1. The role of carrion in maintaining biodiversity and ecological processes in terrestrial ecosystems

   • Philip S. Barton
   • Saul A. Cunningham
   • Adrian D. Manning

   Concepts, Reviews and Syntheses 25 September 2012 Pages: 761 - 772

   

2. Chasing the Patagonian sun: comparative thermal biology of Liolaemus lizards

   • Débora Lina Moreno Azócar
   • Bieke Vanhooydonck
   • Félix B. Cruz

   Physiological ecology - Original research 26 September 2012 Pages: 773 - 788

   

3. Interactions between environmental stressors: the influence of salinity on host–parasite interactions between Daphnia magna and Pasteuria ramosa

   • Matthew D. Hall
   • Andrea Vettiger
   • Dieter Ebert

   Physiological ecology - Original research 22 September 2012 Pages: 789 - 796

   

4. Nutritional status of Abies pinsapo forests along a nitrogen deposition gradient: do C/N/P stoichiometric shifts modify photosynthetic nutrient use efficiency?

   • Mª Carmen Blanes
   • Benjamín Viñegla
   • José A. Carreira

   Physiological ecology - Original research 26 September 2012 Pages: 797 - 808

   

5. Testing Bergmann’s rule and the Rosenzweig hypothesis with craniometric studies of the South American sea lion

   • Maritza Sepúlveda
   • Doris Oliva
   • Enrique A. Crespo

   Physiological ecology - Original research 28 September 2012 Pages: 809 - 817

   

6. Hydraulic responses to extreme drought conditions in three co-dominant tree species in shallow soil over bedrock

   • Kelly R. Kukowski
   • Susanne Schwinning
   • Benjamin F. Schwartz

   Physiological ecology - Original research 02 October 2012 Pages: 819 - 830

   

7. Clutch identity and predator-induced hatching affect behavior and development in a leaf-breeding treefrog

   • Megan E. Gibbons
   • M. Patricia George

   Behavioral ecology - Original research 26 September 2012 Pages: 831 - 843

   

8. Social learning improves survivorship at a life-history transition

   • R. P. Manassa
   • M. I. McCormick

   Behavioral ecology - Original research 14 September 2012 Pages: 845 - 852

   

9. Malaria infection and feather growth rate predict reproductive success in house martins

   • Alfonso Marzal
   • Maribel Reviriego
   • Florentino de Lope

   Population ecology - Original research 11 September 2012 Pages: 853 - 861

   

10. Coupling in goshawk and grouse population dynamics in Finland

    • Risto Tornberg
    • Andreas Lindén
    • Harto Lindén

    Population ecology - Original research 11 September 2012 Pages: 863 - 872

    

11. Larval life history and anti-predator strategies are affected by breeding phenology in an amphibian

    • Germán Orizaola
    • Emma Dahl
    • Anssi Laurila

    Population ecology - Original research 14 September 2012 Pages: 873 - 881

    

12. When bigger is not better: intraspecific competition for pollination increases with population size in invasive milkweeds

    • Megan Ward
    • Steven D. Johnson
    • Myron P. Zalucki

    Population ecology - Original research 28 September 2012 Pages: 883 - 891

    

13. Mama’s boy: sex differences in juvenile survival in a highly dimorphic large mammal, the Galapagos sea lion

    • C. Kraus
    • B. Mueller
    • F. Trillmich

    Population ecology - Original research 02 October 2012 Pages: 893 - 903

    

14. Direct and indirect selection on floral pigmentation by pollinators and seed predators in a color polymorphic South African shrub

    • Jane E. Carlson
    • Kent E. Holsinger

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 25 September 2012 Pages: 905 - 919

    

15. Activated chemical defenses suppress herbivory on freshwater red algae

    • Keri M. Goodman
    • Mark E. Hay

    Plant-animal interactions - Original research 26 September 2012 Pages: 921 - 933

    

16. Contributions of detrital subsidies to aboveground spiders during secondary succession, revealed by radiocarbon and stable isotope signatures

    • Takashi F. Haraguchi
    • Masao Uchida
    • Ichiro Tayasu

    Community ecology - Original research 11 September 2012 Pages: 935 - 944

    

17. Complex impacts of an invasive omnivore and native consumers on stream communities in California and Hawaii

    • Kristie Klose
    • Scott D. Cooper

    Community Ecology - Original research 16 September 2012 Pages: 945 - 960

    

18. Biogeographic variation in behavioral and morphological responses to predation risk

    • Scott I. Large
    • Delbert L. Smee

    Community ecology - Original research 22 September 2012 Pages: 961 - 969

    

19. Does dispersal ability affect the relative importance of environmental control and spatial structuring of littoral macroinvertebrate communities?

    • Jani Heino

    Community ecology - Original research 08 September 2012 Pages: 971 - 980

    

20. Tradeoffs, competition, and coexistence in eastern deciduous forest ant communities

    • Katharine L. Stuble
    • Mariano A. Rodriguez-Cabal
    • Nathan J. Sanders

    Community ecology - Original research 15 December 2012 Pages: 981 - 992

    

21. New parasites and predators follow the introduction of two fish species to a subarctic lake: implications for food-web structure and functioning

    • Per-Arne Amundsen
    • Kevin D. Lafferty
    • Armand M. Kuris

    Community ecology - Original research Open access 28 September 2012 Pages: 993 - 1002

    

22. Salt leaching leads to drier soils in disturbed semiarid woodlands of central Argentina

    • Victoria A. Marchesini
    • R. J. Fernández
    • E. G. Jobbágy

    Ecosystem ecology - Original research 27 September 2012 Pages: 1003 - 1012

    

23. Nitrogen limitation, ¹⁵N tracer retention, and growth response in intact and Bromus tectorum-invaded Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis communities

    • Dana L. Witwicki
    • Paul S. Doescher
    • Steven S. Perakis

    Ecosystem ecology - Original research 22 September 2012 Pages: 1013 - 1023

    

24. Interactive effects of pre-industrial, current and future [CO₂] and temperature on an insect herbivore of Eucalyptus

    • T. J. Murray
    • D. T. Tissue
    • M. Riegler

    Global change ecology - Original research 02 October 2012 Pages: 1025 - 1035