1. Comment on “Conservation of protists: Is it needed at all?” by Cotterill et al.

   • Philippe C. Baveye

   Letter 02 December 2008 Pages: 503 - 505

2. Arthropods in biodiversity hotspots: the case of the Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata)

   • M.-S. Tixier
   • S. Kreiter

   Original Paper 12 December 2008 Pages: 507 - 527

   

3. Habitat-associated and temporal patterns of bat activity in a diverse forest landscape of southern New England, USA

   • Robert T. Brooks

   Original Paper 02 December 2008 Pages: 529 - 545

   

4. Changes over three decades in the floristic composition of nutrient-poor grasslands in the Swiss Alps

   • Markus Peter
   • Andreas Gigon
   • Andreas Lüscher

   Original Paper 14 December 2008 Pages: 547 - 567

   

5. Do elephants prevent other African herbivores from using waterholes in the dry season?

   • Marion Valeix
   • Hervé Fritz
   • Hillary Madzikanda

   Original Paper 03 December 2008 Pages: 569 - 576

   

6. Landscape and farm scale management to enhance biodiversity conservation in the cocoa producing region of southern Bahia, Brazil

   • Camila R. Cassano
   • Götz Schroth
   • Lucio Bede

   Original Paper 11 December 2008 Pages: 577 - 603

   

7. Cork-oak woodlands as key-habitats for biodiversity conservation in Mediterranean landscapes: a case study using rove and ground beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Carabidae)

   • Pedro Martins da Silva
   • Carlos A. S. Aguiar
   • Artur R. M. Serrano

   Original Paper 30 November 2008 Pages: 605 - 619

   

8. Habitat availability in forests and clearcuts for saproxylic beetles associated with aspen

   • Erik Sahlin
   • Thomas Ranius

   Original Paper 07 December 2008 Pages: 621 - 638

   

9. To which extent is the interdisciplinary evaluation approach of the CBD reflected in European and international biodiversity-related regulations?

   • Marcus Zisenis

   Original Paper 30 November 2008 Pages: 639 - 648

   

10. The Atlantic elements in the Swiss flora: distribution, diversity, and conservation status

    • Gregor Kozlowski
    • Sandra Bürcher
    • Fanny Huber

    Original Paper 03 December 2008 Pages: 649 - 662

    

11. Plant species richness in ephemeral and perennial reaches of a dryland river

    • J. C. Stromberg
    • A. F. Hazelton
    • M. S. White

    Original Paper 05 December 2008 Pages: 663 - 677

    

12. A comparative study of Odonata (Insecta) assemblages along an altitudinal gradient in the sierra de Coalcomán Mountains, Michoacán, Mexico

    • Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez
    • José Antonio Gómez-Anaya

    Original Paper 12 December 2008 Pages: 679 - 698

    

13. Elevational patterns of species richness and endemism for some important taxa in the Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China

    • Da-Cai Zhang
    • Yong-Hong Zhang
    • Hang Sun

    Original Paper 13 December 2008 Pages: 699 - 716

    

14. Effects of population density on forest structure and species richness and diversity of trees in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia

    • Neth Top
    • Nobuya Mizoue
    • Sokhun Ty

    Original Paper 12 December 2008 Pages: 717 - 738

    

15. Effects of spatial heterogeneity on butterfly species richness in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, USA

    • Sunil Kumar
    • Sara E. Simonson
    • Thomas J. Stohlgren

    Original Paper 11 December 2008 Pages: 739 - 763