Journal de Botanique - 59, 2012

Contents:

 J.-J. LAZARE & F. BIORET
Introduction

 B. DE FOUCAULT & E. CATTEAU
Contribution au prodrome des végétations de France : les Agrostietea stoloniferae Oberd. 1983

 J.-CL. FELZINES & É. LAMBERT
Contribution au prodrome des végétations de France : les Charetea fragilis F. Fukarek 1961

 J.-CL. FELZINES
Contribution au prodrome des végétations de France : les Lemnetea minoris Tüxen ex O. Bolos & Masclans 1955

 B. DE FOUCAULT
Contribution au prodrome des végétations de France : les Nardetea strictae Rivas Goday in Rivas Goday & Rivas-Mart. 1963

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Edinburgh Journal of Botany - 69 (1), 2012

Contents:

THE INFLUENCE OF SOILS ON THE FLORISTIC COMPOSITION AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF AN AREA OF BRAZILIAN CERRADO VEGETATION

A. V. Neri, C. E. G. R. Schaefer, A. F. Silva, A. L. Souza, W. G. Ferreira-Junior and J. A. A. Meira-Neto


ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY AND NATURAL REGENERATION IN RIPARIAN VEGETATION OF THE BRAZILIAN SEMI-ARID REGION
 
G. C. O. Menino, Y. R. F. Nunes, R. M. Santos, G. W. Fernandes and L. A. Fernandes


CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF THE SOUTH AEGEAN VOLCANIC ARC: THE METHANA PENINSULA (SARONIC GULF, GREECE)

K. Kougioumoutzis, A. Tiniakou, T. Georgiadis and O. Georgiou


TAXONOMY OF HOYA LYI, HOYA YUENNANENSIS AND HOYA MEKONGENSIS (APOCYNACEAE – ASCLEPIADOIDEAE)

M. Rodda


A NEW COMBINATION IN MONOCARPIA (ANNONACEAE)
 
I. M. Turner


A REVISION OF AMOMUM (ZINGIBERACEAE) IN CAMBODIA, LAOS AND VIETNAM
 
V. Lamxay and M. F. Newman


Book Review

Atlas of the Potential Vegetation of Ethiopia. Ib Friis, Sebsebe Demissew & Paulo van Breugel. Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in Biologiske Skrifter 58. 2010. 307 pp. including 29 colour map plates (1:2 000 000). ISSN 0366 3612, ISBN 97887 7304 347 9. 400 DKK (approx. L46) paperback.
 
Paul Scholte



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Applied Vegetation Science - 15 (2), 2012

Contents:


    Species introduction – a major topic in vegetation restoration (pages 161–165)

    Norbert Hölzel, Elise Buisson and Thierry Dutoit

  
    Liming induces changes in the macrophyte vegetation of Norwegian softwater lakes by mitigating carbon limitation: results from a field experiment (pages 166–174)

    Esther C.H.E.T. Lucassen, Alfons J.P. Smolders and Jan G.M. Roelofs

   
    Irrigation, organic fertilization and species successional stage modulate the response of woody seedlings to herbaceous competition in a semi-arid quarry restoration (pages 175–186)

    Santiago Soliveres, Jorge Monerris and Jordi Cortina

  
    Vegetation recovery of gypsum quarries: short-term sowing response to different soil treatments (pages 187–197)

    Miguel Ballesteros, Eva M. Canadas, Ana Foronda, Emilia Fernández-Ondono, Julio Penas and Juan Lorite

 
    Sowing of low and high diversity seed mixtures in ecological restoration of surface mined-land (pages 198–207)

    Anita Kirmer, Annett Baasch and Sabine Tischew

 
    Restoration potential of the persistent soil seed bank in successional calcareous (alvar) grasslands in Estonia (pages 208–218)

    Rein Kalamees, Kersti Püssa, Kristjan Zobel and Martin Zobel

  
    Biomass accumulation during reed encroachment reduces efficiency of restoration of Baltic coastal grasslands (pages 219–230)

    Marek Sammul, Karin Kauer and Tiina Köster

 
    Restoration of flooded meadows in Estonia – vegetation changes and management indicators (pages 231–244)

    Jaak-Albert Metsoja, Lena Neuenkamp, Silvia Pihu, Kai Vellak, Jesse M. Kalwij and Martin Zobel

 
    Spontaneous restoration of target vegetation in old-fields in a central European landscape: a repeated analysis after three decades (pages 245–252)

    Alena Jírová, Alexandra Klaudisová and Karel Prach

   
    Regional seed mixtures for the re-creation of species-rich meadows in the White Carpathian Mountains: results of a 10-yr experiment (pages 253–263)

    Jonathan Mitchley, Ivana Jongepierová and Karel Fajmon

  
    Grassland restoration to conserve landscape-level biodiversity: a synthesis of early results from a large-scale project (pages 264–276)

    Szabolcs Lengyel, Katalin Varga, Beatrix Kosztyi, László Lontay, Eszter Déri, Péter Török and Béla Tóthmérész


    Using a two-phase sowing approach in restoration: sowing foundation species to restore, and subordinate species to evaluate restoration success (pages 277–289)

    Clémentine Coiffait-Gombault, Elise Buisson and Thierry Dutoit

  
    Enhancing plant biodiversity in species-poor grassland through plant material transfer – the impact of sward disturbance (pages 290–298)

    Ralf Schmiede, Annette Otte and Tobias W. Donath

   
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Applied Vegetation Science - 15 (1), 2012

Contents:

    Editors’ Award, vegetation survey, remote sensing and restoration (pages 1–3)

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

 
    Regional context affects native and alien plant species richness across habitat types (pages 4–13)

    Núria Gassó, Joan Pino, Xavier Font and Montserrat Vila

   
    Plant diversity consequences of a herbivore-driven biome switch from Grassland to Nama-Karoo shrub steppe in South Africa (pages 14–25)

    Michael C. Rutherford, Leslie W. Powrie and Lara B. Husted

   
    Active restoration of woody canopy dominants in degraded South African semi-arid thicket is neither ecologically nor economically feasible (pages 26–34)

    Marius L. van der Vyver, Richard M. Cowling, Eileen E. Campbell and Mark Difford

  
    Direct and indirect effects of grazing constrain shrub encroachment in semi-arid Patagonian steppes (pages 35–47)

