1. Forest recovery in abandoned agricultural lands in a karst region of the Dominican Republic

   • L.W. Rivera
   • J.K. Zimmerman
   • T.M. Aide

   OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 125

2. Responding to a three-pronged attack: desert lilies subject to herbivory by dorcas gazelles

   • David Saltz
   • David Ward

   OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 138

3. Different responses to drought and freeze stress of Quercus ilex L. growing along a latitudinal gradient

   • A. Nardini
   • S. Salleo
   • F. Pitt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 147

4. Gap-phase regeneration in a tropical montane forest: the effects of gap structure and bamboo species

   • Marcelo Tabarelli
   • Waldir Mantovani

   OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 155

5. Eleocharis mutata (L.) Roem. et Schult. subject to drawdowns in a tropical coastal lagoon, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

   • C. Palma-Silva
   • E.F. Albertoni
   • F.A. Esteves

   OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 164

6. Different phenotypic response of Halimium halimifolium in relation to groundwater availability

   • M. Zunzunegui
   • M.C. Díaz Barradas
   • F. García Novo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 174

7. Spatial variation of seedling distribution in an east Mediterranean pine woodland at the beginning of post-fire succession

   • Amram Eshel
   • Nava Henig-Sever
   • Gidi Ne'eman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 182

8. Effects of extreme high temperature, drought and elevated CO2 on photosynthesis of the Mojave Desert evergreen shrub, Larrea tridentata

   • Erik P. Hamerlynck
   • Travis E. Huxman
   • Stanley D. Smith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 193

9. Pteridophyte richness in the NE Iberian Peninsula: biogeographic patterns

   • Juli G. Pausas
   • Llorenç Sáez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 205

10. Multiscale soil and vegetation patchiness along a gradient of herbivore impact in a semi-arid grazing system in West Africa

    • Max Rietkerk
    • Pieter Ketner
    • Han Olff

    OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 224

11. Effects of leaf litter on woody seedlings in xeric successional communities

    • Graeme T. Hastwell
    • José M. Facelli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 231

12. Community structure of epilithic lichens on the cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, Ontario, Canada

    • Uta Matthes
    • Bruce D. Ryan
    • Douglas W. Larson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 244

13. Patterns of root activity and responses of species to nutrients in vegetation of fertile alluvial soil

    • A.P. Mamolos
    • D.S. Veresoglou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 253

14. Book review

    BookReview Pages: 255 - 256