African Journal of Ecology - 50 (1), 2012

Contents:

Original articles

  
    Estimating demographics of the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti) in the panhandle region of the Okavango Delta, Botswana (pages 1–8)

    Sven L. Bourquin and Alison J. Leslie

   
    African elephant age determination from teeth: validation from known individuals (pages 9–20)

    Phyllis C. Lee, Soila Sayialel, W. Keith Lindsay and Cynthia J. Moss

   
    The effect of frugivory on postdispersal seed removal and germination in the pantropical forest tree Antiaris toxicaria Leschenault (pages 21–28)

    Bright O. Kankam and William Oduro

   
    Comparative effects of four herbicides on physiological aspects in Triticum sativum L. (pages 29–42)

    Fayza A. Faheed

  
    Spatial variations of microinvertebrates across different microhabitats of temporary floodplains of lower Okavango Delta, Botswana (pages 43–52)

    Nqobizitha Siziba, Moses J. Chimbari, Hillary Masundire and Ketlhatlogile Mosepele

    
    Morphomeristic study of sympatric Barbus species from a man-made reservoir in upland Kenya (pages 53–59)

    Kennedy E. Osuka and Chrisestom M. Mlewa

   
    Anti-helminth-induced changes in the prevalence of entodiniomorphid ciliates in semi-captive chimpanzees (pages 60–65)

    Obanda Vincent, Chege Stephen and Chiyo Patrick

   
    Protected area gap analysis of important bird areas in Tanzania (pages 66–76)

    Shakthi Sritharan and Neil D. Burgess

  
    Assessment of indicator species of butterfly assemblages in coffee–banana farming system in central Uganda (pages 77–89)

    Théodore Munyuli

  
    Fruiting phenology of fig trees in Kalinzu Forest, Uganda (pages 90–101)

    Hosea D. R. Muhanguzi and Perpetua Ipulet

   
    Species diversity and abundance of small mammals in Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (pages 102–108)

    Sintayehu Workeneh, Afework Bekele and Mundanthra Balakrishnan

   
    Effects of forest fragmentation on pollination of Mesogyne insignis (Moraceae) in Amani Nature Reserve forests, Tanzania (pages 109–116)

    Moses I. Olotu, Henry J. Ndangalasi and Bruno A. Nyundo

  
Notes and records

   
    Using the past to manage for the future: contributions of early travel literature, free online, to African historical ecology (pages 117–119)

    Paul Scholte


    The resilience of the medicinal plant community of rehabilitating coastal dune forests, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (pages 120–123)

    Matthew Grainger and Rudi van Aarde


Book review

  
    Soils of South Africa (page 124)

    Mateete Bekunda

    
 
+++++++++++++++

African Journal of Ecology - 49 (4), 2011

Contents:

    Original articles


        Ficus sp. and Musanga leo-errerae: coexistent keystone fruits for chimpanzees in Kalinzu forest (pages 389–396)

        Grace Kagoro-Rugunda and Frederick I. B. Kayanja

      
        Assessment of woody species encroachment in the grasslands of Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (pages 397–409)

        Hasan Yusuf, Anna C. Treydte, Sebsebe Demissew and Zerihun Woldu

       
        The role of farm structure on bird assemblages around a Kenyan tropical rainforest (pages 410–417)

        Nickson Erick Otieno, Nathan Gichuki, Nina Farwig and Samuel Kiboi

        
        Small mammal community structure in West Africa: a meta-analysis using null models (pages 418–430)

        Giovanni Amori and Luca Luiselli

       
        Beehive fences as effective deterrents for crop-raiding elephants: field trials in northern Kenya (pages 431–439)

        Lucy E. King, Iain Douglas-Hamilton and Fritz Vollrath

        
        Ecological adaptation of the shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) along climatic gradient in Bénin, West Africa (pages 440–449)

