1. Urban densification causes the decline of ground-dwelling arthropods

   • Alan Vergnes
   • Vincent Pellissier
   • Philippe Clergeau

   Original Paper 16 April 2014 Pages: 1859 - 1877

   

2. Dry stone walls favour biodiversity: a case-study from the Appennines

   • Raoul Manenti

   Original Paper 13 April 2014 Pages: 1879 - 1893

   

3. Role of local culture, religion, and human attitudes in the conservation of sacred populations of a threatened ‘pest’ species

   • Lynne R. Baker
   • Oluseun S. Olubode
   • David L. Garshelis

   Original Paper 26 April 2014 Pages: 1895 - 1909

4. Ground-dwelling spider diversity in rare European oak and yew woodlands and the impact of grazing

   • Lauren Fuller
   • Miles Newman
   • John O’Halloran

   Original Paper 12 April 2014 Pages: 1911 - 1929

   

5. Landscape scale species distribution modeling across the Guiana Shield to inform conservation decision making in Guyana

   • Tsitsi Y. McPherson

   Original Paper 24 April 2014 Pages: 1931 - 1948

   

6. Bats of the Chilean temperate rainforest: patterns of landscape use in a mosaic of native forests, eucalyptus plantations and grasslands within a South American biodiversity hotspot

   • Christine N. Meynard
   • Mauricio Soto-Gamboa
   • Winifred F. Frick

   Original Paper 27 April 2014 Pages: 1949 - 1963

   

7. Orchid (Orchidaceae) decline in the Catoctin Mountains, Frederick County, Maryland as documented by a long-term dataset

   • Wesley M. Knapp
   • Richard Wiegand

   Original Paper Open access 01 May 2014 Pages: 1965 - 1976

   

8. Socio-cultural protection of endemic trees in humanised landscape

   • Rajasri Ray
   • M. D. Subash Chandran
   • T. V. Ramachandra

   Original Paper 26 April 2014 Pages: 1977 - 1994

   

9. Patterns of co-existence between humans and mammals in Yemen: some species thrive while others are nearly extinct

   • Igor Khorozyan
   • David Stanton
   • Malini Pittet

   Original Paper 24 April 2014 Pages: 1995 - 2013

   

10. Richness of ancient forest plant species indicates suitable habitats for macrofungi

    • Jeňýk Hofmeister
    • Jan Hošek
    • Martina Vašutová

    Original Paper 27 April 2014 Pages: 2015 - 2031

    

11. Practitioner versus participant perspectives on conservation tenders

    • Louise Blackmore
    • Graeme Doole
    • Steven Schilizzi

    Original Paper 22 April 2014 Pages: 2033 - 2052

12. Environmental change in Garry oak (Quercus garryana) ecosystems: the evolution of an eco-cultural landscape

    • Marlow G. Pellatt
    • Ze’ev Gedalof

    Original Paper Open access 29 April 2014 Pages: 2053 - 2067

    

13. The “dehesa”, a key ecosystem in maintaining the diversity of Mediterranean saproxylic insects (Coleoptera and Diptera: Syrphidae)

    • Alfredo Ramírez-Hernández
    • Estefanía Micó
    • Eduardo Galante

    Original Paper 27 April 2014 Pages: 2069 - 2086

    

14. Biodiversity and biogeography of the avifauna of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico

    • Tania Kobelkowsky-Vidrio
    • César A. Ríos-Muñoz
    • Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza

    Original Paper 01 May 2014 Pages: 2087 - 2105

    

15. Changes in occurrence, richness, and biological traits of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) in California and Nevada over the past century

    • Joan E. Ball-Damerow
    • Leithen K. M’Gonigle
    • Vincent H. Resh

    Original Paper 13 May 2014 Pages: 2107 - 2126

    

16. Social networks and ornithology studies: an innovative method for rapidly accessing data on conspicuous bird species

    • Matilde Cavalli
    • Alejandro V. Baladrón
    • Guadalupe Martínez

    Brief Communication 23 April 2014 Pages: 2127 - 2134