Temporal dynamics and resilience of fine litterfall in relation to typhoon disturbances over 14 years in an old-growth lucidophyllous forest in southwestern Japan Tamotsu SatoYohsuke KominamiHaruto Nomiya OriginalPaper 19 November 2009 Pages: 187 - 198
The seed banks of English lowland calcareous grasslands along a restoration chronosequence Kate C. FaganRichard F. PywellRob H. Marrs OriginalPaper 01 December 2009 Pages: 199 - 211
Nutrient transfer by leaf litterfall during a sugar maple decline episode at Lake Clair watershed, Québec, Canada Louis DuchesneRock OuimetDaniel Houle OriginalPaper 19 November 2009 Pages: 213 - 221
Does release from natural belowground enemies help explain the invasiveness of Lygodium microphyllum? A cross-continental comparison John C. VolinEric L. KrugerKaoru Kitajima OriginalPaper 21 November 2009 Pages: 223 - 234
Can horse riding induce the introduction and establishment of alien plant species through endozoochory and gap creation? Anne TörnPirkko SiikamäkiAnne Tolvanen OriginalPaper 21 November 2009 Pages: 235 - 244
Effects of clearance and fragmentation on forest compositional change and recovery after 200 years in western New York Yi-Chen WangChris P. S. LarsenBarry J. Kronenfeld OriginalPaper 24 November 2009 Pages: 245 - 258
Heterogeneity of the inland water–land palm ecotones (morichals) in the Orinoco lowlands, South America José San-JoséRubén MontesNathaly Matute OriginalPaper 29 November 2009 Pages: 259 - 269
Influence of slope orientation on sex ratio and size distribution in a dioecious plant Bursera fagaroides var. purpusii (Brandeg.) McVaugh and Rzed. (Burseraceae) Raúl Ortiz-PulidoNuma P. Pavón OriginalPaper 11 December 2009 Pages: 271 - 277
Smouldering fire-induced changes in a Mediterranean soil (SE Spain): effects on germination, survival and morphological traits of 3-year-old Pinus pinaster Ait. J. MadrigalC. HernandoP. Pérez-Gorostiaga OriginalPaper 10 December 2009 Pages: 279 - 292
Soil nutrients are not responsible for arrested succession in disturbed coastal dune forest L. J. BoyesM. E. GriffithsM. J. Lawes OriginalPaper 09 December 2009 Pages: 293 - 305
Gap regeneration and replacement patterns in an old-growth Fagus–Abies forest of Bosnia–Herzegovina Thomas A. NagelMiroslav SvobodaJurij Diaci OriginalPaper 11 December 2009 Pages: 307 - 318
Bamboo, fire and flood: consequences of disturbance for the vegetative growth of a clumping, clonal plant Donald C. FranklinLynda D. PriorClive R. McMahon OriginalPaper 13 December 2009 Pages: 319 - 332
The shifting balance of facilitation and competition affects the outcome of intra- and interspecific interactions over the life history of California grassland annuals Elizabeth A. LegerErin K. Espeland OriginalPaper 25 December 2009 Pages: 333 - 345
Competitive and allelopathic effects of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) on American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) Kerry L. WixtedJames B. McGraw OriginalPaper 24 December 2009 Pages: 347 - 357
Eucalyptus recruitment in degraded woodlands: no benefit from elevated soil fertility Alison K. SkinnerIan D. LuntSandra Lavorel OriginalPaper 25 December 2009 Pages: 359 - 370