International Journal of Plant Sciences - 173 (8), 2012

Contents:

Front Cover(pp. Front Cover-I) 

Development and Structure

    Ultrastructure of Stomatal Development in Ginkgo biloba(pp. 849-860) 
    Paula J. Rudall, Alice Rowland, and Richard M. Bateman
   
    Floral Development of Stephania (Menispermaceae): Impact of Organ Reduction on Symmetry(pp. 861-874) 
    Aiping Meng, Zigang Zhang, Jianqiang Li, Louis Ronse De Craene, and Hengchang Wang
   
    Leaf Shape and Size Differentiation in White Oaks: Assessment of Allometric Relationships among Three Sympatric Species and Their Hybrids(pp. 875-884) 
    Vincenzo Viscosi, Gaby Antonecchia, Olivier Lepais, Paola Fortini, Sophie Gerber, and Anna Loy
  
Reproductive Biology

    Morph Ratio Variation and Sex Organ Reciprocity in Style-Dimorphic Narcissus assoanus (pp. 885-893) 
    John D. Thompson, Adeline C. Cesaro, and Juan Arroyo

Systematics and Evolution

    Phylogeny of a Neotropical Clade in the Gesneriaceae: More Tales of Convergent Evolution (pp. 894-916) 
    John L. Clark, Mindie M. Funke, Aaron M. Duffy, and James F. Smith

Paleobotany

    Reconsidering Relationships among Stem and Crown Group Pinaceae: Oldest Record of the Genus Pinus from the Early Cretaceous of Yorkshire, United Kingdom(pp. 917-932) 
    Patricia E. Ryberg, Gar W. Rothwell, Ruth A. Stockey, Jason Hilton, Gene Mapes, and James B. Riding

    Seeds of Ampelocissus, Cissus, and Leea (Vitales) from the Paleogene of Western Peru and Their Biogeographic Significance(pp. 933-943) 
    Steven R. Manchester, Iju Chen, and Terry A. Lott

    Miocene Origin of the Characteristic Broad-Leaved Evergreen Shrub Ammopiptanthus (Leguminosae) in the Desert Flora of Eastern Central Asia(pp. 944-955) 
    Lei Xie and Yong Yang
 
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International Journal of Plant Sciences - 173 (7), 2012

Contents:

    Front Cover(pp. Front Cover-I) 
    
    Development and Structure

        Reassessing Inflorescence and Floral Morphology and Development in Hedyosmum (Chloranthaceae)(pp. 735-750) 
        María Gabriela Doria, Natalia Pabón-Mora, and Favio González
       
        Fruit Development and Pericarp Structure in Nypa fruticans Wurmb (Arecaceae): A Comparison with Other Palms(pp. 751-766) 
        Alexey V. F. Ch. Bobrov, David H. Lorence, Mikhail S. Romanov, and Ekaterina S. Romanova
       
    Reproductive Biology

        Floral Anatomy of Xyrids (Poales): Contributions to Their Reproductive Biology, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny(pp. 767-779) 
        Aline Oriani and Vera L. Scatena
        
    Ecology

        Heteroblasty in Bromeliads: Its Frequency in a Local Flora and the Timing of the Transition from Atmospheric to Tank Form in the Field(pp. 780-788) 
        Kerstin Meisner and Gerhard Zotz
      
    Population Genetics

        Genetic Variation, Biogeographical History, and Conservation of Anthyllis montana L. Ssp. jacquinii (Kern.) Hayek (Fabaceae) at Its Northern Distribution Limit(pp. 789-801) 
        Matthias Kropf
      
        Declining Genetic Diversity and Increasing Genetic Isolation toward the Range Periphery of Stipa pennata, a Eurasian Feather Grass(pp. 802-811) 
        Viktoria Wagner, Jan Treiber, Jiři Danihelka, Eszter Ruprecht, Karsten Wesche, and Isabell Hensen
      
    Paleobotany

        The First Permineralized Microsporophyll of the Glossopteridales: Eretmonia macloughlinii sp. nov.(pp. 812-822) 
        Patricia E. Ryberg, Edith L. Taylor, and Thomas N. Taylor
       
        Phenotypic Plasticity of the Hydrasperman Seed Fern Tetrastichia bupatides Gordon (Lyginopteridaceae)(pp. 823-834) 
        Michael T. Dunn and Gar W. Rothwell
       
        A Novel Coniferous Tree Trunk with Septate Pith from the Guadalupian (Permian) of China: Ecological and Evolutionary Significance(pp. 835-848) 
        Zhuo Feng, Jun Wang, Lu-Jun Liu, and Ronny Rößler
       

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Grana - 51 (2), 2012

Contents:

Special Issue: In memoriam, John Rowley (1926–2010)

In memoriam

John Rowley (1926–2010), palynologist extraordinaire
Stephen Blackmoore & John J. Skvarla

Development of megaspores and microspores in Isoetes japonica A. Br. (Lycopodiophyta: Isoetaceae)
Stephen Blackmore, Masamichi Takahashi, Koichi Uehara & Alexandra H. Wortley

Microspore wall organisation and ultrastructure in two species of Selaginella (Lycophyta) producing permanent tetrads
Marta A. Morbelli & Bernard Lugardon

Tapetum structure and ontogeny in Victoria (Nymphaeaceae)
Mackenzie L. Taylor, Patrick J. Hudson, Jolene M. Rigg, Julie N. Strandquist, Julie Schwartz Green, Tara C. Thiemann & Jeffrey M. Osborn

Sporoderm development and substructure in Magnolia sieboldii and other Magnoliaceae: an interpretation
Nina Gabarayeva & Valentina Grigorjeva

The unique design of pollen tetrads in Dionaea and Drosera
Heidemarie Halbritter, Michael Hesse & Martina Weber

Recent advances in Compositae (Asteraceae) palynology, with emphasis on previously unstudied and unplaced taxa
Alexandra H. Wortley, Stephen Blackmore, William F. Chissoe & John J. Skvarla
 
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Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society - 166 (4), 2011

Contents:
      
Original Articles


    Comparative floral structure and systematics in Rhizophoraceae, Erythroxylaceae and the potentially related Ctenolophonaceae, Linaceae, Irvingiaceae and Caryocaraceae (Malpighiales) (pages 331–416)

    MERRAN L. MATTHEWS and PETER K. ENDRESS

    
    More than meets the eye: a morphological and phylogenetic comparison of long-spurred, white-flowered Satyrium species (Orchidaceae) in South Africa (pages 417–430)

    TIMOTHEÜS VAN DER NIET, WILLIAM R. LILTVED and STEVEN D. JOHNSON

   
    Floral organogenesis of Helleborus thibetanus and Nigella damascena (Ranunculaceae) and its systematic significance (pages 431–443)

    LIANG ZHAO, PING LIU, XIAO-FEN CHE, WEI WANG and YI REN

   
Book Reviews

   
    New flora of the British Isles, 3rd ed (pages 444–445)

    M. F. FAY


    Flora of Cardiganshire (page 446)

    M. F. FAY

   

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BMC Plant Biology - 12 (June), 2012

Contents:



Reprogramming of gene expression during compression wood formation in pine: Coordinated modulation of S-adenosylmethionine, lignin and lignan related genes

David P. Villalobos, Sara M. Díaz-Moreno, El-Sayed S Said, Rafael A. Canas, Daniel Osuna, Sonia H. E. Van Kerckhoven, Rocío Bautista, Manuel Claros, Francisco M. Cánovas, Francisco R. Cantón


Role of adventitious roots in water relations of tamarack (Larix laricina) seedlings exposed to flooding

Mónica Calvo-Polanco, Jorge Senorans, Janusz J. Zwiazek


The AINTEGUMENTA genes, MdANT1 and MdANT2, are associated with the regulation of cell production during fruit growth in apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.)

Madhumita Dash, Anish Malladi 


Expression conservation within the circadian clock of a monocot: natural variation at barley Ppd-H1 affects circadian expression of flowering time genes, but not clock orthologs

Chiara Campoli, Munqez Shtaya, Seth J. Davis, Maria von Korff 


Characterization of non-host resistance in broad bean to the wheat stripe rust pathogen

Yulin Cheng, Hongchang Zhang, Juanni Yao, Xiaojie Wang, Jinrong Xu, Qingmei Han, Guorong Wei, Lili Huang, Zhensheng Kang 


Expression of 5 S rRNA genes linked to 35 S rDNA in plants, their epigenetic modification and regulatory element divergence

Sonia Garcia, Lucie Crhák Khaitová, Aleš Kovařík 


PeanutDB: an integrated bioinformatics web portal for Arachis hypogaea transcriptomics

Xiaohong Duan, Emily Schmidt, Pei Li, Douglas Lenox, Lin Liu, Changlong Shu, Jie Zhang, Chun Liang


Association mapping in sunflower for sclerotinia head rot resistance

Corina M. Fusari, Julio A. Di Rienzo, Carolina Troglia, Verónica Nishinakamasu, María Moreno, Carla Maringolo, Facundo Quiroz, Daniel Álvarez, Alberto Escande, Esteban Hopp, Ruth Heinz, Verónica V. Lia, Norma B. Paniego


Analysis of the P1 promoter in response to UV-B radiation in allelic variants of high-altitude maize

Sebastian Rius, Erich Grotewold, Paula Casati


QTL mapping reveals the genetic architecture of loci affecting pre- and post-zygotic isolating barriers in Louisiana Iris

Evangeline S. Ballerini, Amanda N. Brothers, Shunxue Tang, Steven J. Knapp, Amy Bouck, Sunni J. Taylor, Michael L. Arnold, Noland H. Martin


Genome-wide identification of differentially expressed genes under water deficit stress in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Wonkeun Park, Brian E. Scheffler, Philip J. Bauer, B. Campbell


Phosphate Starvation of Maize Inhibits Lateral Root Formation and Alters Gene Expression in the Lateral Root Primordium Zone

Zhaoxia Li, Changzheng Xu, Kunpeng Li, Shi Yan, Xun Qu, Juren Zhang


The barley EST DNA Replication and Repair Database (bEST-DRRD) as a tool for the identification of the genes involved in DNA replication and repair

Damian Gruszka, Marek Marzec, Iwona Szarejko


Arabidopsis nonhost resistance gene PSS1 confers immunity against an oomycete and a fungal pathogen but not a bacterial pathogen that cause diseases in soybean

Rishi Sumit, Binod B. Sahu, Min Xu, Devinder Sandhu, Madan K. Bhattacharyya


Molecular interactions between the olive and the fruit fly Bactrocera oleave

Giandomenico Corrado, Fiammetta Alagna, Mariapina Rocco, Giovanni Renzone, Paola Varricchio, Valentina Coppola, Mariangela Coppola, Antonio Garanna, Luciana Baldoni, Andrea Scaloni, Rosa Rao


