1. Attitudes of local people towards conservation and alternatives to forest resources: A case study from the lower Himalayas

   • Ruchi Badola

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1245 - 1259

2. Assessment of species composition change in savanna vegetation by means of woody plants' size class distributions and local information

   • Anne Mette Lykke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1261 - 1275

3. Introduction and spread of Thiara granifera (Lamarck, 1822) in Martinique, French West Indies

   • J. P. Pointier
   • S. Samadi
   • B. Delay

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1277 - 1290

4. Long-term dynamics of a tropical savanna bird community

   • Jean-Marc Thiollay

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1291 - 1312

5. Meller's duck: A threatened species receives recognition at last

   • H. Glyn Young
   • Judith M. Rhymer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1313 - 1323

6. Nestedness and migratory status of avian assemblages in North America and Europe

   • Bryan M. Bird
   • William J. Boecklen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1325 - 1331

7. Farm characteristics and the vegetative diversity of grasslands in the North of England: a policy perspective

   • David R. Oglethorpe
   • Roy Sanderson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1333 - 1347

8. Species richness and floristic composition in four hectares in the Jaú National Park in upland forests in Central Amazonia

   • Leandro Valle Ferreira
   • Ghillean T. Prance

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1349 - 1364

9. Changes in species diversity and canopy cover in steppe vegetation in Inner Mongolia under protection from grazing

   • Wei Zhang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1365 - 1381

10. Book reviews

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1383 - 1386