1. A proposal for the conservation of the family Cucurbitaceae in Mexico

   • Rafael Lira
   • José L. Villaseñor
   • Enrique Ortíz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1699 - 1720

2. Foraging strategies of granivorous dabbling ducks wintering in protected areas of the French Atlantic coast

   • Matthieu Guillemain
   • Hervé Fritz
   • Patrick Duncan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1721 - 1732

3. Richness and endemism in Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae) from the Espinhaço Range of Minas Gerais, Brazil – a conservationist view

   • Alessandro Rapini
   • Renato De Mello-Silva
   • Maria Lúcia Kawasaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1733 - 1746

4. Understanding the threats to biological diversity in southeastern Brazil

   • Dalva M. Silva Matos
   • Marilene L.A. Bovi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1747 - 1758

5. A comparison of three methods to survey saproxylic beetles in hollow oaks

   • Thomas Ranius
   • Nicklas Jansson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1759 - 1771

6. Responses of ground flora to coppice management in an English woodland – a study using permanent quadrats

   • Christopher F. Mason
   • Sheila M. MacDonald

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1773 - 1789

7. Reptile, amphibian, and lemur diversity of the Malahelo Forest, a biogeographical transition zone in southeastern Madagascar

   • Jean-Baptiste Ramanamanjato
   • Peter B. Mcintyre
   • Ronald A. Nussbaum

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1791 - 1807

8. Phylogenetic diversity and ecological features in the Egyptian flora

   • Abdel-Hamid Khedr
   • Marc W. Cadotte
   • Jon Lovett-Doust

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1809 - 1824

9. Tree species richness complementarity, disturbance and fragmentation in a Mexican tropical montane cloud forest

   • Guadalupe Williams-Linera

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1825 - 1843

10. Do levels of income explain differences in game abundance? An empirical test in two Honduran villages

    • Josefien Demmer
    • Ricardo Godoy
    • Tanya Price

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1845 - 1868

11. High β diversity in the flora of Californian serpentine 'islands'

    • Susan Harrison
    • Brian D. Inouye

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1869 - 1876

12. Evaluation of conservation status, distribution, and reproductive characteristics of an endemic Gulf Coast freshwater mussel, Lampsilis australis (Bivalvia: Unionidae)

    • Holly N. Blalock-Herod
    • Jeffrey J. Herod
    • James D. Williams

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1877 - 1887