        Romain Glele Kakai, T. Jean Didier Akpona, Achille E. Assogbadjo, Orou Gandé Gaoué, Sebastian Chakeredza, P. Césaire Gnangle, Guy Apollinaire Mensah and Brice Sinsin

        
        Long-term monitoring of large rainforest mammals in the Biosphere Reserve of Tai National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (pages 450–458)

        Bernd Hoppe-Dominik, Hjalmar S. Kühl, Gerhard Radl and Frauke Fischer

       
        Depth and temporal distribution of vagile fauna associated with Posidonia oceanica meadows in Cap Zebib, north-eastern Tunisian coastline (pages 459–470)

        Walid Belgacem, Habib Langar and Oum Kalthoum Ben Hassine

       
        Influence of environmental conditions on sex allocation in the black rhinoceros population of Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa (pages 471–480)

        Robert B. Weladji and Karine Laflamme-Mayer

       
        Understanding sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) habitats through diet analysis in Rushebeya-Kanyabaha wetland, Uganda (pages 481–489)

        Joseph Ndawula, Mnason Tweheyo, David M. Tumusiime and Gerald Eilu

        
        Patterns of plant functional traits in the biogeography of West African grasses (Poaceae) (pages 490–500)

        Marco Schmidt, Adjima Thiombiano, Alexander Zizka, Konstantin König, Ulrike Brunken and Georg Zizka

       
        Factors governing flower visitation patterns and quality of pollination services delivered by social and solitary bee species to coffee in central Uganda (pages 501–509)

        Théodore Munyuli

       
    Notes and records


        Vegetation composition of natural gaps in Moribane forest (Mozambique) (pages 510–514)

        José Monteiro, Stefaan Dondeyne, Bart Wursten, James Bannerman, Henrik Meilby and Almeida Sitoe

       
    Book review


        Biodiversity in South Africa (pages 515–516)

        K.-R. Grace

        
+++++++++++++++

Journal of Ecology - 100 (1), 2012

Contents:

Tansley's vision for Journal of Ecology, and a Centenary Celebration
Hutchings, Michael J.; Gibson, David J.; Bardgett, Richard D.; Rees, Mark; Newton, Erika; Baier, Andrea; Sandhu, Lauren

Root responses to nutrients and soil biota: drivers of species coexistence and ecosystem productivity
de Kroon, Hans; Hendriks, Marloes; van Ruijven, Jasper; Ravenek, Janneke; Padilla, Francisco M.; Jongejans, Eelke; Visser, Eric J. W.; Mommer, Liesje

Linking vegetation change, carbon sequestration and biodiversity: insights from island ecosystems in a long-term natural experiment
Wardle, David A.; Jonsson, Micael; Bansal, Sheel; Bardgett, Richard D.; Gundale, Michael J.; Metcalfe, Daniel B.

Ecosystem CO2 starvation and terrestrial silicate weathering: mechanisms and global-scale quantification during the late Miocene
Beerling, David J.; Taylor, Lyla L.; Bradshaw, Catherine D. C.; Lunt, Daniel J.; Valdes, Paul J.; Banwart, Steven A.; Pagani, Mark; Leake, Jonathan R.

A general integrative framework for modelling woody biomass production and carbon sequestration rates in forests
Coomes, David A.; Holdaway, Robert J.; Kobe, Richard K.; Lines, Emily R.; Allen, Robert B.

The productivity, metabolism and carbon cycle of tropical forest vegetation
Malhi, Yadvinder

Evolutionary changes in plant reproductive traits following habitat fragmentation and their consequences for population fitness
Jacquemyn, Hans; De Meester, Luc; Jongejans, Eelke; Honnay, Olivier

Metapopulations and metacommunities: combining spatial and temporal perspectives in plant ecology
Alexander, Helen M.; Foster, Bryan L.; Ballantyne, Ford; Collins, Cathy D.; Antonovics, Janis; Holt, Robert D.

Modelling spread of British wind-dispersed plants under future wind speeds in a changing climate
Bullock, James M.; White, Steven M.; Prudhomme, Christel; Tansey, Christine; Perea, Ramón; Hooftman, Danny A. P.

