1. Zonation of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and spiders (Araneida) in salt marshes at the North and the Baltic Sea and the impact of the predicted sea level increase

   • Ulrich Irmler
   • Kai Heller
   • Hans-Dieter Reinke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1129 - 1147

2. Palm wine harvesting by the Bassari threatens Borassus aethiopum populations in north-western Guinea

   • Bienvenu Sambou
   • Assane Goudiaby
   • Mamadou Ciré Camara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1149 - 1161

3. Influence of hilltop vegetation type on an African butterfly assemblage and its conservation

   • James M. Lawrence
   • Michael J. Samways

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1163 - 1171

4. Diversity of management practices required to ensure conservation of rare and locally threatened plant species in grasslands: a case study at a regional scale (Lorraine, France)

   • S. Muller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1173 - 1184

5. Diversity of fungi on rainforest litter in North Queensland, Australia

   • Marilen M. Parungao
   • Sally C. Fryar
   • Kevin D. Hyde

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1185 - 1194

6. An integrative approach for the conservation and management of South Africa's floristic diversity at the provincial level

   • M.F. Pfab

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1195 - 1204

7. Patterns of herbivore species richness in Kenya and current ecoclimatic stability

   • Boniface O. Oindo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1205 - 1221

8. A critique of and recommendations for a subsistence fishery, Lake St Lucia, South Africa

   • Brenda J.S. Crook
   • Bruce Q. Mann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1223 - 1235

9. Robustness of ecological niche modeling algorithms for mammals in Guyana

   • Burton K. Lim
   • A. Townsend Peterson
   • Mark D. Engstrom

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1237 - 1246

10. Reproductive ecology and the persistence of an endangered plant

    • Tina M. Carlsen
    • Erin K. Espeland
    • Bruce M. Pavlik

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1247 - 1268

11. Boreal carabid-beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) assemblages along the clear-cut originated succession gradient

    • Matti Koivula
    • Jarno Kukkonen
    • Jari Niemelä

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1269 - 1288

12. Application of IUCN criteria and Red List categories to species of five Anacardiaceae genera in Madagascar

    • Armand Randrianasolo
    • James S. Miller
    • Trisha K. Consiglio

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1289 - 1300

13. Identification of priority areas for conservation in an arid zone: application of parsimony analysis of endemicity in the vascular flora of the Antofagasta region, northern Chile

    • Lohengrin A. Cavieres
    • Mary T.K. Arroyo
    • Gina Arancio

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1301 - 1311

14. Revisiting Green Data species lists

    • Mark Keith
    • Albert S. Van Jaarsveld

    Commentary Pages: 1313 - 1316