1. Common names of species, the curious case of Capra pyrenaica and the concomitant steps towards the ‘wild-to-domestic’ transformation of a flagship species and its vernacular names

   • Mathieu Sarasa
   • Samer Alasaad
   • Jesús M. Pérez

   Review Paper 22 October 2011 Pages: 1 - 12

2. Determinants of the diversity of plants, birds and mammals of coastal islands of the Humboldt current systems: implications for conservation

   • Guillermo Luna-Jorquera
   • Claudia E. Fernández
   • Marcelo M. Rivadeneira

   Original Paper 16 September 2011 Pages: 13 - 32

   

3. Diversity of wood-decaying fungi under different disturbance regimes—a case study from spruce mountain forests

   • Claus Bässler
   • Jörg Müller
   • Václav Pouska

   Original Paper 15 September 2011 Pages: 33 - 49

   

4. The missing wetlands: using local ecological knowledge to find cryptic ecosystems

   • Amber L. Pitt
   • Robert F. Baldwin
   • Paul B. Leonard

   Original Paper 15 September 2011 Pages: 51 - 63

   

5. Predicting the distribution of cryptic species: the case of the spur-thighed tortoise in Andalusia (southern Iberian Peninsula)

   • José C. Báez
   • Alba Estrada
   • Raimundo Real

   Original Paper 29 September 2011 Pages: 65 - 78

   

6. Improving representativeness of genebank collections through species distribution models, gap analysis and ecogeographical maps

   • M. Parra-Quijano
   • J. M. Iriondo
   • E. Torres

   Original Paper 16 October 2011 Pages: 79 - 96

   

7. Diversity and distribution of terricolous lichens as indicator of habitat heterogeneity and grazing induced trampling in a temperate-alpine shrub and meadow

   • Himanshu Rai
   • D. K. Upreti
   • Rajan K. Gupta

   Original Paper 20 October 2011 Pages: 97 - 113

   

8. Predicting spatially explicit coral reef fish abundance, richness and Shannon–Weaver index from habitat characteristics

   • Jesús Ernesto Arias-González
   • Gilberto Acosta-González
   • José Manuel Castro-Pérez

   Original Paper 19 October 2011 Pages: 115 - 130

   

9. Communicating old-growth forest through an educational trail

   • Emanuele Ziaco
   • Alfredo Alessandrini
   • Gianluca Piovesan

   Original Paper 20 October 2011 Pages: 131 - 144

   

10. Methods in sustainable monitoring: plot sampling versus interviews

    • Lars O. Mortensen
    • Maj Brit Jensen

    Original Paper 16 October 2011 Pages: 145 - 153

    

11. A reassessment of historical records of avian introductions to Australia: no case for propagule pressure

    • Michael P. Moulton
    • Wendell P. Cropper Jr.
    • David Peacock

    Original Paper 20 October 2011 Pages: 155 - 174

    

12. Why are some biodiversity policies implemented and others ignored? Lessons from the uptake of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation by botanic gardens

    • Sophie J. Williams
    • Julia P. G. Jones
    • James M. Gibbons

    Original Paper 22 October 2011 Pages: 175 - 187

    

13. Bringing indices of species vulnerability to climate change into geographic space: an assessment across the Coronado national forest

    • Jennifer E. Davison
    • Sharon Coe
    • Lisa J. Graumlich

    Original Paper 29 October 2011 Pages: 189 - 204

    

14. The importance of timing and number of surveys in fungal biodiversity research

    • Panu Halme
    • Janne S. Kotiaho

    Original Paper 22 October 2011 Pages: 205 - 219

    

15. Hunting, use and conservation of birds in Northeast Brazil

    • Hugo Fernandes-Ferreira
    • Sanjay Veiga Mendonça
    • Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

    Original Paper 29 October 2011 Pages: 221 - 244

    

16. Attitudes of local people towards collective action for forest management: the case of participatory forest management in Dodola area in the Bale Mountains, Southern Ethiopia

    • Yemiru Tesfaye
    • Anders Roos
    • Folke Bohlin

    Original Paper 30 October 2011 Pages: 245 - 265

    

17. Seasonal environments, episodic density compensation and dynamics of structure of chiropteran frugivore guilds in Paraguayan Atlantic forest

    • Richard D. Stevens
    • Heidi N. Amarilla-Stevens

    Original Paper 30 October 2011 Pages: 267 - 279

    

18. Direct and indirect effects of ski run management on alpine Orthoptera

    • Teresa Keßler
    • Arne Cierjacks
    • Frank Dziock

    Original Paper 01 November 2011 Pages: 281 - 296

    

19. Historical records of passerine introductions to New Zealand fail to support the propagule pressure hypothesis

    • Michael P. Moulton
    • Wendell P. Cropper Jr.
    • Michael L. Avery

    Brief Communication 01 October 2011 Pages: 297 - 307