Implications of grazing and burning of grasslands on the sustainable use of francolins (Francolinus spp.) and on overall bird conservation in the highlands of Mpumalanga province, South Africa R. JansenR.M. LittleT.M. Crowe OriginalPaper Pages: 587 - 602
Can species data only be appropriately used to conserve biodiversity? Ant MaddockMorné A. du Plessis OriginalPaper Pages: 603 - 615
The environmental basis of North American species richness patterns among Epicauta (Coleoptera: Meloidae) Jeremy T. KerrLaurence Packer OriginalPaper Pages: 617 - 628
Snake communities of moist rainforest and derived savanna sites of Nigeria: biodiversity patterns and conservation priorities Godfrey C. AkaniIkomah F. BarieeneeLuca Luiselli OriginalPaper Pages: 629 - 642
The ants of the southern Sonoran desert: community structure and the role of trees Brandon T. BestelmeyerRobert L. Schooley OriginalPaper Pages: 643 - 657
Bacterial diversity in deep-sea sediments from different depths Lina LiChiaki KatoKoki Horikoshi OriginalPaper Pages: 659 - 677
Conservation regulation: a backward step for biodiversity? Stuart R. Harrop OriginalPaper Pages: 679 - 707
How small is too small for small animals? Four terrestrial arthropod species in different-sized remnant woodlands in agricultural Western Australia Max Abensperg-TraunGraeme T. Smith OriginalPaper Pages: 709 - 726