Researches on Population Ecology
Vol. 38, No. 2, 1996

Contents

Special feature 1:
Population fluctuations
Preface
M. Kawata & H. Matsuda 119

Nonlinear time-series modeling of vole population fluctuations
P. Turchin 121-132
(Abstracts & Address)

Temporal/spatial structure and the dynamical property of laboratory host-parasitoid systems
M. Tuda 133-140
(Abstracts & Address)

Dynamics of age- and size-structured populations in fluctuating environments: Applications of stochastic matrix models to natural populations
M. Nakaoka 141-152
(Abstracts & Address)

Analyses of spatial patterns and population processes of clonal plants
Y. Harada & Y. Iwasa 153-164
(Abstracts & Address)

Evolution and population dynamics in stochastic environments
J. Yoshimura & V. A. A. Jansen 165-182
(Abstracts & Address)

Special feature 2:
Interactions among microorganisms, animals and plants
Preface
T. Sota 183-184

Bacteria - a link among ecosystem constituents
K. Kato 185-190
(Abstracts & Address)

Interactions among fungal endophytes, grasses and herbivores
K. Clay 191-201
(Abstracts & Address)

Populations and infectious diseases: dynamics and evolution
M. Kakehashi 203-210
(Abstracts & Address)

Evolution of mutualistic symbiosis: a differential equation model
N. Yamamura 211-218
(Abstracts & Address)


Original paper
Impacts per unit weight in catch by two types of fisheries on a chub mackerel population
H. Matsuda, K. Fukase, I. Mitani & K. Asano 219-224
(Abstracts & Address)

Male mating behavior in relation to spermatophore transfer in the white cabbage butterfly
I. Kandori & N. Ohsaki 225-230
(Abstracts & Address)

Fate of mutant emerging at the initial stage of evolution
W.-Z. Xu, A. Kashiwagi, T. Yomo & I. Urabe 231-237
(Abstracts & Address)

Mathematical model allowing the coexistence of closely related competitors at the initial stage of evolution
T. Yomo, W.-Z. Xu & I. Urabe 239-247
(Abstracts & Address)

Spatial variation in female fertility related to interactions with flower consumers and pathogens in a forest metapopulation of Primula sieboldii
I. Washitani, Y. Okayama, K. Sato, H. Takahashi & T. Ohgushi
249-256
(Abstracts & Address)

The effects of wild cruciferous host plants on morphology, reproductive performance and flight activity in the diamondback moth, Pluttela xylostella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)
S. Begum, R. Tsukuda, K. Fujisaki & F. Nakasuji 257-263
(Abstracts & Address)

Inter- and intraspecific interactions among larvae of specialist and generalist parasitoids
K. Iwao & N. Ohsaki 265-273
(Abstracts & Address)

Species richness and altitudinal variation in the aquatic metazoan community in bamboo phytotelmata from North Sulawesi
T. Sota & M. Mogi 275-281
(Abstracts & Address)

Notes and comments
Vertical foodweb structure of freshwater zooplankton assemblages estimated by stable nitrogen isotopes
R. France, K. Westcott, P. del Giorgio, G. Klein & J. Kalff
283-287
(Abstracts & Address)