Ecological Research 1999: Vol 14 Table of Contents

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Volume 14
1999
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Takuya Abe
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Contents
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 1, MARCH 1999
Nitrogen resorption from needles of Pinus thunbergii Parl. growing along a topographic
gradient of soil nutrient availability
Tsutomu Enoki and Hideyuki Kawaguchi
Recruitment of fleshy-fruited species under different shrub species: Control by
under-canopy environment
Johannes Kollmann and PeterJ . Grubb
Organic matter economy of Exphorbia adenochlora with special reference to its life cycle
Shiori Yamasaki
Ecological significance of root tip rotation for seedling establishment of Oryza sativa L.
Naoto Inoue, Teruo Arase, Motoyuki Hagiwara, Takahisa Amano, Taiichi Hayashi and
Ry oichi Tkeda
Population structure and dynamics of an evergreen shade herb, Ainsliaea apiculata
(Asteraceae), with special reference to herbivore effects
Yoshimichi Hori and Tomoko Yokoi
Density effect, self-thinning and size distribution in Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc.
stands
Li Xue and Akio Hagihara
Contribution of fern gametophytes to the growth of produced sporophytes on the basis
of carbon gain
Yoshiaki Sakamaki and Yoshio Ino
Effects of bird ingestion on seed germination of two Prunus species with different
fruit-ripening seasons
Tsutomo Yagihashi, Mitsuhiro Hayashida and Toshizumi Miyamoto
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 2, JUNE 1999
Diurnal changes in leaf gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in tropical tree
species with contrasting light requirements
Atsushi Ishida, Takashi Nakano, Yoosuke Matsumoto, Mutsumi Sakoda and Lai Hoe Ang
Lichens as bioindicators of temporal variations in air quality around Thessaloniki,
northern Greece
Despina Voukou, Stergios Arg. Pirintsos and Stefano Loppi
Insect feeding on spores of a bracket fungus, E/fvingia applanata (Pers.) Karst.
(Ganodermataceae, Aphyllophorales)
Nobuko Tuno
Pattern of land mosaics affecting butterfly assemblage at Mt Ikoma, Osaka, Japan
Yosthiro Natuhara, Chobei Imai and Mitsuko Takahashi
Effects of micro-environmental factors on photosynthetic CO, uptake and carbon
fixation metabolism in a spring ephemeral, Erythronium japonicum, growing in native
and open habitats
Shinichi Sawada, Akira Harada, Yoshiko Asari, Sachie Asano, Makoto Kuninaka,
Hitomi Kawamura and Minobu Kasai
Contents
Mixed leaf litter effects on decomposition rates and soil microarthropod communities
in an oak—pine stand in Japan
Nobuhiro Kaneko and Eric F. Salamanca
Species dynamics and colonization patterns in an abandoned forest in an urban
landscape
Dinesh R. Bhuju and Masahiko Ohsawa
Regulation of food provisioning and parental body condition in Leach’s storm-petrels,
Oceanodroma leucorhao: Experimental manipulation of offspring food demand
Akinori Takahashi, Yasuaki Niizuma and Yutaka Watanuki
Different distribution patterns of woody species on a slope in relation to vertical root
distribution and dynamics of soil moisture profiles
Nao Yanag&i sawa and Noboru Fuj: ita
Estimation of the retention times and distances of seed dispersed by two monkey
species, A/ouatta seniculus and Lagothrix lagotricha, in a Colombian forest
Takakazu Yumoto, Koshin Kimura and Akisato Nishimura
Within- and between-patch variability of predation intensity on the mussel Mytilus
trossulus Gould on a rocky intertidal shore in Oregon, USA
Takashi Noda
Note and Comment
A record of acorn eating by sika deer in western Japan
Udayani Rose Weerasinghe and Seiki Takatsuki
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 1999
Diversity in specific gravity and water content of wood among Bornean tropical
rainforest trees
Eizi Suzuki
Removal and predation of Quercus liaotungensis acorns by animals
Wei Wang, Keping Ma and Canran Liu
Light, nutrients and primary productivity in Lake Biwa: An evaluation of the current
ecosystem situation
Jotaro Urabe, Tatsuki Sekino, Kentaro Nozaki, Akihiro Tsuji, Chikage Yoshimizu,
Maiko Kagami, Tadatoshi Koitabashi, Tatsuo Miyazaki and Masami Nakanishi
Modeling associative learning with generalization for a case of warning signals
Shigeo Yachi and Masahiko Higashi
Nitrogen content in feces and the diet of Sika deer on the Boso Peninsula, central Japan
Masahiko Asada and Keiji Ochiai
Competitive ability of two Brassica varieties in relation to biomass allocation and
morphological plasticity under varying nutrient availability
Bo Li, Jun-Ichirou Suzuki and Toshihiko Hara
A possible relationship between outbreaks of the oriental migratory locust (Locusta
migratoria manilensis Meyen) in China and the El Nijfio episodes
Lhibin Zhang and Dianmo Li
Effect of millipede Parafontaria tonominea Attems (Diplopoda: Xystodesmidae) adults
on soil biological activities: A microcosm experiment
Nobuhiro Kaneko
Early stages of secondary succession on abandoned cropland in north-east Borneo Island
Toshiyuki Ohtsuka
Contents
Feeding rates and energy deficits of juvenile and adult Japanese monkeys in a cool
temperate area with snow coverage
Yuri Nakayama, Shiro Matsuoka and Yutaka Watanuki
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 4, DECEMBER 1999
Habitat selection by wintering tufted ducks with special reference to their digestive
organ and to possible segregation between neighboring populations
Nariko Oka, Masumi Yamamuro, Junichi Hiratsuka and Hitoshi Satoh
Intrapopulation variation in carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in the earthworm
Aporrectodea longa
Olaf Schmidt
Indirect interactions between two aphid species in relation to ant attendance
Hiroshi Sakata
Linking microhabitat availability and local density of rainbow trout in low-gradient
Japanese streams
Hirokazu Urabe and Shigeru Nakano
Selective foraging on terrestrial invertebrates by rainbow trout in a forested headwater
stream in northern Japan
Shigeru Nakano, Yoichi Kawaguchi, Yoshinori Taniguchi, Hitoshi Miyasaka,
Yukiyoshi Shibata, Hirokazu Urabe and Naotoshi Kuhara
Topographical variations in a plant—soil system along a slope on mt Ryuoh, Japan
Naoko Tokuchi, Hiroshi Takeda, Kazuma Yoshida and Goro Iwatsubo
Does fruiting phenology vary with fruit syndrome? An investigation on
animal-dispersed tree species in an evergreen forest in south-western Cameroon
Masazumi Mitani
Vegetation structure in gullies developed by the melting of ice wedges along Kolyma
River, northern Siberia
Shiro Tsuyuzaki, Takeshi Ishizaki and Toshiyuki Sato
Pruning behavior and intercolony competition of Tetraponera (Pachysima) aethipos
(Pseudomyrmecinae, Hymenoptera) in Bacteria fistulosa in a tropical forest, Democratic
Republic of Congo
Takakazu Yumoto and Tamaki Marubhashi
Note and Comment
Aboveground biomass and soil nutrient pools of a Scalesia pedunculata montane forest
on Santa Cruz, Galapagos
Kanehiro Kitayama and Syuzo Itou
Note and Comment
Belowground carbon storage of Micronesian mangrove forests
Kiyoshi Fujimoto, Akihiro Imaya, Ryuichi Tabuchi, Shigeo Kuramoto, Hajime Utsugi and
Tamon Murofushi
Corrigendum
Referees
Author index
Subject index