Analyses of the sucrose synthase gene family in cotton: structure, phylogeny and expression patterns

Aiqun Chen, Shae He, Feifei Li, Zhao Li, Mingquan Ding, Qingpo Liu, Junkang Rong


The organ-specific expression of terpene synthase genes contributes to the terpene hydrocarbon composition of chamomile essential oils

Sandra Irmisch, Sandra T. Krause, Grit Kunert, Jonathan Gershenzon, Jörg Degenhardt, Tobias G. Köllner


Interactions of an Arabidopsis RanBPM homologue with LisH-CTLH domain proteins revealed high conservation of CTLH complexes in eukaryotes

Eva Tomaštíková, Věra Cenklová, Lucie Kohoutová, Beáta Petrovská, Lenka Váchová, Petr Halada, Gabriela Kočárová, Pavla Binarová


Factors influencing fecundity in experimental crosses of water lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) cultivars

Nian-Jun Teng, Yan-Li Wang, Chun-Qing Sun, Wei-Min Fang, Fa-Di Chen


Myosins XI-K, XI-1, and XI-2 are required for development of pavement cells, trichomes, and stigmatic papillae in Arabidopsis

Eve-Ly Ojangu, Krista Tanner, Pille Pata, Kristel Järve, Carola L. Holweg, Erkki Truve, Heiti Paves


In silico polymorphism analysis for the development of simple sequence repeat and transposon markers and construction of linkage map in cultivated peanut

Kenta Shirasawa, Padmalatha Koilkonda, Koh Aoki, Hideki Hirakawa, Satoshi Tabata, Manabu Watanabe, Makoto Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Kiyoshima, Shigeru Suzuki, Chikara Kuwata, Yoshiki Naito, Tsutomu Kuboyama, Akihiro Nakaya, Shigemi Sasamoto, Akiko Watanabe, Midori Kato, Kumiko Kawashima, Yoshie Kishida, Mitsuyo Kohara, Atsushi Kurabayashi, Chika Takahashi, Hisano Tsuruoka, Tsuyuko Wada, Sachiko Isobe


The 5'UTR-intron of the Gladiolus polyubiquitin promoter GUBQ1 enhances translation efficiency in Gladiolus and Arabidopsis

Kathryn Kamo, Ah-Young Kim, Se Park, Young Joung


Co-ordinate regulation of cytokinin gene family members during flag leaf and reproductive development in wheat

Jiancheng Song, Lijun Jiang, Paula Jameson

Biotropica - 44 (2), 2012

Contents:

  
    The Impact of Cyclone Fanele on a Tropical Dry Forest in Madagascar (pages 135–140)

    Rebecca J. Lewis and Katherine H. Bannar-Martin

   
    Investment in Fine Roots and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Decrease During Succession in Three Brazilian Ecosystems (pages 141–150)

    Waldemar Zangaro, Ricardo A. Alves, Luiz E. Lescano, Adrielly P. Ansanelo and Marco A. Nogueira

   
    Patterns and Correlates of Tropical Dry Forest Structure and Composition in a Highly Replicated Chronosequence in Yucatan, Mexico (pages 151–162)

    Juan Manuel Dupuy, José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni, Rodrigo A. Hernández-Juárez, Erika Tetetla-Rangel, Jorge Omar López-Martínez, Eurídice Leyequién-Abarca, Fernando J. Tun-Dzul and Filogonio May-Pat

   
    Density Effects of a Dominant Understory Herb, Isoglossa woodii (Acanthaceae), on Tree Seedlings of a Subtropical Coastal Dune Forest (pages 163–170)

    Zivanai Tsvuura, Megan E. Griffiths and Michael J. Lawes

  
    Mistletoes Play Different Roles in a Modular Host–Parasite Network (pages 171–178)

    Julieta Genini, Marina C. Côrtes, Paulo R. Guimaraes Jr and Mauro Galetti

   
    The Structure of Morphological and Genetic Diversity in Natural Populations of Carica papaya (Caricaceae) in Costa Rica (pages 179–188)

    Jennifer E. Brown, Jenise M. Bauman, Joseph F. Lawrie, Oscar J. Rocha and Richard C. Moore

   
    Self-thinning and Tree Competition in Savannas (pages 189–196)

    William B. Sea and Niall P. Hanan


    Germination of Epiphytic Bromeliads in Forests and Coffee Plantations: Microclimate and Substrate Effects (pages 197–204)

    Peter Hietz, Manuela Winkler, Susanne Scheffknecht and Karl Hülber

 
    Fruit Removal and Natural Seed Dispersal of the Brazil Nut Tree (Bertholletia excelsa) in Central Amazonia, Brazil (pages 205–210)

    Joanne M. Tuck Haugaasen, Torbjorn Haugaasen, Carlos A. Peres, Rogerio Gribel and Per Wegge

  
    Influence of Grazing on Soil Seed Banks Determines the Restoration Potential of Aboveground Vegetation in a Semi-arid Savanna of Ethiopia (pages 211–219)

    Zewdu K. Tessema, Willem F. de Boer, Robert M. T. Baars and Herbert H. T. Prins

   
    Asian Tapirs Are No Elephants When It Comes To Seed Dispersal (pages 220–227)

    Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Carl Traeholt, Razak Jaffar, Luis Santamaria and Richard T. Corlett

   
    Consequences of Fragmentation of Tropical Moist Forest for Birds and Their Role in Predation of Herbivorous Insects (pages 228–236)

    Betsabé Ruiz-Guerra, Katherine Renton and Rodolfo Dirzo

   
    Increased Productivity and Reduced Seed Predation Favor a Large-seeded Palm in Small Atlantic Forest Fragments (pages 237–245)

    Cecilia S. Andreazzi, Clarissa S. Pimenta, Alexandra S. Pires, Fernando A. S. Fernandez, Luiz G. Oliveira-Santos and Jorge F. S. Menezes

   
    Plant-Inhabiting Ant Utilizes Chemical Cues for Host Discrimination (pages 246–253)

    Tiffany L. Weir, Scott Newbold, Jorge M. Vivanco, Megan van Haren, Christopher Fritchman, Aaron T. Dossey, Stefan Bartram, Wilhelm Boland, Eric G. Cosio and Waltraud Kofer

   
    Contrasting Effects of Fire on Arboreal and Ground-Dwelling Ant Communities of a Neotropical Savanna (pages 254–261)

    Tiago L. M. Frizzo, Ricardo I. Campos and Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

   
    Foraging Behavior and Coexistence of Two Sunbird Species in a Kenyan Woodland (pages 262–269)

    Joseph O. Oyugi, Joel S. Brown and Christopher J. Whelan

   
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American Journal of Botany 99 (2), 2012

Australian Journal of Botany - 60 (1), 2012

Contents:

   
Changes in forest structure over 60 years: tree densities continue to increase in the Pilliga forests, New South Wales, Australia

Robyn K. Whipp, Ian D. Lunt, Peter G. Spooner and Ross A. Bradstock


Population structure in the clonal, woody wetland plant Melaleuca ericifolia (Myrtaceae): an analysis using historical aerial photographs and molecular techniques

Randall W. Robinson, Elizabeth A. James and Paul I. Boon


Phylogeography of the rare Gymnocarpos przewalskii (Caryophyllaceae): indications of multiple glacial refugia in north-western China

S. M. Ma, M. L. Zhang and S. C. Sanderson


Significant population genetic structure detected for a new and highly restricted species of Atriplex (Chenopodiaceae) from Western Australia, and implications for conservation management

Laurence J. Clarke, Duncan I. Jardine, Margaret Byrne, Kelly Shepherd and Andrew J. Lowe


Non-structural carbohydrates of immature seeds of Caesalpinia echinata (Leguminosae) are involved in the induction of desiccation tolerance

Simone Nadur Motta Leduc, Joao Paulo Naldi Silva, Maríia Gaspar, Claudio José Barbedo and Rita de Cássia Leone Figueiredo-Ribeiro


Anatomy, histochemistry and phytochemical profile of leaf and stem bark of Bathysa cuspidata (Rubiaceae)

Victor Peçanha de Miranda Coelho, Joao Paulo Viana Leite, Líria Granato Nunes and Marília Contin Ventrella


Leaf nitrogen allocation and partitioning in three groundwater-dependent herbaceous species in a hyper-arid desert region of north-western China

Jun-Tao Zhu, Xiang-Yi Li, Xi-Ming Zhang, Qiang Yu and Li-Sha Lin


Expression patterns of auxin-responsive genes during tomato flower pedicel abscission and potential effects of calcium

Xianhong Zuo, Tao Xu, Mingfang Qi, Shuangshuang Lv, Jinhong Li, Song Gao and Tianlai Li


The quest for the function of 'Hass' avocado carbohydrates: clues from fruit and seed development as well as seed germination

S. Z. Tesfay, I. Bertling, J. P. Bower and Carol Lovatt


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Annals of Botany - 109 (5), 2012

Contents:

ContentSnapshots

Plant Cuttings
 Chaffey, Nigel

Major transitions in the evolution of early land plants: a bryological perspective
 Ligrone, Roberto; Duckett, Jeffrey G.; Renzaglia, Karen S.

Evolution of mixed-linkage (1 › 3, 1 › 4)-ß-d-glucan (MLG) and xyloglucan in Equisetum (horsetails) and other monilophytes
 Xue, Xinxin; Fry, Stephen C.

Morphologies and elemental compositions of calcium crystals in phyllodes and branchlets of Acacia robeorum (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)
 He, Honghua; Bleby, Timothy M.; Veneklaas, Erik J.; Lambers, Hans; Kuo, John

Spatiotemporal variation of leaf epidermal cell growth: a quantitative analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type and triple cyclinD3 mutant plants
 Elsner, Joanna; Michalski, Marek; Kwiatkowska, Dorota

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in Cysticapnos vesicaria, a zygomorphic-flowered Papaveraceae (Ranunculales, basal eudicots)
 Hidalgo, Oriane; Bartholmes, Conny; Gleissberg, Stefan

Glandulocalyx upatoiensis, a fossil flower of Ericales (Actinidiaceae/Clethraceae) from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Georgia, USA
 Schönenberger, Jürg; von Balthazar, Maria; Takahashi, Masamichi; Xiao, Xianghui; Crane, Peter R.; Herendeen, Patrick S.

Foundation characteristics of edible Musa triploids revealed from allelic distribution of SSR markers
 Hippolyte, I.; Jenny, C.; Gardes, L.; Bakry, F.; Rivallan, R.; Pomies, V.; Cubry, P.; Tomekpe, K.; Risterucci, A. M.; Roux, N.; Rouard, M.; Arnaud, E.; Kolesnikova-Allen, M.; Perrier, X.

