1. Variation of plant diversity in a temperate unmanaged forest in northern Spain: behind the environmental and spatial explanation

   • Antonio Gazol
   • Ricardo Ibáñez

   OriginalPaper 18 August 2009 Pages: 1 - 11

   

2. Nutrient relations of dwarf Rhizophora mangle L. mangroves on peat in eastern Puerto Rico

   • Ernesto Medina
   • Elvira Cuevas
   • Ariel E. Lugo

   OriginalPaper 19 August 2009 Pages: 13 - 24

   

3. The nutrient status of epiphytes and their host trees along an elevational gradient in Costa Rica

   • Catherine L. Cardelús
   • Michelle C. Mack

   OriginalPaper 02 September 2009 Pages: 25 - 37

   

4. Exotic plants increase and native plants decrease with loss of foundation species in sagebrush steppe

   • Janet S. Prevéy
   • Matthew J. Germino
   • Richard S. Inouye

   OriginalPaper 18 August 2009 Pages: 39 - 51

   

5. Phenology, growth, and fecundity of eight subarctic tundra species in response to snowmelt manipulations

   • Sonja Wipf

   OriginalPaper 21 August 2009 Pages: 53 - 66

   

6. Can campo rupestre vegetation be floristically delimited based on vascular plant genera?

   • Ruy J. V. Alves
   • Jiří Kolbek

   OriginalPaper 25 August 2009 Pages: 67 - 79

   

7. Relationships between Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius), soil nutrients, and plant diversity in the Garry oak savannah ecosystem

   • Jacqueline Shaben
   • Judith H. Myers

   OriginalPaper 04 September 2009 Pages: 81 - 91

   

8. Effects of NPK fertilisation in arid southern Mongolian desert steppes

   • K. Wesche
   • K. Ronnenberg

   OriginalPaper Open access 11 September 2009 Pages: 93 - 105

   

9. Changes in plant form and function across altitudinal and wetness gradients in the wetlands of the Maloti-Drakensberg, South Africa

   • Erwin J. J. Sieben
   • Craig D. Morris
   • A. Muthama Muasya

   OriginalPaper 13 September 2009 Pages: 107 - 119

   

10. Growth of three cattail (Typha) taxa in response to elevated CO₂

    • Lauren Sullivan
    • Radka Wildova
    • Chris Vogel

    OriginalPaper 10 September 2009 Pages: 121 - 129

    

11. Spatial heterogeneity and carbon contribution of aboveground biomass of moso bamboo by using geostatistical theory

    • Huaqiang Du
    • Guomo Zhou
    • Weiliang Fan

    OriginalPaper 16 September 2009 Pages: 131 - 139

    

12. Improving marsh restoration: leaf tissue chemistry identifies factors limiting production in Spartina patens

    • V. D. Tobias
    • J. A. Nyman
    • J. D. Foret

    OriginalPaper 12 September 2009 Pages: 141 - 148

    

13. Browser selectivity alters post-fire competition between Erica arborea and E. trimera in the sub-alpine heathlands of Ethiopia

    • Maria Johansson
    • Tuulikki Rooke
    • Anders Granström

    OriginalPaper 11 September 2009 Pages: 149 - 160

    

14. Initial establishment and regeneration processes of an outlying isolated Fagus crenata Blume forest stand in the northernmost boundary of its range in Hokkaido, northern Japan

    • Kanji Namikawa
    • Tetsuya Matsui
    • Shigeo Kuramoto

    OriginalPaper 10 September 2009 Pages: 161 - 174

    

15. Plant–soil relationships in fragments of Mediterranean snow-beds: ecological and conservation implications

    • Domenico Gargano
    • Giuseppe Vecchio
    • Liliana Bernardo

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2009 Pages: 175 - 189