1. Theoretical vegetation science on the way

   • Eddy van der Maarel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 6

2. Structure of theory in vegetation science

   • S. T. A. Pickett
   • J. Kolasa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 15

3. Explanation and prediction in vegetation science

   • Gerhard Wiegleb

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 34

4. A new model for the continuum concept

   • M. P. Austin
   • T. M. Smith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 47

5. A theory of the spatial and temporal dynamics of plant communities

   • Thomas Smith
   • Michael Huston

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 69

6. Fuzzy systems vegetation theory

   • David W. Roberts

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 80

7. Ecological Field Theory: the concept and field tests

   • J. Walker
   • P. J. H. Sharpe
   • H. Wu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 95

8. Montane vegetation of the Mt. Field massif, Tasmania: a test of some hypotheses about properties of community patterns

   • Peter R. Minchin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 110

9. Comparison of ordinations and classifications of vegetation data

   • János Podani

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 128

10. Effects of detrending and rescaling on correspondence analysis: solution stability and accuracy

    • Robert G. Knox

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 136

11. Finding a common ordination for several data sets by individual differences scaling

    • Jari Oksanen
    • Pertti Huttunen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 145

12. Relationship between horizontal pattern and vertical structure in a chalk grassland

    • Jay M. Ver Hoef
    • David C. Glenn-Lewin
    • Marinus J. A. Werger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 155

13. A new dissimilarity measure and a new optimality criterion in phytosociological classification

    • Vera Noest
    • Eddy van der Maarel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 165

14. Optimum-transformation of plant species cover-abundance values

    • Vera Noest
    • Eddy van der Maarel
    • Dick van der Laan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 178

15. Analysis of the disintegrating group and gradient structure in Swiss riparian forests

    • Otto Wildi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 186

16. Computerized matching of relevés and association tables, with an application to the British National Vegetation Classification

    • M. O. Hill

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 194

17. On sampling procedures in population and community ecology

    • N. C. Kenkel
    • P. Juhász-Nagy
    • J. Podani

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 207

18. Spatial autocorrelation and sampling design in plant ecology

    • Marie-Josée Fortin
    • Pierre Drapeau
    • Pierre Legendre

    OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 222

19. On community structure in high alpine grasslands

    • Georg Grabherr

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 227

20. The effect of spatial pattern on community dynamics; a comparison of simulated and field data

    • T. Czárán
    • S. Bartha

    OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 239

21. Plant community structure, connectance, niche limitation and species guilds within a dune slack grassland

    • Habiba Gitay
    • A. D. Q. Agnew

    OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 248

22. Species-area curve, life history strategies, and succession: a field test of relationships

    • Jan Lepš
    • Jan Štursa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 257

23. Algal species diversity and dominance along gradients of stress and disturbance in marine environments

    • L. Kautsky
    • H. Kautsky

    OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 267

24. Modelling Mediterranean pasture dynamies

    • B. Peco

    OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 276