1. Sacred groves of Manipur, northeast India:biodiversity value, status and strategies for their conservation

   • Ashalata Devi Khumbongmayum
   • M. L. Khan
   • R. S. Tripathi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1541 - 1582

2. Restoration ecology meets carabidology: effects of floodplain restitution on ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

   • Jens Günther
   • Thorsten Assmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1583 - 1606

3. Neglected native or undesirable alien? Resolution of a conservation dilemma concerning the pool frog Rana lessonae

   • Trevor J. C. Beebee
   • John Buckley
   • Inga Zeisset

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1607 - 1626

4. Breeding waterbirds in relation to artificial pond attributes: implications for the design of irrigation facilities

   • J.A. Sánchez-Zapata
   • J.D. Anadón
   • F. Botella

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1627 - 1639

5. Towards sustainable land use: identifying and managing the conflicts between human activities and biodiversity conservation in Europe

   • Juliette Young
   • Allan Watt
   • Caspian Richards

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1641 - 1661

6. Comparisons of microsatellite variability and population genetic structure of two endangered wild rice species, Oryza rufipogon and O. officinalis, and their conservation implications

   • Li-Zhi Gao
   • Chi-Hong Zhang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1663 - 1679

7. Forest fragmentation and its impact on species diversity: an analysis using remote sensing and GIS

   • C.S. Jha
   • Laxmi Goparaju
   • J.S. Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1681 - 1698

8. Primary producers in a Pampean stream: temporal variation and structuring role

   • Adonis Giorgi
   • Claudia Feijoó
   • Guillermo Tell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1699 - 1718

9. Diversity of Neotropical migratory landbird species assemblages in forest fragments and man-made vegetation in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

   • Alejandro Estrada
   • Rosamond Coates-Estrada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1719 - 1734

10. The red turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus valens LeConte (Scolytidae): an exotic invasive pest of pine in China

    • Zhengliang Yan
    • Jianghua Sun
    • Zhongning Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1735 - 1760

11. Intertidal assemblages associated with naturalcorallina turf and invasive mussel beds

    • M.G. Chapman
    • J. People
    • D. Blockley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1761 - 1776

12. Biogeography of wild Arachis (Leguminosae):distribution and environmental characterisation

    • Morag E. Ferguson
    • Andrew Jarvis
    • Paula J. Bramel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1777 - 1798