1. Conservation of biodiversity in an area impacted by the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

   • Jerry L. Cook

   OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 195

2. Evaluation of genetic relationships in Dalbergia species using RAPD markers

   • G.R. Rout
   • D. Bhatacharya
   • P. Das

   OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 206

3. Bioprospecting – why is it so unrewarding?

   • Richard D. Firn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 216

4. Isolation by distance in the crustose lichens Candelariella vitellina and Placynthium nigrum colonising gravestones in northeast Scotland

   • John Warren

   OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 224

5. The role of a native tussock grass (Paspalum quadrifarium Lam.) in structuring plant communities in the Flooding Pampa grasslands, Argentina

   • S.B. Perelman
   • S.E. Burkart
   • R.J.C. León

   OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 238

6. Conservation on diversity and distribution patterns of endemic birds in China

   • Fu-Min Lei
   • Yan-Hua Qu
   • Zuo-Hua Yin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 254

7. A nested-intensity design for surveying plant diversity

   • David T. Barnett
   • Thomas J. Stohlgren

   OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 278

8. Characterization and ranking of biodiversity hotspots: centres of species richness and endemism

   • Carsten Hobohm

   OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 287

9. Woody species diversity of four sacred groves in the Pondicherry region of South India

   • M.P. Ramanujam
   • K. Praveen Kumar Cyril

   OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 299

10. Impact of post-European stream change on frog habitat: southeastern Australia

    • Donna Hazell
    • Will Osborne
    • David Lindenmayer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 320

11. Importance of secondary habitats and need for ecological management for the conservation of Diphasiastrum tristachyum (Lycopodiaceae, Pteridophyta) in the Vosges Mountains (France)

    • S. Muller
    • C. Jérôme
    • K. Horn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 332

12. Dragonfly communities in coastal habitats of Kenya: indication of biotope quality and the need of conservation measures

    • Viola Clausnitzer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 356

13. Population dynamics, reproduction, and diet of the lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae) in Jalisco, Mexico: implications for conservation

    • Kathryn E. Stoner
    • Karla A. O.-Salazar
    • Mauricio Quesada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 373

14. Diversity and distribution of entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae) in Turkey

    • SelÇuk Hazir
    • Nevin Keskin
    • Servet Özcan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 375 - 386