    Pablo A. Cipriotti and Martín R. Aguiar

   
    Resilience, persistence and relationship to standing vegetation in soil seed banks of semi-arid Australian old fields (pages 48–61)

    Andrew J. Scott and John W. Morgan

   
    Vegetation changes associated with cattle (Bos taurus) and wombat (Vombatus ursinus) activity in a riparian forest (pages 62–70)

    Philip Borchard and David J. Eldridge


    Restoration of native vegetation following exclosure establishment on communal grazing lands in Tigray, Ethiopia (pages 71–83)

    Wolde Mekuria and Edzo Veldkamp

 
    Decadal-scale aspen changes: evidence in remote sensing and tree ring data

    Temuulen Tsagaan Sankey

 
    Recolonization of vascular epiphytes in a shaded coffee agroecosystem (pages 99–107)

    Tarin Toledo-Aceves, José G. García-Franco, Adriana Hernández-Rojas and Keith MacMillan

   
    Traits and growth of liana regeneration in primary and secondary forests of Central Amazonia (pages 108–118)

    Mareike Roeder, Dirk Hölscher and Isolde D. Kossmann-Ferraz


    The age of Calluna stands moderates post-fire regeneration rate and trends in northern Calluna heathlands (pages 119–128)

    Liv G. Velle, Liv S. Nilsen and Vigdis Vandvik

 
    Response of blanket bog vegetation to drain-blocking (pages 129–135)

    Paul E. Bellamy, Leigh Stephen, Iain S. Maclean and Murray C. Grant

  
    The influence of environment, management and site context on species composition of summer arable weed vegetation in Hungary (pages 136–144)

    Gyula Pinke, Péter Karácsony, Bálint Czúcz, Zoltán Botta-Dukát and Attila Lengyel

 
    Spectral heterogeneity of QuickBird satellite data is related to fine-scale plant species spatial turnover in semi-natural grasslands (pages 145–157)

    Karin Hall, Triin Reitalu, Martin T. Sykes and Honor C. Prentice

  
    Reviewers List (pages 158–159)

  

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Acta Botanica Malacitana - 36, 2011

Contents:
ACHERKOUK, M., A. MAATOUGUI & M.A. EL HOUMAIZ.
Communautés végétales et facies pastoraux dans la zone de Taourirt-Tafoughalt du Maroc oriental: écologie et inventaire floristique. Vegetation and pasturelands in Taourirt-Tafoughalt (Eastern Morocco): ecology and flora.

ARNELAS, I. & J.A. DEVESA.
Revisión taxonómica de Centaurea sect. Jacea (Mill.) Pers. (Asteraceae) en la Península Ibérica. Taxonomic review of Centaurea sect. Jacea (Mill.) Pers. (Asteraceae) in the Iberian Peninsula.

BLANCA, G. & V N. SUÁREZ-SANTIAGO.
Centaurea boissieri DC. y C. resupinata Coss. (Asteraceae) en la Península Ibérica. Centaurea boissieri DC. and C. resupinata Coss. (Asteraceae) in the Iberian Peninsula.

CIRES, E., C. CUESTA, M.A. FERNÁNDEZ CASADO, M.C. FERNÁNDEZ-CARVAJAL & J.A. FERNÁNDEZ PRIETO.
Malformación polínica y niveles de ploidía en Ranunculus grex parnassiifolius. Pollen malformation and ploidy levels in Ranunculus grex parnassiifolius.

GHEZLAOUI, B.E., N. BENABADJI, D. BENMANSOUR & A. MERZOUK.
Analyse des peuplements végétaux halophytes dans le Chott El-Gharbi (Oranie-Algérie). Vegetal halophytes plants analysis in Chott El- Gharbi (Oranie-Algeria).

GIL-LÓPEZ, M.J.
Etnobotánica de la camarina (Corema album, Empetraceae) en Cádiz. Ethnobotany of Corema album (Empetraceae) in Cadiz.

LÓPEZ, G. & R. MORALES.
Sobre los tipos nomenclaturales de algunas especies linneanas de Teucrium, Phlomis y Thymus (Labiatae). About the nomenclatural types of some linnean species of Teucrium, Phlomis and Thymus (Labiatae).

RIVERA-GONZÁLEZ, M.C. & P.M. SÁNCHEZ-CASTILLO.
Diatomeas planctónicas del litoral de Andalucía (Espana). Planktonic diatoms from the coast of Andalusia (Spain).


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Acta Botanica Gallica - 158 (2-4), 2011

Acta Botanica Gallica - 158 (2), 2011



Contents:

C. CHAFFEI-HAOUARI, A. HAJJAJI-NASRAOUI, E. CARRAYOL, M. DEBOUBA, M. HABIB GHORBEL & H. GOUIA
Glutamate metabolism on Solanum lycopersicon grown under cadmium stress conditions

F. ABDALLAH, A. OULED BELGACEM & M. CHAIEB
Effects of ten years enclosure on vegetation characteristics of a national park in south Tunisia

E. BAGCI & E. YUCE
Composition of the essential oil of Hypericum salsolifolium hand.-Mazz. and Hypericum retusum aucher from Turkey

V. VISCOSI, P. FORTINI & M. D’IMPERIO
A statistical approach to species identification on morphological traits of european white oaks: evidence of morphological structure in italian populations of Quercus pubescens sensu lato

Ö. F. KAYA
New steppic syntaxa from southeastern anatolia (Şanliurfa, Turkey)

I. THABTI, N. MARZOUGUI, W. ELFALLEH & A. FERCHICHI
Antioxidant composition and antioxidant activity of white (Morus alba l.), black (Morus nigra l.) and red (Morus rubra l.) mulberry leaves

N. MANSOURI, B. SATRANI, M. GHANMI, L. EL GHADRAOUI, A. BOUKIR & A. AAFI
Effet de la provenance sur le rendement, la composition chimique et l’activité antimicrobienne des huiles essentielles des rameaux de Juniperus phoenicea l. du Maroc

S. O. SAID HASSANE, M. GHANMI, B. SATRANI, N. MANSOURI, H. MOHAMED, H. EL HAJAJI & A. CHAOUCH
Composition chimique et activités antibactériennes, antifongiques et antioxydante de l’huile essentielle de Pelargonium asperum ehrh. ex Wilde des Comores

