1. Cryobiotechnology of forest trees: recent advances and future prospects

   • Jing-Wei Li
   • Elif Aylin Ozudogru
   • Qiao-Chun Wang

   Review Paper 01 December 2017 Pages: 795 - 814

2. Biogeography and priority areas for the conservation of bats in the Brazilian Cerrado

   • Daiana Cardoso Silva
   • Thiago Bernardi Vieira
   • Karina de Cassia Faria

   Original Paper 11 November 2017 Pages: 815 - 828

   

3. Environmental drivers of spider community composition at multiple scales along an urban gradient

   • E. C. Lowe
   • C. G. Threlfall
   • D. F. Hochuli

   Original Paper 15 November 2017 Pages: 829 - 852

   

4. Influence of tree hollow characteristics on saproxylic beetle diversity in a managed forest

   • Bastian Schauer
   • Manuel J. Steinbauer
   • Elisabeth Obermaier

   Original Paper 13 November 2017 Pages: 853 - 869

   

5. Anthropogenic disturbance induces opposing population trends in spotted hyenas and African lions

   • D. S. Green
   • L. Johnson-Ulrich
   • K. E. Holekamp

   Original Paper 21 November 2017 Pages: 871 - 889

   

6. Identifying population thresholds for flowering plant reproductive success: the marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe) as a flagship species of humid meadows and heathland

   • Simon Pierce
   • Alberto Spada
   • Roberta M. Ceriani

   Original Paper 22 November 2017 Pages: 891 - 905

   

7. Comparing and contrasting threat assessments of plant species at the global and sub-global level

   • Ross Mounce
   • Malin Rivers
   • Samuel Brockington

   Original Paper Open access 12 December 2017 Pages: 907 - 930

   

8. Interactive impacts of by-catch take and elite consumption of illegal wildlife

   • R. L. Stirnemann
   • I. A. Stirnemann
   • R. Heinsohn

   Original Paper 07 December 2017 Pages: 931 - 946

   

9. Changes in landuse alter ant diversity, assemblage composition and dominant functional groups in African savannas

   • Evans V. Mauda
   • Grant S. Joseph
   • Stefan H. Foord

   Original Paper 28 November 2017 Pages: 947 - 965

   

10. Patterns of success in game bird introductions in the United States

    • Michael P. Moulton
    • Wendell P. Cropper Jr.
    • Salvador A. Gezan

    Original Paper 28 November 2017 Pages: 967 - 979

    

11. Spider communities in urban green patches and their relation to local and landscape traits

    • Carina I. Argañaraz
    • Gonzalo D. Rubio
    • Raquel M. Gleiser

    Original Paper 30 November 2017 Pages: 981 - 1009

    

12. Diversity patterns in sandy forest-steppes: a comparative study from the western and central Palaearctic

    • Zoltán Bátori
    • László Erdős
    • Csaba Tölgyesi

    Original Paper 30 November 2017 Pages: 1011 - 1030

    

13. The wildlife snaring crisis: an insidious and pervasive threat to biodiversity in Southeast Asia

    • Thomas N. E. Gray
    • Alice C. Hughes
    • Nicholas M. Wilkinson

    Commentary 14 October 2017 Pages: 1031 - 1037

    

14. A new strategy for giant panda protection

    • Dongwei Kang
    • Junqing Li

    Letter to the Editor 11 January 2018 Pages: 1039 - 1040