| Front matter | _ | 
            
              | Preface: Editorial | _ | 
            
              | Article: Changes in rosette size distribution of Saxifraga mutata in a successional sere | 3 | 
            
              | Article: Mowing in early summer as a remedy to eutrophication in Swiss fen meadows : are really more nutrients removed? | 11 | 
            
              | Article: Why remove the topsoil for fen restoration? : Influence of water table, nutrients and competitors on the establishment of four selected plant species | 25 | 
            
              | Article: Effects of abandonment of Tofieldia calyculata (Liliaceae), a common, subdominant wetland species | 37 | 
            
              | Article: Research Project : Molecular biogeography and population genetics of alpine plant species | 47 | 
            
              | Article: Research Project : Competition of wetland plants as affected by shade and nutrient supply | 61 | 
            
              | Rubric: Summaries of diploma and PhD theses (1999) | 71 | 
            
              | Association News: Annual report of the Geobotanical Institute ETH (1999) | 91 | 
            
              | Advertising | 101 | 
            
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