1. Within-plot relationships between tree species occurrences and hydrological soil constraints: an example in French Guiana investigated through canonical correlation analysis

   • Raphaël Pélissier
   • Stéphane Dray
   • Daniel Sabatier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 156

2. Conifer seedling distribution and survival in an alpine-treeline ecotone

   • Matthew J. Germino
   • William K. Smith
   • A. Catherine Resor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 168

3. Reproductive investment and seedling survival of the mast-fruiting rain forest tree, Microberlinia bisulcata A. chev.

   • J.J. Green
   • D.M. Newbery

   OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 187

4. Thirteen years of wetland vegetation succession following a permanent drawdown, Myrkdalen Lake, Norway

   • Arvid Odland
   • Roger del Moral

   OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 198

5. The descriptive capacity of ecological plant species groups

   • Jan-Philip M. Witte

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 213

6. Environmentally induced clonal reproduction and life history traits of the liana Machaerium cuspidatum in an Amazonian rain forest, Ecuador

   • Jacob Nabe-Nielsen
   • Pamela Hall

   OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 226

7. Interspecific competition affects growth and herbivore damage of Brassica napus in the field

   • Donald F. Cipollini
   • Joy Bergelson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 231

8. Partitioning floristic variance in Norwegian upland grasslands into within-site and between-site components: are the patterns determined by environment or by land-use?

   • Vigdis Vandvik
   • H. John B. Birks

   OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 245

9. Plant species distribution across two contrasting treeline ecotones in the Spanish Pyrenees

   • J.J. Camarero
   • E. Gutiérrez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 257

10. Tree composition and structure in disturbed stands with varying dominance by Pinus spp. in the highlands of Chiapas, México

    • Luis Galindo-Jaimes
    • Mario González-Espinosa
    • Luis García-Barrios

    OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 272

11. Plant size, breeding system, and limits to reproductive success in two sister species of Ferocactus (Cactaceae)

    • Margrit E. McIntosh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 288