Biodiversity and Conservation 13: 2769–2781, 2004.

Contents

Volume 13 (2004)

Volume 13 No. 1 January 2004 Special Issue: Species survival in fragmented landscapes: where to from now? Guest Editors: K. Henle, D.B. Lindenmayer, C.R. Margules, D.A. Saunders and C. Wissel

KLAUS HENLE, DAVID B. LINDENMAYER, CHRIS R. MARGULES, DENIS A. SAUNDERS and CHRISTIAN WISSEL / Species survival in fragmented landscapes: where are we now?

1–18

KLAUS HENLE, STEPHEN SARRE and KERSTIN WIEGAND / The role of density regulation in extinction processes and population viability analysis

9–52

THORSTEN WIEGAND, ELOY REVILLA and FELIX KNAUER / Dealing with uncertainty in spatially explicit population models

53–78

THORSTEN WIEGAND, FELIX KNAUER, PETRA KACZENSKY and JAVIER NAVES / Expansion of brown bears (Ursus arctos) into the eastern Alps: a spatially explicit population model

79–114

MARTIN DRECHSLER and MARK A. BURGMAN / Combining population viability analysis with decision analysis

115–139

MARTIN DRECHSLER / Model-based conservation decision aiding in the presence of goal conflicts and uncertainty

141–164

VOLKER GRIMM, HELMUT LOREK, JENS FINKE, FRANK KOESTER, MICHAEL MALACHINSKI, MICHAEL SONNENSCHEIN, ATTE MOILANEN, ILSE STORCH, ALEXANDER SINGER, CHRISTIAN WISSEL and KARIN FRANK / META-X: generic software for metapopulation viability analysis

165–188

KARIN FRANK / Ecologically differentiated rules of thumb for habitat network design – lessons from a formula

189–206

KLAUS HENLE, KENDI F. DAVIES, MICHAEL KLEYER, CHRIS MARGULES and JOSEF SETTELE / Predictors of species sensitivity to fragmentation

207–251

DAVID FREUDENBERGER and LESLEY BROOKER / Development of the focal species approach for biodiversity conservation in the temperate agricultural zones of Australia

253–274

BRETT A. MELBOURNE, KENDI F. DAVIES, CHRIS R. MARGULES, DAVID B. LINDENMAYER, DENIS A. SAUNDERS, CHRISTIAN WISSEL and KLAUS HENLE / Species survival in fragmented landscapes: where to from here?

275–284

Instructions for authors

285–289

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Volume 13 No. 2 February 2004 A.T. BULL / Editorial

291–292

´ / Species delimitation and the partitioning of genetic MIKAEL HEDREN diversity – an example from the Carex flava complex (Cyperaceae)

293–316

´ ALFREDO D. CUARON, MIGUEL ANGEL MART´INEZ-MORALES, KATHERINE W. McFADDEN, DAVID VALENZUELA and MATTHEW E. GOMPPER / The status of dwarf carnivores on Cozumel Island, Mexico

317–331

ZHIJUN MA, BO LI, BIN ZHAO, KAI JING, SHIMIN TANG and JIAKUAN CHEN / Are artificial wetlands good alternatives to natural wetlands for waterbirds? – A case study on Chongming Island, China

333–350

OLIVER T. COOMES / Rain forest ‘conservation-through-use’? Chambira palm fibre extraction and handicraft production in a landconstrained community, Peruvian Amazon

351–360

SERGE MULLER / Habitat assessment and strategy for conservation of Senecio sarracenicus L. populations along the river Moselle in France, at the western limit of its distribution range

361–371

CECILIA SMITH-RAM´IREZ / The Chilean coastal range: a vanishing center of biodiversity and endemism in South American temperate rainforests

373–393

MANUELA DE LUCAS, GUYONNE F.E. JANSS and MIGUEL FERRER / The effects of a wind farm on birds in a migration point: the Strait of Gibraltar

395–407

˜ JAIME BOSCH, LUZ BOYERO and ´INIGO MART´INEZ-SOLANO / Spatial scales for the management of amphibian populations

409–420

B.P. MISHRA, O.P. TRIPATHI, R.S. TRIPATHI and H.N. PANDEY / Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on plant diversity and community structure of a sacred grove in Meghalaya, northeast India

