Basic and Applied Ecology

Invited Views in Basic and Applied Ecology: Are we making progress toward understanding the global diversity gradient?
pp. 1-3(3)
Author: Hawkins B.A.

Rapid decay of diversity-productivity relationships after invasion of experimental plant communities
pp. 5-14(10)
Authors: Pfisterer A.B.; Joshi J.; Schmid B.; Fischer M.

Grain-dependent relationships between plant productivity and invertebrate species richness and biomass in calcareous grasslands
pp. 15-24(10)
Authors: Braschler B.; Zschokke S.; Dolt C.; Thommen G.H.; Oggier P.; Baur B.

Changes in size and composition of weed communities during planted and natural fallows
pp. 25-33(9)
Authors: Ekeleme F.; Chikoye D.; Akobundu I.O.

Effects of distance to crop rows and to conspecific neighbours on the size of Brassica napus and Veronica persica weeds
pp. 35-41(7)
Authors: von Wettberg E.J.; Weiner J.

Experimental inbreeding reduces seed production and germination independent of fragmentation of populations of Swertia perennis
pp. 43-52(10)
Authors: Lienert J.; Fischer M.

Demography and role of the seed bank in Mediterranean and desert populations of wild barley
pp. 53-64(12)
Authors: Volis S.; Mendlinger S.; Ward D.

Monitoring programs need to take into account imperfect species detectability
pp. 65-73(9)
Authors: Kéry M.; Schmid H.

Patterns of parasitoid-host associations in differentially parasitized macrolepidopteran assemblages on Black Willow Salix nigra (Marsh) and Box Elder Acer negundo L.
pp. 75-85(11)
Authors: Barbosa P.; Caldas A.

Hide and seek on two spatial scales – vegetation structure effects herbivore oviposition and egg parasitism
pp. 87-94(8)
Authors: Meiners T.; Obermaier E.