1. Factors affecting seedling recruitment in an invasive grass (Pennisetum setaceum) and a native grass (Heteropogon contortus) in the Hawaiian Islands

   • Erin Goergen
   • Curtis C. Daehler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 156

2. Effects of willow canopies on plant species performance in a low-alpine community

   • Ørjan Totland
   • Josephine Esaete

   OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 166

3. Altitudinal distribution patterns of Mexican cloud forests based upon preferential characteristic genera

   • O. Alcántara
   • I. Luna
   • A. Velázquez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 174

4. Abundance-range size relationships in stream vegetation in Denmark

   • Tenna Riis
   • Kaj Sand-Jensen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 183

5. The effect of solar UV-B radiation on terpenes and biomass production in Grindelia chiloensis (Asteraceae), a woody perennial of Patagonia, Argentina

   • Jorge A. Zavala
   • Damian A. Ravetta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 191

6. Plant diversity patterns in semi-natural grasslands along an elevational gradient in southern Norway

   • Gunnar Austrheim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 205

7. Frost hardiness in the juvenile and adult life phase of ivy (Hedera helix L.)

   • Sigrid Andergassen
   • Helmut Bauer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 213

8. Coexistence mechanisms of evergreen, deciduous and coniferous trees in a mid-montane mixed forest on Mt. Emei, Sichuan, China

   • Cindy Q. Tang
   • Masahiko Ohsawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 230

9. Use of monocharacteristic growth forms and phenological phases to describe and differentiate plant communities in Mediterranean-type ecosystems

   • A.V. Pérez Latorre
   • B. Cabezudo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 249

10. A meta-analytical test of elevated CO₂ effects on plant respiration

    • Xianzhong Wang
    • Peter Curtis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 261