1. Design of Nature Reserve System for Red-Crowned Crane in China

   • Haigen Xu
   • GuangQing Zhu
   • Haoshen Bao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2275 - 2289

2. Floristic Characteristics of the Karkamis Dam Reservoir Area and its Surroundings (Gaziantep-Sanliurfa: Turkey)

   • Necattİn Türkmen
   • Mustafa Aslan
   • Atabay Düzenli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2291 - 2297

3. Richness and Density of Birds in Timber Nothofagus pumilio Forests and their Unproductive Associated Environments

   • María Vanessa Lencinas
   • Guillermo Martínez Pastur
   • Carlos Busso

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2299 - 2320

4. Density of Primates in Four Semi-deciduous Forest Fragments of São Paulo, Brazil

   • Milene Moura Martins

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2321 - 2329

5. Effects of Edge Habitat and Nest Characteristics on Depredation of Artificial Nests in Fragmented Australian Tropical Rainforest

   • Franziska Hausmann
   • Carla P. Catterall
   • Scott D. Piper

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2331 - 2345

6. Mediterranean Lagoons Revisited: Weakness and Efficiency of the Rapid Biodiversity Assessment Techniques in a Severely Fluctuating Environment

   • C. Arvanitidis
   • G. Atzigeorgiou
   • P. Koulouri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2347 - 2359

7. Genetic Variability in Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Estimated by Morphological Data and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Markers

   • L.F. Geleta
   • M.T. Labuschagne
   • C.D. Viljoen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2361 - 2375

8. Threat Assessment and Conservation Prioritization of the Herpetofauna of El Salvador

   • Eli Greenbaum
   • Oliver Komar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2377 - 2395

9. A Long-term Study of Seedling Regeneration for an Oak Forest Restoration in Cleveland Metroparks Brecksville Reservation, Ohio

   • Linda S. Sekura
   • Tarun K. Mal
   • David F. Dvorak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2397 - 2418

10. Influence of Forest Management on the Species Richness and Composition of Wood-inhabiting Basidiomycetes in Swiss Forests

    • Nicolas Küffer
    • Béatrice Senn-Irlet

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2419 - 2435

11. Assessing the Threatened Status of Bumble Bee Species (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Hungary, Central Europe

    • Miklós Sárospataki
    • Judit Novák
    • Viktória Molnár

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2437 - 2446

12. Dynamics of Tree Diversity in Undisturbed and Logged Subtropical Rainforest in Australia

    • R. Geoff B. Smith
    • J. Doland Nichols
    • Jerome K. Vanclay

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2447 - 2463

13. Perceptions and Patterns of Human–elephant Conflict in Old and New Settlements in Sri Lanka: Insights for Mitigation and Management

    • Prithiviraj Fernando
    • Eric Wikramanayake
    • H.K. Janaka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2465 - 2481

14. Geographic Distribution and Conservation of Cactaceae from Tamaulipas Mexico

    • José Guadalupe Martínez-Avalos
    • Enrique Jurado

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2483 - 2506