421–436

LINE L. SØRENSEN / Composition and diversity of the spider fauna in the canopy of a montane forest in Tanzania

437–452

CHANDRA PRAKASH KALA, NEHAL A. FAROOQUEE and UPPEANDRA DHAR / Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India

453–469

Volume 13 No. 3 March 2004 FABIO RINDI and MICHAEL D. GUIRY / A long-term comparison of the benthic algal flora of Clare Island, County Mayo, western Ireland

471–492

2771 ´ JOSE´ A. HODAR and REGINO ZAMORA / Herbivory and climatic warming: a Mediterranean outbreaking caterpillar attacks a relict, boreal pine species

493–500

RENATE BAAR, MANOEL DOS REIS CORDEIRO, MANFRED ¨ DENICH and HORST FOLSTER / Floristic inventory of secondary vegetation in agricultural systems of East-Amazonia

501–528

PETER ASK and SVEN G. NILSSON / Stand characteristics in colourinfrared aerial photographs as indicators of epiphytic lichens

529–542

VIKTORIA SCHNEIDER and DAVID PEARCE / What saved the whales? An economic analysis of 20th century whaling

543–562

XIONGWEN CHEN and BAI-LIAN LI / Tree diversity change in remaining primary mixed-broadleaved Korean pine forest under climate change and human activities

563–577

ZHIPING SONG, BAO-RONG LU and JIAKUAN CHEN / Pollen flow of cultivated rice measured under experimental conditions

579–590

D.G. PRATT, D.C. MACMILLAN and I.J. GORDON / Local community attitudes to wildlife utilisation in the changing economic and social context of Mongolia

591–613

¨ ¨ SUHA BERBEROGLU, K. TULUHAN YILMAZ and COSKUN OZKAN / Mapping and monitoring of coastal wetlands of C ¸ ukurova Delta in the Eastern Mediterranean region

615–633

ADAM BRITT, CHARLES WELCH, ANDREA KATZ, BERNARD IAMBANA, INGRID PORTON, RANDALL JUNGE, GRAHAM CRAWFORD, CATHY WILLIAMS and DAVID HARING / The re-stocking of captive-bred ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata variegata) into the Betampona Reserve, Madagascar: methodology and recommendations

635–657

Research note RALPH MAC NALLY and CHRISTOPHER J. WALSH / Hierarchical partitioning public-domain software

659–660

Book review

661–662

Volume 13 No. 4 April 2004 BRIEN A. MEILLEUR and TOBY HODGKIN / In situ conservation of crop wild relatives: status and trends

663–684

BENGT GUNNARSSON, MIKAEL HAKE and SVANTE HULTENGREN / A functional relationship between species richness of spiders and lichens in spruce

685–693

PETER WILKIE, GEORGE ARGENT, ELAINE CAMBELL and AMIRIL SARIDAN / The diversity of 15 ha of lowland mixed dipterocarp forest, Central Kalimantan

695–708

2772 YVES BASSET, JACQUES F. MAVOUNGOU, JEAN BRUNO MIKISSA, OLIVIER MISSA, SCOTT E. MILLER, ROGER L. KITCHING and ALFONSO ALONSO / Discriminatory power of different arthropod data sets for the biological monitoring of anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests

709–732

´ ´ ´IAS, JOSE´ M. GOMEZ ADELA GONZALEZ-MEG and FRANCISCO ´ ˜ SANCHEZ-PI NERO / Effects of ungulates on epigeal arthropods in Sierra Nevada National Park (southeast Spain)

733–752

PETER J. FASHING, ALISON FORRESTEL, CHRISTINA SCULLY and MARINA CORDS / Long-term tree population dynamics and their implications for the conservation of the Kakamega Forest, Kenya

753–771

JANICE S. GOLDING / The use of specimen information influences the outcomes of Red List assessments: the case of southern African plant specimens

773–780

CHRISTOPHER J. WALSH, PHIL J. PAPAS, DIANE CROWTHER, PUA TAI SIM and JAEYONG YOO / Stormwater drainage pipes as a threat to a stream-dwelling amphipod of conservation significance, Austrogammarus australis, in southeastern Australia

781–793

FRANK-THORSTEN KRELL / Parataxonomy vs. taxonomy in biodiversity studies – pitfalls and applicability of ‘morphospecies’ sorting