Spatial genetic structure of Aquilegia taxa endemic to the island of Sardinia
 Garrido, J. L.; Fenu, G.; Mattana, E.; Bacchetta, G.

Diverse spore rains and limited local exchange shape fern genetic diversity in a recently created habitat colonized by long-distance dispersal
 De Groot, G. A.; During, H. J.; Ansell, S. W.; Schneider, H.; Bremer, P.; Wubs, E. R. J.; Maas, J. W.; Korpelainen, H.; Erkens, R. H. J.

Maternal tissue is involved in stimulant reception by seeds of the parasitic plant Orobanche
 Plakhine, Dina; Tadmor, Yaakov; Ziadne, Hammam; Joel, Daniel M.

Cytogenetic and molecular evidence suggest multiple origins and geographical parthenogenesis in Nothoscordum gracile (Alliaceae)
 Souza, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues; Crosa, Orfeo; Speranza, Pablo; Guerra, Marcelo

Trampling, defoliation and physiological integration affect growth, morphological and mechanical properties of a root-suckering clonal tree
 Xu, Liang; Yu, Fei-Hai; van Drunen, Elles; Schieving, Feike; Dong, Ming; Anten, Niels P. R.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis increases relative apoplastic water flow in roots of the host plant under both well-watered and drought stress conditions
 Bárzana, Gloria; Aroca, Ricardo; Paz, José Antonio; Chaumont, François; Martinez-Ballesta, Mari Carmen; Carvajal, Micaela; Ruiz-Lozano, Juan Manuel

Light and desiccation responses of some Hymenophyllaceae (filmy ferns) from Trinidad, Venezuela and New Zealand: poikilohydry in a light-limited but low evaporation ecological niche
 Proctor, Michael C. F.

High phenotypic plasticity of Suaeda maritima observed under hypoxic conditions in relation to its physiological basis
 Wetson, Anne M.; Zörb, Christian; John, Elizabeth A.; Flowers, Timothy J.

The response of forest plant regeneration to temperature variation along a latitudinal gradient
 De Frenne, Pieter; Graae, Bente J.; Brunet, Jörg; Shevtsova, Anna; De Schrijver, An; Chabrerie, Olivier; Cousins, Sara A. O.; Decocq, Guillaume; Diekmann, Martin; Hermy, Martin; Heinken, Thilo; Kolb, Annette; Nilsson, Christer; Stanton, Sharon; Verheyen, Kris

Combined use of leaf size and economics traits allows direct comparison of hydrophyte and terrestrial herbaceous adaptive strategies
 Pierce, Simon; Brusa, Guido; Sartori, Matteo; Cerabolini, Bruno E. L.

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Lethaia - 45 (1-2), 2012

Lethaia - 45 (1), 2012



Contents:

Corals and other reef builders

    
    Corals and other reef-builders (page 1)

    ALAN W. OWEN, PETER DOYLE, DAVID A.T. HARPER and BROOKS B. BRITT

   
    Self-organization and emergent individuality of favositid corals adapted to live on soft substrates (pages 2–13)

    ADOLF SEILACHER and ROGER D.K. THOMAS

   
    The oldest bryozoan reefs: a unique Early Ordovician skeletal framework construction (pages 14–23)

    NATSUKO ADACHI, YOICH EZAKI and JIANBO LIU

 
    Lucky rugose corals on crinoid stems: unusual examples of subepidermal epizoans from the Devonian of Morocco (pages 24–33)

    BŁAŻEJ BERKOWSKI and CHRISTIAN KLUG

 
    Early Cretaceous record of microboring organisms in skeletons of growing corals (pages 34–45)

    BOGUSŁAW KOŁODZIEJ, STJEPKO GOLUBIC, IOAN I. BUCUR, GUDRUN RADTKE and ALINE TRIBOLLET

   
    Post-tectonic limitations on Early Devonian (Emsian) reef development in the Gobi-Altai region, Mongolia (pages 46–61)

    ADAM F. A. PELLEGRINI, CONSTANCE M. SOJA and CHULUUN MINJIN

   
    Constraints on the formation of colonies of the extant azooxanthellate scleractinian coral Dendrophyllia arbuscula (pages 62–70)

    ASUKA SENTOKU and YOICHI EZAKI

    
Articles

  
    Plant fossil record and survival analyses (pages 71–82)

    BORJA CASCALES-MINANA and CHRISTOPHER J. CLEAL

   
    The lobes and lobopods of Opabinia regalis from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale (pages 83–95)

    GRAHAM E. BUDD and ALLISON C. DALEY

   
    Was the European cave bear an occasional scavenger? (pages 96–108)

    RAQUEL RABAL-GARCÉS, GLORIA CUENCA-BESCÓS, JOSÉ IGNACIO CANUDO and TRINIDAD DE TORRES

  
    Middle–Late Permian tetrapods from the Rio do Rasto Formation, Southern Brazil: a biostratigraphic reassessment (pages 109–120)

    SÉRGIO DIAS-DA-SILVA

   
    An exceptional storm accumulation of nautilids in the Lower Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina (pages 121–138)

    MARCELA CICHOWOLSKI, PABLO J. PAZOS, MAISA A. TUNIK and MARÍA B. AGUIRRE-URRETA

    
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Lethaia - 45 (2), 2012



Contents:


Lethaia Review


    Does mutual sexual selection explain the evolution of head crests in pterosaurs and dinosaurs? (pages 139–156)

    DAVID W.E. HONE, DARREN NAISH and INNES C. CUTHILL

  
Articles


    The bite force of the largest fossil rodent (Hystricognathi, Caviomorpha, Dinomyidae) (pages 157–163)

    R. ERNESTO BLANCO, ANDRÉS RINDERKNECHT and GUSTAVO LECUONA

  
    Dynamic palaeoredox and exceptional preservation in the Cambrian Spence Shale of Utah (pages 164–177)

    DANIEL E. GARSON, ROBERT R. GAINES, MARY L. DROSER, W. DAVID LIDDELL and AARON SAPPENFIELD

   
    Morphology and environment in the Jurassic Nucleatidae (Brachiopoda) from Western Tethys (pages 178–190)

    JORGE COLÁS and FERNANDO GARCÍA JORAL

   
    Microstructure and mineralogy of the outer calcareous layer in the lower jaws of Cretaceous Tetragonitoidea and Desmoceratoidea (Ammonoidea) (pages 191–199)

    KAZUSHIGE TANABE, NEIL H. LANDMAN and ISABELLE KRUTA

   
    Rib and vertebral micro-anatomical characteristics of hydropelvic mosasauroids (pages 200–209)

    ALEXANDRA HOUSSAYE and NATHALIE BARDET

  
    Biological controls upon the physical taphonomy of exceptionally preserved salamanders from the Miocene of Rubielos de Mora, northeast Spain (pages 210–226)

    MARIA E. MCNAMARA, PATRICK J. ORR, TOM MANZOCCHI, LUIS ALCALÁ, PERE ANADÓN and ENRIQUE PENALVER

   
    Re-evaluation of the conodont Iapetognathus and implications for the base of the Ordovician System GSSP (pages 227–237)

    FREDRIK TERFELT, GABRIELLA BAGNOLI and SVEND STOUGE

    
    Late Jurassic footprints reveal walking kinematics of theropod dinosaurs (pages 238–252)

    MARCO AVANZINI, LAURA PINUELA and JOSÉ CARLOS GARCÍA-RAMOS

   
    Preliminary assessment of the use of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) in conodonts (pages 253–258)

    ALBERTO PÉREZ-HUERTA, MAGGIE CUSACK and CARLOS A. MÉNDEZ

   
    Miocene methane-derived carbonates from southwestern Washington, USA and a model for silicification at seeps (pages 259–273)

    RONY R. KUECHLER, DANIEL BIRGEL, STEFFEN KIEL, ANDRÉ FREIWALD, JAMES L. GOEDERT, VOLKER THIEL and JÖRN PECKMANN

   
    Traces of predation/parasitism recorded in Eocene brachiopods from the Castle Hayne Limestone, North Carolina, USA (pages 274–289)

    MAJKEN K. SCHIMMEL, MICHAŁ KOWALEWSKI and BRIAN P. COFFEY

   
    Ethological analysis of the trace fossil Zoophycos: hints from the Arctic Ocean (pages 290–298)

    LUDVIG LÖWEMARK

   

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (62), 2011

Contents:


Review



Huoying Chen, Rongrong Fu and Xiang Li

Tomato yellow leaf virus (TYLCV): The structure, ecotypes and the resistance germplasm resources in tomato


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Zhihua Ju, Jinming Huang, Qiuling Li, Hongmei Wang, Jifeng Zhong and Changfa Wang

The polymorphisms of ?-casein gene and their associations with milk production traits and expression analysis in Chinese Holstein cattle


Mervat S. Mohamed, Salwa F. Sabet, Mohamed M. Moustafa and Mohamed S. Salama

Correlation between a single nucleotide polymorphism (G/T at nt –88) in the Mx1 gene promoter and the response to interferon therapy for hepatitis C virus in Egyptian patients


James Ameh, Imade Godwin, Ikenna Obi, Fabian Puepet, Bunza Aminu and Tsamiya Suleiman

The search for mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) A3243G mutation among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in the Nigerian population


Devi Singh, Anuj Kumar, Navneet. Kumar, Vipin Kumar, Sachin Kumar, Amal Bhardwaj, Preeti Sirohi and S. Chand

Comparison of traditional physico-chemical methods and molecular marker assays for characterization of Basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.)


Han Yanqiu, Cao Linjuan, Wu Jin, Hao Hongjun, Shi Yongjin, Xu Guobin and Ren Hanyun

The effects of quercetin and kaempferol on multidrug resistance and the expression of related genes in human erythroleukemic K562/A cells


Liu Tian-long, Li Jin-cai, Gu Jun-tao, Lu Wen-jing, Guo Cheng-jin, Li Rui-juan and Xiao Kai

Cloning and molecular characterization of TaAGO1, a member of argonaute gene family in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


José Ramón Pacheco-Arjona, Nancy Ruiz-Lau, Fátima Medina-Lara, Yereni Minero-García, Ileana Echevarría-Machado, César De los Santos-Briones and Manuel Martínez-Estévez

Effects of ammonium nitrate, cesium chloride and tetraethylammonium on high-affinity potassium uptake in habanero pepper plantlets (Capsicum chinense Jacq.)


Deguo Lü, Zhixia Li, Sijun Qin, Huaiyu Ma and Guocheng Liu

Bacterial community structure in the Cerasus sachalinensis Kom. rhizosphere based on the polymerase chain reaction - denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) method


Asiegbu, J. E., Onyeonagu, C. C. and Anugwa, F. O. I.