P. CANTÓ
Biogeographic and bioclimatic distribution of Klasea Cass. and Serratula l.

J. BLANCO SALAS, T. RUIZ TÉLLEZ, F. MARÍA VÁZQUEZ PARDO, M.J. PÉREZ ALONSO & M.Á. CASES CAPDEVILLA
Study of the essential oil of three species of thyme in their limit of distribution in spain

A.S.I. YÉVIDÉ, J.C. GANGLO, A.K. AOUDJI, M.S. TOYI, CH. DE CANNIERE, B. DE FOUCAULT, J.-L. DEVINEAU & B. SINSIN
Caractéristiques structurelles et écologiques des phytocénoses de sous-bois des plantations privées de teck du département de l’atlantique (sud-bénin, afrique de l’ouest)

R. GACEB TERRAK
Résumé de these : Contribution a la connaissance des interactions palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.) - agent causal du bayoud (fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis) par analyses phytochimiques des lipides et des phénylpropanoides)

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Acta Botanica Gallica - 158 (3), 2011



Contents:

A. KHADHRI, M. NEFFATI & S. SMITI
Réponse physiologique de Reaumuria vermiculata cultivé sous contrainte saline
Physiological response of Reaumuria vermiculata cultivated under saline contrainte

I. EMRE, A. SAHIN, Ô. YILMAZ, H. GENÇ & M. BAHSI

B. CHAUVEL & É. CADET
Introduction et dispersion d'une espece envahissante : le cas de l'ambroisie a feuilles d'armoise (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) en France
Introduction and spread of an invasive species: Ambrosia artemisiifolia in France

V. HUGONNOT, R BOUDIER, P-E. MULOT & Th. VERGNE
Cephalozia macrostachya Kaal. indicateur de l'état de conservation d'une tourbiere en Sologne (Cher, France) ; son utilité dans la problématique de gestion
Cephalozia macrostachya Kaal. indicator of the conservation status of a bog in Sologne (Cher, France); its usefullness in the management issue

O.D. YONGO, J.M. YANGAKOLA & B. DE FOUCAULT
Contribution a une approche systémique de la dynamique vegetale en foret de Ngotto (République Centrafricaine)
Systemic approach of dynamics of Ngotto forest (Central African Republic)

W. NAJEM, M. EL BEYROUTHY, L.H. WADIN, C. NEEMA & N. OUAINI
Essential oit composition of Rosa damascena Mill. from different localities in Lebanon

A. BOUBAYA, N. MARZOUGUI, A. FERCHICHI & M. BEN SALAH
Morphological and chemical diversity among South Tunisian mulberry tree (Morus spp.) cultivars

M.A. RZEPKA-CUNY & D. CUNY
Recherches préliminaires sur la mise en place d'une biosurveillance végétale de la pollution atmosphérique en zone industrielle complexe : applications du ray-grass dans la zone industrialo-portuaire de Dunkerque

S. SCIANDRELLO & V. TOMASELLI
Distribution and ecology of Comucopiae cucullatum L. (Poaceae) in the Mediterranean area and evaluations of ifs conservation status in Italy

B. de FOUCAULT, K. BATAWILA, K. WALA & K. AKPAGANA
Une formation végétale méconnue pour l'Afrique tropicale, la mégaphorbiaie ; le cas du Marantochloo - Anubiadetum giganteae du Togo

S. BOUTKHIL, M. EL IDRISSI, S. CHAKIR, M. DERRAZ, A. AMECHROUQ, A. CHBICHEB & K.EL BADAOU
Antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and essential oils of Seriphidium herba-alba (Asso) Sojak and their combination effects with the essential oils of Dysphania ambrosioides (L) Mosyakin & Clemants

S. STAMBOULI, S. BOUZID, P. DUTUIT & F. HARZALLAH-SKHIRI
Organogenese induite chez des plants de Prosopis farcta (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) développés in vitro par apport de diverses concentrations en ions Na+ et SO4 --
Organogenesis induced in Prosopis farcta (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) plants developed in vitro by addition of various concentrations of Na+ et SO4--
Y.A. WOEGAN
Résumé de these : Diversité des formations végétales ligneuses du Parc national de Fazao-Malfakassa et de la réserve d'Aledjo (Togo)


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Acta Botanica Gallica - 158 (4), 2011



Contents:
Acta Botanica Gallica, 2011, 158 (4)
Sommaire

MIARIVELOMALALA RAFIDISON V., R. RABEVOHITRA, Y. AUMEERUDDY-THOMAS, M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY, J.-Y. RASPLUS & F. KJELLBERG
Notes taxonomiques et identification des Ficus malgaches

LONATI M., A. GORLIER & GI. LOMBARDI
Syntaxonomy and synecology of Hedysarum brigantiacum communities in the western Italian Alps

EMRE I., A. ŞAHIN, I. TÜRKOGLU, Ö. YILMAZ, M. BAHŞI & M. KURŞAT
Compositions of seed fatty acids in some Astragalus L. taxa from Turkey

EMRE I., A. ŞAHIN, Ö. YILMAZ, H. GENÇ & M. BAHŞI
Compositions of seed fatty acids in some Vicia L. taxa from Turkey

NASRAOUI-HAJAJI A., C. CHAFFEI-HAOUARI, M. HABIB GHORBEL & H. GOUIA
La réversibilité des effets du cadmium sur les différents parametres de la croissance chez la tomate cultivée en présence de NO3- ou Nh4+

AMARTI F., B. SATRANI, M. GHANMI, A. AAFI, A. FARAH, L. AARAB, M. EL AJJOURI, A. GUEDIRA & A. CHAOUCH
Activité antioxydante et composition chimique des huiles essentielles de quatre especes de thym du Maroc

RIGAT M., T. GARNATJE & J. VALLES
Plant biodiversity in pyrenean homegardens (Catalonia, Iberian peninsula): current state of a mountain agroecosystem

MGUIS K., A. ALBOUCHI, Z. OUERGHI, M. YAKOUBI-TEJ, A. MAHJOUB & N. BEN BRAHIM
Influence d’une contrainte saline sur la croissance d’Aegilops geniculata Roth et du blé dur (Triticum durum Desf.)

