1. Can environmental factors explain size variation in the common shrew (Sorex araneus)?

   • Karl Frafjord

   Original Investigation 30 December 2008 Pages: 415 - 422

2. Is habitat selection by the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae) related to food preferences?

   • Inês T. Rosário
   • Paulo E. Cardoso
   • Maria da Luz Mathias

   Original Investigation 30 December 2008 Pages: 423 - 429

3. Reproduction and postnatal development of the bushveld gerbil Gerbilliscus (formerly Tatera) leucogaster

   • Tracy K. Lötter
   • Neville Pillay

   Original Investigation 30 December 2008 Pages: 430 - 437

4. Effects of group size on nest attendance in the communally breeding colonial tuco-tuco

   • Graciela Izquierdo
   • Eileen A. Lacey

   Original Investigation 30 December 2008 Pages: 438 - 443

5. Behavioural ecology of the black mongoose (Galerella nigrata) in Namibia

   • Galen B. Rathbun
   • Tristan E. Cowley

   Original Investigation 30 December 2008 Pages: 444 - 450

6. Distinguishing skulls of lions (Panthera leo) and tigers (Panthera tigris)

   • Per Christiansen

   Short Communication 30 December 2008 Pages: 451 - 456

7. The power of resolution of microsatellite markers and assignment tests to determine the geographic origin of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Southern Africa

   • Antoinette Kotze
   • Karen Ehlers
   • J. P. Grobler

   Short Communication 30 December 2008 Pages: 457 - 462

8. Reproduction of the opossums Micoureus paraguayanus and Philander frenata in a fragmented Atlantic Forest landscape in Brazil: Is seasonal reproduction a general rule for Neotropical marsupials?

   • Camila S. Barros
   • Renato Crouzeilles
   • Fernando A. S. Fernandez

   Short Communication 30 December 2008 Pages: 463 - 467

9. New distributional records of the recently described and endangered shrew tenrec Microgale nasoloi (Tenrecidae: Afrosoricida) from central western Madagascar

   • Voahangy Soarimalala
   • Steven M. Goodman

   Short Communication 30 December 2008 Pages: 468 - 471

10. Fruit removal by climbing rodents in guelder rose: Comparison with birds and differences between inner and outer racemes

    • Ángel Hernández

    Short Communication 30 December 2008 Pages: 472 - 477

11. Antler size and weight in a herd of pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)

    • Rodolfo Ungerfeld
    • Alejandro Bielli
    • Uruguay Tabaré González-Sierra

    Short Communication 30 December 2008 Pages: 478 - 481

12. Adaptive Herbivore Ecology. From Resources to Populations in Variable Environments

    • Peter Langer

    Book Reviews 30 December 2008 Pages: 482 - 482

13. Introduction to Population Genetics

    • Frank E. Zachos

    Book Reviews 30 December 2008 Pages: 482 - 483

14. The Urban Whale

    • Peter Langer

    Book Reviews 30 December 2008 Pages: 483 - 484

15. The Complete Fauna of Iran

    • Frank E. Zachos

    Book Reviews 30 December 2008 Pages: 484 - 484