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Table of Contents
Volume 1, January-December, 1999
Volume 2, January-December, 2000
Volume 3, January-February, 2001

DEDICATION to Joe Citron 

Editorial
And now for something NOT completely different
Michael L. Rosenzweig 

Introduction to three special articles of David Lloyd in Vol. 2, no. 1:
The selection of social actions in families.
Lynda Delph

Preface to the special issue in honor of Dan Cohen in Vol. 2, no. 4:
Dan Cohen — An inquiring mind.
Simon A. Levin and Yoh Iwasa — 2000 (sLevin@eno.princeton.edu)

Scientific bibliography, acknowledgements and thanks.
Dan Cohen — 2000

A method for testing the assumption of phylogenetic independence in comparative data.
Ehab Abouheif — 1999 (abouheif@duke.edu)

The effect of risk of mortality on the foraging behavior of animals faced with time- and digestive-capacity restraints. 
P. A. Abrams and O. J. Schmitz — 1999  

The energetic cost of competition: Gerbils as moneychangers. 
Zvika Abramsky, Michael L. Rosenzweig & Aziz Subach — 2000  (Zvika@bgumail.bgu.ac.il)

Methods for shape analysis of landmark data from articulated structures.
Dean C. Adams — 1999 (dcadams@iastate.edu)

Departure time versus departure rate: How to forage optimally when you are stupid. 
F. R. Adler and M. Kotar — 1999  

Male alternative reproductive behaviors in a Mediterranean wrasse: evidence from otoliths for multiple life-history pathways.
Suzanne Henson Alonzo, Michael Taborsky & Peter Wirtz — 2000(8) (shalonzo@cats.ucsc.edu)

Female choice, conflict between the sexes and the evolution of male alternative reproductive behaviors.
Suzanne Henson Alonzo & R.R. Warner — 2000 (shalonzo@cats.ucsc.edu)

Cooperation and non-linear dynamics: An ecological perspective on the evolution of sociality. 
L. Aviles — 1999  

A comparative study of breeding traits in colonial birds.
G. Beauchamp — 1999  

Short-term evolution of competition between genetically homogeneous and heterogeneous populations of Drosophila melanogaster
M. Becerra, I. Brichette & C. Garcia — 1999  

Evolution of female mate choice based on male age: are older males better mates?
Christopher W. Beck & Larkin Powell — 2000 (cbeck@biology.emory.edu)

Winner and loser effects and the development of dominance relationships in young coyotes: an integration of data and theory.
Marc Bekoff & Lee A. Dugatkin — 2000 (bekoffm@spot.colorado.edu)

Evolutionary fitness in ecology: Comparing measures of fitness in stochastic, density-dependent environments.
T.G. Benton & A. Grant — 2000 (t.g.benton@stir.ac.uk)

Towards a theory of mutual mate choice: lessons from two-sided matching.
Carl T. Bergstrom & Les Real — 2000 (LReal@biology.emory.edu)

Rapid evolution toward equal sex ratios in a system with heterogamety. 
M. Blows, D. Berrigan and G. Gilchrist — 1999  

Phylogenetic effects on morphological, life-history, behavioral and ecological traits of birds. 
K. Bohning-Gaese and R. Oberrath — 1999  (boehning@bio2.rwth-aachen.de)

Factors influencing the clutch size, number of broods and annual fecundity of North American and European land birds.
Katrin Bφhning-Gaese, B. Halbe, N. Lemoine & R. Oberrath — 2000 (boehning@bio2.rwth-aachen.de)

Kinship and cannibalism in the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella: No evidence of kin discrimination.
Michael Boots — 2000 (mike@biology.kyushu-u.ac.jp)

Vigilance, patch use and habitat selection: foraging under predation risk. 
J. S. Brown — 1999  

Light-sensitive plasticity genes in Arabidopsis thaliana: Mutant analysis and ecological genetics. 
Hilary S. Callahan, C.L. Wells & M. Pigliucci — 1999 (callahan@utk.edu

Induced mutations: a novel tool to study phenotypic integration and evolutionary constraints in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Mark D. Camara, Carrie A. Ancell & Massimo Pigliucci — 2000(8) (camara@lifesci.ucsb.edu)