Seasonal availability and physical and chemical characteristics of four major browse plants used for stall-feeding of livestock in Eastern Nigeria


Azhar H. Shah, Safdar H. Shah, Habib Ahmad, Ayesha Baig, Zahoor A. Swati, Umm-e-Aiman, Israr ud Din, Qudsia Khalid and Abrar Hussain Shah

Co adaptation of LiCl tolerant Solanum tuberosum L. callus cultures to NaCl stress


Wang Li-Feng, Ji Hong-Bing and Tian Wei-Min

Photosystem 2 photochemistry and pigment composition of Dicranopteris dichotoma Bernh under different irradiances


Ugur Basaran, Ilknur Ayan, Zeki Acar, Hanife Mut and Ozlem Onal Asci

Seed yield and agronomic parameters of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) genotypes grown in the Black Sea region of Turkey


Amsalu Nebiyu and Essubalew Getachew

Soaking and drying of cassava roots reduced cyanogenic potential of three cassava varieties at Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia


Zhaoyu Jiang, Juntong Yu, Sanmei Ma and Yongfei Wang

Dynamic changes of stomatal characteristics during the flower, fruit and leaf developments of Zephyranthes candida (Lindl.) Herb


Filipe Almendagna Rodrigues, Joyce Dória Rodrigues Soares, Roseneide Rocha dos Santos, Moacir Pasqual and Sebastiao de Oliveira e Silva

Colchicine and amiprophos-methyl (APM) in polyploidy induction in banana plant


Zahra Khodarahmpour and Jahad Hamidi

Evaluation of drought tolerance in different growth stages of maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines using tolerance indices


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGYbiotechnology

 
Farhat Ali Khan, Muneeb Ur Rehman Khattak and Muhammad Zahoor

Estimation of inorganic constituents in the seeds of blue and white flowering capitulum of Silybum marianum


Gretty K. Villena and Marcel Gutiérrez-Correa

Assessment of Aspergillus niger biofilm growth kinetics in minibioreactors by carbon dioxide evolution


Habibah Jamil, Lee Pei Theng, Khairiah Jusoh, Ahmad Mahir Razali, Fouzi B. Ali and Ismail B. S.

Speciation of heavy metals in paddy soils from selected areas in Kedah and Penang, Malaysia


Hanan M. Khairy, Elham M. Ali and Samha M. Dowidar

Comparative effects of autotrophic and heterotrophic growth on some vitamins, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging activity, amino acids and protein profile of Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck

 
INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Kianoush Khosravi-Darani, Fatemeh Seyed Reyhani, Bahram NaserNejad and Ghazaleh Baghi Nejad Farhadi

Bench scale production of xanthan from date extract by Xanthomonas campestris in submerged fermentation using central composite design


N. H. Shahidan, R. N. Z. A. Rahman, T. C. Leow, M. Rosfarizan, M. Basri and A. B. Salleh

The effect of carbon sources on the expression level of thermostable L2 lipase in Pichia pastoris


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Yasmin Anum Mohd Yusof, Junaida@Maimunah Hassan Basari, Nor Ashikeen Mukti, Razali Sabuddin, A. Razak Muda, Suhaina Sulaiman, Suzana Makpol and Wan Zurinah Wan Ngah

Fatty acids composition of microalgae Chlorella vulgaris can be modulated by varying carbon dioxide concentration in outdoor culture


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Romaric G. Bayili, Fatoumata Abdoul-Latif, Oumou H. Kone, Mamounata Diao, Imael H. N. Bassole and Mamoudou H. Dicko

Phenolic compounds and antioxidant activities in some fruits and vegetables from Burkina Faso


Sana Sadaf and Haq Nawaz Bhatti

Biosorption of Foron turquoise SBLN using mixed biomass of white rot fungi from synthetic effluents


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Sakine Serap Avgin and Enzo Colonnelli

Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) from southern Turkey


F. Perveen

Effects of sublethal doses of chlorfluazuron on the ovarian biochemical constituents of Spodoptera litura


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Kashif Umer, Muhammad Ali, Rehana Iqbal, Abdul Latif, Muhammad Naeem, Shazia Qadir, Muhammad Latif, Rehan Sadiq Shaikh and Furhan Iqbal

Effect of various nutrient combinations on growth and body composition of rohu (Labeo rohita)


Peng Luo, Chao-qun Hu, Jian-jun Xia, Chun-hua Ren and Xiao Jiang

Chemical constituent analysis of the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci and potential utilization value of the starfish as feed ingredient for animals


BIOTECHNIQUES


Li Wang, Zhanjun Yao, Fang Zhao, Jihua Su and Ying Gao

Using orthogonal design to determine optimal conditions for intergeneric protoplasts fusion between Mingxian169 and Y2155a


Lijun Liu, Jiaqi Liu, Qinglei Wang, Pascal Ndayiragije, Anatole Ntahimpera, Evariste Nkubaye, Qianqian Yang and Zhihong Li

Identification of Bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Burundi, based on morphological characteristics and DNA barcode


Esmaeil Fallah, Maryam Hajizadeh, Safar Farajnia and Majid Khanmahammadi

SAG2 locus genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in meat products of East Azerbaijan Province, North West of Iran During 2010-2011


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Gooraninejad Saad, Barati Farid, Najafzadeh varzi, Hossein and Asghari Mohammad Hassan

Serum testosterone in Arabian stallions during breeding and non-breeding seasons in Iran


Rouhollah Nourmohammadi, Seyed Mohammad Hosseini and Homayoun Farhangfar

Effect of citric acid and microbial phytase on serum enzyme activities and plasma minerals retention in broiler chicks


Muhammad Aasif Shahzad, Muhammad Sharif, Mahr un Nisa, Muhammad Sarwar, Muhammad Farooq Khalid and Hafiz Abubaker Saddiqi

Changing certain dietary cationic and anionic minerals: Impact on blood chemistry, milk fever and udder edema in buffaloes during winter


Shahzad Akbar Khan Mughal, Gulzar Ahmed, Tarique Hussain, Sarfaraz Ali Fazlani, Ijaz Ahmed4 and Farhan Ahmed Khan

In vivo pathogenicity of hydropericardium hepatitis syndrome (Angara disease)


Luciano Bruno De Carvalho-Silva, Maysa Do Vale Oliveira, Danielle Taira Konichi, Mario Roberto Maróstica Junior, Pablo Christiano Barboza Lollo And Jaime Amaya-Farfán

Evaluation of mutagenic/antimutagenic activity of conjugated linoleic acid in mice by micronucleus test

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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

        
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Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae - 80 (3-4), 2011

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae - 80 (3), 2011


Contents:

Editorial

Letter from the Editor 
Beata Zagórska-Marek
    
Floristics and Plant Conservation

Orobanche mayeri (Suess. & Ronniger) Bertsch & F. Bertsch – a species new to Poland    
Renata Piwowarczyk    

Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

A comparison of PCR-based markers for the molecular identification of Sphagnum species of the section Acutifolia    
Jakub Sawicki, Monika Szczecińska    

Physiology and Biochemistry

TLC of selected sesquiterpenoids of the Asteraceae family    
Gerard Nowak, Renata Dawid-Pać, Maria Urbańska, Joanna Nawrot    

Structure, Evolution and Development

Coleoptile length and plant height of modern tall and semi-dwarf European winter wheat varieties    
Žilvinas Liatukas, Vytautas Ruzgas    

Cyanophytes on limestone rocks in the Szopczański Gorge (Pieniny Mountains) – their ecomorphology and ultrastructure    
Joanna Czerwik-Marcinkowska, Bohuslav Uher    

'Elaioplasts' identified as lipotubuloids in Althaea rosea, Funkia sieboldiana and Vanilla planifolia contain lipid bodies connected with microtubules    
Maria Kwiatkowska, Dariusz Stępiński, Katarzyna Popłońska, Agnieszka Wojtczak, Justyna Teresa Polit    

Pollen morphology of Polish native species of the Rosa genus (Rosaceae) and its relation to systematics    
Dorota Wrońska-Pilarek    

Taxonomy and Phytogeography

Aneuploids in the shrub birch Betula humilis populations in Poland    
Katarzyna A. Jadwiszczak, Ewa Jabłońska, Stanisław Kłosowski, Agata Banaszek    

Lathyrus aphaca L.: the distribution, habitats and remarks on the status of the species in Poland    
Agnieszka Nobis, Marcin Nobis, Alina Urbisz    

Morphological variability of Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl in the north-western Balkans    
Kristjan Jarni, Marjana Westergren, Hojka Kraigher, Robert Brus    

Tissue Culture

Terpenoids from a multiple shoot culture of Telekia speciosa    
Anna Stojakowska, Janusz Malarz, Wanda Kisiel    


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Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae - 80 (4), 2011


Contents:

Ecology

Impact of weather on dynamics of plant functional groups in an abandoned limestone grassland    
Zbigniew Dzwonko, Stefania Loster    

The pattern of seed banks during secondary succession on poor soils    
Anna J. Kwiatkowska-Falińska, Małgorzata Jankowska-Błaszczuk, Maciej Wódkiewicz    

Floristics and Plant Conservation

Allium olivieri Boiss. (Alliaceae), a new taxon to Turkey, with contributions to its taxonomy    
Ismail Eker, Mehmet Koyuncu    

Structure, Evolution and Development

Phyllotaxis instability – exploring the depths of first available space    
Marcin Szpak, Beata Zagórska-Marek    

Arbuscular mycorrhizal and dark septate endophyte associations of medicinal plants    
Szymon Zubek, Janusz Błaszkowski, Piotr Mleczko    

Taxonomy and Phytogeography

Distribution and ecology of the lichen Fellhanera gyrophorica in the Pojezierze Olsztyńskie Lakeland and its status in Poland    
Dariusz Kubiak    

Genetic and morphological differentiation between Melica ciliata L. and M. transsilvanica Schur (Poaceae) in Europe reveals the non-presence of M. ciliata in the Polish flora
Magdalena Szczepaniak, Elżbieta Cieślak    

ISSR analysis points to relict character of Aconitum bucovinense Zapał. (Ranunculaceae) at the range margin    
Piotr Boroń, Joanna Zalewska-Gałosz, Agnieszka Sutkowska, Bogdan Zemanek, Józef Mitka    

New taxon of the genus Calypogeia (Jungermanniales, Hepaticae) in Poland    
Katarzyna Buczkowska, Alina Bączkiewicz    

Orthotrichum affine var. bohemicum (Orthotrichaceae), a new variety of epiphytic moss from the Czech Republic    
Vítězslav Plášek, Jakub Sawicki, Ivana Marková, Sylwia Wierzcholska    


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Plant Breeding - 130 (3-6), 2011

