1. No increase in fluctuating asymmetry in ground beetles (Carabidae) as urbanisation progresses

   • Z. Elek
   • G. L. Lövei
   • M. Bátki

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 131 - 138

2. Species’ ecological traits correlate with predicted climatically-induced shifts of European breeding ranges in birds

   • M. Koschová
   • F. Kuda
   • J. Reif

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 139 - 146

3. Drivers of herb-layer species diversity in two unmanaged temperate forests in northern Spain

   • F. M. Sabatini
   • B. Jiménez-Alfaro
   • C. Blasi

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 147 - 157

4. Evaluating phyllostomid bat conservation potential of three forest types in the northern Neotropics of Eastern Mexico

   • R. García-Morales
   • L. Chapa-Vargas
   • K. Monzalvo-Santos

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 158 - 168

5. Effects of land abandonment on bird communities of smallholder farming landscapes in post-war Croatia: implications for conservation policies

   • K. Mikulić
   • A. Radović
   • N. Tepić

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 169 - 179

6. Microhabitat associations of land snails in forested dolinas: implications for coarse filter conservation

   • Z. Kemencei
   • R. Farkas
   • P. Sólymos

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 180 - 186

7. Information retrieved from specimens at Natural History Collections can improve the quality of field-based ecological networks

   • R. A. González-Vaquero
   • A. I. Gravel
   • M. Devoto

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 187 - 193

8. The effect of small-scale land use on vegetation in the Valdivian Coastal Range (Chile)

   • K. Seis
   • S. Gärtner
   • A. Reif

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 194 - 204

9. On the functional diversity of partially distinct species: some theory and a practical example

   • C. Ricotta
   • A. T. R. Acosta

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 205 - 211

10. Interactive effects of flooding and treefall gap formation on terra firme forest and várzea forest seed and seedling mechanisms and tolerances in the Ecuadorean Amazon

    • R. W. Myster

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 212 - 221

11. Plant community response to the East Amarillo Complex wildfires in the Southern High Plains, USA

    • D. B. Wester
    • S. Rideout-Hanzak
    • H. Whitlaw

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 222 - 234

12. Bird and beetle assemblages in relict beech forests of central Italy: a multi-taxa approach to assess the importance of dead wood in biodiversity conservation

    • L. Redolfi De Zan
    • C. Battisti
    • G. M. Carpaneto

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 235 - 245

13. Gastropod communities in alpine grasslands are characterized by high beta diversity

    • D. Schmera
    • B. Baur

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 246 - 255

14. Woodland bird response to landscape connectivity in an agriculture-dominated landscape: a functional community approach

    • A. Gil-Tena
    • J. Nabucet
    • A. Ernoult

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 256 - 268

15. Michael Bodley Dale (1936–2014)

    • J. Podani
    • L. Orlóci
    • L. Mucina

    Obituary Open access 30 December 2014 Pages: 269 - 272