Density dependent invariance, dimensionless life-histories and the energy-equivalence rule.
Eric Charnov, J.P.Haskell & S.K.M.Ernest — 2001(1)

Dimensionless invariants for the optimal size (age) of sex change.
Eric Charnov & Unnur Skϊladσttir — 2000(8)

Evolution of life history variation among species of altricial birds. 
Eric L. Charnov — 2000  

Patterns in procellariiform diversity as a test of species-energy theory in marine systems. 
S. L. Chown and K. J. Gaston — 1999  

Aging and typical survivorship curves result from optimal resource allocation.
Mariusz Cichon & J. Kozlowski — 2000 (cichon@eko.uj.edu.PL)

Fitness components of avian migration: A dynamic model of Western Sandpiper migration. 
C. W. Clark and R. W. Butler — 1999  

Winter survival strategies for small birds: managing energy supply and expenditure.
Colin Clark & R. Dukas — 2000 (biec@interchange.ubc.ca)

Investing for survival of severe rare stresses in heterogeneous environments.
Dan Cohen & Marc Mangel — 1999 (dancohen@vms.huji.ac.il)

A G-function approach to fitness minima, fitness maxima, ESS and adaptive landscapes. 
Yosef Cohen, T.L. Vincent & J.S. Brown — 1999 (yc@turtle.gis.umn.edu)

Evolutionary strategies and nutrient cycling in ecosystems.
Yosef Cohen, J. Pastor & T.L. Vincent — 2000  (yc@turtle.fw.umn.edu)

Phenotypic variability of physiological traits in populations of sexual and asexual whiptail lizards.
Alistair J. Cullum — 2000 (acullum@uci.edu)

The distribution of pollen heteromorphism in Viola: ecological and morphological correlates. 
I. Dajoz — 1999  

Functional diversity among predators of a freshwater snail imposes an adaptive tradeoff for shell morphology. 
Thomas J. DeWitt, Beren Robinson & David Sloan Wilson — 2000 (tdewitt@wfscgate.tamu.edu)

Saumon a la Kaitala et Getz, sauce hollandaise. 
O. Diekmann, S.D. Mylius and J.R. ten Donkelaar — 1999  

Differences in mating behavior and sex ratio between three sibling species of Nasonia. 
M. D. Drapeau and J. H. Werren — 1999  

Assortative interactions and the evolution of cooperation during predator inspection in guppies.
Lee A. Dugatkin & David Sloan Wilson — 2000  (laduga01@athena.louisville.edu)

Dormancy strategies in a random environment: comparing structured and unstructured models.
Michael R. Easterling & Stephen P. Ellner — 2000 (easterling.michael@epa.gov)

On Fisher-Zahavi's handicapped sexy son.
Ilan Eshel, Ina Volovik & Emilia Sansone — 2000 (illan@math.tau.ac.il)

Is selection ready when opportunity knocks?
Ian M. Ferguson & Daphne J. Fairbairn — 2001(2) (ian@vax2.concordia.ca)

The emergence of division of labor in forced associations of normally solitary ant queens. 
J. H. Fewell & R. E. Page Jr. — 1999  

Development of colony phenotype in social insects controlled by frequency-dependent thresholds among workers.
Steve A. Frank — 1999 (safrank@uci.edu)

Sperm competition and female avoidance of polyspermy mediated by sperm-egg biochemistry.
Steve A. Frank — 2000 (safrank@uci.edu)

Characterization of a narrow hybrid zone between two subspecies of big sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata, Asteraceae): VII. Community and demographic analyses. 
D. C. Freeman, H. Wang, S. Sanderson and E.D. McArthur — 1999  

Macroevolution in Microchiroptera: recoupling morphology and ecology with phylogeny. 
Patricia Freeman — 2000  (pfreeman@unlserve.unl.edu)

Heterocarpy in Calendula micrantha (Asteraceae): The effects of competition and availability of water on the performance of offspring from different fruit morphs.
Mary E. Gardocki, Heather Zablocki, Ali El-Keblawy & D. Carl Freeman — 2000  (cfreeman@sun.science.wayne.edu)

