1. Life history patterns in birds and mammals and their evolutionary interpretation

   • David Western
   • James Ssemakula

   OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 290

2. Effects of irradiance on growth, photosynthesis, and water use efficiency of seedlings of the chaparral shrub, Ceanothus megacarpus

   • B. E. Mahall
   • W. H. Schlesinger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 299

3. Growth and respiration of Cyprideis torosa Jones 1850 (Crustacea Ostracoda)

   • P. M. J. Herman
   • C. Heip

   OriginalPaper Pages: 300 - 303

4. Diurnal and seasonal responses of stomatal conductance for cowpea plants subjected to different levels of environmental drought

   • L. M. Bates
   • A. E. Hall

   OriginalPaper Pages: 304 - 308

5. Vegetation complexity and the dynamics of modelled grazing systems

   • Graeme Caughley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 312

6. Photosynthetic acclimation to variability in the light environment of early and late successional plants

   • F. A. Bazzaz
   • Roger W. Carlson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 316

7. Natural ¹⁵N abundance of presumed N₂-fixing and non-N₂-fixing plants from selected ecosystems

   • Ross A. Virginia
   • C. C. Delwiche

   OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 325

8. Behavior of bumble bee pollinators of Aralia hispida Vent. (Araliaceae)

   • James D. Thomson
   • Wayne P. Maddison
   • R. C. Plowright

   OriginalPaper Pages: 326 - 336

9. Competitive displacement and predation between introduced and native mud snails

   • Margaret Seluk Race

   OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 347

10. Recruitment of marine invertebrates: the role of active larval choices and early mortality

    • Michael J. Keough
    • Barbara J. Downes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 348 - 352

11. Experimental studies of pollen carryover: Hummingbirds and Ipomopsis aggregata

    • Mary V. Price
    • Nickolas M. Waser

    OriginalPaper Pages: 353 - 358

12. Phytoplankton communities in the littoral zone of lakes: Observations on structure and dynamics in oligotrophic and eutrophic systems

    • A. Dennis Lemly
    • John F. Dimmick

    OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 369

13. The dynamics and trophic ecology of grasshoppers (Acridoidea) in a South African savanna

    • M. V. Gandar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 370 - 378

14. Selective feeding by the echinoid, Evechinus chloroticus, and the removal of plants from subtidal algal stands in Northern New Zealand

    • David R. Schiel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 388

15. A case study of energy, water and soil flow chains in an arid ecosystem

    • A. Yair
    • M. Shachak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 397

16. Bryophytes with asexual reproduction — Their ability to succeed in an industrial area

    • Gisela Nordhorn-Richter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 398 - 400