1. Does the type of matrix matter? A quantitative review of the evidence

   • Jayme Augusto Prevedello
   • Marcus Vinícius Vieira

   Review Paper 29 November 2009 Pages: 1205 - 1223

   

2. Biogeographical determinants for total and endemic species richness in a continental archipelago

   • A. S. Kallimanis
   • E. Bergmeier
   • P. Dimopoulos

   Original Paper Open access 01 December 2009 Pages: 1225 - 1235

   

3. Effects of fire on tenebrionid communities of a Pinus pinea plantation: a case study in a Mediterranean site

   • Simone Fattorini

   Original Paper 25 November 2009 Pages: 1237 - 1250

   

4. Determinants of the geographical extent of invasive plants in China: effects of biogeographical origin, life cycle and time since introduction

   • Qiao Q. Huang
   • Chen Qian
   • Gen X. Wang

   Original Paper 19 November 2009 Pages: 1251 - 1259

   

5. How can we improve information delivery to support conservation and restoration decisions?

   • Nathaniel E. Seavy
   • Christine A. Howell

   Original Paper Open access 29 November 2009 Pages: 1261 - 1267

   

6. Vulnerable taxa of European Plecoptera (Insecta) in the context of climate change

   • J. M. Tierno de Figueroa
   • M. J. López-Rodríguez
   • D. Hering

   Original Paper 02 December 2009 Pages: 1269 - 1277

   

7. Vascular plant species richness on wetland remnants is determined by both area and habitat heterogeneity

   • Jianmin Shi
   • Keming Ma
   • Kate He

   Original Paper 15 December 2009 Pages: 1279 - 1295

   

8. Validation of grassland indicator species selected for result-oriented agri-environmental schemes

   • Thomas Kaiser
   • Maria-Sofie Rohner
   • Joachim Kiesel

   Original Paper 25 December 2009 Pages: 1297 - 1314

   

9. A latent threat to biodiversity: consequences of small-scale heterogeneity loss

   • Judi Hewitt
   • Simon Thrush
   • Michael Townsend

   Original Paper 22 December 2009 Pages: 1315 - 1323

   

10. Importance of habitat patch size for occupancy and density of aspen-associated saproxylic beetles

    • Erik Sahlin
    • Leif Martin Schroeder

    Original Paper 23 December 2009 Pages: 1325 - 1339

    

11. Indicators of species richness at the local scale in an alpine region: a comparative approach between plant and invertebrate taxa

    • Oliver-D. Finch
    • Jörg Löffler

    Original Paper 29 December 2009 Pages: 1341 - 1352

    

12. Vascular plant and bryophytes species representation in the protected areas network on the national scale

    • Kai Vellak
    • Nele Ingerpuu
    • Meelis Pärtel

    Original Paper 24 December 2009 Pages: 1353 - 1364

    

13. Germination capacity and viability of threatened species collections in seed banks

    • Sandrine Godefroid
    • Ann Van de Vyver
    • Thierry Vanderborght

    Original Paper 22 December 2009 Pages: 1365 - 1383

    

14. Urban realities: the contribution of residential gardens to the conservation of urban forest remnants

    • Brendan J. Doody
    • Jon J. Sullivan
    • Harvey C. Perkins

    Original Paper 19 December 2009 Pages: 1385 - 1400

    

15. Mushroom diversity in sustainable shade tea forest and the effect of fire damage

    • Phongeun Sysouphanthong
    • Sutheera Thongkantha
    • Kevin D. Hyde

    Original Paper 10 January 2010 Pages: 1401 - 1415

    

16. Assessing the performance of nonparametric estimators of species richness in meadows

    • José Antonio González-Oreja
    • Carlos Garbisu
    • Isabel Albizu

    Original Paper 19 December 2009 Pages: 1417 - 1436

    

17. A reptilian smoking gun: first record of invasive Jackson’s chameleon (Chamaeleo jacksonii) predation on native Hawaiian species

    • Brenden S. Holland
    • Steven L. Montgomery
    • Vincent Costello

    Original Paper 25 December 2009 Pages: 1437 - 1441

    

18. Linking local ecological knowledge and habitat modelling to predict absolute species abundance on large scales

    • José Daniel Anadón
    • Andrés Giménez
    • Rubén Ballestar

    Original Paper 25 December 2009 Pages: 1443 - 1454

    

19. Assessing the control/eradication of an invasive species, the American mink, based on field data; how much would it cost?

    • Iñigo Zuberogoitia
    • Jose Antonio González-Oreja
    • Cristina Rodríguez-Refojos

    Original Paper 22 January 2010 Pages: 1455 - 1469

    

20. An enlarged European Union challenges priority settings in conservation

    • Dan Cogălniceanu
    • Gina-Carmen Cogălniceanu

    Original Paper 22 January 2010 Pages: 1471 - 1483

21. Threats to the conifer species found on New Caledonia’s ultramafic massifs and proposals for urgently needed measures to improve their protection

    • Tanguy Jaffré
    • Jérôme Munzinger
    • Porter P. Lowry II

    Original Paper 02 February 2010 Pages: 1485 - 1502

    

22. Plantations of exotic tree species in Britain: irrelevant for biodiversity or novel habitat for native species?

    • Christopher P. Quine
    • Jonathan W. Humphrey

    Brief communication 25 December 2009 Pages: 1503 - 1512