Statistical description of temperature-dependent sex determination using maximum likelihood. 
M. Girondot — 1999  

Allochrony: A new way of analyzing life histories, as illustrated with mammals. 
D. S. Glazier and S.D. Newcomer — 1999  

Testing metapopulation models with stream-fish assemblages. 
Nick Gotelli & C.M. Taylor — 1999 (ngotelli@zoo.uvm.edu

Testing macroecology models with stream-fish assemblages. 
Nick Gotelli & C.M. Taylor — 1999 (ngotelli@zoo.uvm.edu

Predation risk, unequal competitors and the ideal free distribution. 
T. C. Grand and L. M. Dill — 1999  

Development of color in an aposematic ladybird beetle: The role of environmental conditions. 
C. P. Grill — 1999 (cpg@ceeb.uky.edu

The coexistence of hosts and sex ratio distorters in structured populations.
Melanie J. Hatcher, Alison M. Dunn & Chris Tofts — 2000 (pab6mjh@leeds.ac.uk)

Foraging strategies and feeding regimes: web and decoration investment in Argiope keyserling Karsch.
Marie Herberstein, C.L. Craig & M.A. Elgar — 2000 (m.herberstein@zoology.unimelb.edu.au)

Adaptive strategies in size structured populations: Optimal patterns and perturbation analysis.
Maria-J. Hernandez & J.A. Leon — 2000 (mjhernan@strix.ciens.ucv.ve)

Variation in egg mass in the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca: An experimental test of the brood survival and brood reduction hypothesis. 
Lars Hillstrom — 1999 (hillstrom@ebd03.ebd.csic.es

Optimal digestion strategies in seabirds: a modelling approach.
Geoff M. Hilton, G. Ruxton, R.W. Furness & D.C. Houston — 2000 (geoffhilton@beacon65.freeserve.co.uk)

Aggregative egg distributions might promote species coexistence — but why do they exist?
Thomas S. Hoffmeister & M. Rohlfs — 2001(1) (thoffmeister@zoologie.uni-kiel.de)

Evolution of host plant selection in insects under perceptual constraints: a simulation study.
Noel M.A.Holmgren & Wayne Getz — 2000 (noel.holmgren@inv.his.se)

Heterozygous advantage and the evolution of female choice.
Andrew J. Irwin & Peter D. Taylor — 2000 (irwin@mast.queensu.ca)

Group selection in density-regulated populations revisited. 
P. K. Ingvarsson — 1999  

Dynamic optimization of plant growth.
Yoh Iwasa — 2000 (yiwasscb@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp)

The evolution of genomic imprinting: Abortion and overshoot explain abberations. 
Y. Iwasa, A. Mochizuki, and Y. Takeda — 1999  

Evolutionary conflict between Trollius Europaeus and its seed-parasite pollinators Chiastocheta flies.
Nicolas Jaeger, I. Till-Bottraud & L. Desprιs — 2000 (laurence.despres@ujf-grenoble.fr)

Natal vs. breeding dispersal: evolution in a model system.
Karin Johst & R. Brandl — 1999 (kajo@oesa.ufz.de)

Reliable flows and preferred patterns in food webs. 
F. Jordαn & I. Molnαr — 1999  

Evolution of preference for consonances as a byproduct. 
Masashi Kamo & Yoh Iwasa — 2000  (kamo@bio-math10.biology.kyushu-u.ac.jp)

The effects of dispersal behavior in group selection. 
Masakado Kawata — 1999 (kawata@mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp

Speciation by sexual selection in hybridizing populations without viability selection.
Masakado Kawata & Jin Yoshimura — 2000 (kawata@mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp)

Character displacement mediated by the accumulation of mutations affecting resource consumption abilities. 
T. Kawecki and P. Abrams — 1999  

Rekindling an old flame: a haploid model for the evolution and impact of flammability in resprouting plants. 
Benjamin Kerr, D. Schwilk, A. Bergman & M. Feldman — 1999 (bkerr@leland.stanford.edu

Adaptive gamete allocation when fertilization is external and sperm competition is absent: optimization models and evaluation using coral reef fish.
Moshe Kiflawi — 2000(8) (mkiflawi@study.haifa.ac.il)