Plant Breeding - 130 (3), 2011


Contents:

REVIEW


Towards marker-assisted selection in pulses: a review (pages 297–313)

Jitendra Kumar, Arbind K. Choudhary, Ramesh K. Solanki and Aditya Pratap


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


Potentiality of evenly distributed hypervariable microsatellite markers in marker-assisted breeding of rice (pages 314–320)

Gonela Narshimulu, Mohammed Jamaloddin, Lakshminarayana R. Vemireddy, Ghnata Anuradha and Eea Siddiq


QTL mapping for resistance to strip virus disease in rice (pages 321–327)

BaoXiang Wang, Ling Jiang, YingXin Zhang, WenWei Zhang, MaoQing Wang, XiaNian Cheng, Xi Liu, HuQu Zhai and JianMin Wan


Identification of QTLs for seed dormancy in rice (Oryza sativa L.) (pages 328–332)

Kun Xie, Ling Jiang, BingYue Lu, ChunYan Yang, LinFang Li, Xi Liu, Long Zhang, ZhiGang Zhao and JianMin Wan


Effectively widening the gene pool of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) by using Chinese B. rapa in a ‘virtual allopolyploid’ approach (pages 333–337)

JiaQin Mei, Ying Fu, LunWen Qian, XinFu Xu, JiaNa Li and Wei Qian


Cleistogamy of oilseed rape, a way to prevent cross-fertilization between adjacent fields (pages 338–344)

Martine Leflon, Alexandra Hüsken, Simon Kightley and Xavier Pinochet


Analyses of inheritance patterns and consistent expression of sporamin and chitinase PjChi-1 genes in Brassica napus (pages 345–351)

HongBo Liu, Muhammad S. Naeem, Dan Liu, YaNa Zhu, Xiang Guo, Peng Cui and WeiJun Zhou


Glucosinolates in the new oilseed crop meadowfoam: natural variation in Section Inflexae of Limnanthes, a new glucosinolate in L. floccosa, and QTL analysis in L. alba (pages 352–359)

Pablo Velasco, Mary B. Slabaugh, Ralph Reed, Jennifer Kling, Venkata K. Kishore, Jan F. Stevens and Steven J. Knapp


Genetic relationship between cultivated and wild hazelnuts (Corylus avellana L.) collected in northern Spain (pages 360–366)

Ana Campa, Noemí Trabanco, Elena Pérez-Vega, Mercé Rovira and Juan J. Ferreira


Self-pollination does not affect fruit set or fruit characteristics in almond (Prunus dulcis) (pages 367–371)

Pedro J. Martínez-García, Encarnación Ortega and Federico Dicenta


Genetic mapping in Lilium: mapping of major genes and quantitative trait loci for several ornamental traits and disease resistances (pages 372–382)

Arwa Shahin, Paul Arens, Adriaan W. Van Heusden, Gerard Van Der Linden, Martijn Van Kaauwen, Nadeem Khan, Henk J. Schouten, W. Eric Van De Weg, Richard G. F. Visser and Jaap M. Van Tuyl


Heterosis and combining ability for resistance to powdery mildew in adult melon plants (pages 383–387)

Kadanapuradadoddi T. Shashikumar, Mottaiyan Pitchaimuthu, Doddegowda P. Kumar and Ram D. Rawal


A single recessive gene conferring short leaves in romaine × Latin type lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) crosses, and its effect on plant morphology and resistance to lettuce drop caused by Sclerotinia minor Jagger (pages 388–393)

Ryan J. Hayes, BoMing Wu and Krishna V. Subbarao


SHORT COMMUNICATIONS


Development of a cost-effective pyrosequencing approach for SNP genotyping in barley (pages 394–397)

Cristina Silvar, Dragan Perovic, Ana M. Casas, Ernesto Igartua and Frank Ordon


Sources of resistance to Fusarium head blight within Syrian durum wheat landraces (pages 398–400)

Firas Talas, Friedrich Longin and Thomas Miedaner


A method for selection of restriction enzymes for sdCAPS marker construction (pages 401–403)

YeSol Jeong, SunYoung Lee, InHye Choi, YongPyo Lim, YoonKang Hur, Jack E. Staub and SangMin Chung


Mapping quantitative trait loci for sheath blight resistance in rice using double haploid population (pages 404–406)

Qun Xu, XiaoPing Yuan, HanYong Yu, YiPing Wang, ShengXiang Tang and XingHua Wei


Cloning and functional characterization of genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis in the novel oilseed crop Lepidium campestre L. (pages 407–409)

Dennis Eriksson and Arnulf Merker


Production and characterization of the novel CMS line of radish (Raphanus sativus) carrying Brassica maurorum cytoplasm (pages 410–412)

SangWoo Bang, Kota Tsutsui, SuHyeun Shim and Yukio Kaneko


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Plant Breeding - 130 (4), 2011


Contents:

ORIGINAL ARTICLES


Veery wheats carry an allele of Vrn-A1 that has implications for freezing tolerance in winter wheats (pages 413–418)

Howard A. Eagles, Karen Cane and Ben Trevaskis


Resistance of ‘Roxana’ to powdery mildew and its presence in some European spring barley cultivars (pages 419–422)

Antonín Dreiseitl


Identifying genetic complexity of 6H locus in barley conferring resistance to Pyrenophora teres f. teres (pages 423–429)

Sanjiv Gupta, Chengdao Li, Robert Loughman, Mehmet Cakir, Sharon Westcott and Reg Lance


Investigation of seedling-stage salinity tolerance QTLs using backcross lines derived from Oryza sativa L. Pokkali (pages 430–437)

Rebjana Alam, M. Sazzadur Rahman , Zeba I. Seraj, Michael J. Thomson, Abdelbagi M. Ismail, Ellen Tumimbang-Raiz and Glenn B. Gregorio


Generation of marker-free, bacterial blight-resistant transgenic sterile line and hybrid rice with Xa21 (pages 438–443)

Lifen Gao, Zhihui Xia, Guanghuai Jiang, Hai Peng, Xianfeng Zhao and Wenxue Zhai


Association analysis of vegetable soybean quality traits with SSR markers (pages 444–449)

Jinfeng Hou, Chuanlin Wang, Xuejuan Hong, Jinming Zhao, Chenchen Xue, Na Guo, Junyi Gai and Han Xing


Genetic effects and heterosis of the fibre colour and quality of brown cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) (pages 450–456)

Hong-Jie Feng, Jun-Ling Sun, Jie Wang, Ying-Hua Jia, Xin-Yu Zhang, Bao-Ying Pang, Jie Sun and Xiong-Ming Du


Phenotypic characterization of sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] genotypes in relation to prediction of chemical quality constituents by NIRS equations (pages 457–463)

Vincent Lebot, André Ndiaye and Roger Malapa


Evaluation of the RPi-ber late blight resistance gene for tuber resistance in the field and laboratory (pages 464–468)

Hilary Mayton, Gilda Rauscher, Ivan Simko and William E. Fry


Production of novel alloplasmic male sterile lines in Allium cepa harbouring the cytoplasm from Allium roylei (pages 469–475)

Hao Q. Vu, Machiko Iwata, Naoki Yamauchi and Masayoshi Shigyo


Genomic structure and fertility in advanced breeding populations derived from an allotetraploid Festuca pratensis × Lolium perenne cross (pages 476–480)

Zbigniew Zwierzykowski, Elżbieta Zwierzykowska, Magdalena Taciak, Arkadiusz Kosmala, R. Neil Jones, Włodzimierz Zwierzykowski, Tomasz Książczyk and Paweł Krajewski


Identification of wild apple germplasm (Malus spp.) accessions with resistance to the postharvest decay pathogens Penicillium expansum and Colletotrichum acutatum (pages 481–486)

Wayne M. Jurick II, Wojciech J. Janisiewicz, Robert A. Saftner, Ivana Vico, Verneta L. Gaskins, Eunhee Park, Philip L. Forsline, Gennaro Fazio and William S. Conway


Evaluation of fertilization and flower abscission following over-expression of an apple NAK-type protein kinase in tomato (pages 487–491)

In-Jung Kim, Joon-Seon Yoon and Young-Koung Lee


SHORT COMMUNICATIONS


Selection of pigeonpea genotypes for tolerance to aluminium toxicity (pages 492–495)

Arbind K. Choudhary, Dharmendra Singh and Mir A. Iquebal


Two complementary dominant genes control flowering time in albus lupin (Lupinus albus L.) (pages 496–499)

Kedar Adhikari, Bevan Buirchell, Guijun Yan and Mark Sweetingham


Molecular mapping of the AOX1a and ß-AmyI genes in potato (pages 500–502)

Dominika Krusiewicz, Henryka Jakuczun, Iwona Wasilewicz-Flis, Danuta Strzelczyk-Żyta and Waldemar Marczewski


Isolation and characterization of simple sequence repeat markers for the tetraploid forage grass Dactylis glomerata (pages 503–506)

Mariko Hirata, Nana Yuyama and Hongwei Cai


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Plant Breeding - 130 (5), 2011


Contents:

REVIEW ARTICLE


Progress in the utilization of Cajanus platycarpus (Benth.) Maesen in pigeonpea improvement (pages 507–514)

Nalini Mallikarjuna, Senthilvel Senapathy, Deepak R. Jadhav, Kulbhushan Saxena, Hari C. Sharma, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Abishek Rathore and Rajeev Varshney


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


iSNAP: a small RNA-based molecular marker technique (pages 515–520)

Yijie Gui, Guanghao Yan, Shiping Bo, Zhijun Tong, Yu Wang, Bingguang Xiao, Xiuping Lu, Yongping Li, Weiren Wu and Longjiang Fan


Further characterization of the scab resistance of ‘Frontana’ spring wheat and the relationships between resistance mechanisms (pages 521–525)

Dalitso N. Yabwalo, Mohamed Mergoum and William A. Berzonsky


Characterization of quantitative trait locus for days to heading in near-isogenic lines with genetic background of Indica-type rice variety IR64 (Oryza sativa) (pages 526–532)

Daisuke Fujita, Rizza E. Santos, Leodegario A. Ebron, Yoshimichi Fukuta and Nobuya Kobayashi


Recombination frequency variation in maize as revealed by genomewide single-nucleotide polymorphisms (pages 533–539)

Mohammad Farkhari, Yanli Lu, Trushar Shah, Shihuang Zhang, Mohammad R. Naghavi, Tingzhao Rong and Yunbi Xu


Inheritance of increased seed tocopherol content in sunflower line IAST-413 (pages 540–543)

L. Del Moral, B. Pérez-Vich, J. M. Fernández-Martínez and L. Velasco


Molecular characterization and marker development of mid-oleic-acid mutant M23 for the development of high-oleic cultivars of soybean (pages 544–550)

