1. Conservation of biodiversity in Scandinavian boreal forests: large carnivores as flagships, umbrellas, indicators, or keystones?

   • John D.C. Linnell
   • Jon E. Swenson
   • Reidar Andersen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 857 - 868

2. A simple non-parametric GIS model for predicting species distribution: endemic birds in Bioko Island, West Africa

   • Stuart M. Lenton
   • Julia E. Fa
   • Jaime Perez Del Val

   OriginalPaper 16 November 1999 Pages: 869 - 885

3. Ammotragus free-ranging population in the south-east of Spain: a necessary first account

   • Jorge Cassinello

   OriginalPaper Pages: 887 - 900

4. Illegal wildlife trade in the Himalayan region of China

   • Li Yi-Ming
   • Gao Zenxiang
   • Jari Niemelä

   OriginalPaper Pages: 901 - 918

5. The threatened status of groupers (Epinephelinae)

   • Annalie V. Morris
   • Callum M. Roberts
   • Julie P. Hawkins

   OriginalPaper Pages: 919 - 942

6. In vitro plant regeneration from seed explants of wild groundnut species (Genus Arachis, Section Extranervosae)

   • R.F. Gagliardi
   • G.P. Pacheco
   • E. Mansur

   OriginalPaper Pages: 943 - 951

7. Measuring biological heterogeneity of forest vegetation types: avalanche index as an estimate of biological diversity

   • K.N. Ganeshaiah
   • R. Uma Shaanker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 953 - 963

8. Analyzing mechanisms regulating diversity in rangelands through comparative studies: a case in the southwestern Pyrennees

   • Rosa-Maria Canals
   • Maria-Teresa Sebastià

   OriginalPaper Pages: 965 - 984

9. Landscape heterogeneity in relation to variations in epigaeic beetle diversity of a Mediterranean ecosystem. Implications for conservation

   • Eduardo Romero-Alcaraz
   • J.M. Ávila

   OriginalPaper Pages: 985 - 1005