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Contents of volume 67
Biological Conservation Papers Published in Volumes 67-70 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 67
Number 1 1 Potential for the development of marsh vegetation from the seed bank after a drawdown G. N. J. TER HEERDT & H. J. DROST (The Netherlands) 13 Observations on habitat use and social organization of a huemul Hippocamelus bisulcus COaStal population in Chile A. FRID (Canada) 21 Changes in the vegetation and reptile populations on Round Island, Mauritius, following eradication of rabbits S. G. NORTH, D. J. BULLOCK (UK) & M. E. DULL00 (Mauritius) 29 Managing wildlife to conserve Amazonian forests: Population biology and economic considerations of game hunting R. E. BODMER (USA), T. G. FANG, L. MOYA I (Peru) & R. GILL (UK) 37 Spatial patterns of species description: How is our knowledge of the global insect fauna growing? K. J. GASTON (UK) 41 The status and conservation of the netted carpet Eusrroma reticularum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a threatened moth species in Britain P. E. HATCHER & K. N. A. ALEXANDER (UK) 49 Choosing a rock: Perspectives of a bush-rock collector and a saxicolous lizard C. A. SCHLESINGER & R. SHINE (Australia) 57
Population characteristics of African wild dogs Lycaon picrus in the Eastern Transvaal Lowveld, South Africa, as revealed through photographic records A. H. MADDOCK & M. G. L. MILLS (South Africa)
83
Microclimate and vegetation edge effects in a fragmented podocarp-broadleaf A. YOUNG & N. MITCHELL (New Zealand)
forest in New Zealand
73 Variables influencing population estimates of an endangered passerine M. P. MORIN & S. CONANT (USA) 85
Letter to the Editor The uncertain future of Stelvio National Park, the largest in the Alps F. FRAMARIN (Italy)
89
Book Reviews
91
Selected Abstracts
Number 2 97
Alien mammals, impact and management in the French subantarctic islands J. L. CHAPUIS, P. BOUSSES & G. BARNAUD (France)
105 Winter recreation and hibernating black bears Ursus americanus J. M. GOODRICH & J. BERGER (USA) 111 Conservation of the natterjack toad Bufo calamira in Britain over the period 1970-1990 in relation to site protection and other factors B. BANKS, T. J. C. BEEBEE & A. S. COOKE (UK)
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
119 The effects of disturbance caused by boating on survival and behaviour of velvet scoter Melanitfa fusca ducklings J. MIKOLA, M. MIETTINEN, E. LEHIKOINEN & K. LEHT1l.A (Finland) 125 Habitat selection by the little bustard Tetrax tetrax in cultivated areas of Central Spain C. MARTiNEZ (Spain) 129 Mitigation of bird collisions with transmission lines through groundwire marking J. C. ALONSO, J. A. ALONSO & R. MUNOZ-PULIDO (Spain) 135 The importance of demographic uncertainty: An example from the helmeted honeyeater Lichenosfomus melanops cassidix M. A. MCCARTHY, D. C. FRANKLIN & M. A. BURGMAN (Australia) 143 Conserving the Seychelles warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis by translocation from Cousin Island to the islands of Aride and Cousine J. KOMDEUR (UK) 153 The distribution and abundance of the golden-rumped elephant-shrew Rhynchocyon chrysopygus in Kenyan coastal forests C. D. FITZGIBBON (UK) 161 Dynamics of a small, hunted brown bear Ursus arctos population in southwestern Alberta, Canada R. B. WIELGUS & F. L. BUNNELL (Canada) 167 A global review of porpoise (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) mortality in gillnets T. A. JEFFERSON & B. E. CURRY (USA) 185 Book Review 187 Selected Abstracts
Number 3 193 Herbivory, growth, seed production, and resprouting of an exotic invasive shrub Cytisus scoparius. C. C. BOSSARD & M. REJMANEK (USA) 201
Current land use and changes in land use over time in the coastal zone of Chanthaburi Province, Thailand R. M. RAINE (Canada)
205
History of decline and present status of natural tropical thorn forest in Punjab A. U. KHAN (Pakistan)
211 Measuring more of biodiversity: Can higher-taxon richness predict wholesale species richness? P. H. WILLIAMS & K. J. GASTON (UK) 219
Ethics and economics of conservation U. HAMPICKE (Germany)
233
Maintenance of populations and causes of population changes of curlews Numenius arquata breeding on farmland A. BERG (Sweden)
239 The UK status and suspected metapopulation structure of a threatened European butterfly, the marsh f ritillary Eurodryas aurinia M. S. WARREN (UK) 251
Pathogenic fungus contributes to amphibian losses in the Pacific Northwest A. R. BLAUSTEIN, D. G. HOKIT, R. K. O’HARA & R. A. HOLT (USA)