Tomoki Hoshino, Nobuhisa Kawashita, Yutaka Takagi and Toyoaki Anai


A study on relative importance of additive, epistasis and unmapped QTL for Aluminium tolerance at seedling stage in soybean (pages 551–562)

Paul C. Korir, Bo Qi, Yufeng Wang, Tuanjie Zhao, Deyue Yu, Shouyi Chen and Junyi Gai


Genetics of aluminium tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) (pages 563–568)

Dharmendra Singh and Ranjeet S. Raje


An integrated breeding technology for accelerating generation advancement and trait introgression in cotton (pages 569–573)

XingFen Wang, YanXia Wang, GuiYin Zhang and ZhiYing Ma


The relationship between heterosis and genetic distances based on RAPD and AFLP markers in carrot (pages 574–579)

Barbara Jagosz


SHORT COMMUNICATIONS


Sequence-characterized amplified region and simple sequence repeat markers for identifying the major quantitative trait locus responsible for seedling resistance to downy mildew in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) (pages 580–583)

Shuancang Yu, Fenglan Zhang, Xiuyun Zhao, Yangjun Yu and Deshuang Zhang


Identification and characterization of microsatellite markers from Musa balbisiana (pages 584–590)

Jing-yi Wang, Bing-zhi Huang, Ye-yuan Chen, Su-ping Feng and Yao-ting Wu


Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for caladiums (Caladium Vent.) (pages 591–595)

LI Gong and Zhanao Deng


Evaluation of 15 caespitose bamboo EST-SSR markers for cross-species/genera transferability and ability to identify interspecies hybrids (pages 596–600)

Wen-Juan Dong, Miao-Dan Wu, Yuan Lin, Ming-Bing Zhou and Ding-Qin Tang


ERRATUM


Erratum (page 601)


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Plant Breeding - 130 (6), 2011


Contents:

ORIGINAL ARTICLES


Identification and molecular mapping of PmHNK54: a novel powdery mildew resistance gene in common wheat (pages 603–607)

Weigang Xu, Chunxin Li, Lin Hu, Huiwei Wang, Haibin Dong, Jianzhou Zhang and Xiangcun Zan


Marker-assisted improvement of a stable restorer line, KMR-3R and its derived hybrid KRH2 for bacterial blight resistance and grain quality (pages 608–616)

Yadla Hari, Kommoju Srinivasarao, Basvaraj C. Viraktamath, Arremsetty S. Hariprasad, Gouri S. Laha, Mohammed I. Ahmed, Podishetty Natarajkumar, Mugalodi S. Ramesha, Chirravuri N. Neeraja, Sena M. Balachandran, Nallathigal S. Rani, Pippalla Balaji Suresh, Kalidindi Sujatha, Manish Pandey, Gajjala Ashok Reddy, Maganti S. Madhav and Raman M. Sundaram


Correlations and QTL detection in maize family per se and testcross progenies for plant height and ear height (pages 617–624)

Yan Zhang, Yongxiang Li, Yang Wang, Bo Peng, Cheng Liu, Zhizhai Liu, Weiwei Tan, Di Wang, Yunsu Shi, Baocheng Sun, Yanchun Song, Tianyu Wang and Yu Li


QTL mapping of coleorhiza length in maize (Zea mays L.) under two germination environmental conditions (pages 625–632)

Xuwen Jiang, Baohua Tian, Weimin Zhang, Guoying Wang and Jianhua Wang


Heritability and gene effect estimates for components of partial resistance to grey leaf spot of maize by generation mean analysis (pages 633–639)

Herman J. F. Lyimo, Richard C. Pratt and Reuben S. O. W. Mnyuku


Quantitative trait loci mapping for two seed yield component traits in an oilseed rape (Brassica napus) cross (pages 640–646)

Wei Chen, Yongshan Zhang, Jinbo Yao, Chaozhi Ma, Jinxing Tu and Fu Tingdong


Heritability and correlations among food-grade traits in soybean (pages 647–652)

Luciano M. Jaureguy, Pengyin Chen and Andrew M. Scaboo


Fine mapping and identification of the soybean RSC4 resistance candidate gene to soybean mosaic virus (pages 653–659)

Dagang Wang, Ying Ma, Ning Liu, Zhonglu Yang, Guijie Zheng and Haijian Zhi


Identification of anthracnose resistance in yellow lupin (Lupinus luteus L.) and its incorporation into breeding lines (pages 660–664)

Kedar N. Adhikari, Geoff Thomas, Bevan J. Buirchell and Mark W. Sweetingham


Identification of QTL for agronomic traits and resistance to white mold in wild and landrace germplasm of common bean (pages 665–672)

Wezi Mkwaila, Karolyn A. Terpstra, Marcio Ender and James D. Kelly


Improving cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) plant resistance to reniform nematodes by pyramiding Ren1 and Ren2 (pages 673–678)

David D. Fang and Salliana R. Stetina


Genetic linkage map construction for kenaf using SRAP, ISSR and RAPD markers (pages 679–687)

Mei-xia Chen, Cheng-lin Wei, Jian-min Qi, Xing-bo Chen, Jian-guang Su, Ai-Qing Li, Ai-fen Tao and Wei-ren Wu


Genetic variability of root peel thickness and its influence in extractable starch from cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) roots (pages 688–693)

Juan C. Pérez, Jorge I. Lenis, Fernando Calle, Nelson Morante, Teresa Sánchez, Daniel Debouck and Hernan Ceballos


Seed and forage yield of advanced generation synthetics of berseem clover derived from partly inbred parents under different harvesting regimes (pages 694–700)

Anna Iannucci and Paolo Annicchiarico


Improved polycross breeding of tall fescue through marker-based parental selection (pages 701–707)

Fatemeh Amini, Aghafakhr Mirlohi, Mohamad M. Majidi, Samira ShojaieFar and Roland Kölliker


Identification of silverleaf whitefly resistance in pepper (pages 708–714)

Syarifin Firdaus, Adriaan Van Heusden, Asep Harpenas, Ence D. J. Supena, Richard G. F. Visser and Ben Vosman


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Oryza rufipogon, a valuable source for resistance to bacterial blight of rice (pages 715–718)

Tilathoo Ram, Gouri S. Laha, Ram Deen, Joy M. Ramos, Casiana M. VeraCruz and Darshan S. Brar


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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (5-6), 2011

Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (5), 2011



Contents:

Dvir Dahary, Reut Shalgi, and Yitzhak Pilpel
CpG Islands as a Putative Source for Animal miRNAs: Evolutionary and Functional Implications

Zhaofeng Wang, Takahiro Yonezawa, Bin Liu, Tao Ma, Xin Shen, Jianping Su, Songchang Guo, Masami Hasegawa, and Jianquan Liu
Domestication Relaxed Selective Constraints on the Yak Mitochondrial Genome

Sara Guirao-Rico and Montserrat Aguadé
Molecular Evolution of the Ligands of the Insulin-Signaling Pathway: dilp Genes in the Genus Drosophila

Claus Kemkemer, Winfried Hense, and John Parsch
Fine-Scale Analysis of X Chromosome Inactivation in the Male Germ Line of Drosophila melanogaster

Vanessa E. Gray and Sudhir Kumar
Rampant Purifying Selection Conserves Positions with Posttranslational Modifications in Human Proteins

Jared L. Strasburg, Nolan C. Kane, Andrew R. Raduski, Aurélie Bonin, Richard Michelmore, and Loren H. Rieseberg
Effective Population Size Is Positively Correlated with Levels of Adaptive Divergence among Annual Sunflowers

Janette Tong, Pavel Dolezal, Joel Selkrig, Simon Crawford, Alistair G.B. Simpson, Nicholas Noinaj, Susan K. Buchanan, Kipros Gabriel, and Trevor Lithgow
Ancestral and Derived Protein Import Pathways in the Mitochondrion of Reclinomonas americana

Rebecca R. Gray, Andrew J. Tatem, Judith A. Johnson, Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Oliver G. Pybus, Marc A. Suchard, and Marco Salemi
Testing Spatiotemporal Hypothesis of Bacterial Evolution Using Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST239 Genome-wide Data within a Bayesian Framework

Diana Edo-Matas, Philippe Lemey, Jennifer A. Tom, Celia Serna-Bolea, Agnes E. van den Blink, Angélique B. van 't Wout, Hanneke Schuitemaker, and Marc A. Suchard
Impact of CCR5delta32 Host Genetic Background and Disease Progression on HIV-1 Intrahost Evolutionary Processes: Efficient Hypothesis Testing through Hierarchical Phylogenetic Models

Yosef E. Maruvka, Nadav M. Shnerb, Yaneer Bar-Yam, and John Wakeley
Recovering Population Parameters from a Single Gene Genealogy: An Unbiased Estimator of the Growth Rate

Dmitri A. Petrov, Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier, Mikhail Lipatov, Kapa Lenkov, and Josefa González
Population Genomics of Transposable Elements in Drosophila melanogaster

Sophie Breton, Donald T. Stewart, Sally Shepardson, Richard J. Trdan, Arthur E. Bogan, Eric G. Chapman, Andrew J. Ruminas, Helen Piontkivska, and Walter R. Hoeh
Novel Protein Genes in Animal mtDNA: A New Sex Determination System in Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida)?