Experimental analyses of body size, flight and survival in pierid butterflies.
J.G. Kingsolver & R.B. Srygley — 2000 (jgking@u.washington.edu)

Co-evolution of nuptial gift and female multiple mating resulting in diverse breeding systems.
Michio Kondoh — 2001(1) (kondoh@ecology.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

Allocation of energy between growth and reproduction: The Pontryagin Maximum Principle solution for the case of age- and season dependent mortality. 
J. Kozlowski and A. T. Teriokhin — 1999  

Is there local adaptation in Drosophila-parasitoid interactions?
A.R. Kraaijeveld & H.C.J. Godfray — 2001(1) (a.kraayeveld@ic.ac.uk)

Variation in fecundity among populations of snails is predicted by prevalence of castrating parasites.
Amy C. Krist — 2001(2) (kristac@uwec.edu)

Biodiversity and nutrient enrichment in pond plankton communities. 
M. Leibold — 1999  

The evolution of dispersal and seed size in plant communities.
Simon Levin & H. Muller-Landau — 2000 (sLevin@eno.princeton.edu)

Thyme is of the essence: biochemical polymorphism and multi-species deterrence. 
Y. B. Linhart and J. D. Thompson — 1999  

What factors shape sexual size dimorphism in ungulates? 
A. Loison, J.-M. Gaillard, C. Pιlabon & N. G. Yoccoz — 1999  

The selection of social actions in families: 1. A collective fitness approach.
David G. Lloyd — 2000 (clively@indiana.edu)

The selection of social actions in families: 2. Parental investment.
David G. Lloyd — 2000 (clively@indiana.edu)

The selection of social action in families: 3. Reproductively disabled individuals and organs.
David G. Lloyd — 2000 (clively@indiana.edu)

Optimal population harvesting in a source-sink environment. 
Per Lundberg & N. Jonzen — 1999 (PHL@volterra.teorekol.Lu.se

Irreducible certainties, sustainable fisheries and marine reserves.
Marc S. Mangel — 2000 (msmangel@cats.ucsc.edu)

On the product mean fitness and population growth in sexual and asexual populations.
H. Manos, U. Liberman & Marcus W. Feldman — 2000 (marc@charles.stanford.edu)

Cohesion and survivorship of a rodent community during the past 4 million years in southwestern Kansas.
R. A. Martin and K. B. Fairbanks — 1999  

Why are equally-sized gametes so rare? The instability of isogamy and the cost of anisogamy. 
Hiroyuki Matsuda & Peter A. Abrams — 1999 (matsuda@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Sexual selection and extinction: The fate of plumage-dimorphic and plumage-monomorphic birds introduced onto islands. 
D. K. McLain, M. P. Moulton & J. G. Sanderson — 1999  

Species-time curves and population extremes: Ecological patterns in the fossil record. 
Mike McKinney & Daniel L. Frederick — 1999 (mmckinne@utkux.utcc.utk.edu

A classification of dynamic optimization problems in fluctuating environments.
John McNamara — 2000 (john.mcnamara@bristol.ac.uk)

Adaptive diversity in heterogeneous environments for populations regulated by a mixture of soft and hard selection.
T. de Meeϋs & J. Goudet — 2000(8) (demeeus@cepm.mpl.ird.fr)

Sex ratio and brood size in a monophagous outcrossing gall aphid, Tamalia coweni (Homoptera: Aphididae).
Donald G. Miller III & Leticia Avilιs — 2000 (dmiller@trinity.edu)

Limits to species richness in a continuum of habitat heterogeneity: an ESS approach. 
Wm. A. Mitchell — 2000  (lsmitch@scifac.indstate.edu)

Variation in feeding morphology between pumpkinseed populations: phenotypic plasticity or evolution?
G. Mittelbach, C. W. Osenberg, and P. C. Wainwright — 1999  

Antler growth and extinction of Irish elk. 
R. Moen, J. Pastor, and Y. Cohen — 1999  

Has the ghost of competition passed?
Douglas W. Morris — 1999 (douglas.morris@lakeheadu.ca)

