SPECIAL FEATURE
Ecology of seed dispersal
Ueda K
Introduction. 1
Kominami Y, Sato T, Takeshita K, Manabe T, Endo A & Noma
N
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. 3
Takanose Y & Kamitani T
Fruiting of fleshy-fruited
plants and abundance of frugivorous birds: Phenological correspondence
in a temperate forest in central Japan. 25
Hayashida M
Seed dispersal of Japanese
stone pine by the Eurasian Nutcracker. 33
Fukui A
Relationship between
seed retention time in bird's gut and fruit characteristics. 41
Rakotomanana H, Hino T, Kanzaki M & Morioka H
The role of the Velvet
Asity Philepitta castanea in regeneration of understory
shrubs in Madagascan rainforest. 49
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Fujita M & Kawakami K
Head-bobbing patterns,
while walking, of Black-winged Stilts Himantopus himantopus
and various herons. 59
Tajima K & Nakamura M
Response to manipulation
of partner contribution: A handicapping experiment in the Barn
Swallow. 65
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Nagata H & Sodhi NS
Low prevalence of blood parasites in five Sylviidae species in
Japan. 73