1. Sex, size, competition and escape—strategies of reproduction and dispersal in Lasallia pustulata (Umbilicariaceae, Ascomycetes)

   • Geir Hestmark

   Original Papers Pages: 305 - 312

2. Effect of defoliation intensity on aboveground and belowground relative growth rates

   • M. Oesterheld

   Original Papers Pages: 313 - 316

3. The acquisition of inorganic carbon by four red macroalgae

   • A. M. Johnston
   • S. C. Maberly
   • J. A. Raven

   Original Papers Pages: 317 - 326

4. The biochemical composition and calorific content of a rotifer and its algal food: comparison of a two stage chemostat and batch culture

   • J. M. Schmid-Araya

   Original Papers Pages: 327 - 338

5. Feeding rate may affect dispersal in the orb-web spider Nephila clavata

   • Tadashi Miyashita

   Original Papers Pages: 339 - 342

6. Germination response to temperature, salinity, light and depth of sowing of ten tropical dune species

   • M. L. Martínez
   • T. Valverde
   • P. Moreno-Casasola

   Original Papers Pages: 343 - 353

7. Phenotype-specific feeding behaviour of two arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus morphs

   • H. J. Malmquist

   Original Papers Pages: 354 - 361

8. Coexistence of ecologically similar colonising species III. Drosophila aldrichi and D. buzzatii: larval performance on, and adult preference for, three Opuntia cactus species

   • Robert A. Krebs
   • J.S.F. Barker
   • Tim P. Armstrong

   Original Papers Pages: 362 - 372

9. Augmentation of beneficial arthropods by strip-management

   • Jon-Andri Lys
   • Wolfgang Nentwig

   Original Papers Pages: 373 - 382

10. Phenotypic plasticity of Daphnia pulex in the presence of invertebrate predators: morphological and life history responses

    • Julia Lüning

    Original Papers Pages: 383 - 390

11. Submersed macrophyte growth at low pH

    • John E. Titus

    Original Papers Pages: 391 - 398

12. The influence of plant architecture on the foraging efficiencies of a suite of ladybird beetles feeding on aphids

    • Fritzi S. Grevstad
    • Bradley W. Klepetka

    Original Papers Pages: 399 - 404

13. Variation in leaf trichomes and nutrients of Wigandia urens (Hydrophyllaceae) and its implications for herbivory

    • Zenón Cano-Santana
    • Ken Oyama

    Original Papers Pages: 405 - 409

14. Seasonal variation in the tissue water relations of Picea glauca

    • S. J. Colombo
    • Y. Teng

    Original Papers Pages: 410 - 415

15. On the meaning and measurement of nestedness of species assemblages

    • David H. Wright
    • Jaxk H. Reeves

    Original Papers Pages: 416 - 428

16. Ectoparasitism as a possible cost of social life: a comparative analysis using Australian passerines (Passeriformes)

    • Aldo Poiani

    Original Papers Pages: 429 - 441

17. An experimental investigation of life history and plasticity in two cytotypes of Polygonum aviculare L. subsp. aviculare that coexist in an abandoned arable field

    • Pierre Meerts

    Original Papers Pages: 442 - 449

18. Size-specific reproductive parameters in red algae: a comparative analysis for two sympatric species from Central Chile

    • Patricio A. Camus

    Original Papers Pages: 450 - 456