1. Environmental change and rain forests on the Sunda shelf of Southeast Asia: drought, fire and the biological cooling of biodiversity hotspots

   • D. Taylor
   • P. Saksena
   • K. Kucera

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1159 - 1177

2. Effects of management works on the interstitial fauna of floodplain aquatic systems (River Rhône, France)

   • Cecile Claret
   • Pierre Marmonier
   • Emmanuel Castella

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1179 - 1204

3. Genetic diversity of Couratari multiflora and Couratari guianensis (Lecythidaceae): consequences of two types of rarity in central Amazonia

   • Nadja Lepsch-Cunha
   • Paulo Y. Kageyama
   • Roland Vencovsky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1205 - 1218

4. A central Amazonian terra firme forest. I. High tree species richness on poor soils

   • Alexandre A. De Oliveira
   • Scott A. Mori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1219 - 1244

5. Geographic distribution of tree species occurring in the region of Manaus, Brazil: implications for regional diversity and conservation

   • Alexandre A. De Oliveira
   • Douglas C. Daly

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1245 - 1259

6. The impact of urban development on butterflies within a city region

   • Peter B. Hardy
   • Roger L.H. Dennis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1261 - 1279

7. Alien grasses in Brazilian savannas: a threat to the biodiversity

   • Vânia Regina Pivello
   • Cláudia Nagako Shida
   • Sérgio Tadeu Meirelles

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1281 - 1294