Measuring the ghost of competition: insights from density-dependent habitat selection on the coexistence and dynamics of lemmings.
Douglas W. Morris, Douglas L. Davidson & Charles J. Krebs — 2000 (douglas.morris@lakeheadu.ca)

Properties of species in the tail of rank-abundance curves: The potential for increase in abundance.
Brad R. Murray & Mark Westoby — 2000 (b.murray@pi.csiro.au)

Food and environmental cues trigger an inducible offence.
Dianna K. Padilla — 2001(1) (padilla@life.bio.sunysb.edu)

Evidence of independent climatic selection for dessication and starvation tolerance in Indian tropical populations of Drosophila melanogaster.
Ravi Parkash & A.K. Munjal — 2000 (mdu@mdul.ernet.in)

Hybridization in leopard frogs (Rana pipiens complex): Variation in interspecific hybrid larval fitness components along a natural contact zone.
Matthew J. Parris — 2001(1) (mparris@asu.edu)

The evolutionary transitions among feeding styles and habitats in ungulates.
F. Javier Pιrez-Barberνa, Iain J. Gordon & Carlos Nores — 2001(2) (j.perez-barberia@mluri.sari.ac.uk)

Differences in body mass and oral morphology between the sexes in the Artiodactyla: Evolutionary relationships with sexual segregation.
F. Javier Perez-Barberia & I.J. Gordon — 2000 (j.perez-barberia@mluri.sari.ac.uk)

Sex ratio and virulence in two species of lizard malaria parasites.
John Pickering, A.F. Read, S. Guerrero & Stuart A. West — 2000 (stu.west@ed.ac.uk)

Comparative studies of reaction norms in Arabidopsis. I. Evolution of response to daylength.
Heidi Pollard, Mitchell Cruzan & Massimo Pigliucci — 2001(2) (pigliucci@utk.edu)

Comparative ecology of membracids and tenthredinids in a macroevolutionary context.
Peter W. Price & T.G. Carr — 2000 (peter.price@nau.edu)

Declining interspecific competition during character displacement: summoning the ghost of competition past.
John R. Pritchard & Dolph Schluter — 2001(2) (schluter@zoology.ubc.ca)

Redesigning spider webs: Stickiness, capture area and the evolution of modern orb-webs. 
B. D. Opell — 1999  

Sperm competition and sex allocation in simultaneous hermaphrodites: A new look at Charnov's invariance principle. 
I. Pen & F. J. Weissing — 1999  

Reproductive skew theory extended: the effect of resource inheritance on social organization. 
Janice E. Ragsdale — 1999 (ragsdale@biology.utah.edu

A phylogenetic reconsideration of the pollen starch-pollination correlation.
T'ai Roulston & Steve Buchmann — 2000 (buchmann@tucson.ars.ag.gov)

Multiple ideal free distibutions of unequal competitors. 
G. D. Ruxton & S. Humphries — 1999  

Female-biased sexual allocation in cosexual plants: result of sink-limited growth of fruits.
Satoki Sakai — 1999 (sakai@mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp)

Why be completely outcrossing? Evolutionarily stable outcrossing strategies in an environment where outcross-pollen availability is unpredictable. 
S. Sakai and H. S. Ishii — 1999  

Cyanogenesis in Turnera ulmifolia L. (Turneraceae): II. Developmental expression, heritability and cost of cyanogenesis. 
P.J. Schappert & J.S. Shore — 2000  (philjs@mail.utexas.edu)

Species richness, species area-curves and Simpson's paradox.
Samuel M. Scheiner, S.B. Cox, M. Willig, G.G. Mittelbach, C. Osenberg & M. Kaspari — 2000  (sscheine@nsf.gov)

Variable chemical defenses in plants and their effects on herbivore behavior.
Angela L. Shelton — 2000 (angies@cats.ucsc.edu)

Habitat selection along an environmental gradient: Theoretical models with an example of Negev desert rodents. 
G. Shenbrot & B. Krasnov — 2000  (shenbrot@bgumail.bgu.ac.il)