Jihua Wu and Edward Susko
A Test for Heterotachy Using Multiple Pairs of Sequences

Jeffrey M. Good, Dan Vanderpool, Kimberly L. Smith, and Michael W. Nachman
Extraordinary Sequence Divergence at Tsga8, an X-linked Gene Involved in Mouse Spermiogenesis

Christina Lange, Georg Hemmrich, Ulrich C. Klostermeier, Javier A. López-Quintero, David J. Miller, Tasja Rahn, Yvonne Weiss, Thomas C.G. Bosch, and Philip Rosenstiel
Defining the Origins of the NOD-Like Receptor System at the Base of Animal Evolution

Miguel Alcaide and Scott V. Edwards
Molecular Evolution of the Toll-Like Receptor Multigene Family in Birds

Jeremiah W. Busch, Simon Joly, and Daniel J. Schoen
Demographic Signatures Accompanying the Evolution of Selfing in Leavenworthia alabamica

Penelope R. Haddrill, Kai Zeng, and Brian Charlesworth
Determinants of Synonymous and Nonsynonymous Variability in Three Species of Drosophila

Asher D. Cutter and Alan M. Moses
Polymorphism, Divergence, and the Role of Recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genome Evolution

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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (6), 2011



Contents:

Research Articles

Mario dos Reis, Asif U. Tamuri, Alan J. Hay, and Richard A. Goldstein
Charting the Host Adaptation of Influenza Viruses

Haruka Nagai, Yohey Terai, Tohru Sugawara, Hiroo Imai, Hidenori Nishihara, Michio Hori, and Norihiro Okada
Reverse Evolution in RH1 for Adaptation of Cichlids to Water Depth in Lake Tanganyika

Lars Feuerbach, Rune B. Lyngso, Thomas Lengauer, and Jotun Hein
Reconstructing the Ancestral Germ Line Methylation State of Young Repeats

Hong-Song Yu, Yi-Hong Shen, Gang-Xiang Yuan, Yong-Gang Hu, Hong-En Xu, Zhong-Huai Xiang, and Ze Zhang
Evidence of Selection at Melanin Synthesis Pathway Loci during Silkworm Domestication

Miguel Carneiro, Sandra Afonso, Armando Geraldes, Hervé Garreau, Gerard Bolet, Samuel Boucher, Aurélie Tircazes, Guillaume Queney, Michael W. Nachman, and Nuno Ferrand
The Genetic Structure of Domestic Rabbits

Larissa M. Williams and Marjorie F. Oleksiak
Ecologically and Evolutionarily Important SNPs Identified in Natural Populations

Anna van Weringh, Manon Ragonnet-Cronin, Erinija Pranckeviciene, Mariana Pavon-Eternod, Lawrence Kleiman, and Xuhua Xia
HIV-1 Modulates the tRNA Pool to Improve Translation Efficiency

Caroline J. Rose, Joanne R. Chapman, Sean D.G. Marshall, Siu F. Lee, Philip Batterham, Howard A. Ross, and Richard D. Newcomb
Selective Sweeps at the Organophosphorus Insecticide Resistance Locus, Rop-1, Have Affected Variation across and beyond the ?-Esterase Gene Cluster in the Australian Sheep Blowfly, Lucilia cuprina

Emmanuel D. Ladoukakis, Ioannis Theologidis, George C. Rodakis, and Eleftherios Zouros
Homologous Recombination between Highly Diverged Mitochondrial Sequences: Examples from Maternally and Paternally Transmitted Genomes

Sandra Schwarte and Ralph Tiedemann
A Gene Duplication/Loss Event in the Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate-Carboxylase/Oxygenase (Rubisco) Small Subunit Gene Family among Accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana

Vladimir Paar, Matko Glunčić, Marija Rosandić, Ivan Basar, and Ines Vlahović
Intragene Higher Order Repeats in Neuroblastoma BreakPoint Family Genes Distinguish Humans from Chimpanzees

Richard P. Meisel
Towards a More Nuanced Understanding of the Relationship between Sex-Biased Gene Expression and Rates of Protein-Coding Sequence Evolution

Xianran Li, Chengsong Zhu, Zhongwei Lin, Yun Wu, Dabao Zhang, Guihua Bai, Weixing Song, Jianxin Ma, Gary J. Muehlbauer, Michael J. Scanlon, Min Zhang, and Jianming Yu
Chromosome Size in Diploid Eukaryotic Species Centers on the Average Length with a Conserved Boundary

Kalle T. Rytkönen, Tom A. Williams, Gillian M. Renshaw, Craig R. Primmer, and Mikko Nikinmaa
Molecular Evolution of the Metazoan PHD–HIF Oxygen-Sensing System

M. Andreína Pacheco, Fabia U. Battistuzzi, Miguel Lentino, Roberto F. Aguilar, Sudhir Kumar, and Ananias A. Escalante
Evolution of Modern Birds Revealed by Mitogenomics: Timing the Radiation and Origin of Major Orders

Akie Sato, Herbert Tichy, Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant, Tetsuji Sato, and Colm O’hUigin
Spectrum of MHC Class II Variability in Darwin’s Finches and Their Close Relatives

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Journal of Vegetation Science - 22 (2-6), 2011

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Journal of Vegetation Science - 22 (2), 2011


Contents:

Original Articles

Cover plus: ways of measuring plant canopies and the terms used for them (pages 197–206)

J. Bastow Wilson


Changes in species composition of European acid grasslands observed along a gradient of nitrogen deposition (pages 207–215)

Carly Stevens, Cecilia Dupre, Cassandre Gaudnik, Edu Dorland, Nancy Dise, David Gowing, Albert Bleeker, Didier Alard, Roland Bobbink, David Fowler, Vigdis Vandvik, Emmanuel Corcket, J. Owen Mountford, Per Arild Aarrestad, Serge Muller and Martin Diekmann


Joint control by rodent herbivory and nutrient availability of plant diversity in a salt marsh–salty steppe transition zone (pages 216–224)

Juan Alberti, Alejandro Canepuccia, Jesús Pascual, Claudio Pérez and Oscar Iribarne


Savanna tree–grass competition is modified by substrate type and herbivory (pages 225–237)

Jack R. Kambatuku, Michael D. Cramer and David Ward


Species richness of woody plants in the landscapes of Central Spain: the role of management disturbances, environment and non-stationarity (pages 238–250)

E. Martín-Queller, A. Gil-Tena and S. Saura


A new net mineralizable nitrogen assay improves predictions of floristic composition (pages 251–261)

Edwin C. Rowe, Bridget A. Emmett, Simon M. Smart and Zoe L. Frogbrook


Individual and combined effects of disturbance and N addition on understorey vegetation in a subarctic mountain birch forest (pages 262–272)

O.H. Manninen, S. Stark, M.-M. Kytöviita and A. Tolvanen


Sampling procedures and species estimation: testing the effectiveness of herbarium data against vegetation sampling in an oceanic island (pages 273–280)

Pedro P. Garcillán and Exequiel Ezcurra


Bias in vegetation databases? A comparison of stratified-random and preferential sampling (pages 281–291)

Dana Michalcová, Samuel Lvončík, Milan Chytrý and Ondřej Hájek


Rates of local colonization and extinction reveal different plant community assembly mechanisms on road verges in central Spain (pages 292–302)

Enrique G. de la Riva, Miguel A. Casado, Maria Dolores Jiménez, Ignacio Mola, Margarita Costa-Tenorio and Luis Balaguer


Factors affecting species richness of tree regeneration in mixed-wood stands of central Maine (pages 303–311)

M.G. Olson and R.G. Wagner


Distinct roles of savanna and forest tree species in regeneration under fire suppression in a Brazilian savanna (pages 312–321)

Erika L. Geiger, Sybil G. Gotsch, Gabriel Damasco, M. Haridasan, Augusto C. Franco and William A. Hoffmann


Tree mortality episodes in the intact Picea abies-dominated taiga in the Arkhangelsk region of northern European Russia (pages 322–333)

Tuomas Aakala, Timo Kuuluvainen, Tuomo Wallenius and Heikki Kauhanen


The spatio-temporal forest patch dynamics inferred from the fine-scale synchronicity in growth chronology (pages 334–345)

Ichiro K. Shimatani and Yasuhiro Kubota


Identifying drivers of species compositional change in a semi-natural upland grassland over a 40-year period (pages 346–356)

Stephanie McGovern, Chris D. Evans, Peter Dennis, Clive Walmsley and Morag A. McDonald


Differences in CO2 dynamics between successional mire plant communities during wet and dry summers (pages 357–366)

Mirva Leppälä, Anna M. Laine, Marja-Liisa Seväkivi and Eeva-Stiina Tuittila


Can plant litter affect net primary production of a typical steppe in Inner Mongolia? (pages 367–376)

Jing Wang, Mengli Zhao, Walter D. Willms, Guodong Han, Zhongwu Wang and Yongfei Bai


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Journal of Vegetation Science - 22 (3), 2011




Contents:

Original Articles

From protégé to nurse plant: establishment of thorny shrubs in grazed temperate woodlands (pages 377–386)

Christian Smit and Jasper Laurens Ruifrok


Testing the effect–response framework: key response and effect traits determining above-ground biomass of salt marshes (pages 387–401)

Vanessa Minden and Michael Kleyer


Spatial patterns of species and plant traits in response to 20 years of grazing exclusion in subalpine grassland communities (pages 402–413)

Claire Deléglise, Grégory Loucougaray and Didier Alard


A regional-scale consideration of the effects of species richness on above-ground biomass in temperate natural grasslands of China (pages 414–424)

Guohong Wang, He Li, Meng An, Jian Ni, Shengjun Ji and Juan Wang


How do slow-growing, fire-sensitive conifers survive in flammable eucalypt woodlands? (pages 425–435)

J.S. Cohn, I.D. Lunt, K.A. Ross and R.A. Bradstock


Fire history of a prairie/forest boundary: more than 250 years of frequent fire in a North American tallgrass prairie (pages 436–444)

Matthew S. Allen and Michael W. Palmer


Factors influencing the seed source and sink functions of a floodplain nature reserve in the Netherlands (pages 445–456)

Hester Soomers, Judith M. Sarneel, Wouter Patberg, Steven K. Verbeek, Pita A. Verweij, Martin J. Wassen and Rudy van Diggelen


Patterns of plant species turnover along grazing gradients (pages 457–466)

Jan Peper, Florian Jansen, Dorothea Pietzsch and Michael Manthey


Successional trends in standing dead biomass in Mediterranean basin species (pages 467–474)

M.J. Baeza, V.M. Santana, J.G. Pausas and V.R. Vallejo


Structure and biomass along an Acacia zanzibarica woodland–savanna gradient in a former ranching area in coastal Tanzania (pages 475–489)

Roland Cochard and Peter J. Edwards


Tree dieback and regeneration in secondary Acacia zanzibarica woodlands on an abandoned cattle ranch in coastal Tanzania (pages 490–502)

Roland Cochard and Peter J. Edwards


Biomass compensation and plant responses to 7 years of plant functional group removals (pages 503–515)

Jennie R. McLaren and Roy Turkington


Traits of winner and loser species indicate drivers of herb layer changes over two decades in forests of NW Germany (pages 516–527)

Tobias Naaf and Monika Wulf


Trait–environment relations for dominant grasses in South African mesic grassland support a general leaf economic model (pages 528–540)

Richard Fynn, Craig Morris, David Ward and Kevin Kirkman


Functional traits relating arable weed communities to crop characteristics (pages 541–550)

Richard M. Gunton, Sandrine Petit and Sabrina Gaba


Multiple effects of land-use changes impede the colonization of open water in fen ponds (pages 551–563)

Judith M. Sarneel, Merel B. Soons, Jeroen J.M. Geurts, Boudewijn Beltman and Jos T.A. Verhoeven


Change from pre-settlement to present-day forest composition reconstructed from early land survey records in eastern Québec, Canada (pages 564–575)

S. Dupuis, D. Arseneault and L. Sirois


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Journal of Vegetation Science - 22 (4), 2011

Special Issue: Special feature: Ecoinformatics and Global Change: Edited by Jürgen Dengler, Jörg Ewald, Ingolf Kühn & Robert K. Peet