Invasions: the trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea
Moles, Angela T.; Flores-Moreno, Habacuc; Bonser, Stephen P.; Warton, David I.; Helm, Aveliina; Warman, Laura; Eldridge, David J.; Jurado, Enrique; Hemmings, Frank A.; Reich, Peter B.; Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Seabloom, Eric W.; Mayfield, Margaret M.; Sheil, Douglas; Djietror, Jonathan C.; Peri, Pablo L.; Enrico, Lucas; Cabido, Marcelo R.; Setterfield, Samantha A.; Lehmann, Caroline E. R.; Thomson, Fiona J.

How fundamental plant functional trait relationships scale-up to trade-offs and synergies in ecosystem services
Lavorel, Sandra; Grigulis, Karl

Journal of Ecology News
Hutchings, Michael J.; Gibson, David J.; Bardgett, Richard D.; Rees, Mark; Newton, Erika; Baier, Andrea; Sandhu, Lauren

Plasticity in leaf and stem nutrient resorption proficiency potentially reinforces plant-soil feedbacks and microscale heterogeneity in a semi-arid grassland
Lü, Xiao-Tao; Freschet, Grégoire T.; Flynn, Dan F. B.; Han, Xing-Guo

454-sequencing reveals stochastic local reassembly and high disturbance tolerance within arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities
Lekberg, Ylva; Schnoor, Tim; Kjoller, Rasmus; Gibbons, Sean M.; Hansen, Lars H.; Al-Soud, Waleed A.; Sorensen, Soren J.; Rosendahl, Soren

Interspecific differences in wood decay rates: insights from a new short-term method to study long-term wood decomposition
Freschet, Grégoire T.; Weedon, James T.; Aerts, Rien; van Hal, Jurgen R.; Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.

The more stems the merrier: advantages of multi-stemmed architecture for the demography of understorey trees in a temperate broadleaf woodland
Tanentzap, Andrew J.; Mountford, Edward P.; Cooke, Arnold S.; Coomes, David A.

Variable offspring size as an adaptation to environmental heterogeneity in a clonal plant species: integrating experimental and modelling approaches
Charpentier, Anne; Anand, Madhur; Bauch, Chris T.

Structure, composition and dynamics of a calcareous grassland metacommunity over a 70-year interval
Newton, Adrian C.; Walls, Robin M.; Golicher, Duncan; Keith, Sally A.; Diaz, Anita; Bullock, James M.

Evidence for assembly rules: limiting similarity within a saltmarsh
Wilson, J. Bastow; Stubbs, Wendy J.

Species traits and their non-additive interactions control the water economy of bryophyte cushions
Michel, Pascale; Lee, William G.; During, Heinjo J.; Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.

Termite activity, not grazing, is the main determinant of spatial variation in savanna herbaceous vegetation
Okullo, Paul; Moe, Stein R.

Context-dependent benefits from ant-plant mutualism in three sympatric varieties of Chamaecrista desvauxii
Baker-Méio, Beatriz; Marquis, Robert J.

Distribution patterns of tropical woody species in response to climatic and edaphic gradients
Toledo, Marisol; Pena-Claros, Marielos; Bongers, Frans; Alarcón, Alfredo; Balcázar, Julio; Chuvina, José; Leano, Claudio; Licona, Juan Carlos; Poorter, Lourens

Marked point pattern analysis on genetic paternity data for uncertainty assessment of pollen dispersal kernels
Niggemann, Marc; Wiegand, Thorsten; Robledo-Arnuncio, Juan J.; Bialozyt, Ronald

On the reliability of visual communication in vertebrate-dispersed fruits
Cazetta, Eliana; Galetti, Mauro; Rezende, Enrico L.; Schaefer, Hinrich Martin

Joint consequences of dispersal and niche overlap on local diversity and resource use
Gilbert, Benjamin


==============