MARTIN ZOBEI Biological Flora of the British Isles Biological Flora of the British Isles: Melampyrum sylvaticum L. SARAH E. DALRYMPLI Volume 95 Number 4 July 2007 On the hyperbolic competition model 599 Forum: On the hyperbolic competition model: a comment to Weigelt er al. (2007) CHRISTIAN DAMGAARD 601 Forum: On the hyperbolic competition model: reply ALEXANDRA WEIGELT, JENS SCHUMACHER, TIM WALTHER, MAIK BARTELHEIMER, TOM STEINLEIN, WOLFRAM BEYSCHLAG Plant—-herbivore interactions The carbon costs for host trees of a phloem-feeding herbivore ROGER J. DUNGAN, MATTHEW H. TURNBULL, DAVE KELLY Site- and species-specific differences in endophyte occurrence in two herbaceous plants ALAN C. GANGE, SOMA DEY, AMANDA F. CURRIE, BRIAN C. SUTTON vi Below-ground interactions Specificity and resilience in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of a natural woodland community Volume THORUNN HELGASON, JAMES W. MERRYWEATHER, J. PETER W. YOUNG, ALASTAIR H. FITTER Contents Presence and identity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influence competitive interactions between plant species rANJA R. SCHEUBLIN, RICHARD S. P. VAN LOGTESTIJN, MARCEL G. A. VAN DER HEIJDEN Defoliation changes mycorrhizal benefit and competitive interactions between seedlings and adult plants A. PIETIKAINEN, M.-M. KYTOVIITA Biological invasions Invasive alien plants infiltrate bird-mediated shrub nucleation processes in arid savanna S. J. MILTON, J. R. U. WILSON, D. M. RICHARDSON, C. L. SEYMOUR, W. R. J. DEAN, D. M. IPONGA, §. PROCHES Habitat stress, species pool size and biotic resistance influence exotic plant richness in the Flooding Pampa grasslands SUSANA B. PERELMAN, ENRIQUE J. CHANETON, WILLIAM B. BATISTA, SILVIA E. BURKART, ROLANDO J. C. LEON South African Iridaceae with rapid and profuse seedling emergence are more likely to become naturalized in other regions MARK VAN KLEUNEN, STEVEN D. JOHNSON Ecosystem engineering facilitates invasions by exotic plants in high-Andean ecosystems ERNESTO I. BADANO, ELISA VILLARROEL, RAMIRO O. BUSTAMANTE, PABLO A. MARQUET, LOHENGRIN A. CAVIERES The role of soil resources in an exotic tree invasion in Texas coastal prairie EVAN SIEMANN, WILLIAM E. ROGERS Species co-occurrence and diversity Disturbance is the principal o-scale filter determining niche differentiation, coexistence and biodiversity in an alpine community SIMON PIERCE, ALESSANDRA LUZZARO, MARCO CACCIANIGA, ROBERTA M. CERIANI, BRUNO CERABOLINI Co-occurrence based assessment of habitat generalists and specialists: a new approach for the measurement of niche width JASON D. FRIDLEY, DAVID B. VANDERMAST, DANE M. KUPPINGER, MICHAEL MANTHEY, ROBERT K. PEET No effect of varying soil resource heterogeneity on plant species richness in a low fertility grassland HEATHER L. REYNOLDS, GARY G. MITTELBACH, TARA L. DARCY-HALL, GREGORY R. HOUSEMAN, KATHERINE L. GROSS Floral free fall in the Swiss lowlands: environmental determinants of local plant extinction in a peri-urban landscape IVANA STEHLIK, JOHN P. CASPERSEN, LEA WIRTH, ROLF HOLDEREGGER Differential cell size optimization strategies produce distinct diatom richness—body size relationships in stream benthos and plankton SOPHIA I. PASS) Vegetation—environment interactions and ecosystem dynamics Long-term interactions between Mediterranean climate, vegetation and fire regime