Introduction
　　Keisuke Ueda 　　p. 1 - 2

Classification of bird-dispersed plants by fruiting phenology, fruit size, and growth form in a primary lucidophyllous forest: an analysis, with implications for the conservation of fruit-bird interactions
　　Yohsuke Kominami, Tamotsu Sato, Keiko Takeshita, Tohru Manabe, Akira Endo and Naohiko Noma 　　p. 3 - 23

Fruiting of fleshy-fruited plants and abundance of frugivorous birds: Phenological correspondence in a temperate forest in central Japan
　　Yoichiro Takanose and Tomohiko Kamitani 　　p. 25 - 32

Seed dispersal of Japanese stone pine by the Eurasian Nutcracker
　　Mitsuhiro Hayashida 　　p. 33 - 40

Relationship between seed retention time in bird's gut and fruit characteristics
　　Akiko Fukui 　　p. 41 - 48

The role of the Velvet Asity Philepitta castanea in regeneration of understory shrubs in Madagascan rainforest
　　Hajanirina Rakotomanana, Teruaki Hino, Mamoru Kanzaki and Hiroyuki Morioka 　　p. 49 - 58

Head-bobbing patterns, while walking, of Black-winged Stilts Himantopus himantopus and various herons
　　Masaki Fujita and Kazuto Kawakami 　　p. 59 - 63

Response to manipulation of partner contribution: A handicapping experiment in the Barn Swallow
　　Kazuyoshi Tajima and Masahiko Nakamura 　　p. 65 - 72

Low prevalence of blood parasites in five Sylviidae species in Japan
　　Hisashi Nagata and Navjot S. Sodhi 　　p. 73 - 74