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
255 The response of Heteroptera and Coleoptera species to shade and aspect in rides of coniferised lowland woods in southern England J. N. GREATOREX-DAVIES, T. H. SPARKS & M. L. HALL (UK) 275
Book Reviews
277 Announcement 279
Selected Abstracts
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 68 Number 1 1
Weed management and the habitat protection of rare species: A case study of the endemic Hawaiian fern Marsilea villosa L. WESTER (USA)
11 Conservation status of Attalea crassispafha (Mart.) Burret, the rare and endemic oil palm of Haiti J. C. TIMYAN & S. F. REEP (USA) 19 Tree mortality patterns after experimental fragmentation of an old-growth conifer forest P.-A. ESSEEN (Sweden) 29
Impact of biotic disturbances on the habitat and population of the endangered grizzled giant squirrel Ratufa macroura in south India J. JOSHUA & A. J. T. JOHNSINGH (India)
35
Patterns and impacts of oiling of African penguins Spheniscus demersus: 1981-1991 N. J. ADAMS (South Africa)
43 The conservation of arboreal marsupials in the montane ash forests of the central highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia V. Patterns of use and the microhabitat requirements of the mountain brushtail possum Trichosurus caninus Ogilby in retained linear habitats (wildlife corridors) D. B. LINDENMAYER, R. B. CUNNINGHAM, C. F. DONNELLY, B. J. TRIGGS & M. BELVEDERE (Australia) 53 The impact of elephant and goat grazing on the endemic flora of South African succulent thicket H. J. MOOLMAN & R. M. COWLING (South Africa) 63 Snow leopard Panthera uncia predation of livestock: An assessment of local perceptions in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal M. K. OLI, I. R. TAYLOR & M. E. ROGERS (UK) 69 Genetic diversity and taxonomic priorities for conservation D. P. FAITH (Australia) 75
Book Reviews
79 Announcement 81
Selected Abstracts
Number 2 89 The rescue of Wahlenbergia larrainii in Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile M. RICCI & L. EATON (Chile) 95 Alien taxa in the North American shrub-steppe four decades after cessation of livestock grazing and cultivation agriculture C. A. BRANDT & W. H. RICKARD (USA: 107 Survival and growth of A/km fricoccum Ait. transplants in different habitats L. VASSEUR & D. GAGNON (Canada) 115 Status, habitat use and conservation of the scarce blue-tailed damselfly /schwa (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in Britain and Ireland A. D. FOX & S. A. CHAM (UK)
pumilio (Charpentier)
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
123 The interaction between offshore cod trawlers and harp Phoca groenlandica and hooded Cystophora crisrata seals off Newfoundland, Canada D. PEMBERTON, B. MERDSOY, R. GALES & D. RENOUF (Canada) 129 Minimum group size and other conservation lessons exemplified by a declining primate pOpUktiOn T. P. YOUNG & L. A. ISBELL (USA) 135 Ordination as an aid in determining priorities for plant community protection J. B. TAGGART (USA) 143 Highway mortality of snakes in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona P. C. ROSEN 81C. H. LOWE (USA) 149 Tree and shrub mortality and debarking by sambar Cefvus unicolor (Kerr) in Gir after a drought in Gujarat, India J. A. KHAN, W. A. RODGERS, A. J. T. JOHNSINGH & P. K. MATHUR (India) 155 Corridor use and the elements of corridor quality: Chipmunks and fencerows in a farmland mosaic A. F. BENNETT (Australia), K. HENEIN & G. MERRIAM (Canada) 167 Metapopulation dynamics and conservation: A spatially explicit model applied to butterflies I. HANSKI (Finland) & C. D. THOMAS (UK) 181 Killing of piscivorous birds at Scottish fin fish farms, 1984-87 D. N. CARSS (UK) 189
Disturbance history of a swamp forest refuge in northern Sweden U. SEGERSTRGM, R. BRADSHAW, G. HCRNBERG & E. BOHLIN (Sweden)
197 Book Review
Number 3 Special Issue: Status and Conservation Approaches for Coastal Plain Communities, North America 199
Introduction: Why a special issue of Biological Conservation devoted to coastal plain wetlands? P. KEDDY (Canada) Part 1: Distribution and status
203 The disjunct coastal plain flora in the Great Lakes region A. A. REZNICEK (USA) 217
Disjunct Atlantic coastal plain species in Nova Scotia: Distribution, habitat and conservation priorities I. C. WISHEU, C. J. KEDDY, P. A. KEDDY & N. M. HILL (Canada)