at Lago di Massaciuccoli (Tuscany, Italy) DANIELE COLOMBAROLI, ALDO MARCHETTO, WILLY TINNER A field experiment on climatic and herbivore impacts on post-fire tree regeneration in north-western Patagonia NORLAN TERCERO-BUCARDO, THOMAS KiTZBERGER, THOMAS T. VEBLEN, ESTELA RAFFAELE Intra-seasonal precipitation patterns and above-ground productivity in three perennial grasslands ANTHONY M. SWEMMER, ALAN K. KNAPP, HENNIE A. SNYMAN Asynchronous forest-stream coupling in a fire-prone boreal landscape: insights from woody debris DOMINIQUE ARSENEAULT, ETIENNE BOUCHER, ELODIE BOUCHON Functional convergence in regulation of net CO, flux in heterogeneous tundra landscapes in Alaska and Sweden G. R. SHAVER, L. E. STREET, E. B. RASTETTER, M. T. VAN WIJK, M. WILLIAMS Reproductive phenology in tropic2! rain forests Seed predation during general flowering events of varying magnitude in a Malaysian rain forest I-FANG SUN, YU-YUN CHEN, STEPHEN P. HUBBELL, S. JOSEPH WRIGHT, NUR SUPARDI MD. NOOR Reproductive phenology over a 10-year period in a lowland evergreen rain forest of central Borneo FRANCIS Q. BREARLEY, JOHN PROCTOR, SURIANTATA, LASZLO NAGY, GEMMA DALRYMPLE, BENEDICT C. VOYSEY Plant population dynamics Differences in resprouting ability are not related to seed size or seedling growth in four riparian woody species CAROLINE CHONG, WILL EDWARDS, MICHELLE WAYCOTT The mechanisms and consequences of seed bank formation in wild sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) JENNIFER MOODY-WEIS, HELEN M. ALEXANDER Costs and benefits of fruiting to future reproduction in two dormancy-prone orchids RICHARD P. SHEFFERSON, ELLEN L. SIMMS Biological Flora of the British Isles Biological Flora of the British Isles: Cirsium dissectum (L.) Hill (Cirsium tuberosum (L.) All. subsp. anglicum (Lam.) Bonnier; Cnicus pratensis (Huds.) Willd., non Lam.; Cirsium anglicum (Lam.) DC.) NATASHA DE VERI Vii Volume 95 Number 5 September 2007 Volume Plant genetic and species diversity Contents 895 The role of genotypic diversity in determining grassland community structure under constant environmental conditions RAJ WHITLOCK, J. PHILIP GRIME, ROSEMARY BOOTH, TERRY BURKI 908 Genetic identity of interspecific neighbours mediates plant responses to competition and environmental variation in a species-rich grassland JASON D. FRIDLEY, J. PHILIP GRIME, MARK BILTON 916 Determinants of plant species richness in an alpine meadow J. OLOFSSON, H. SHAMS Plant population dynamics and life-history traits Why do big plants make big seeds? MARK REES, D. LAWRENCE VENABLE Persistence of the sexes in metapopulations under intense asymmetric competition GISELA GARCIA-RAMOS, CHRISTOPHER STIEHA, D. NICHOLAS MCLETCHIE, PHILIP H. CROWLEY What makes the sex ratio female-biased in the dioecious tree Salix sachalinensis? NAOTO UENO, YOSHIHISA SUYAMA, KENJI SEIWA Genetic erosion explains deviation from demographic response to disturbance and year variation in relic populations of the perennial Primula vulgaris PATRICK ENDELS, HANS JACQUEMYN, REIN BRYS, MARTIN HERMY Differential gender selection on floral size: an experimental approach using Cistus salvifolius MONTSERRAT ARISTA, PEDRO LUIS ORTIZ Effective pollen dispersal is enhanced by the genetic structure of an Aesculus turbinata population YUJI ISAGI, DAISUKE SAITO, HIDEYUKI KAWAGUCHI, RYUNOSUKE TATENO, SONOKO