JAFFEL K., A. KHADHRI & N. KARRAY-BOURAOUI
Comparaison des transports d’ions dans les feuilles du blé dur et du triticale cultivés en présence de sel : sélectivité K/Na et cout énergétique

VODOUHE F.G. , A. ADÉGBIDI, O. COULIBALY & B. SINSIN
Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R. Br. ex Benth. harvesting as a tool for conservation and source of income for local people in pendjari Biosphere Reserve

HMIRI S., N. AMRANI & M. RAHOUTI
Détermination in vitro de l’activité antifongique des vapeurs d'eugénol et d’huiles essentielles de Mentha pulegium L. et de Tanacetum annuum L. vis-a-vis de trois champignons responsables de la pourriture des pommes en post-récolte

BRULLO C., P. MINISSALE, S. SCIANDRELLO & G. SPAMPINATO
Phytogeographic survey on the endemic vascular flora of the hyblaean territory (SE Sicily, Italy)

BOUREDJA N., Z. MEHDADI, F. ZOHRA BENDIMERED & K. CHÉRIFI
Effets de quelques prétraitements physico-chimiques sur la levée de l’inhibition tégumentaire des graines de Retama monosperma Boiss. et recherches des conditions thermiques optimales de germination

MGUIS K., ALBOUCHI A. & BEN BRAHIM N.
Effect of temperature and salinity on germination of Ruta graveolens L.

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The Indian Forester - 138 (2), 2012

Contents:

Tree and shrub diversity in degraded hills of bar-conglomerate formation of Pali district of Rajasthan
Ashok Kumar, Beena Tripathi and G. Singh

Effect of root exudates on dolonisation of AM fungi in Jatropha curcas
Jamaluddin and Rekha Shukla

Deployment of resistance in teak to key insect pests
N. Roychoudhury

Impact of anthropogenic pressure on the biomass and productivity of forest floor vegetation in a submontain forest of tarai of Kumaun Himalaya
Bhasker Joshi and S.C. Pant

Wood protection by Pongamia pinnata seed oil through heating process
Sadhna Tripathi, Hridesh Kumar and Himani Pant

Response of standard rooting system of leachates and alcoholic extracts from difficult to root arboreal species
V. Sharma

Taxonomic observations on the family Adiantaceae from eastern Garhwal region of Uttarakhand
H.C. Pande, Chhaya Singh, Avneet Kaur and Pragya Joshi

Community structure, species niche width and soil characteristics in a transitional zone of sub-tropical forest
Munesh Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Mehraj A. Sheikh and M.S. Gusain

Indigenous veterinary use of medicinal plants in Sikkim Himalaya
Kumar Avinash Bharati and B.L. Sharma

Infestation status of heart rot disease of pasur (Xylocarpus mekongensis) tree in the Sundarbans
A.S.M. Helal Siddiqui and Abul Khair

Propagation technique of Crataegus crenulata : A multipurpose plant of mid Himalayan hills
Ranjit Singh, P.S. Negi, M.C. Arya and Z. Ahmed

Variation in fruit morphological traits of Jatropha curcas at stand and tree level
Kshitij Malhotra, Dinesh Kumar and Vidya Dhar Pandey

Diversity of entomopathogenic fungi in the Kerala part of the Western ghats
R.F. Juliya, K.V. Sankaran and R.V. Varma

Portrait of community mapping stages through zoning system on management of Teluk Cenderawasih National Park, West Papua
Sepus Fatem and Jim Van Laar

Pteriodophytic flora of Hadaut plateau of Rajasthan, India
Chandra Shekhar Gupta

Influence of storage period on viability and moisture content of seeds of Alangium lamarckii thwaites (Alangiaceae)
J.R. Ahirwar

New record of Icerya purchasi in one year old seedlings of Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth.
S.K. Verma, Gireesh Chand and Pankaj Kumar

Variety novae of Ceropegia mahahalei hemadri et. ansari (Apocynaceae : Asclepiadoideae)
S.S. Rahangdale and S.R. Rahangdale

FROM THE INDIAN FORESTER - ONE HUNDRED YEAR AGO

LETTER TO THE EDITOR


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Polish Journal of Ecology - 59 (3-4), 2011

Polish Journal of Ecology - 59 (3), 2011


Contents:


MASRAHI Y.S., AL-YEMENI M.N., AL-TURKI T.A., SAYED O.H.
Ecophysiological mechanisms of succulent survival in natural conditions: photosynthetic carbon fixation in Caralluma acutangula (Decne. N.E.Br.) (Asclepiadaceae)

DU Y., CUI X., CAO G., ZHAO X., YANG G.
Simulating N2O emission from Kobresia humilis Serg. alpine meadow on Tibetan Plateau with the DNDC model

WANG J.-C., SHI X., YIN L.-K., ZHANG D.-Y.
Role of clonal integration in life strategy of sandy dune plant, Eremosparton songoricum (Litv.) Vass (Fab aceae): experimental

LIU Z., LI K., CAI Y., FANG Y.
Correlation between leafing phenology and traits: woody species of evergreen broad-leaved forests in subtropical China

GÜNER Ş.T., ÖZKAN K. , ÇÖMEZ A.
Key factors in the site selection of Rosa canina (L.) - applying the Generalized Additive Model

CATORCI A. ,VITANZI A., TARDELLA F.M., HRŠAK V.
Regeneration of Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. forest after coppicing: modelling of changes in species diversity and composition

WANG Y., BAO W., WU N.
Effects of Salix sphaeronymphe Görz shrubs on herbaceous community in forest secondary succession (Tibetan Plateau) .

LI Y., BAO W., WU N.
Soil seed bank and extant vegetation of a dry valley

SZYMURA T.H., SZYMURA M.
Soil properties and light availability determine species richness and vegetation diversity in an overgrown coppice oak stand

MACIEJEWSKI Z., SZWAGRZYK J.
Long-term changes in stand composition of natural forest associations on the Roztocze Highlands (Eastern Poland)

AVEL-NIINEMETS E., PENSA M., PORTSMUTH A.
Distribution of testate amoebae along a gradient hummock-lawn-hollow in a Sphagnum-bog: potential implications for palaeoecological reconstructions

EJSMONT-KARABIN J., HUTOROWICZ A.
Rotifera communities associated with invasive Vallisneria spiralis L. (Hydrocharitaceae) versus native macrophytes in the lakes heated by power stations (Konin lakes, W. Poland)

VIDAKOVIĆ J., PALIJAN G., ČERBA D.
Relationship between nematode community and biomass and composition of periphyton developing on artificial substrates in floodplain lake

HALAREWICZ A., JACKOWSKI J.
Leaf damage of the Black Cherry, Prunus serotina Ehrh., by the leaf beetle, Gonioctena quinquepunctata Fabr.: an accidental foraging on a neophytic host, or an established trophic link?