225 Coastal plain ponds in New England B. A. SORRIE (USA) 235 The ecology, status, and conservation of two non-alluvial wetland communities in the south Atlantic and eastern Gulf coastal plain, USA R. D. SUl-TER 8 R. KRAL (USA) Part 2: Research and ecological processes 247 The low competitive ability of Canada’s Atlantic coastal plain shoreline flora: Implications for conservation I. C. WISHEU & P. A. KEDDY (Canada) 253 The role of hydrologic regime in maintaining rare plant communities of New York’s coastal plain pondshores R. SCHNEIDER (USA) Part 3: Conservation planning and prioritizing 263 The use of theory in land management decisions: The New Jersey Pine Barrens E. W. B. RUSSELL (USA) 269 A protocol to identify and prioritize significant coastal plain plant assemblages for protection C. J. KEDDY & M. J. SHARP (Canada)
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
A biosphere reserve for Atlantic coastal plain flora, south-western Nova Scotia G. FRANCIS & N. MUNRO (Canada)
275
281 Conclusion: An action plan for coastal plain wetland conservation. Toward a continental conservation strategy T. J. RAWINSKI (USA) & S. D. PRICE (Canada) 285
Book Reviews
CONTENTS
OF VOLUME
69
Number 1 1 The distribution and abundance of the Indo-Pacific crocodile River, Sabah, East Malaysia R. B. STUEBING, G. ISMAIL & L. H. CHING (Malaysia) 9
Crocodylus
porosus
Ecological aspects of the land crab Gecarcinus planatus (Decapoda: Gecarcinidae) in Socorro C. JIMENEZ, A. ORTEGA-RUBIO, S. ALVAREZ-CARDENAS &G. ARNAUD (Mexico)
15
Status, distribution and conservation of two Madagascar bird species endemic grebe Tachybaptus rufolavatus and Madagascar pochard Aythya innotata L. WILME (Madagascar)
23
Rainforest fragmentation W. F. LAURANCE (USA)
33
Phylogenetic measures C. KRAJEWSKI (USA)
41
Reptiles and amphibians of particular conservation A preliminary review R. A. SADLIER & R. L. PRESSEY (Australia)
55
Changes in vegetation following reduction Peak District, Derbyshire, England P. ANDERSON &E. RADFORD (UK)
65
A rainforest survey of amphibians, reptiles and small mammals C. J. RAXWORTHY & R. A. NUSSBAUM (USA)
75
The decline of kakapo Strigops habroptilus and attempts B. D. LLOYD & R. G. POWLESLAND (New Zealand)
87
Extinction and reintroduction of the bryophyte Scorpidium scorpioides Netherlands A. M. KOOIJMAN, B. BELTMAN &V. WESTHOFF (The Netherlands)
97
Use of supplementary feeding to induce breeding in free-living R. G. POWLESLAND & B. D. LLOYD (New Zealand)
and the structure
of biodiversity:
107
Diversite de la banque L. TRABAUD (France)
115
Niche separation in three sympatric Khaeng, Thailand H. KRUUK (UK), B. KANCHANASAKA
121
Schneider
Book Reviews
de semences
of small mammal
A comparison
Island, Mexico
to Lake Alaotra:
in tropical
Delacour’s
Queensland
and critique
concern
in grazing
du sol d’une for&
in the Western
pressure
Division
on the National
at Montagne
at conservation
d’Ambre,
Madagascar
by translocation
in a rich-fen spring site in The
habroptilus
in New Zealand
de Quercus ilex
L. lutra and Aonyx
S. O’SULLIVAN
of New South Wales:
Trust’s Kinder Estate,
kakapo Strigops
Mediterraneenne
otters Lutra perspicillata, (Thailand),
communities
in the Klias
cinerea
in Huai Kha
(USA) & S. WANGHONGSA
(Thailand)
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
Number 2 123
The decline of a brown K. ELGMORK (Norway)
131
Influence of temperature and moisture on eggs and embryos Varanus albigularis: Implications for conservation J. A. PHILLIPS&G. C. PACKARD (USA)
137
Genetic relationships among Alpine ibex Capra ibex populations source K. T. SCRIBNER & M. STUWE (USA)
145
Umbrella species and the conservation vanishing grassland ecosystem A. E. LAUNER &D. D. MURPHY (USA)
155
Acidic deposition as an unlikely cause for amphibian population declines in the Sierra Nevada, D. F. BRADFORD, M. S. GORDON, D. F. JOHNSON (USA), R. D. ANDREWS (Canada) &W. B. JENNINGS (USA)
163
Dehydration and the threat to East Anglian W. J. FOJT (UK)
177
Occupancy of isolated woodplots by the red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris L. in Italy C. CELADA, G. BOGLIANI, A. GARIBALDI &A. MARACCI (Italy)
185
Differentiation of isolated, threatened fish populations in dolomitic waters by polyacrilamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) of total cellular proteins C. D. NXOMANI, A. J. RIBBINK & R. KIRBY (South Africa)
191
Short-term effects and long-term after-effects green-winged orchid Orchus morio J. SILVERTOWN, D.A. WELLS, M. GILLMAN,
bear Ursus arctos L. population
in central south Norway
of habitat fragments:
of the white-throated
re-established
savanna
monitor
from a common
A case of a threatened
butterfly
ancestral
and a
California
fens, England
of fertilizer M. E. DODD,
application
of the Transvaal,
on the flowering
H. ROBERTSON
&K.