795–812

YUMING YANG, KUN TIAN, JIMING HAO, SHENGJI PEI and YONGXING YANG / Biodiversity and biodiversity conservation in Yunnan, China

813–826

FRANK FIGGE / Bio-folio: applying portfolio theory to biodiversity

827–849

Volume 13 No. 5 May 2004 JORGE

CASSINELLO, EMMANUEL SERRANO, GUSTAU ´ M. PEREZ ´ CALABUIG and JESUS / Range expansion of an exotic ungulate (Ammotragus lervia) in southern Spain: ecological and conservation concerns

851–866

´ SUSANA OCHOA-GAONA, MARIO GONZALEZ-ESPINOSA, JORGE A. MEAVE and VALENTINO SORANI / Effect of forest fragmentation on the woody flora of the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico

867–884

BEN SCOTT and C.L. GROSS / Recovery directions for monoecious and endangered Bertya ingramii using autecology and comparisons with common B. rosmarinifolia (Euphorbiaceae)

885–899

JENS DAUBER and VOLKMAR WOLTERS / Edge effects on ant community structure and species richness in an agricultural landscape

901–915

2773 MASAHIKO KITAHARA / Butterfly community composition and conservation in and around a primary woodland of Mount Fuji, central Japan

917–942

JACKIE Y. YIP, RICHARD T. CORLETT and DAVID DUDGEON / A fine-scale gap analysis of the existing protected area system in Hong Kong, China

943–957

JIANCHU XU and ANDREAS WILKES / Biodiversity impact analysis in northwest Yunnan, southwest China

959–983

CHANDRA PRAKASH KALA / Pastoralism, plant conservation, and conflicts on proliferation of Himalayan knotweed in high altitude protected areas of the Western Himalaya, India

985–995

N. VISCHI, E. NATALE and C. VILLAMIL / Six endemic plant species from central Argentina: an evaluation of their conservation status

997–1008

HAIGEN XU, YIMIN LI and HUI DING / The establishment of China’s core biodiversity metadata standard

1009–1022

DENIS C. BRIANI, ALEXANDRE R.T. PALMA, EMERSON M. VIEIRA and RAIMUNDO P.B. HENRIQUES / Post-fire succession of small mammals in the Cerrado of central Brazil

1023–1037

˜ LLU´IS BROTONS, SANTI MANOSA and JOAN ESTRADA / Modelling the effects of irrigation schemes on the distribution of steppe birds in Mediterranean farmland

1039–1058

Volume 13 No. 6 June I 2004 J.O. BOSIRE, F. DAHDOUH-GUEBAS, J.G. KAIRO, S. CANNICCI and N. KOEDAM / Spatial variations in macrobenthic fauna recolonisation in a tropical mangrove bay

1059–1074

DEAN H.K. FAIRBANKS, CATHERINE J. HUGHES and JANE K. TURPIE / Potential impact of viticulture expansion on habitat types in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

1075–1100

´ ´ PATRICIA DAVILA-ARANDA, RAFAEL LIRA-SAADE and JESUS ´ VALDES-REYNA / Endemic species of grasses in Mexico: a phytogeographic approach

1101–1121

¨ OLA ATLEGRIM and KJELL SJOBERG / Selective felling as a potential tool for maintaining biodiversity in managed forests

1123–1133

GERARDO ACOSTA-JAMETT and JAVIER A. SIMONETTI / Habitat use by Oncifelis guigna and Pseudalopex culpaeus in a fragmented forest landscape in central Chile

1135–1151

2774 ANA H. LADIO and MARIANA LOZADA / Patterns of use and knowledge of wild edible plants in distinct ecological environments: a case study of a Mapuche community from northwestern Patagonia

1153–1173

C.D. FLOROS, M.J. SAMWAYS and B. ARMSTRONG / Taxonomic patterns of bleaching within a South African coral assemblage

1175–1194

´ ´ and THOMAS SHIVANAND BALRAM, SUZANA DRAGICEVI C MEREDITH / A collaborative GIS method for integrating local and technical knowledge in establishing biodiversity conservation priorities

1195–1208

DAVID C. CULVER, MARY C. CHRISTMAN, BORIS SKET and PETER TRONTELJ / Sampling adequacy in an extreme environment: species richness patterns in Slovenian caves

