Defense mechanisms in the sapwood of living trees against microbial infection Toshihiro Yamada Invited Review Pages: 127 - 137
Vegetation inventory of a temperate biosphere reserve in China by image fusion of landsat TM and SPOT HRV Qi-Jing LiuNobuo Takeuchi Original Articles Pages: 139 - 146
Effect of shoot size and phenological variation of host plants on the spatial patterns of cynipid galls Masato ItoNaoki Hijii Original Articles Pages: 147 - 151
Inducing infection of oak logs by a pathogenic fungus carried byPlatypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) Masahide KobayashiAkira UedaYoshihiro Takahata Original Articles Pages: 153 - 156
Genetic diversity ofKandelia candel andBruguiera gymnorrhiza in the Southwest Islands, Japan Toshikazu TakeuchiTakashi SugayaMasaki Katsuta Original Articles Pages: 157 - 162
Differential overstory leaf flushing contributes to the formation of a patchy understory Akira KomiyamaShogo KatoMiki Teranishi Original Articles Pages: 163 - 171
Aggregation ofPlatypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) on oak logs bored by males of the species Akira UedaMasahide Kobayashi Original Articles Pages: 173 - 179
Relationship between the incidence of pine wilt disease and the drainage area Naoko MikiKeiji SakamotoYoshio Hada Original Articles Pages: 181 - 186
Walnut hoarding by the Japanese wood mouse,Apodemus speciosus Temminck Noriko Tamura Original Articles Pages: 187 - 190
Deterrent effect of rosin and wood tar against barking by the gray-sided vole (Clethrionomys rufocanus bedfordiae) Ken OrihashiYasuo KojimaMinoru Terazawa Original Articles Pages: 191 - 196
Genetic improvement in pine wilt disease resistance inPinus thunbergii: The effectiveness of pre-screening with an artificial inoculation at the nursery Tadao TodaSusumu Kurinobu Original Articles Pages: 197 - 201
Structure and species diversity of subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest in northern Okinawa Island, Japan Xiaoniu XuEiji HirataTakeo Shinohara Original Articles Pages: 203 - 210
Photosynthesis and chlorophylla fluorescence of two poplars under water stress Xiao-Ming LiYoshitaka Kakubari Original Articles Pages: 211 - 215
Growth response ofMelaleuca cajuputi to flooding in a tropical peat swamp Takashi YamanoshitaTanit NuyimSatohiko Sasaki Short Communication Pages: 217 - 219
Evaluation of the tortuosity parameter for forest soils to predict unsaturated hydraulic conductivity Yoshiki ShinomiyaKazunobu TakahashiJumpei Kubota Short Communication Pages: 221 - 225