Potential selection for female choice in Viola tricolor.
Io Skogsmyr & Εsa Lankinen — 2000(8) (io.skogsmyr@teorekol.lu.se)
ERRATUM — 2001(1)

Selection on pollen competitive ability in relation to stochastic factors influencing pollen deposition.
Io Skogsmyr & Ε. Lankinen — 1999 (io.skogsmyr@teorekol.Lu.se)

The good, the bad and the reified.
L. B. Slobodkin — 2001(1) (bzll@life.bio.sunysb.edu)

Interactions between a brood parasite and its host in relation to parasitism and immune defence. 
J. J. Soler, A. P. Moller, M. Soler, and J. G. Martinez — 1999  

Natural selection on hatchling body size and mass in two environments in the common lizard (Lacerta vivipara). 
G. Sorci and J. Clobert — 1999  

Does a negative genetic correlation between wing morph and early fecundity imply a functional constraint in Gryllus firmus?
Gray Stirling, Daphne J. Fairbairn, Shane Jensen & Derek A. Roff — 2001(2) (stirling@bio1.lan.mcgill.ca)

The spatial scale of pathogen dispersal: Consequences for disease dynamics and persistence. 
Peter H.Thrall & Jeremy J. Burdon — 1999 (thrall@pi.csiro.au

The number of competitors providing pollen on a stigma strongly influences intraspecific pollen aperture number variation.
Irθne Till-Bottraud, P-H. Gouyon, D.L. Venable & B. Godelle — 2001(2) (irene.till@ujf-grenoble.fr)

Predator-induced plasticity and morphological trade-offs in latitudinally-separated populations of Littorina obtusata.
Geoffrey Trussell — 2000 (geoffrey_trussell@brown.edu)

A male-biased primary sex ratio and larval mortality in Eucheiria socialis (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). 
Dessie L. Underwood & A. Shapiro — 1999 (DLUnderw@csulb.edu

The evolutionary relationships between body shape and habitat use in lacertid lizards. 
Bieke Vanhooydonck & R. Van Damme — 1999 (vhooyd@uia.ua.ac.be

Interspecific variation in seed mass and the coexistence of conifer species: A null model test. 
J.A. Veech, D.A. Charlet & S.H. Jenkins — 2000  (javeech@scs.unr.edu)

Heritability and fitness consequences of cannibalism in Harmonia axyridis
J. D. Wagner, M. Dempsey Glover, J. B. Mosely and A. J. Moore — 1999  

Parasite heterogenity affects infection success and the occurence of within-host competition: an experimental study with a cestode.
Claus Wedekind & A. Ruetschi — 2000(8) (c.wedekind@ed.ac.uk)

Advantages of seed dispersal: A re-evaluation of directed dispersal.
Dan Wenny — 2001(1) (danwenny@internetni.com)

Linking consumer-resource theory and digestive physiology: application to diet shifts.
Chris Whelan, J.S.Brown, K.A.Schmidt, B.B.Steele & M.F.Willson — 2000 (virens@attglobal.net)

The evolution of dispersal from source to sink populations.
Howard B. Wilson — 2001(1) (h.b.wilson@ic.ac.uk)

Evolutionary genetics of seasonal polyphemism in the map butterfly. 
Jack J. Windig & Pascal Lammar — 1999 (j.j.windig@id.wag-ur.nl

What makes nutrient-poor mediterranean heathlands so rich in plant diversity?
Irene C. Wisheu, Michael L. Rosenzweig, Linda Olsvig-Whittaker & Avi Shmida — 2000 (iwisheu@BIO1.Lan.mcgill.ca)

The role of host plant fidelity in initiating insect race formation. 
T. K. Wood, K. J. Tilmon, A. B. Shantz, C. K. Harris and J. Pesek — 1999  

What determines the attack distance of a stalking predator?
Shigeo Yachi — 2000(8) (yachi@ecology.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

Rapid accumulation of a vertically transmitted parasite triggered by relaxation of natural selection among hosts. 
L. Yampolsky, C. T. Webb, S. A. Shabalina & A. S. Kondrashov — 1999

Precocial nest departure in the Alcidae.
R.C. Ydenberg — 2001(2) (ydenberg@sfu.ca)