WATANABI Local-scale synchrony and variability in mast seed production patterns of Picea glauca JALENE M. LAMONTAGNE, STAN BOUTIN Invasion ecology 1001 Implementation of a novel framework for assessing species plasticity in biological invasions: responses of Centaurea and Crepis to phosphorus and water availability NORRIS Z. MUTH, MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI 1014 Resistance and resilience of New Zealand tree species to browsing JENNIE N. BEE, GEORGES KUNSTLER, DAVID A. COOMES 1027 Limiting similarity between invaders and dominant species in herbaceous plant communities? SARAH M. EMERY 1036 Experimental field comparison of native and non-native maple seedlings: natural enemies, ecophysiology, growth and survival JANET A. MORRISON, KERRY MAUCK 1050 Reduced plant-soil feedback of plant species expanding their range as compared to natives ROY H. A. VAN GRUNSVEN, WIM H. VAN DER PUTTEN, T. MARTIJN BEZEMER, WIL L. M. TAMIS, FRANK BERENDSE, ELMAR M. VEENENDAAIL Forest ecology 1058 The odd man out? Might climate explain the lower tree a-diversity of African rain forests relative to Amazonian rain forests? INGRID PARMENTIER, YADVINDER MALHI, BRUNO SENTERRE, ROBERT J. WHITTAKER, A. T. D. N., ALFONSO ALONSO, MICHAEL P. B. BALINGA, ADAMA BAKAYOKO, FRANS BONGERS, CYRILLE CHATELAIN, JAMES A. COMISKEY, RENAUD CORTAY, MARIE-NOEL DJUIKOUO KAMDEM, JEAN-LOUIS DOUCET, LAURENT GAUTIER, WILLIAM D. HAWTHORNE, YVES A. ISSEMBE, FRANCOIS N. KOUAME, LAZARE A. KOUKA, MIGUEL E. LEAL, JEAN LEJOLY, SIMON L. LEWIS, LOUIS NUSBAUMER, MARC P. E. PARREN, KELVIN S.-H. PEH, OLIVER L. PHILLIPS, DOUGLAS SHEIL, BONAVENTURE SONKE, MARC S. M. SOSEF, TERRY C. H. SUNDERLAND, JULIANA STROPP, HANS TER STEEGE, MIKE D. SWAINE, M. G. P. TCHOUTO, BAREND S. VAN GEMERDEN, JOHAN L. C. H. VAN VALKENBURG, HANNSJORG WOLL 1072 Regional variability of climate-growth relationships in Pinus cembra high elevation forests in the Alps MARCO CARRER, PAOLA NOLA, JEAN LOUIS EDUARD, RENZO MOTTA, CARLO URBINATI 1084 Effects of size, competition and altitude on tree growth DAVID A. COOMES, ROBERT B. ALLEN 1098 Ground-layer disturbance and initial conditions influence gap partitioning of understorey vegetation ROBERT T. FAHEY, KLAUS J. PUETTMANN Plant-—soil symbiotic interactions Geographic patterns of symbiont abundance and adaptation in native Australian Acacia—rhizobia interactions PETER H. THRALL, JO F. SLATTERY, LINDA M. BROADHURST, SOPHIE BICKFORD Grass competition induces N, fixation in some species of African Acacia M. D. CRAMER, S. B. M. CHIMPHANGO, A. VAN CAUTER, M. S. WALDRAM, W. J. BOND Ecological networks Ecological networks, nestedness and sampling effort ANDERS NIELSEN, JORDI BASCOMPTE Network properties of an epiphyte metacommunity K. C. BURNS viii Volume 95 Number 6 November 2007 Volume Contents Plant virus ecology Barley yellow dwarf viruses (BY DVs) preserved in herbarium specimens illuminate historical disease ecology of invasive and native grasses CAROLYN M. MALMSTROM, RUIJIE SHU, ERIC W. LINTON, LINSEY A. NEWTON, MERIDITH A. COOK Ecosystem processes Are plant growth-form-based classifications useful in predicting northern ecosystem carbon cycling feedbacks to climate change? ELLEN DORREPAAI Genetic-based plant resistance and susceptibility traits to herbivory influence needle and root litter nutrient dynamics AIMEE