SZENTGYÖRGYI H., BLINOV A., EREMEEVA N., LUZYANIN S., GREŚ I.M., WOYCIECHOWSKI M.
Bumblbebees (Bombidae) along pollution gradient - heavy metal accumulation, species diversity, and Nosema bombi infection level

LESIŃSKI G., OLSZEWSKI A., POPCZYK B.
Forest roads used by commuting and foraging bats in edge and interior zones

WU G.-L., TIAN F.-P., REN G.-H., LIU Z.-H.
Seed mass increase along altitude within four Saussurea (Asteraceae) species in Tibetian Plateau

URBAN-MALINGA B.
Free-living interstitial Plathelminthes of the Baltic sea: diversity and abundance

KOPECKÝ O., VOJAR J., ŠUSTA F., REHÁK I.
Non-prey items in stomachs of Alpine newts (Mesotriton alpestris, Laurenti)


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Polish Journal of Ecology - 59 (4), 2011


Contents:

Special paper

KOSTRZEWSKA-SZLAKOWSKA I., JASSER I.
Black box: what do we know about humic lakes?

SZYMURA T.H., SZYMURA M., DUNAJSKI A.
Biodiversity conservation of the vegetation adjacent to watercourses influenced by land reclamation practicies: the floodplain of the Odra River (Silesia, Poland)

KOSTRAKIEWICZ K.
The effect of gaps size on colonization process in Molinietum caeruleae meadows with different habitat conditions

DZWONKO Z., LOSTER S.
Changes in species composition of an abandoned limestone grassland in relation to climatic conditions

SANIGA M., BALANDA M., KUCBEL S., JALOVIAR P.
Cyclic changes in tree species composition of mixed-species forest in Western Carpathians: role of disturbance and tree regeneration

SUN J., PENG C., ST. ONGE B., BERNINGER F., MCCAUGHEY H., LEI X.
Meta-analysis of the effects of soil warming on soil respiration in forest ecosystems

JI M., ZHANG X., WANG Z., ZHANG Q., DENG J.
Intra-versus inter-population variation of cone and seed morphological traits of Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. in northern China: impact of climate-related conditions

DONG M., JIANG Y., ZHANG W., YANG Y., YANG H.
Effect of alpine treeline conditions on the response of the stem radial variation of Picea meyeri Rebd. et Wils to environmental factors

ZHANG F.-W., LI Y.-N., CAO G.-M., WANG S.-P., ZHAO X.-Q., DU M.-Y., WANG Q.-X.
Response of alpine plant community to simulated climate change: two-year results of reciprocal translocation experiment (Tibetan Plateau)

YANG L.-C., ZHOU G.-Y., LI C.-L., SONG W.-Z., CHEN G.-C.
Potential refugia in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau revealed by the phylogeographical study of Swertia tetraptera (Gentianaceae)

VITASOVIĆ KOSIĆ I., TARDELLA F.M., RUŠČIĆ M., CATORCI A.
Assessment of floristic diversity, functional composition and management strategy of North Adriatic pastoral landscape (Croatia)

ŠAJNA N., KUŠAR P., NOVAK S., SLANA NOVAK L.
Benefits of low-intensive grazing: co-occurrence of umbelliferous plant (Hladnikia pastinacifolia Rchb.) and opilionid species (Phalangium opilio. L) in dry, calcareous grassland

BAJERLEIN D., MATUSZEWSKI S., KONWERSKI S.
Insect succession on carrion: seasonality, habitat preference and residency of histerid beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae) visiting pig carrion exposed in various forests (western Poland)

ARNDT E., DOMDEI J.
Influence of beaver ponds on the macroinvertebrate benthic community in lowland brooks

DAI Q., WANG Y.
Effect of road on the distribution of amphibians in wetland area - test with model-averaged prediction


Short research contributions


KIANI B., TABARI M., FALLAH A., HOSSEINI S.M., IRAN NEJAD PARIZI M.H.
Optimal method to determine density of the scarce vegetation in dry desert: Variable Area Transect (VAT) applied to saxaul (Haloxylon ammodenderon) community

QU J., LI W., YANG M., LI K., ZHANG Y.
Methods for large scale assessment of small mammal abundance in open habitats: plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) in alpine grassland

DEPA Ł.
Coexisting aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) communities: interdependence in various habitats


Research note


SLIVINSKA K., KOPIJ G.
Diet of the Przewalski's horse Equus przewalskii in the Chernobyl exclusion zone

TERRADAS J., PENUELAS J.
Misleading ideas about top-down and bottom-up control in communities and the role of omnivores


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Journal of Arid Environments - 78-79, 2012

Journal of Arid Environments - 78, 2012



Contents:

Editorial Board


Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) as an invader and threat to biodiversity in arid environments: A review
V.M. Marshall, M.M. Lewis, B. Ostendorf

Cereal yield response to conservation agriculture practices in drylands of West Africa: A quantitative synthesis
J. Bayala, G.W. Sileshi, R. Coe, A. Kalinganire, Z. Tchoundjeu, F. Sinclair, D. Garrity

Foliar nutrient resorption in two Mojave Desert shrubs exposed to Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE)
D.C. Housman, K.T. Killingbeck, R. Dave Evans, T.N. Charlet, S.D. Smith

Spatial distribution of and topographic controls on Tillandsia fog vegetation in coastal southern Peru: Remote sensing and modelling
R. Hesse

A critical role for Copestylum larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in the decomposition of cactus forests
A.P. Martínez-Falcón, M.Á. Marcos-García, C.E. Moreno, G.E. Rotheray

Wild boars as seed dispersal agents of exotic plants from agricultural lands to conservation areas
G. Dovrat, A. Perevolotsky, G. Ne'eman

Tree density and species decline in the African Sahel attributable to climate
P. Gonzalez, C.J. Tucker, H. Sy

Distribution of diatoms and mollusks in shallow lakes from the semiarid Pampa region, Argentina: Their relative paleoenvironmental significance
G.S. Hassan, C.G. De Francesco, V. Peretti

