1. Effects of habitat area, isolation, and landscape diversity on plant species richness of calcareous grasslands

   • Jochen Krauss
   • Alexandra-Maria Klein
   • Teja Tscharntke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1427 - 1439

2. Phenotypic variation in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) landraces from north Shewa in Ethiopia

   • Allemayehu Assefa
   • Maryke T. Labuschagne

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1441 - 1451

3. Effects of a hydropower plant on Coleopteran diversity and abundance in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania

   • Innocent J.E. Zilihona
   • Jari Niemelä
   • Matti Nummelin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1453 - 1464

4. The cause of mollusk decline on the Ogasawara Islands

   • Isamu Okochi
   • Hiroki Sato
   • Takashi Ohbayashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1465 - 1475

5. Medicinal plants, conservation and livelihoods

   • Alan C. Hamilton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1477 - 1517

6. Vegetation mapping and nature conservation: a case study in Terceira Island (Azores)

   • Eduardo Dias
   • Rui B. Elias
   • Vasco Nunes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1519 - 1539

7. Impacts of retention felling on coarse woody debris (CWD) in mature boreal spruce forests in Finland

   • Harri Hautala
   • Jyrki Jalonen
   • Ilkka Vanha-Majamaa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1541 - 1554

8. Dendrometric characteristics as indicators of pressure of Afzelia africana Sm. dynamic changes in trees found in different climatic zones of Benin

   • B. Sinsin
   • O. Eyog Matig
   • T. Sinadouwirou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1555 - 1570

9. Winter bird communities in the northern Negev: species dispersal patterns, habitat use and implications for habitat conservation

   • Eyal Shochat
   • Ido Tsurim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1571 - 1590

10. Agro-biodiversity in subsistence-oriented farming systems in a Philippine upland region: nutritional considerations

    • M. Frei
    • K. Becker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1591 - 1610