T. CLASSEN, SAMANTHA K. CHAPMAN, THOMAS G. WHITHAM, STEPHEN C. HART, GEORGE W. KOCH Impacts of burning and increased nitrogen deposition on nitrogen pools and leaching in an upland moor MICHAEL G. PILKINGTON, SIMON J. M. CAPORN, JACKY A. CARROLL, NEIL CRESSWELL, GARETH K. PHOENIX, JOHN A. LEE, BRIDGET A. EMMETT, TIM SPARKS Forest dynamics Determinants of whole-plant light requirements in Bornean rain forest tree saplings JENNIFER L. BALTZER, SEAN C. THOMAS Gap-dependence in mangrove life-history strategies: a consideration of the entire life cycle and patch dynamics LAURA LOPEZ-HOFFMAN, DAVID D. ACKERLY, NIELS P. R. ANTEN, JEANNE L. DENOYER, MIGUEL MARTINEZ-RAMOS Iree life histories in a montane subtropical forest: species differ independently by _.:.de-tolerance, turnover rate and substrate preference I. A. EASDALE, J. R. HEALEY, H. R. GRAU, A. MALIZIA Explaining interspecific differences in sapling growth and shade tolerance in temperate forests STIJNTJE H. JANSE-TEN KLOOSTER, EVELIEN J. P. THOMAS, FRANK J. STERCK Wind-throw mortality in the southern boreal forest: effects of species, diameter and stand age ROY L. RICH, LEE E. FRELICH, PETER B. REICH Response of three floodplain tree species to spatial heterogeneity in soil oxygen and nutrients MATTHEW A. NEATROUR, ROBERT H. JONES, STEPHEN W. GOLLADAY Plant community dynamics Weak and variable relationships between environmental severity and small-scale co-occurrence in alpine plant communities S. DULLINGER, I. KLEINBAUER, H. PAULI, M. GOTTFRIED, R. BROOKER, L. NAGY, J.-P. THEURILLAT, J. L. HOLTEN, O. ABDALADZE, J.-L. BENITO, J.-L. BOREL, G. COLDEA, D. GHOSN, R. KANKA, A. MERZOUKI, C. KLETTNER, P. MOISEEV, U. MOLAU, K. REITER, G. ROSSI, A. STANISCI, M. TOMASELLI, P. UNTERLUGAUER, P. VITTOZ, G. GRABHERR » Complementarity as a mechanism of coexistence between functional groups of grasses N. GROSS, K. N. SUDING, S. LAVOREL, C. ROUMET Che rhythm of savanna patch dynamics KATRIN M. MEYER, KERSTIN WIEGAND, DAVID WARD, ARISTIDES MOUSTAKAS Fire drives phylogenetic clustering in Mediterranean Basin woody plant communities M. VERDU, J. G. PAUSAS Plant functional types can predict decade-scale changes in fire-prone vegetation DAVID A. KEITH, LISA HOLMAN, SUZETTE RODOREDA, JEDDA LEMMON, MICHAEL BEDWARD Competitive interactions among three ectomycorrhizal fungi and their relation to host plant performance PETER G. KENNEDY, SARA HORTAL, SARAH E. BERGEMANN, THOMAS D. BRUNS Plant population dynamics Population dynamics in Digitalis purpurea: the interaction of disturbance and seed bank dynamics NINA SLETVOLD, KNUT RYDGREN Causes and consequences of prolonged dormancy for an iteroparous geophyte, Silene spaldingii PETER LESICA, ELIZABETH E. CRONI Detecting variability in demographic rates: randomization with the Kullback—Leibler distance KARIM AL-KHAFAJI, SHRIPAD TULJAPURKAR, CAROL HORVITZ, ANTHONY KOOP Seed dispersal Geographical variation in the determinants of seed dispersal success of a myrmecochorous herb PEDRO J. REY, ANTONIO J. MANZANEDA Secondary seed dispersal systems, frugivorous lizards and predatory birds in insular volcanic badlands MANUEL NOGALES, DAVID P. PADILLA, CONCEPCION NIEVES, JUAN C. ILLERA, ANNA TRAVESET Biological Flora of the British Isles Biological Flora of the British Isles: Juniperus communis L. P. A. THOMAS, M. EL-BARGHATHI, A. POLWART