Magnetic properties of surface soils in the Chinese Loess Plateau and the adjacent Gobi areas, and their implication for climatic studies
D.S. Xia, J. Jia, H.T. Wei, X.B. Liu, J.Y. Ma, X.M. Wang, F.H. Chen

Contributions to atmospheric dust production of natural and anthropogenic emissions in a recreational area designated for off-road vehicular activity (Nellis Dunes, Nevada, USA)
D. Goossens, B. Buck, B. McLaurin

African dust source regions for observed dust outbreaks over the Subtropical Eastern North Atlantic region, above 25°N
S. Alonso-Pérez, E. Cuevas, X. Querol, J.C. Guerra, C. Pérez

Vertical distribution of soil microbial biomass and its association with shrubs from the Negev Desert
J. Yu, Y. Steinberger

Savanna glade hotspots: Plant community development and synergy with large herbivores
K.E. Veblen

The effects of defoliation on plant community, root biomass and nutrient allocation and soil chemical properties on semi-arid steppes in northern China
Y.-J. Guo, L. Han, G.-D. Li, J-G. Han, G.-L. Wang, Z.-Y. Li, B. Wilson

A hierarchical analysis of vegetation on a Mojave Desert landscape, USA
S.R. Abella, K.A. Prengaman, T.M. Embrey, S.M. Schmid, A.C. Newton, D.J. Merkler

Inherent density-dependency of wet-season range even at the extreme of nonequilibrium environments
T. Okayasu, T. Okuro, U. Jamsran, K. Takeuchi

Stoichiometric response of dominant grasses to fire and mowing in a semi-arid grassland
X.-T. Lü, F.-M. Lü, L.-S. Zhou, X. Han, X.-G. Han

Fire patterns in central semiarid Argentina
M.A. Fischer, C.M. Di Bella, E.G. Jobbágy

Characterising and quantifying vegetative drought in East Africa using fuzzy modelling and NDVI data
C.M. Rulinda, A. Dilo, W. Bijker, A. Stein

The rational model of shrubland biomass, pattern and precipitation relationships along semi-arid climatic gradients
M. Shoshany

Germination requirements of two sheep-preferred grasses (Hordeum comosum and Koeleria vurilochensis var. patagonica) from semiarid Patagonian steppes
P.E. Gundel, J.G.N. Irisarri, N.S. Sorzoli, C.E. Mosso, G. García-Martínez, R. Golluscio

Variation in the coverage of biological soil crusts in the State of Qatar
R. Richer, D. Anchassi, I. El-Assaad, M. El-Matbouly, F. Ali, I. Makki, J.S. Metcalf

Erratum to ‘Recovery of soil and vegetation in semi-arid Australian old fields’ [Journal of Arid Environments 76 (2012) 61–71]
A.J. Scott, J.W. Morgan

Acknowledgement to Reviewers


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Contents:

Editorial Board

Fine root dynamics and longevity of Artemisia halodendron reflect plant growth strategy in two contrasting habitats
H. Gang, Z. Xue-yong, F.M. Padilla, Z. Ha-lin

Trophic preferences in an assemblage of mammal herbivores from Andean Puna (Northern Chile)
C. Tirado, A. Cortés, E. Miranda-Urbina, M.A. Carretero

Effects of habitat degradation on the lizard assemblage in the Arid Chaco, central Argentina
N. Pelegrin, E.H. Bucher

Soil C and N patterns in a semiarid pinon–juniper woodland: Topography of slope and ephemeral channels add to canopy–intercanopy heterogeneity
Darin J. Law, David D. Breshears, Michael H. Ebinger, Clifton W. Meyer, Craig D. Allen

Soil carbon and nitrogen recovery on semiarid Conservation Reserve Program lands
S.M. Munson, W.K. Lauenroth, I.C. Burke

Development and evolution of subaerial halite crust morphologies in a coastal sabkha setting
S.W. Lokier

Occurrence and characteristics of Quaternary calcareous microbialitic crust in the southern desert of Kuwait, Arabian Gulf
F.I. Khalaf, A.A. AlShuaibi

Roles of saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) and capillary rise in salinizing a non-flooding terrace on a flow-regulated desert river
E.P. Glenn, K. Morino, P.L. Nagler, R.S. Murray, S. Pearlstein, K.R. Hultine

Conservative design rainfall distribution for application in arid regions with sparse data
A.G. Awadallah, N.S. Younan

The role of vegetation and lithology in the spatial and inter-annual response of EVI to climate in drylands of Southeastern Spain
J. Cabello, D. Alcaraz-Segura, R. Ferrero, A.J. Castro, E. Liras

Effects of fuels reductions on plant communities and soils in a Pinon-juniper woodland
M.R. Ross, S.C. Castle, N.N. Barger

Regional patterns of biological soil crust lichen species composition related to vegetation, soils, and climate in Oregon, USA
H.T. Root, B. McCune

Effect of sheep grazing on rangeland plant communities: Case study of landscape depressions within Syrian arid steppes
M. Louhaichi, F. Ghassali, A.K. Salkini, S.L. Petersen

Jatropha curcas: Sowing local seeds of success in Malawi?: In response to Achten et al. (2010)
J.C. Dyer, L.C. Stringer, A.J. Dougill

Germination response of grassland species to plant-derived smoke
D.W. Schwilk, N. Zavala

Snakes on roads: An arid Australian perspective
P.J. McDonald

Winter establishment of the alien annual Schismus barbatus is not affected by insect herbivory in Northern-Central Monte Desert
E. Pucheta, V.J. García-Muro, L. Quevedo-Robledo, A. Rolhauser


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Biogeosciences - 9 (1), 2012

Contents:

Semi-annual carbon and nitrogen isotope variations in the water column of Lake Bled, NW Slovenia
A. Bratkič, M. Šturm, J. Faganeli, and N. Ogrinc

Effects of climate variability and functional changes on the interannual variation of the carbon balance in a temperate deciduous forest
J. Wu, L. van der Linden, G. Lasslop, N. Carvalhais, K. Pilegaard, C. Beier, and A. Ibrom

An investigation of the calcification response of the scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata to elevated pCO2 and the effects of nutrients, zooxanthellae and gender
M. Holcomb, A. L. Cohen, and D. C. McCorkle

