1. Q’eqchi’ Maya healers’ traditional knowledge in prioritizing conservation of medicinal plants: culturally relative conservation in sustaining traditional holistic health promotion

   • Todd Pesek
   • Marc Abramiuk
   • John Arnason

   Original Paper 30 July 2009 Pages: 1 - 20

   

2. Long-term changes in the bird community of Palenque, Chiapas, in response to rainforest loss

   • Michael A. Patten
   • Héctor Gómez de Silva
   • Brenda D. Smith-Patten

   Original Paper 06 August 2009 Pages: 21 - 36

   

3. Use and knowledge of plants by “Quilombolas” as subsidies for conservation efforts in an area of Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo State, Brazil

   • Maria Otávia Silva Crepaldi
   • Ariane Luna Peixoto

   Original Paper 06 August 2009 Pages: 37 - 60

   

4. Changes in plant species diversity of aquatic ecosystems in the agricultural landscape in West Poland in the last 30 years

   • Hanna Gołdyn

   Original paper 01 August 2009 Pages: 61 - 80

   

5. Effects of vegetation structure and floristic diversity on detritivore, herbivore and predatory invertebrates within calcareous grasslands

   • Ben A. Woodcock
   • Richard F. Pywell

   Original Paper 13 August 2009 Pages: 81 - 95

   

6. Recovery dynamics and viability of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in Germany

   • Justine Sulawa
   • Alexandre Robert
   • Oliver Krone

   Original Paper 13 August 2009 Pages: 97 - 112

   

7. Modelling extinction risk in multispecies data sets: phylogenetically independent contrasts versus decision trees

   • J. Bielby
   • M. Cardillo
   • A. Purvis

   Original paper 02 September 2009 Pages: 113 - 127

8. Seasonal patterns of spatial variation in understory bird assemblages across a mosaic of flooded and unflooded Amazonian forests

   • Pedro Beja
   • Carlos David Santos
   • Jorge M. Palmeirim

   Original Paper 01 September 2009 Pages: 129 - 152

   

9. Gold coral (Savalia savaglia) and gorgonian forests enhance benthic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the mesophotic zone

   • C. Cerrano
   • R. Danovaro
   • S. Schiaparelli

   original paper 01 September 2009 Pages: 153 - 167

   

10. Diversity and endemism of woody plant species in the Equatorial Pacific seasonally dry forests

    • Reynaldo Linares-Palomino
    • Lars Peter Kvist
    • Carlos Gonzales-Inca

    Original paper Open access 16 September 2009 Pages: 169 - 185

    

11. Recovery of plant species richness and composition after slash-and-burn agriculture in a tropical rainforest in Madagascar

    • Kari Klanderud
    • Hery Zo Hasiniaina Mbolatiana
    • Charlotte Rajeriarison

    Original Paper 09 October 2009 Pages: 187 - 204

    

12. Bird species of conservation concern along urban gradients in Italy

    • Alberto Sorace
    • Marco Gustin

    Original Paper 06 October 2009 Pages: 205 - 221

    

13. Birds nesting survival in disturbed and protected Neotropical savannas

    • Fábio Júlio Alves Borges
    • Miguel Ângelo Marini

    Original Paper 06 October 2009 Pages: 223 - 236

    

14. Decomposing logs increase oribatid mite assemblage diversity in mixedwood boreal forest

    • Andrea D. Déchêne
    • Christopher M. Buddle

    Original Paper 05 November 2009 Pages: 237 - 256

    

15. Effects of anthropogenic habitat disturbance on local pollinator diversity and species turnover across a precipitation gradient

    • Carolina Quintero
    • Carolina Laura Morales
    • Marcelo Adrián Aizen

    Original Paper 24 October 2009 Pages: 257 - 274

    

16. Kotumsar Cave biodiversity: a review of cavernicoles and their troglobiotic traits

    • Jayant Biswas

    Review paper 16 September 2009 Pages: 275 - 289

    

17. A pervasive denigration of natural history misconstrues how biodiversity inventories and taxonomy underpin scientific knowledge

    • Fenton P. D. Cotterill
    • Wilhelm Foissner

    Review Paper 14 October 2009 Pages: 291 - 303

18. “Turtle watching” conservation guidelines: green turtle (Chelonia mydas) tourism in nearshore coastal environments

    • Melissa S. Landry
    • Christopher T. Taggart

    Brief communication 27 August 2009 Pages: 305 - 312