1209–1229

F. SANTOUL, J. FIGUEROLA and ANDY J. GREEN / Importance of gravel pits for the conservation of waterbirds in the Garonne river floodplain (southwest France)

1231–1243

Volume 13 No. 7 June II 2004 ´ PAULO DE MARCO JR. and FLAVIA MONTEIRO COELHO / Services performed by the ecosystem: forest remnants influence agricultural cultures’ pollination and production

1245–1255

MAR´IA LUISA CASTILLO and JORGE M. LOBO / A comparison of Passalidae (Coleoptera, Lamellicornia) diversity and community structure between primary and secondary tropical forest in Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico

1257–1269

JAGDISH C. KUNIYAL, SUBHASH C.R. VISHVAKARMA and GOPAL S. SINGH / Changing crop biodiversity and resource use efficiency of traditional versus introduced crops in the cold desert of the northwestern Indian Himalaya: a case of the Lahaul valley

1271–1304

J.L. PEARCE, L.A. VENIER, G. ECCLES, J. PEDLAR and D. MCKENNEY / Influence of habitat and microhabitat on epigeal spider (Araneae) assemblages in four stand types

1305–1334

HONGGUANG ZHU, PEI QIN and HUI WANG / Functional group classification and target species selection for Yancheng Nature Reserve, China

1335–1353

H. ZHU, Z.F. XU, H. WANG and B.G. LI / Tropical rain forest fragmentation and its ecological and species diversity changes in southern Yunnan

1355–1372

KAMURAN GUCLU and FARIS KARAHAN / A review: the history of conservation programs and development of the national parks concept in Turkey

1373–1390

YAN XIE, JOHN MACKINNON and DIANMO LI / Study on biogeographical divisions of China

1391–1417

2775 MARCELO TABARELLI, JOSE´ MARIA CARDOSO DA SILVA and CLAUDE GASCON / Forest fragmentation, synergisms and the impoverishment of neotropical forests

1419–1425

Volume 13 No. 8 July 2004 JOCHEN KRAUSS, ALEXANDRA-MARIA KLEIN, INGOLF STEFFAN-DEWENTER and TEJA TSCHARNTKE / Effects of habitat area, isolation, and landscape diversity on plant species richness of calcareous grasslands

1427–1439

ALLEMAYEHU ASSEFA and MARYKE T. LABUSCHAGNE / Phenotypic variation in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) landraces from north Shewa in Ethiopia 1441–1451 ¨ and MATTI INNOCENT J.E. ZILIHONA, JARI NIEMELA NUMMELIN / Effects of a hydropower plant on Coleopteran diversity and abundance in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania

1453–1464

ISAMU OKOCHI, HIROKI SATO and TAKASHI OHBAYASHI / The cause of mollusk decline on the Ogasawara Islands ALAN C. HAMILTON / Medicinal plants, conservation and livelihoods

1465–1475 1477–1517

EDUARDO DIAS, RUI B. ELIAS and VASCO NUNES / Vegetation mapping and nature conservation: a case study in Terceira Island (Azores)

1519–1539

HARRI HAUTALA, JYRKI JALONEN, SANNA LAAKA-LINDBERG and ILKKA VANHA-MAJAMAA / Impacts of retention felling on coarse woody debris (CWD) in mature boreal spruce forests in Finland

1541–1554

B. SINSIN, O. EYOG MATIG, A.E. ASSOGBADJO, O.G. GAOUE´ and T. SINADOUWIROU / Dendrometric characteristics as indicators of pressure of Afzelia africana Sm. dynamic changes in trees found in different climatic zones of Benin

1555–1570

EYAL SHOCHAT and IDO TSURIM / Winter bird communities in the northern Negev: species dispersal patterns, habitat use and implications for habitat conservation

1571–1590

M. FREI and K. BECKER / Agro-biodiversity in subsistence-oriented farming systems in a Philippine upland region: nutritional considerations

1591–1610

Volume 13 No. 9 August 2004 ALEXANDRE F. SOUZA and FERNANDO R. MARTINS / Population structure and dynamics of a neotropical palm in fire-impacted fragments of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

1611–1632

2776 ADRIANA GIANGRANDE and MARGHERITA LICCIANO / Factors influencing latitudinal pattern of biodiversity: an example using Sabellidae (Annelida, Polychaeta)

