1. Biodiversity and land reforms: a neglected linkage

   • S. Faizi
   • M. Ravichandran

   Original Paper 15 July 2008 Pages: 2817 - 2819

2. Butterfly diversity in Mediterranean islands and in Pentadaktylos Pinus   brutia forests of Cyprus

   • Özge Özden
   • William M. Ciesla
   • David J. Hodgson

   Original Paper 16 July 2008 Pages: 2821 - 2832

   

3. Forest butterflies in West Africa have resisted extinction… so far (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea)

   • Torben B. Larsen

   Original Paper 07 May 2008 Pages: 2833 - 2847

   

4. Macroecological patterns of spider species richness across Europe

   • O.-D. Finch
   • T. Blick
   • A. Schuldt

   Original Paper 25 April 2008 Pages: 2849 - 2868

5. Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) diversity in continuous forest, forest fragments and cattle pastures in a landscape of Chiapas, Mexico: the effects of anthropogenic changes

   • Darío Navarrete
   • Gonzalo Halffter

   Original paper 25 April 2008 Pages: 2869 - 2898

   

6. Drosophilid assemblages as a bioindicator system of human disturbance in the Brazilian Savanna

   • Renata Alves da Mata
   • Melodie McGeoch
   • Rosana Tidon

   Original paper 07 May 2008 Pages: 2899 - 2916

   

7. Definition of plant functional groups for informing implementation scenarios in resource-limited multi-species recovery planning

   • Robert Kooyman
   • Maurizio Rossetto

   Original Paper 18 June 2008 Pages: 2917 - 2937

   

8. The potential for large carnivores to act as biodiversity surrogates in southern Africa

   • Fredrik Dalerum
   • Michael J. Somers
   • Elissa Z. Cameron

   Original Paper 23 May 2008 Pages: 2939 - 2949

   

9. Assessing protection for imperiled species of nevada, U.S.A.: are species slipping through the cracks of existing protections?

   • D. Noah Greenwald
   • Curtis Bradley

   Original Paper 28 May 2008 Pages: 2951 - 2960

   

10. Dung beetle assemblages in forests and pastures of El Salvador: a functional comparison

    • Finbarr G. Horgan

    Original Paper 24 May 2008 Pages: 2961 - 2978

    

11. The European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus in a national park: from pest to keystone species

    • Jörg Müller
    • Heinz Bußler
    • Peter Duelli

    Original Paper 30 May 2008 Pages: 2979 - 3001

    

12. Rotational fallows as overwintering habitat for grassland arthropods: the case of spiders in fen meadows

    • Martin H. Schmidt
    • Sabine Rocker
    • Andreas Gigon

    Original Paper 23 July 2008 Pages: 3003 - 3012

    

13. The recent occurrence, establishment and potential impact of Geophagus proximus (Cichlidae: Perciformes) in the Tietê River reservoirs: an Amazonian fish species introduced in the Paraná Basin (Brazil)

    • E. M. Moretto
    • F. T. Marciano
    • O. Rocha

    Original Paper 11 July 2008 Pages: 3013 - 3025

    

14. Conservation of invertebrate biodiversity on a mountain in a global biodiversity hotspot, Cape Floral Region

    • J. S. Pryke
    • M. J. Samways

    Original Paper 23 July 2008 Pages: 3027 - 3043

    

15. Changes in the distribution area of vascular plants in Flanders (northern Belgium): eutrophication as a major driving force

    • W. Van Landuyt
    • L. Vanhecke
    • D. Bauwens

    Original Paper" 09 July 2008 Pages: 3045 - 3060