1. Similarity between grassland vegetation and seed bank shifts with altered precipitation and clipping, but not warming

   • S. R. White
   • E. W. Bork
   • J. F. Cahill Jr.

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 129 - 136

2. Intra-annual variation of intertidal benthic community in a breakwater zone on the north coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

   • B. P. Masi
   • I. R. Zalmon

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 137 - 144

3. Effects of canopy gaps on forest floor vascular and non-vascular plant species composition and diversity in an uneven-aged Nothofagus betuloides forest in Tierra del Fuego, Chile

   • A. Promis
   • S. Gärtner
   • G. Cruz

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 145 - 154

4. Contrasting effect of isolation of hedges from forests on farmland vs. woodland birds

   • P. Batáry
   • A. Kovács-Hostyánszki
   • A. Holzschuh

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 155 - 161

5. Indicator species and floristic patterns in different forest formations in southern Atlantic rainforests of Brazil

   • R. S. Bergamin
   • S. Müller
   • R. S. P. Mello

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 162 - 170

6. Impacts of land use change on seed removal patterns of native and exotic species in a forest landscape

   • R. O. Bustamante
   • E. I. Badano
   • S. T. A. Pickett

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 171 - 177

7. Trait-convergence and divergence assembly patterns in a temperate forest herbaceous layer along the gradient of canopy closure

   • F. Joner
   • M. Anand
   • V. D. Pillar

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 178 - 184

8. Bacterioplankton community composition in Portuguese water bodies under a severe summer drought

   • D. R. de Figueiredo
   • B. B. Castro
   • A. Correia

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 185 - 193

9. Vegetation, soils and seed banks of limestone grasslands are still impacted by former cultivation one century after abandonment

   • E. Forey
   • T. Dutoit

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 194 - 202

10. Linking local community structure to the dispersal of aquatic invertebrate species in a rock pool metacommunity

    • L. Sciullo
    • J. Kolasa

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 203 - 212

11. Impacts of introduced dwarf pine (Pinus mugo) on the diversity and composition of alpine vegetation

    • M. Zeidler
    • M. Duchoslav
    • M. Lešková

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 213 - 220

12. Temperature and food constraints in wintering birds - an experimental approach in montane Mediterranean oakwoods

    • L. M. Carrascal
    • J. Seoane
    • S. Villén-Pérez

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 221 - 229

13. Dynamical effects of weak trophic interactions in a stochastic food web simulation

    • M. Scotti
    • N. Gjata
    • F. Jordán

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 230 - 237

14. Comparison of methods to estimate soil seed banks: the role of seed size and mass

    • S. L. Gonzalez
    • L. Ghermandi

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 238 - 242

15. Can seasonal differences influence food web structure on preserved habitats? Responses from two Brazilian streams

    • M. Ceneviva-Bastos
    • L. Casatti
    • V. S. Uieda

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 243 - 252

16. The interplay among grazing history, plant-plant spatial interactions and species traits affects vegetation recovery processes in Patagonian steppe

    • A. Catorci
    • F. M. Tardella
    • R. Santolini

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2012 Pages: 253 - 263