1633–1646

JO KLEIVEN, TORE BJERKE and BJØRN P. KALTENBORN / Factors influencing the social acceptability of large carnivore behaviours

1647–1658

´ JUAN C. ALONSO, CARLOS A. MARTIN, JAVIER ˜ CARLOS PALAC´IN, MARINA MAGANA J. LANE / Distribution dynamics of a metapopulation throughout a decade: influence attraction and recruitment

1659–1674

A. ALONSO, and SIMON great bustard of conspecific

J. BOTHA, E.T.F. WITKOWSKI and C.M. SHACKLETON / The impact of commercial harvesting on Warburgia salutaris (‘pepper-bark tree’) in Mpumalanga, South Africa

1675–1698

HENK VAN DER WERFF and TRISHA CONSIGLIO / Distribution and conservation significance of endemic species of flowering plants in Peru

1699–1713

C.N.B. BAMBARADENIYA, J.P. EDIRISINGHE, D.N. DE SILVA, C.V.S. GUNATILLEKE, K.B. RANAWANA and S. WIJEKOON / Biodiversity associated with an irrigated rice agro-ecosystem in Sri Lanka

1715–1753

RALF M. LEIMBECK, RENATO VALENCIA and HENRIK BALSLEV / Landscape diversity patterns and endemism of Araceae in Ecuador

1755–1779

M. SABOVLJEVIC, T. CVETIC and V. STEVANOVIC / Bryophyte Red List of Serbia and Montenegro

1781–1790

Book reviews

1791–1796

Volume 13 No. 10 September 2004 ´ ´ ´ J.F. MOTA, A.J. SOLA, M.L. JIMENEZ-S ANCHEZ, F.J. PEREZGARC´IA and M.E. MERLO / Gypsicolous flora, conservation and restoration of quarries in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula

1797–1808

MATTHEW LINKIE, ROBERT J. SMITH and NIGEL LEADERWILLIAMS / Mapping and predicting deforestation patterns in the lowlands of Sumatra

1809–1818

MARGARET E.K. EVANS, ERIC S. MENGES and DORIA R. GORDON / Mating systems and limits to seed production in two Dicerandra mints endemic to Florida scrub

1819–1832

PAOLA M. PELTZER and RAFAEL C. LAJMANOVICH / Anuran tadpole assemblages in riparian areas of the Middle Paran´a River, Argentina

1833–1842

N. AYYAPPAN and N. PARTHASARATHY / Short-term changes in tree populations in a tropical evergreen forest at Varagalaiar, Western Ghats, India

1843–1851

2777 ´ FRANCISCO MOLINA-FREANER, REYNA CASTILLO GAMEZ, CLARA TINOCO-OJANGUREN and ALEJANDRO E. CASTELLANOS / Vine species diversity across environmental gradients in northwestern Mexico

1853–1874

JOHN F. TOOKER and LAWRENCE M. HANKS / Impact of prescribed burning on endophytic insect communities of prairie perennials (Asteraceae: Silphium spp.)

1875–1888

CHANG-PO CHEN, HSIN-YI YEH and PO-FEN LIN / Conservation of the horseshoe crab at Kinmen, Taiwan: strategies and practices

1889–1904

HEIKE KAPPES and WERNER TOPP / Emergence of Coleoptera from deadwood in a managed broadleaved forest in central Europe

1905–1924

PAOLA LAIOLO, ENRICO CAPRIO and ANTONIO ROLANDO / Can forest management have season-dependent effects on bird diversity?

1925–1941

´ ´ ´ GILBERTO CHAVEZ-LE ON, ALEJANDRO VELAZQUEZ, ALEJANDRA FREGOSO and GERARDO BOCCO / Habitat associations of the long-tailed wood-partridge (Dendrortyx macroura) in a managed coniferous forest in Michoac´an, Mexico

1943–1960

A.M. LYKKE, M.K. KRISTENSEN and S. GANABA / Valuation of local use and dynamics of 56 woody species in the Sahel

1961–1990

Book reviews

1991–1996

Volume 13 No. 11 October 2004 ´ ´ SILVIA BARCENA, RAIMUNDO REAL, JESUS OLIVERO and J. MARIO VARGAS / Latitudinal trends in breeding waterbird species richness in Europe and their environmental correlates

