Journal of Vegetation Science - 23 (1), 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Editors’ Award, experimental approaches, functional traits and ecoinformatics (pages 1–3)

J. Bastow Wilson, Alessandro Chiarucci, Milan Chytrý and Meelis Pärtel


Orginal Articles


Initial species pattern affects invasion resistance in experimental grassland plots (pages 4–12)

Kathryn A. Yurkonis, Brian J. Wilsey and Kirk A. Moloney


Original Articles

Fire and herbivory are not substitutable: evidence from regrowth patterns and changes in physical and chemical defences in Acacia seedlings (pages 13–23)

Jeff W. Hean and David Ward


The right relevé in the right vegetation unit: a new typicality index to reproduce expert judgement with an automatic classification programme (pages 24–32)

Jean-Claude Gégout and Christophe Coudun


Invasive non-native species attributes and invasion extent: examining the importance of grain size (pages 33–40)

Munemitsu Akasaka, Masayuki Takada, Rie Kitagawa and Hiroshi Igarashi


Responses of grassland species richness to local and landscape factors depend on spatial scale and habitat specialization (pages 41–51)

Triin Reitalu, Oliver Purschke, Lotten J. Johansson, Karin Hall, Martin T. Sykes and Honor C. Prentice


Testing general predictions of the stress gradient hypothesis under high inter- and intra-specific nurse shrub variability along a climatic gradient (pages 52–61)

Jaime Madrigal-González, José A. García-Rodríguez and Gonzalo Alarcos-Izquierdo


Unexpected mechanisms sustain the stress gradient hypothesis in a tropical alpine environment (pages 62–72)

Fabien Anthelme, Belen Buendia, Charlotte Mazoyer and Olivier Dangles


Original articles


Primary succession trajectories on pumice at Mount St. Helens, Washington (pages 73–85)

Roger del Moral, Lindsay A. Thomason, Anthony C. Wenke, Natasha Lozanoff and Mario D. Abata


Original Articles


Disturbance history of an old-growth sub-alpine Picea abies stand in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic (pages 86–97)

Miroslav Svoboda, Pavel Janda, Thomas A. Nagel, Shawn Fraver, Jan Rejzek and Radek Bače


Disentangling plant trait responses to livestock grazing from spatio-temporal variation: the partial RLQ approach (pages 98–113)

Dirk Wesuls, Jens Oldeland and Stéphane Dray


Patterns and controls of above-ground net primary production in meadows of Patagonia. A remote sensing approach (pages 114–126)

J. Gonzalo N. Irisarri, Martín Oesterheld, José M. Paruelo and Marcos A. Texeira


Influences of watershed geomorphology on extent and composition of riparian vegetation (pages 127–139)

Blake M. Engelhardt, Peter J. Weisberg and Jeanne C. Chambers


The influence of landscape-level heterogeneity in fire frequency on canopy composition in the boreal forest of eastern Canada (pages 140–150)

Dominic Cyr, Sylvie Gauthier and Yves Bergeron


Sudden oak death disease progression across two forest types and spatial scales (pages 151–163)

Benjamin S. Ramage, Alison B. Forrestel, Max A. Moritz and Kevin L. O'Hara


Juvenile–adult tree associations in a continental Mediterranean ecosystem: no evidence for sustained and general facilitation at increased aridity (pages 164–175)

Elena Granda, Adrián Escudero, Marcelino de la Cruz and Fernando Valladares


Individual-based trait analyses reveal assembly patterns in tree sapling communities (pages 176–186)

Marcos B. Carlucci, Helena Streit, Leandro D.S. Duarte and Valério D. Pillar


Reconstructing savanna tree cover from pollen, phytoliths and stable carbon isotopes (pages 187–197)

Julie Aleman, Bérangere Leys, Roger Apema, Ilham Bentaleb, Marc A. Dubois, Barthélémy Lamba, Judicaël Lebamba, Céline Martin, Alfred Ngomanda, Loic Truc, Jean-Michel Yangakola, Charly Favier and Laurent Bremond


Reviewers List


Reviewers List (pages 198–200)


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