Contents:

Special Feature: Ecoinformatics


Ecoinformatics and global change – an overdue liaison (pages 577–581)

Jürgen Dengler, Jörg Ewald, Ingolf Kühn and Robert K. Peet


The Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD): a new resource for vegetation science (pages 582–597)

Jürgen Dengler, Florian Jansen, Falko Glöckler, Robert K. Peet, Miquel De Cáceres, Milan Chytrý, Jörg Ewald, Jens Oldeland, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Manfred Finckh, Ladislav Mucina, John S. Rodwell, Joop H. J. Schaminée and Nick Spencer


Veg-X – an exchange standard for plot-based vegetation data (pages 598–609)

Susan K. Wiser, Nick Spencer, Miquel De Cáceres, Martin Kleikamp, Brad Boyle and Robert K. Peet



Ecoinformatics: Report


ForestPlots.net: a web application and research tool to manage and analyse tropical forest plot data (pages 610–613)

Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Simon L. Lewis, Mark Burkitt and Oliver L. Phillips


Special Feature: Ecoinformatics


Addressing data property rights concerns and providing incentives for collaborative data pooling: the West African Vegetation Database approach (pages 614–620)

Thomas Janßen, Marco Schmidt, Stefan Dressler, Karen Hahn, Mipro Hien, Souleymane Konaté, Anne Mette Lykke, Ali Mahamane, Bienvenu Sambou, Brice Sinsin, Adjima Thiombiano, Rüdiger Wittig and Georg Zizka


Species distribution models as a tool for forest management planning under climate change: risk evaluation of Abies alba in Bavaria (pages 621–634)

Wolfgang Falk and Karl H. Mellert


Hypothesis-driven species distribution models for tree species in the Bavarian Alps (pages 635–646)

K. H. Mellert, V. Fensterer, H. Küchenhoff, B. Reger, C. Kölling, H. J. Klemmt and J. Ewald


Modelling potential distribution of the threatened tree species Juniperus oxycedrus: how to evaluate the predictions of different modelling approaches? (pages 647–659)

Franziska Rupprecht, Jens Oldeland and Manfred Finckh


Mapping gradients of community composition with nearest-neighbour imputation: extending plot data for landscape analysis (pages 660–676)

Janet L. Ohmann, Matthew J. Gregory, Emilie B. Henderson and Heather M. Roberts


Modelling effective thermal climate for mountain forests in the Bavarian Alps: Which is the best model? (pages 677–687)

Birgit Reger, Christian Kölling and Jörg Ewald


Landscape complexity and spatial scale influence the relationship between remotely sensed spectral diversity and survey-based plant species richness (pages 688–698)

Duccio Rocchini, Daniel McGlinn, Carlo Ricotta, Markus Neteler and Thomas Wohlgemuth


Comparing modelling approaches at two levels of biological organisation – Climate change impacts on selected Natura 2000 habitats (pages 699–710)

Torsten Bittner, Anja Jaeschke, Björn Reineking and Carl Beierkuhnlein


An indicator framework for the climatic adaptive capacity of natural ecosystems (pages 711–725)

Bálint Czúcz, Anikó Csecserits, Zoltán Botta-Dukát, György Kröel-Dulay, Rebeka Szabó, Ferenc Horváth and Zsolt Molnár


Vegetation databases as a tool to analyse factors affecting the range expansion of the forest understory herb Ceratocapnos claviculata (pages 726–740)

Nicole Voss, Dietmar Simmering, Cord Peppler-Lisbach, Walter Durka and R. Lutz Eckstein


Ecological ranges for the pH and NO3 of syntaxa: a new basis for the estimation of critical loads for acid and nitrogen deposition (pages 741–749)

G.W.W. Wamelink, P.W. Goedhart, A.H. Malinowska, J.Y. Frissel, R.J.M. Wegman, P.A. Slim and H.F. van Dobben


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Journal of Vegetation Science - 22 (5), 2011




Contents:

Original Articles


Dealing with scarce data to understand how environmental gradients and propagule pressure shape fine-scale alien distribution patterns on coastal dunes (pages 751–765)

Marta Carboni, Riccardo Santoro and Alicia T. R. Acosta


Fine-scale patterns of species and phylogenetic turnover in a global biodiversity hotspot: Implications for climate change vulnerability (pages 766–780)

Juliane Sander and Grant Wardell-Johnson


Mid-Holocene pine woodland phases and mire development – significance of dendroecological data from subfossil trees from northwest Germany (pages 781–794)

Jan Eckstein, Hanns Hubert Leuschner and Andreas Bauerochse


Pollen–vegetation relationships along steep climatic gradients in western Amazonia (pages 795–806)

Dunia H. Urrego, Miles R. Silman, Alexander Correa-Metrio and Mark B. Bush


A novel trap for quantifying the dispersal of seeds by wind (pages 807–817)

K. Morris, E. J. Raulings, W. H. Melbourne, R. Mac Nally and R. M. Thompson


A field test of the stress-gradient hypothesis along an aridity gradient (pages 818–827)

Cristina Armas, Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría and Francisco I. Pugnaire


The importance of facilitation in the zonation of shrubs along a coastal salinity gradient (pages 828–836)

Qiang He, Baoshan Cui and Yuan An


Impact of shrub canopies on understorey vegetation in western Eurasian tundra (pages 837–846)

A.M. Pajunen, J. Oksanen and R. Virtanen


Spatio-temporal variation in the effect of herbaceous layer on woody seedling survival in a Chilean mediterranean ecosystem (pages 847–855)

P. I. Becerra, V. González-Rodríguez, C. Smith-Ramírez and J. J. Armesto


Oak trees and soil interactions in Mediterranean forests: a positive feedback model (pages 856–867)

Cristina Aponte, Luis V. García, Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos, Eduardo Gutiérrez and Teodoro Maranón


Liana co-occurrence patterns in a temperate rainforest (pages 868–877)

R.A.J. Blick and K.C. Burns


Environmental control and spatial structures in peatland vegetation (pages 878–890)

R. Andersen, M. Poulin, D. Borcard, R. Laiho, J. Laine, H. Vasander and E.-T. Tuittila


Long-term vegetation changes in bogs exposed to high atmospheric deposition, aerial liming and climate fluctuation (pages 891–904)

Petra Hájková, Michal Hájek, Kamil Rybníček, Martin Jiroušek, Lubomír Tichý, Štěpánka Králová and Eva Mikulášková


Surprisingly fast recovery of biological soil crusts following livestock removal in southern Australia (pages 905–916)

Cassia F. Read, David H. Duncan, Peter A. Vesk and Jane Elith


Leaf attributes and tree growth in a tropical dry forest (pages 917–931)

R. K. Chaturvedi, A. S. Raghubanshi and J. S. Singh


Silver fir stand productivity is enhanced when mixed with Norway spruce: evidence based on large-scale inventory data and a generic modelling approach (pages 932–942)

Patrick Vallet and Thomas Pérot


Patterns of early succession on bare peat in a Swiss mire after a bog burst (pages 943–954)

Elizabeth Feldmeyer-Christe, Meinrad Küchler and Otto Wildi


Corrigendum


Corrigendum (page 955)

Reproducibility of species lists, visual cover estimates and frequency methods for recording high-mountain vegetation


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Journal of Vegetation Science - 22 (6), 2011




Contents:

Original Articles


Exploring large vegetation databases to detect temporal trends in species occurrences (pages 957–972)

Ute Jandt, Henrik von Wehrden and Helge Bruelheide


Spatial pattern and process at the plant neighbourhood scale: insights from communities dominated by the clonal grass Elymus repens (L.) Gould (pages 973–982)

Julien Pottier and André Evette


Scale-dependent determinants of plant species richness in a semi-arid fragmented agro-ecosystem (pages 983–996)

Itamar Giladi, Yaron Ziv, Felix May and Florian Jeltsch


Plant species richness responses to grazing protection and degradation history in a low productivity landscape (pages 997–1008)

R.J. Fensham, J.L. Silcock and J.M. Dwyer


Plant functional traits along environmental gradients in seasonally dry and fire-prone ecosystem (pages 1009–1020)

Burak K Pekin, Roy S Wittkuhn, Matthias M Boer, Craig Macfarlane and Pauline F Grierson


Independent effects of arbuscular mycorrhiza and earthworms on plant diversity and newcomer plant establishment (pages 1021–1030)

Susanne Wurst, Kristin Gebhardt and Matthias C. Rillig


Plant–ungulate interaction: goat gut passage effect on survival and germination of Mediterranean shrub seeds (pages 1031–1037)

J.M. Mancilla-Leytón, R. Fernández-Alés and A. Martín Vicente


Disentangling facilitation and seed dispersal from environmental heterogeneity as mechanisms generating associations between savanna plants (pages 1038–1048)

Jana Schleicher, Katrin M. Meyer, Kerstin Wiegand, Frank M. Schurr and David Ward


Tree dynamics and co-existence in the montane–sub-alpine ecotone: the role of different light-induced strategies (pages 1049–1061)

Aitor Ameztegui and Lluís Coll


Isolation affects tree-scale epiphytic lichen community structure on New Zealand mountain beech trees (pages 1062–1071)

Hannah L. Buckley


Vegetation convergence during early succession on coal wastes: a 6-year permanent plot study (pages 1072–1083)

Josu G. Alday, Rob H. Marrs and Carolina Martínez-Ruiz


Fire history and vegetation recovery in two raised bogs at the Baltic Sea (pages 1084–1093)

Ülle Sillasoo, Minna Väliranta and Eeva-Stiina Tuittila


Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) fire scars reveal new details of a frequent fire regime (pages 1094–1104)

Michael C. Stambaugh, Richard P. Guyette and J. M. Marschall


Effect of forest canopy composition on soil nutrients and dynamics of the understorey: mixed canopies serve neither vascular nor bryophyte strata (pages 1105–1119)

Xavier Cavard, Yves Bergeron, Han Y.H. Chen and David Paré


Lack of tree layer control on herb layer characteristics in a subtropical forest, China (pages 1120–1131)

Sabine Both, Teng Fang, Martin Böhnke, Helge Bruelheide, Christian Geißler, Peter Kühn, Thomas Scholten, Stefan Trogisch and Alexandra Erfmeier


Effect of increased Populus cover on Abies regeneration in the Picea–feathermoss boreal forest (pages 1132–1142)

Marie-Lyne Arbour and Yves Bergeron


Forum Article


Does phylogenetic distance aid in detecting environmental gradients related to species composition? (pages 1143–1148)

Heather T. Root and Peter R. Nelson


Book Reviews


The Biology of Deserts. By D. Ward (pages 1149–1150)

B. Amat


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ERRATUM (page 1154)

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