1997–2014

´ M. AVILES ´ / Common cranes Grus grus and habitat management JESUS in holm oak dehesas of Spain

2015–2025

F.E. JONES and K.J. ESLER / Relationship between soil-stored seed banks and degradation in eastern Nama Karoo rangelands (South Africa)

2027–2053

˜ JULIAO, M.E.C. AMARAL, G.W. FERNANDES and E.G. OLIVEIRA / Edge effect and species–area relationships in the gall-forming insect fauna of natural forest patches in the Brazilian Pantanal

2055–2066

ANDREW SMALL, TARA G. MARTIN, ROGER L. KITCHING and KHOON MENG WONG / Contribution of tree species to the biodiversity of a 1 ha Old World rainforest in Brunei, Borneo

2067–2088

COLIN A. CHAPMAN and LAUREN J. CHAPMAN / Unfavorable successional pathways and the conservation value of logged tropical forest

2089–2105

G.R.

2778 ˜ AVI EITAM, CAROLINA NORENA and LEON BLAUSTEIN / Microturbellarian species richness and community similarity among temporary pools: relationships with habitat properties

2107–2117

D. BONTE, P. CRIEL, L. VANHOUTTE, I. VAN THOURNOUT and J.-P. MAELFAIT / The importance of habitat productivity, stability and heterogeneity for spider species richness in coastal grey dunes along the North Sea and its implications for conservation

2119–2134

DANIEL BRITO / Lack of adequate taxonomic knowledge may hinder endemic mammal conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

2135–2144

SUSAN J. RICHARDSON-KAGELER / Effects of large herbivore browsing on the functional groups of woody plants in a southern African savanna

2145–2163

AESHITA MUKHERJEE and C.K. BORAD / Integrated approach towards conservation of Gir National Park: the last refuge of Asiatic Lions, India

2165–2182

Book review

2183–2184

Volume 13 No. 12 November 2004 GIOVANA BERTINI, ADILSON FRANSOZO and GUSTAVO A.S. DE MELO / Biodiversity of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) from non-consolidated sublittoral bottom on the northern coast of S˜ao Paulo State, Brazil

2185–2207

JOSEPH J. HOBBS / Problems in the harvest of edible birds’ nests in Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

2209–2226

ˆ ´ OME JER PELLET, SOPHIE HOEHN and NICOLAS PERRIN / Multiscale determinants of tree frog (Hyla arborea L.) calling ponds in western Switzerland 2227–2235 CHANDRA SHEKHAR SILORI / Socio-economic and ecological consequences of the ban on adventure tourism in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, western Himalaya

2237–2252

JASON BRADFORD and TANGUY JAFFRE´ / Plant species microendemism and conservation of montane maquis in New Caledonia: two new species of Pancheria (Cunoniaceae) from the Roche Oua¨ıe` me

2253–2273

JUAN

ANTONIO CAMPOS, MERCEDES HERRERA, IDOIA BIURRUN and JAVIER LOIDI / The role of alien plants in the natural coastal vegetation in central-northern Spain

2275–2293

SAMUEL BRIDGEWATER, JAMES A. RATTER and JOSE´ FELIPE RIBEIRO / Biogeographic patterns, β-diversity and dominance in the cerrado biome of Brazil

2295–2317

2779 MARIA ZAHARIEVA, JEAN-MARIE PROSPERI and PHILIPPE MONNEVEUX / Ecological distribution and species diversity of Aegilops L. genus in Bulgaria

2319–2337

CLEM TISDELL and CLEVO WILSON / The public’s knowledge of and support for conservation of Australia’s tree-kangaroos and other animals

2339–2359

´ MARIA PILAR RODR´IGUEZ-ROJO and DANIEL SANCHEZ-MATA / Mediterranean hay meadow communities: diversity and dynamics in mountain areas throughout the Iberian Central Range (Spain)

2361–2380

PLINIO SIST and NICK BROWN / Silvicultural intensification for tropical forest conservation: a response to Fredericksen and Putz

2381–2385

FRANCIS E. PUTZ and TODD S. FREDERICKSEN / Silvicultural intensification for tropical forest conservation: a response to Sist and Brown

2387–2390

Volume 13 No. 13 December I 2004 A. ARUNACHALAM, D. ADHIKARI, R. SARMAH, M. MAJUMDER and M.L. KHAN / Population and conservation of Sapria himalayana Griffith. in Namdapha national park, Arunachal Pradesh, India

