How beneficial are nurse plants? A meta-analysis of the effects of cushion plants on high-Andean plant communities A. Arredondo-NúñezE. I. BadanoR. O. Bustamante OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 1 - 6
Algal species diversity of arid region lakes in Kazakhstan and Israel S. S. BarinovaT. M. BraginaE. Nevo OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 7 - 16
Processes governing riverine fish species richness are scale-independent T. N. RomanukB. E. BeisnerE. McCauley OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 17 - 24
Cyclic patch dynamics in a Macaronesian island forest R. B. EliasE. Dias OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 25 - 34
Latitude-related variation in understory vegetation of boreal Populus tremuloides stands in Alberta, Canada W. L. StrongM. J. Redburn OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 35 - 44
A synthetic approach for analyzing tropical tree spatial patterns through time M. D. LeitheadM. AnandL. Deeth OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 45 - 52
A classificatory approach integrating fuzzy set theory and permutation techniques for land cover analysis: a case study on a degrading area of the Rift Valley (Ethiopia) E. FeoliL. Gallizia-VuerichZerihun Woldu OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 53 - 64
Old-field succession related to soil nitrogen and moisture, and the importance of plant species traits R. SzabóK. Prach OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 65 - 73
The influence of habitat heterogeneity on the fine-scale pattern of an Heteroptera assemblage in a sand grassland A. TormaL. Körmöczi OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 75 - 80
A comparison of three indirect methods for estimating understory light at different spatial scales in temperate mixed forests F. TinyaB. MihókP. Ódor OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 81 - 90
Abundance-occupancy relationships and implications for conservation of desert plants in the northwestern Red Sea region J. Lovett-DoustA. K. HegazyN. H. Gomaa OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 91 - 98
Bird species distributions across woodland canopy structure gradients S. A. HinsleyR. A. HillP. Rothery OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 99 - 110
Functional diversity of rhizosphere microorganisms from different genotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana A. García-Villaraco VelascoA. ProbanzaJ. A. Lucas García OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 111 - 119
Scale dependency of species composition and environmental variables in the strata of a deciduous forest S. ChandyD. J. Gibson OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 121 - 130
Plant traits related to competition: how do they shape the functional diversity of communities? M. L. NavasC. Violle Points of view Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 131 - 137