South Africa,
population
H. LAKHANI
of
(UK)
199
Distribution and conservation (Decapoda: Parastacidae) P. HOROWITZ (Australia)
207
Hierarchical Richness Index (HRI): A simple D. D. FRENCH (UK)
213
Conservation of mammalian species diversity in Ambhitantely Special Reserve, Madagascar P. J. STEPHENSON (UK), H. RANDRIAMAHAZO, N. RAKOTOARISON (Madagascar) & P. A. RACEY (UK)
219
Waterbirds on an adjacent freshwater lake and salt lake in arid Australia R. T. KINGSFORD &J. L. PORTER (Australia)
229
Book Reviews
231
Selected
status of the Tasmanian
procedure
1
lobster Astacopsis
for scoring ‘richness’,
gouldi
for use with grouped
data
Abstracts
CONTENTS Number
giant freshwater
OF VOLUME
70
1
Mountain
sheep
Ovis canadensis
and helicopter
surveys:
Ramifications
for the conservation
of large
mammals V. C. BLEICH,
9
R. T. BOWYER,
A. M. PAULI,
M. C. NICHOLSON
& R. W. ANTHES
(USA)
Size, trend, distribution and conservation of the brown bear Ursus arctos population in Sweden J. E. SWENSON (Norway), F. SANDEGREN, A. BJ)irRVALL, A. SGDERBERG (Sweden), P. WABAKKEN (Norway) & R. FRANZEN (Sweden)
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
19
Evolution of high genetic variability conservation management T. A. RANKER (USA)
25
Genetic diversity D. M. DEBINSKI
33
The importance of aquatic vegetation S. R. MOE (Norway)
39
A review of habitat changes in the Camargue: An assessment diversity on the wintering waterfowl community A. TAMISIER & P. GRILLAS (France)
49
The inshore fish assemblages of the Galapagos archipelago S. JENNINGS, A. S. BRIERLEY & J. W. WALKER (UK)
59
The status of grey seals Halichoerus T. HAUG, G. HENRIKSEN (Norway),
assessment (USA)
in the Hawaiian
in a metapopulation
fern Adenophorus
of the butterfly
for the management
periens and implications
Eu@y&yas
of the barasingha
for
gillettii Cervus duvauceli
in Nepal
of the effects of the loss of biological
grypus in North Norway and on the Murman coast, Russia A. KONDAKOV, V. MISHIN (Russia), K. T. NILSSEN & N. R0V
(Norway) 69
Distribution, status, and proposals for the conservation west Saudi Arabia C. MAGIN & A. GRETH (Saudi Arabia)
77
Effects of agricultural Spain B. CALVO (UK)
85
Short Note Optimal and suboptimal reserve selection L. G. UNDERHILL (South Africa)
89
on the breeding
of collared
pratincole
gazelle
Gaze//a gaze//a cora in south-
Glareola pratincola
in south-west
algorithms
Book Reviews
Number 93
land-use
of mountain
2
Abundance, size structure, and diver-oriented marine reserve in northeastern New Zealand R. G. COLE (New Zealand)
behaviour
of three large benthic carnivorous
fishes in a
101
Different rates and causes of high mortality . .. agassmi C. C. PETERSON (USA)
109
Studies on the status of rare and endangered I. BISANG & E. URMI (Switzerland)
117
Selective foraging on woody species by the beaver Castor fiber, and its impact on a riparian willow forest B. A. NOLET, A. HOEKSTRA & M. M. OTTENHEIM (The Netherlands)
129
Influence of forest fragmentation on seed consumption thurifera T. SANTOS & J. L. TELLERIA (Spain)
135
The status of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae R. PATERSON, P. PATERSON & D. H. CAT0 (Australia)
143
The conservation of arboreal marsupials in the montane ash forests of the central highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia, VI. The performance of statistical models of the nest tree and habitat requirements of arboreal marsupials applied to new survey data D. B. LINDENMAYER, R. B. CUNNINGHAM & C. F. DONNELLY (Australia)
