1. Inbreeding depression effects on extinction time in a predator—prey system

   • Laura Hartt
   • James W. Haefner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 9

2. Geographical variation in encapsulation ability ofDrosophila melanogaster larvae and evidence for parasitoid-specific components

   • Alex R. Kraaijeveld
   • Jacques J. M. Van Alphen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 10 - 17

3. The effect of costly information in diet choice

   • Burt P. Kotler
   • William A. Mitchell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 18 - 29

4. Contrasting phenotypic correlations in food provision of male Tengmalm's owls (Aegolius funereus) in a temporally heterogenous environment

   • Harri Hakkarainen
   • Erkki Korpimäki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 30 - 37

5. Demography of source—sink populations and the evolution of ecological niches

   • Tadeusz J. Kawecki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 38 - 44

6. Optimization of reproductive effort and foraging time in mammals: The influence of resource level and predation risk

   • Lauri Oksanen
   • Per Lundberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 56

7. Optimal offspring sizes in small litters

   • Eric L. Charnov
   • Jerry F. Downhower
   • Luther P. Brown

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 63

8. Why do populations of small rodents cycle? A new hypothesis with numerical model

   • Adam Łomnicki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 64 - 81

9. Trade-offs and the evolution of host specialization

   • Amitabh Joshi
   • John N. Thompson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 82 - 92

10. Angiosperm growth habit, dispersal and diversification reconsidered

    • Bruce H. Tiffney
    • Susan J. Mazer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 117

11. The ecology of sexual selection: Mean crowding of females and resource-defence polygyny

    • Michael J. Wade

    OriginalPaper Pages: 118 - 124