1. Calculating minimum discrepancy to assess the nestedness of species assemblages

   • J. M. Roberge
   • F. Bokma
   • B. G. Jonsson

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 141 - 145

2. Epigeic spider (Araneae) assemblages of natural forest edges in the Kiskunság (Hungary)

   • R. Gallé
   • A. Torma

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 146 - 151

3. Effect of land use and climate on the diversity of moth guilds with different habitat specialization

   • T. Kadlec
   • M. A. A. M. Kotela
   • V. Jarošík

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 152 - 158

4. Species richness - pond area relationships of amphibians and birds in two Natura 2000 protected areas of Romania

   • T. Hartel
   • C. I. Moga
   • I. Coroiu

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 159 - 164

5. A habitat association index to distinguish resident species along marine artificial reefs

   • E. Boisnier
   • T. Sagawa
   • T. Katayama

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 165 - 172

6. Antibiotic resistance profiles of soil bacterial communities over a land degradation gradient

   • R. Doi
   • P. Sahunalu
   • K. Sakurai

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 173 - 181

7. Factors affecting the structure of bee assemblages in extensively and intensively grazed grasslands in Hungary

   • M. Sárospataki
   • A. Báldi
   • T. Rédei

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 182 - 188

8. Should fragment area reduction be considered a stress for forest bird assemblages? Evidence from diversity/dominance diagrams

   • C. Battisti
   • L. Luiselli
   • E. Lorenzetti

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 189 - 195

9. The effect of prevalence and its interaction with sample size on the reliability of species distribution models

   • A. Jiménez-Valverde
   • J. M. Lobo
   • J. Hortal

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 196 - 205

10. Increased avian insectivory in a fragmented temperated forest

    • A. Lluch
    • P. L. González-Gómez
    • J. A. Simonetti

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 206 - 208

11. Spatially constrained rarefaction: incorporating the autocorrelated structure of biological communities into sample-based rarefaction

    • A. Chiarucci
    • G. Bacaro
    • S. M. Scheiner

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 209 - 214

12. Modelling the spatial distribution of tree species with fragmented populations from abundance data

    • L. Scarnati
    • F. Attorre
    • M. De Sanctis

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 215 - 224

13. Effects of dwarf-bamboo understory on tree seedling emergence and survival in a mixed-oak forest in northern Japan: a multi-site experimental study

    • J. Doležal
    • S. Matsuki
    • T. Hara

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 225 - 235

14. Overfishing and regime shifts in minimal food web models

    • Á. Móréh
    • F. Jordáz
    • I. Scheuring

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 236 - 243

15. Convex hulls, habitat filtering, and functional diversity: mathematical elegance versus ecological interpretability

    • J. Podani

    Point of view Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 244 - 250

16. Obituary

    • Members of the Institute of Botany and Ecophysiology

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2009 Pages: 251 - 252