Corrigendum to "Integration of remote sensing data and surface observations to estimate the impact of the Russian wildfires over Europe and Asia during August 2010" published in Biogeosciences, 8, 3771–3791, 2011
L. Mei, Y. Xue, G. de Leeuw, J. Guang, Y. Wang, Y. Li, H. Xu, L. Yang, T. Hou, X. He, C. Wu, J. Dong, and Z. Chen

Methanotrophic activity and diversity in different Sphagnum magellanicum dominated habitats in the southernmost peat bogs of Patagonia
N. Kip, C. Fritz, E. S. Langelaan, Y. Pan, L. Bodrossy, V. Pancotto, M. S. M. Jetten, A. J. P. Smolders, and H. J. M. Op den Camp

Spatialized N budgets in a large agricultural Mediterranean watershed: high loading and low transfer
L. Lassaletta, E. Romero, G. Billen, J. Garnier, H. García-Gómez, and J. V. Rovira

Linear trends in seasonal vegetation time series and the modifiable temporal unit problem
R. de Jong and S. de Bruin

Exploring the "overflow tap" theory: linking forest soil CO2 fluxes and individual mycorrhizosphere components to photosynthesis
A. Heinemeyer, M. Wilkinson, R. Vargas, J.-A. Subke, E. Casella, J. I. L. Morison, and P. Ineson

Oceanic controls on the primary production of the northwest European continental shelf: model experiments under recent past conditions and a potential future scenario
J. Holt, M. Butenschön, S. L. Wakelin, Y. Artioli, and J. I. Allen

Chemical composition of modern and fossil Hippopotamid teeth and implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions and enamel formation – Part 1: Major and minor element variation
G. Brügmann, J. Krause, T. C. Brachert, O. Kullmer, F. Schrenk, I. Ssemmanda, and D. F. Mertz

A new concept for simulation of vegetated land surface dynamics – Part 1: The event driven phenology model
V. Kovalskyy and G. M. Henebry

Alternative methods to predict actual evapotranspiration illustrate the importance of accounting for phenology – Part 2: The event driven phenology model
V. Kovalskyy and G. M. Henebry

Mapping tropical forest biomass with radar and spaceborne LiDAR in Lopé National Park, Gabon: overcoming problems of high biomass and persistent cloud
E. T. A. Mitchard, S. S. Saatchi, L. J. T. White, K. A. Abernethy, K. J. Jeffery, S. L. Lewis, M. Collins, M. A. Lefsky, M. E. Leal, I. H. Woodhouse, and P. Meir

The strength of the biotic compartment in retaining nitrogen additions prevents nitrogen losses from a Mediterranean maquis
T. Dias, M. A. Martins-Louçao, L. Sheppard, and C. Cruz

Contrasting biogeochemistry of nitrogen in the Atlantic and Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zones
E. Ryabenko, A. Kock, H. W. Bange, M. A. Altabet, and D. W. R. Wallace

Seasonal and inter-annual variability of plankton chlorophyll and primary production in the Mediterranean Sea: a modelling approach
P. Lazzari, C. Solidoro, V. Ibello, S. Salon, A. Teruzzi, K. Béranger, S. Colella, and A. Crise

A dynamic model of wetland extent and peat accumulation: results for the Holocene
T. Kleinen, V. Brovkin, and R. J. Schuldt

Spatial and temporal CO2 exchanges measured by Eddy Covariance over a temperate intertidal flat and their relationships to net ecosystem production
P. Polsenaere, E. Lamaud, V. Lafon, J.-M. Bonnefond, P. Bretel, B. Delille, J. Deborde, D. Loustau, and G. Abril

Corrigendum to "Stand age and tree species affect N2O and CH4 exchange from afforested soils" published in Biogeosciences, 8, 2535–2546, 2011
J. R. Christiansen and P. Gundersen

Intercontinental trans-boundary contributions to ozone-induced crop yield losses in the Northern Hemisphere
M. J. Hollaway, S. R. Arnold, A. J. Challinor, and L. D. Emberson

A comparative study of biological production in eastern boundary upwelling systems using an artificial neural network
Z. Lachkar and N. Gruber

Pteropods from the Caribbean Sea: variations in calcification as an indicator of past ocean carbonate saturation
D. Wall-Palmer, M. B. Hart, C. W. Smart, R. S. J. Sparks, A. Le Friant, G. Boudon, C. Deplus, and J. C. Komorowski

Fire, drought and El Nino relationships on Borneo (Southeast Asia) in the pre-MODIS era (1980–2000)
M. J. Wooster, G. L. W. Perry, and A. Zoumas

EMP and SIMS studies on Mn/Ca and Fe/Ca systematics in benthic foraminifera from the Peruvian OMZ: a contribution to the identification of potential redox proxies and the impact of cleaning protocols
N. Glock, A. Eisenhauer, V. Liebetrau, M. Wiedenbeck, C. Hensen, and G. Nehrke

Nitrogen balance and fate in a heavily impacted watershed (Oglio River, Northern Italy): in quest of the missing sources and sinks
M. Bartoli, E. Racchetti, C. A. Delconte, E. Sacchi, E. Soana, A. Laini, D. Longhi, and P. Viaroli

Day and night warming have different effect on root lifespan
W. M. Bai, J. Y. Xia, S. Q. Wan, W. H. Zhang, and L. H. Li

Nitrogen compounds emission and deposition in West African ecosystems: comparison between wet and dry savanna
C. Delon, C. Galy-Lacaux, M. Adon, C. Liousse, D. Serça, B. Diop, and A. Akpo

Annual emissions of CH4 and N2O, and ecosystem respiration, from eight organic soils in Western Denmark managed by agriculture
S. O. Petersen, C. C. Hoffmann, C.-M. Schäfer, G. Blicher-Mathiesen, L. Elsgaard, K. Kristensen, S. E. Larsen, S. B. Torp, and M. H. Greve

Land use change and the impact on greenhouse gas exchange in north Australian savanna soils
S. P. P. Grover, S. J. Livesley, L. B. Hutley, H. Jamali, B. Fest, J. Beringer, K. Butterbach-Bahl, and S. K. Arndt

Modelling LAI, surface water and carbon fluxes at high-resolution over France: comparison of ISBA-A-gs and ORCHIDEE
S. Lafont, Y. Zhao, J.-C. Calvet, P. Peylin, P. Ciais, F. Maignan, and M. Weiss