2391–2397

JEAN PHILIPPE BOUBLI, JONAS ERIKSSON, SERGE WICH, GOTTFRIED HOHMANN and BARBARA FRUTH / Mesoscale transect sampling of trees in the Lomako–Yekokora interfluvium, Democratic Republic of the Congo

2399–2417

CATHERINE A. LINDELL, WALTER H. CHOMENTOWSKI and JIM R. ZOOK / Characteristics of bird species using forest and agricultural land covers in southern Costa Rica

2419–2441

GUY KNAEPKENS, LIESBET BRUYNDONCX, JOHAN COECK and MARCEL EENS / Spawning habitat enhancement in the European bullhead (Cottus gobio), an endangered freshwater fish in degraded lowland rivers

2443–2452

EGLEE´ L. ZENT and STANFORD ZENT / Floristic composition, structure, and diversity of four forest plots in the Sierra Maigualida, Venezuelan Guayana

2453–2484

GUILLAUME DECOCQ, BERTILLE VALENTIN, BENOIT ´ ERIC ´ TOUSSAINT, FRED HENDOUX, ROBERT SAGUEZ and JACQUES BARDAT / Soil seed bank composition and diversity in a managed temperate deciduous forest

2485–2509

A. CADI and P. JOLY / Impact of the introduction of the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) on survival rates of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis)

2511–2518

2780 DANIEL BRITO and CARLOS EDUARDO DE VIVEIROS GRELLE / Effectiveness of a reserve network for the conservation of the endemic marsupial Micoureus travassosi in Atlantic Forest remnants in southeastern Brazil

2519–2536

DANIEL RUBINOFF and JERRY A. POWELL / Conservation of fragmented small populations: endemic species persistence on California’s smallest channel island

2537–2550

JOHN F. TOOKER and LAWRENCE M. HANKS / Endophytic insect communities of two prairie perennials (Asteraceae: Silphium spp.)

2551–2566

RENATA PARDINI / Effects of forest fragmentation on small mammals in an Atlantic Forest landscape

2567–2586

Book review

2587–2588

Volume 13 No. 14 January 2004 ´ LAURA M. BELLIS, MONICA B. MARTELLA, JOAQU´IN L. NAVARRO and PABLO E. VIGNOLO / Home range of greater and lesser rhea in Argentina: relevance to conservation

2589–2598

J. LUIS HERNANDEZ-STEFANONI and RAUL PONCE-HERNANDEZ / Mapping the spatial distribution of plant diversity indices in a tropical forest using multi-spectral satellite image classification and field measurements

2599–2621

¨ STEFAN GOSSLING, TIMO KUNKEL, KIM SCHUMACHER and MAIKEN ZILGER / Use of molluscs, fish, and other marine taxa by tourism in Zanzibar, Tanzania

2623–2639

´ ESTHER GIMENEZ, MANUEL MELENDO, FRANCISCO VALLE, ´ FRANCISCO GOMEZ-MERCADO and EUSEBIO CANO / Endemic flora biodiversity in the south of the Iberian Peninsula: altitudinal distribution, life forms and dispersal modes

2641–2660

ALLARD BLOM / An estimate of the costs of an effective system of protected areas in the Niger Delta – Congo Basin Forest Region

2661–2678

SAMIR G. ROLIM and ADRIANO G. CHIARELLO / Slow death of Atlantic forest trees in cocoa agroforestry in southeastern Brazil

2679–2694

A.A. ROWDEN, R.M. WARWICK and D.P. GORDON / Bryozoan biodiversity in the New Zealand region and implications for marine conservation

2695–2721

´ ALCANTARA ´ ´ ISOLDA LUNA VEGA, OTHON AYALA and RAUL CONTRERAS-MEDINA / Patterns of diversity, endemism and conservation: an example with Mexican species of Ternstroemiaceae Mirb. ex DC. (Tricolpates: Ericales)

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2781 LEAH R. GERBER, KATE E. BUENAU and GLENN R. VANBLARICOM / Density dependence and risk of extinction in a small population of sea otters 2741–2757 Keyword index Volume 13 (2004)

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Author index Volume 13 (2004)

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Contents Volume 13 (2004)

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