1. Diversity and conservation of plant species in dry valleys, southwest China

   • Yu Juan Zhao
   • Xun Gong

   Review Paper 01 July 2015 Pages: 2611 - 2623

   

2. Amphibians and conservation breeding programmes: do all threatened amphibians belong on the ark?

   • Benjamin Tapley
   • Kay S. Bradfield
   • Mike Bungard

   Review Paper 24 July 2015 Pages: 2625 - 2646

3. Biodiversity in the by-catch communities of the pelagic ecosystem in the Western Indian Ocean

   • N. Lezama-Ochoa
   • H. Murua
   • I. Sancristobal

   Original Paper 01 July 2015 Pages: 2647 - 2671

   

4. Human impact on tropical-alpine plant diversity in the northern Andes

   • Diana L. A. Vásquez
   • Henrik Balslev
   • Petr Sklenář

   Original Paper 01 July 2015 Pages: 2673 - 2683

   

5. Recreational trampling negatively impacts vegetation structure of an Australian biodiversity hotspot

   • S. Mason
   • D. Newsome
   • R. Admiraal

   Original Paper 01 July 2015 Pages: 2685 - 2707

   

6. The value of targeted reforestations for local insect diversity: a case study from the Ecuadorian Andes

   • Marc-Oliver Adams
   • Konrad Fiedler

   Original Paper 01 July 2015 Pages: 2709 - 2734

   

7. Effectiveness of national nature reserve network in representing natural vegetation in mainland China

   • Ziliang Guo
   • Zhong Li
   • Guofa Cui

   Original Paper 14 July 2015 Pages: 2735 - 2750

   

8. Phylogenetic diversity of regional beetle faunas at high latitudes: patterns, drivers and chance along ecological gradients

   • Jani Heino
   • Janne Alahuhta
   • Simone Fattorini

   Original Paper 14 July 2015 Pages: 2751 - 2767

   

9. Struggling to maintain native plant diversity in a peri-urban reserve surrounded by a highly anthropogenic matrix

   • Steffi Heinrichs
   • Aníbal Pauchard

   Original Paper 17 July 2015 Pages: 2769 - 2788

   

10. Combining asset- and species-led alien plant management priorities in the world’s most intact Mediterranean-climate landscape

    • Carl R. Gosper
    • Suzanne M. Prober
    • John K. Scott

    Original Paper 05 August 2015 Pages: 2789 - 2807

    

11. Ecological diversity, community structure and conservation of Niger Delta mammals

    • Luca Luiselli
    • Giovanni Amori
    • Edem A. Eniang

    Original Paper 29 July 2015 Pages: 2809 - 2830

    

12. Low birth rates and reproductive skew limit the viability of Europe’s captive eastern black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis michaeli

    • Katie L. Edwards
    • Susan L. Walker
    • Susanne Shultz

    Original Paper 04 August 2015 Pages: 2831 - 2852

    

13. Geographic trends and information deficits in Amazonian conservation research

    • Jhonatan Guedes dos Santos
    • Ana C. M. Malhado
    • Marcos H. Costa

    Original Paper 19 August 2015 Pages: 2853 - 2863

    

14. Matthew effect in counting the number of species

    • Xubin Pan
    • Shuifang Zhu

    Commentary 01 July 2015 Pages: 2865 - 2868

    

15. Need of transboundary collaborations for tiger survival in Indian subcontinent

    • Digpal Singh Gour
    • P. Anuradha Reddy

    Commentary 18 July 2015 Pages: 2869 - 2875

    

16. ‘Sum of inverse range-sizes’ (SIR), a biodiversity metric with many names and interpretations

    • Greg R. Guerin
    • Andrew J. Lowe

    Commentary 12 August 2015 Pages: 2877 - 2882

    

17. Evidence of the Matthew effect in scientific research on mammals in the Chinese First-class National Protected Animals list

    • He Zhang
    • Yanping Hu
    • Wenjing Li

    Letter to the Editor 26 August 2015 Pages: 2883 - 2886