1. Part 1: Ecology of Plant Invasions

   Special Issue Pages: vii - vii

2. Plant Invasions: Habitat Invasibility and Dominance of Invasive Plant Species

   • Inderjit

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 5

3. Life-history Habitat Matching in Invading Non-native Plant Species

   • Thomas J. Stohlgren
   • Catherine Crosier
   • Paul Evangelista

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 18

4. Does Wet Prairie Vegetation Retain More Nitrogen with or withoutPhalaris arundinaceainvasion?

   • Andrea Herr-Turoff
   • Joy B. Zedler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 34

5. Effect of Rice Straw Incorporation on Phytotoxicity of Isoxaflutole to an Exotic Weed Phalaris minor Retz.

   • Shalini Kaushik
   • Inderjit

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 40

6. Ramet Demography of a Clonal Invader, Arundo donax (Poaceae), in Southern California

   • Joseph G Decruyenaere
   • Jodie S Holt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 52

7. A Review of the Biology and Ecology of Three Invasive Perennials in New York State: Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum), Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) and Pale Swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum rossicum)

   • Leslie A. Weston
   • Jacob N. Barney
   • Antonio DiTommaso

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 69

8. Part II: Regular Articles

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 71

9. Ammonium Fixation in Sub-grade Decomposed Granite Substrates

   • D. Rider
   • R. J. Zasoski
   • V. P. Claassen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 84

10. Biological Nitrogen Fixation is not a Major Contributor to the Nitrogen Demand of a Commercially Grown South African Sugarcane Cultivar

    • Hoefsloot G
    • A.J Termorshuizen
    • M.D Cramer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 96

11. Assessment of Phytotoxicity of Chromium in Flooded Soils using Embedded Selective Ion Exchange Resin Method

    • Dar-Yuan Lee
    • Jang-Chang Huang
    • Lo Tsui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 105

12. Gas Transport through the Root–shoot Transition Zone of Rice Tillers

    • T. T. Groot
    • P. M. van Bodegom
    • F. J. M. Harren

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 116

13. Characteristics of Arsenic Accumulation by Pteris and non-Pteris Ferns

    • T. Luongo
    • L.Q. Ma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 126

14. Effects of Iron and Manganese Plaques on Arsenic Uptake by Rice Seedlings (Oryza sativa L.) Grown in Solution Culture Supplied with Arsenate and Arsenite

    • W.-J. Liu
    • Y.-G. Zhu
    • F.A. Smith

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 138

15. Iron Enhances Aluminum-induced Leaf Necrosis and Plant Growth Inhibition in Eucalyptus camaldulensis

    • Nguyen Tran Nguyen
    • Ngo Duc Hiep
    • Kounosuke Fujita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 152

16. Fine Root Distribution in Dehesas of Central-Western Spain

    • G. Moreno
    • J.J. Obrador
    • C. Dupraz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 162

17. Ion Exchange Properties of the Root Cell Walls Isolated from the Halophyte Plants (Suaeda altissima L.) Grown Under Conditions of Different Salinity

    • N.R. Meychik
    • J.I. Nikolaeva
    • I.P. Yermakov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 174

18. Structure, Pattern and Mechanisms of Formation of Seed Banks in Sand Dune Systems in Northeastern Inner Mongolia, China

    • Yan Qiaoling
    • Liu Zhimin
    • Jiang Deming

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 184

19. Possible Involvement of Cytokinin in Nitrate-mediated Root Growth in Maize

    • Qiuying Tian
    • Fanjun Chen
    • Guohua Mi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 196

20. Study on the Relationship between Soil Selenium and Plant Selenium Uptake

    • Chengyi Zhao
    • Jinghua Ren
    • Erda Lin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 206

21. Soil Ammonium vs. Nitrate Spatial Pattern in Six Plant Communities: Simulated Effect on Plant Populations

    • Antonio Gallardo
    • Rocio Paramá
    • Felisa Covelo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 219

22. Wheat Responses to Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in a Highly Calcareous Soil Differ from those of Clover, and Change with Plant Development and P supply

    • H. Y. Li
    • Y. G. Zhu
    • S. E. Smith

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 232

23. Ammonium versus Nitrate Nutrition of Plants Stimulates Microbial Activity in the Rhizosphere

    • T. Mahmood
    • W. M. Kaiser
    • Z. Iqbal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 243

24. Contribution of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi to Cadmium Uptake of Poplars and Willows from a Heavily Polluted Soil

    • Joachim Sell
    • Achim Kayser
    • Ivano Brunner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 253

25. Internal Nitrogen Dynamics in the Graminoid Molinia caerulea Under Higher N Supply and Elevated CO₂ Concentrations

    • L. M. van Heerwaarden
    • S. Toet
    • R. Aerts

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 264

26. Crop Yields, Internal Nutrient Efficiency, and Changes in Soil Properties in Rice–Wheat Rotations Under Non-Flooded Mulching Cultivation

    • Mingsheng Fan
    • Xuejun Liu
    • Peter Christie

    OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 276

27. Wheat Plant Hydraulic Properties Under Prolonged Experimental Drought: Stronger Decline in Root-system Conductance than in Leaf Area

    • Nicolás Trillo
    • Roberto J. Fernández

    OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 284

28. Soluble Organic Nitrogen Pools in Forest soils of Subtropical Australia

    • C. R. Chen
    • Z. H. Xu
    • P. Keay

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 297

29. Analysis of Root Growth by Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)

    • Harry Ozier-Lafontaine
    • Thierry Bajazet

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 313

30. Decomposition and Mineralization of Organic Residues Predicted Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy

    • K. D. Shepherd
    • B. Vanlauwe
    • C. A. Palm

    OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 333

31. Mycorrhizal Status Influences the Rate but not the Temperature Sensitivity of Soil Respiration

    • J. Adam Langley
    • Nancy C. Johnson
    • George W. Koch

    OriginalPaper Pages: 335 - 344

32. Seed Dormancy and Germination Responses of Nine Australian Fire Ephemerals

    • Katherine S. Baker
    • Kathryn J. Steadman
    • Kingsley W. Dixon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 358

33. Toxic Effect of Cadmium on Rice as Affected by Nitrogen Fertilizer Form

    • Muhammad Jaffar Hassan
    • Feng Wang
    • Guoping Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 365

34. Critical Levels of Selenium in Different Crops Grown in an Alkaline Silty Loam Soil Treated with Selenite-Se

    • N. Rani
    • K. S. Dhillon
    • S. K. Dhillon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 367 - 374

35. Effects of Biological Soil Crusts on Seed Bank, Germination and Establishment of Two Annual Plant Species in the Tengger Desert (N China)

    • Xin-Rong Li
    • Xiao-Hong Jia
    • Stefan Zerbe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 375 - 385