1. Are compound-leaved woody species inherently shade-intolerant? An analysis of species ecological requirements and foliar support costs

   • Ülo Niinemets

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 11

2. Seedling establishment in different microsites on Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA

   • Jonathan H. Titus
   • Roger del Moral

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 26

3. Fire-type and forestry management effects on the early postfire vegetation dynamics of a Pinus pinaster woodland

   • Beatriz Pérez
   • José M. Moreno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 41

4. Relationship between species relative abundance and plant traits for an infertile habitat

   • R. J. Reader

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 51

5. Vegetation in Danish beech forests: the importance of soil, microclimate and management factors, evaluated by variation partitioning

   • Erik Aude
   • Jonas E. Lawesson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 65

6. Scale and species-environment relationships in a central Himalayan oak forest, Nepal

   • Ole. R. Vetaas
   • Ram. P. Chaudhary

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 76

7. Soil water dynamics and vegetation patterns in a semiarid grassland

   • J. S. Singh
   • D. G. Milchunas
   • W. K. Lauenroth

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 89

8. Enhanced UV-B radiation increases the reproductive effort in the Mediterranean shrub Cistus creticus under field conditions

   • M. Stephanou
   • Y. Manetas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 96

9. Mapping historical forest types in Baraga County Michigan, USA as fuzzy sets

   • Daniel G. Brown

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 111

10. Improving the interpretation of fuzzy partitions in vegetation science with constrained ordinations

    • José Miguel Olano
    • Javier J. Loidi
    • Adrián Escudero

    OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 118

11. Environmental influences on the structure of sedge meadows in the Canadian High Arctic

    • Greg H.R. Henry

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 129