1. Drought-induced mortality of a foundation species (Juniperus monosperma) promotes positive afterlife effects in understory vegetation

   • J. M. Kane
   • K. A. Meinhardt
   • T. G. Whitham

   OriginalPaper 13 November 2010 Pages: 733 - 741

   

2. Anti-herbivory defense of two Vicia species with and without extrafloral nectaries

   • Noboru Katayama
   • Nobuhiko Suzuki

   OriginalPaper 20 November 2010 Pages: 743 - 752

   

3. Herbivore-induced expansion of generalist species as a driver of homogenization in post-disturbance plant communities

   • Stacie A. Holmes
   • Christopher R. Webster

   OriginalPaper 23 November 2010 Pages: 753 - 768

   

4. Spatial heterogeneity in ecosystem structure and productivity in a moist Kenyan savanna

   • D. O. Otieno
   • G. O. K’Otuto
   • J. C. Onyango

   OriginalPaper 24 November 2010 Pages: 769 - 783

   

5. Intra- and inter-specific effects of mast seeding on seed fates of two sympatric Corylus species

   • X. F. Yi
   • Y. Q. Yang
   • Z. B. Zhang

   OriginalPaper 24 November 2010 Pages: 785 - 793

   

6. Competitive interactions between grass and succulent shrubs at the ecotone between an arid grassland and succulent shrubland in the Karoo

   • Ndafuda Shiponeni
   • Nicky Allsopp
   • M. Timm Hoffman

   OriginalPaper 25 November 2010 Pages: 795 - 808

   

7. The effect of nutrient level on plant structure and production in a wet grassland: a field study

   • Miroslava Káplová
   • Keith R. Edwards
   • Jan Květ

   OriginalPaper 27 November 2010 Pages: 809 - 819

   

8. Comparing susceptibility of eastern and western US grasslands to competition and allelopathy from spotted knapweed [Centaurea stoebe L. subsp. micranthos (Gugler) Hayek]

   • Kurt O. Reinhart
   • Matt Rinella

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2010 Pages: 821 - 828

   

9. Testing indicators of sustainable forest management on understorey composition and diversity in southern Italy through variation partitioning

   • S. Burrascano
   • F. M. Sabatini
   • C. Blasi

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2010 Pages: 829 - 841

   

10. Genetic diversity of the easternmost fragmented mediterranean Pinus halepensis Mill. populations

    • Mohammad A. Alrababah
    • Ahmad S. Al-Horani
    • Hussein M. Migdadi

    OriginalPaper 07 December 2010 Pages: 843 - 851

    

11. Nutrient amendments in a temperate grassland have greater negative impacts on early season and exotic plant species

    • Jean J. Pan
    • Deborah Ammerman
    • Randall J. Mitchell

    OriginalPaper 07 December 2010 Pages: 853 - 864

    

12. Variability in Mediterranean annual grassland diversity driven by small-scale changes in fertility and radiation

    • J. Fernández-Moya
    • A. San Miguel-Ayanz
    • G. Gea-Izquierdo

    OriginalPaper 07 December 2010 Pages: 865 - 877

    

13. The combined effect of waterlogging, extractable P and soil pH on α-diversity: a case study on mesotrophic grasslands in the UK

    • Dana Michalcová
    • Joanne C. Gilbert
    • Rob H. Marrs

    OriginalPaper 07 December 2010 Pages: 879 - 888

    

14. Crop size is more important than neighborhood fruit availability for fruit removal of Eugenia uniflora (Myrtaceae) by bird seed dispersers

    • Pedro G. Blendinger
    • Mariana Villegas

    OriginalPaper 08 December 2010 Pages: 889 - 899

    

15. Former land use affects the nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and biomass of forest herbs

    • Lander Baeten
    • Gorik Verstraeten
    • Kris Verheyen

    OriginalPaper 09 December 2010 Pages: 901 - 909

    

16. Differential seed dispersal systems of endemic junipers in two oceanic Macaronesian archipelagos: the influence of biogeographic and biological characteristics

    • B. Rumeu
    • R. B. Elias
    • M. Nogales

    OriginalPaper 10 December 2010 Pages: 911 - 921