North American CO2 exchange: inter-comparison of modeled estimates with results from a fine-scale atmospheric inversion
S. M. Gourdji, K. L. Mueller, V. Yadav, D. N. Huntzinger, A. E. Andrews, M. Trudeau, G. Petron, T. Nehrkorn, J. Eluszkiewicz, J. Henderson, D. Wen, J. Lin, M. Fischer, C. Sweeney, and A. M. Michalak

Climate impacts on the structures of the North Pacific air-sea CO2 flux variability
V. Valsala, S. Maksyutov, M. Telszewski, S. Nakaoka, Y. Nojiri, M. Ikeda, and R. Murtugudde

Biogeochemical factors affecting mercury methylation rate in two contaminated floodplain soils
T. Frohne, J. Rinklebe, U. Langer, G. Du Laing, S. Mothes, and R. Wennrich

The impacts of climate, land use, and demography on fires during the 21st century simulated by CLM-CN
S. Kloster, N. M. Mahowald, J. T. Randerson, and P. J. Lawrence

Biomass burning emissions estimated with a global fire assimilation system based on observed fire radiative power
J. W. Kaiser, A. Heil, M. O. Andreae, A. Benedetti, N. Chubarova, L. Jones, J.-J. Morcrette, M. Razinger, M. G. Schultz, M. Suttie, and G. R. van der Werf

Diagenetic alterations of amino acids and organic matter in the upper Pearl River Estuary surface sediments
J. Zhang, R. Zhang, Q. Wu, and N. Xu

Plant-driven variation in decomposition rates improves projections of global litter stock distribution
V. Brovkin, P. M. van Bodegom, T. Kleinen, C. Wirth, W. K. Cornwell, J. H. C. Cornelissen, and J. Kattge

Water-table height and microtopography control biogeochemical cycling in an Arctic coastal tundra ecosystem
D. A. Lipson, D. Zona, T. K. Raab, F. Bozzolo, M. Mauritz, and W. C. Oechel

Effect of mosaic representation of vegetation in land surface schemes on simulated energy and carbon balances
R. Li and V. K. Arora

Localising the nitrogen imprint of the Paris food supply: the potential of organic farming and changes in human diet
G. Billen, J. Garnier, V. Thieu, M. Silvestre, S. Barles, and P. Chatzimpiros


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Kew Bulletin - 65 (4), 2010

Contents:

Plant Conservation for the Next Decade: A Celebration of Kew’s 250th Anniversary


Plant conservation for the next decade: a celebration of Kew’s 250th anniversary

Stephen D. Hopper


A brief history of conservation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Ghillean T. Prance


Using the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation to guide conservation implementation in the UK Overseas Territories

Colin Clubbe, Martin Hamilton and Marcella Corcoran


Species-richness of the living collections of the world’s botanical gardens — patterns within continents

Ingrid Parmentier and Marco Pautasso


Policies for plant diversity conservation on a global scale: a Nitrogen driver analysis

Cristina Cruz, Teresa Dias, Pedro Pinho, Cristina Branquinho and Cristina Máguas, et al.


Ecological skills: mind the gap(s)

Jill Sutcliffe and Clare O’Reilly


The possibilities and challenges of in vitro methods for plant conservation

Valerie C. Pence


Importance of in vitro technology to future conservation programmes worldwide

Viswambharan Sarasan


Genetic Resources of Cynara spp. an AGR GEN RES European Project CYNARES

M. A. Pagnotta


A global approach to crop wild relative conservation: securing the gene pool for food and agriculture

Nigel Maxted, Shelagh Kell, Álvaro Toledo, Ehsan Dulloo and Vernon Heywood, et al.


The socio-economic importance of wild vegetable resources and their conservation: a case study from China

Xiaobo Zou, Fengqiu Huang, Limin Hao, Jiewen Zhao and Hanpin Mao, et al.


Aliens or natives: who are the ‘thugs’ in British woods?

R. H. Marrs, M. G. Le Duc, S. M. Smart, K. J. Kirby and R. G. H. Bunce, et al.


The contribution of the Millennium Seed Bank Project to ex situ plant conservation in Chile

P. León-Lobos, M. Way, M. Rosas, A. Sandoval and H. W. Pritchard


Cycad propagation by rural nurseries in Mexico as an alternative conservation strategy: 20 years on

A. P. Vovides, M. A. Pérez-Farrera and C. Iglesias


An ecosystem approach to restoration and sustainable management of dry forest in southern Peru

Oliver Q. Whaley, David G. Beresford-Jones, William Milliken, Alfonso Orellana and Anna Smyk, et al.


Ex situ conservation of some endemic and protected plant species in Georgia

Tsira Mikatadze-Pantsulaia, Tinatin Barblishvili, Clare Trivedi, David Kikodze and Manana Khutsishvili


Criteria for assessing Italian ex situ collections of threatened plants

G. Bedini and A. Carta


Partnering conservation actions. Inter situ solutions to recover threatened species in South West Western Australia

J. A. Cochrane, S. Barrett, L. Monks and R. Dillon


Conservation of native plant diversity at the Yerevan Botanic Garden, Armenia

J. A. Akopian


The evolutionary analysis of human behaviour: its potential to increase plant conservation success

Roger D. Smith


‘All netted together’: is there a need for cultural consilience in the face of extinction?

Dawn Sanders


Conservation of some rare and endangered plants from Peninsular Malaysia

L. G. Saw, L. S. L. Chua, M. Suhaida, W. S. Y. Yong and M. Hamidah


Amazon vegetation: how much don’t we know and how much does it matter?

William Milliken, Daniela Zappi, Denise Sasaki, Mike Hopkins and R. Toby Pennington

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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Acta Botanica Cassubica Monographiae vol. 3, 2009

Contents:


Roślinność cieków i ich obrzeży w warunkach silnej antropopresji na Żuławach Wiślanych (północna Polska)
Vegetation of watercourses and their margins under intense anthropopressure in the Żuławy Wiślane region (northern Poland)
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Conservation of Britain’s biodiversity: Hieracium pseudoleyi...

Sawtschuk, T., McCarthy, W., Rich, T.C.G.

Conservation of Britain’s biodiversity: Hieracium pseudoleyi (Asteraceae), Purple-flushed Hawkweed.

Watsonia 27, 59-64

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