1. Spatial variation of mammal richness, functional and phylogenetic diversity in the Mexican Transition Zone

   • Y. Gómez-Ortiz
   • H. Domínguez-Vega
   • C. E. Moreno

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2017 Pages: 121 - 127

2. Climate change impoverishes and homogenizes ants’ community structure: a long term study

   • L. Gallé

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2017 Pages: 128 - 136

3. Co-occurrence patterns of fish species in two aquatic habitats of the Arauca River floodplain, Venezuela

   • G. Echevarría
   • J. P. Rodríguez

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2017 Pages: 137 - 148

4. Relationship between litter produced by Calamagrostis epigejos and seedling recruitment of mesic meadow species in mountain conditions

   • D. Pruchniewicz
   • L. Żołnierz

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2017 Pages: 149 - 156

5. Succession of plant community composition and leaf functional traits in responding to karst rocky desertification in the Wushan County in Chongqing, China

   • D. Qi
   • X. Wieneke
   • P. Xue

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2017 Pages: 157 - 168

6. Comparing and contrasting flooded and unflooded forests in Western Amazonia: seed predation, seed pathogens, germination

   • R. W. Myster

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2017 Pages: 169 - 174

7. Response of tropical birds to habitat modifications in fragmented forest patches: A case from a tropical lowland rainforest in south-west Sri Lanka

   • P. Perera
   • S. Wijesinghe
   • C. Wickramarachchi

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2017 Pages: 175 - 183

8. A test of naturalness indicator values to evaluate success in grassland restoration

   • P. Sengl
   • M. Magnes
   • C. Berg

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2017 Pages: 184 - 192

9. Regional processes drive bryophyte diversity and community composition in a small oceanic island

   • D. S. G. Henriques
   • P. A. V. Borges
   • R. Gabriel

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2017 Pages: 193 - 202

10. Impacts of river regulation and other anthropogenic activities on floodplain vegetation: A case study from Sri Lanka

    • S. L. Rajakaruna
    • K. B. Ranawana
    • H. M. S. P. Madawala

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2017 Pages: 203 - 213

11. Assessing habitat-related disturbance in bird communities: Applying hemeroby and generalism as indicators

    • C. Battisti
    • G. Fanelli
    • G. Caneva

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2017 Pages: 215 - 223

12. Book review

    • Ferenc Jordán

    BookReview Open access 30 December 2017 Pages: 225 - 226