149
The biogeography of scarce vascular plants in Britain with respect to habitat preference, and reproductive biology R. M. QUINN, J. H. LAWTON, B. C. EVERSHAM & S. N. WOOD (UK)
in two populations
bryophytes
of the threatened
desert tortoise
Gopherus
in Switzerland
and dispersal
of Spanish juniper
in east Australia
Juniperus
thirty years after whaling
dispersal
ability
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
159
Principles for the sustainable utilization of the Okavango W. N. ELLERY & T. S. MCCARTHY (South Africa)
169
Soil fertility and its implications for the restoration of heathland R. F. PYWELL, N. R. WEBB & P. D. PUTWAIN (UK)
183
Alternative projections M. P. BURTON (UK)
189
Short Note Impact of muntjac deer Muntiacus reevesion in a Cambridgeshire wood E. POLLARD & A. S. COOKE (UK)
193
of decline of the African
Delta ecosystem, on farmland
Botswana in southern
Britain
elephant
egg-laying
sites of the white admiral butterfly
Ladoga camilla
Book Reviews
Number
3
195
Use of a population model to assess the impact of longline fishing on wandering exulans populations C. L. MOLONEY, J. COOPER, P. G. RYAN & W. R. SIEGFRIED (South Africa)
205
Prey switching in red-necked phalaropes Phalaropus lobatus: Feeding limitations, and water management at Mono Lake, California, USA M. RUBEGA & C. INOUYE (USA)
211
Observations of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae C. GARRIGUE (New Caledonia) & P. C. GILL (Australia)
219
Assessment of shoreline vegetation in relation to use by molting black brant Branta bernicla nigricans on the Alaska Coastal Plain M. W. WELLER, K. C. JENSEN, E. J. TAYLOR, M. W. MILLER, K. S. BOLLINGER, D. V. DERKSEN, D. ESLER & C. MARKON (USA)
227
Metapopulation viability analysis of the greater glider Petauroides volans in a wood production H. P. POSSINGHAM, D. B. LINDENMAYER, T. W. NORTON & I. DAVIES (Australia)
237
Habitat and survival of capercaillie I. STORCH (Germany)
Tetrao urogahs
245
Habitat selection and conservation J. L. RUB10 & L. M. CARRASCAL
of an endemic (Spain)
251
The effects of fixed salmon Salvo salar nets on guillemot Scotland in 1992 S. MURRAY, S. WANLESS & M. P. HARRIS (UK)
257
The choice of oviposition sites in woodland by the Duke of Burgundy butterfly Hamearis lucina in England T. H. SPARKS, K. PORTER, J. N. GREATOREX-DAVIES, M. L. HALL & R. H. MARRS (UK)
265
The role of nest sites in limiting the numbers of hole-nesting I. NEWTON (UK)
277
The relative use of abandoned farm clearings Tiwai, Sierra Leone, West Africa C. FIMBEL (USA)
287
Short Note Germination ecology of the endangered P. MILBERG (Sweden)
291
Book Reviews
294
Announcement
295
Selected
Abstracts
in New Caledonian
Spanish
lizard Algyroides
biennial
Diomedea
the functional
response
waters during 1991-1993
nests and broods in the Bavarian
march
Uris aalge and razorbill
area
Alps
(Reptilia,
Lacertidae)
Alca forda in northeast
birds: A review
and old forest habitats
grassland
albatross
Gentianella
by primates
campestris
and a forest antelope
at
Number 1 1 Potential for the development of marsh vegetation from the seed bank after a drawdown G. N. J. TER HEERDT & H. J. DROST (The Netherlands) 13 Observations on habitat use and social organization of a huemul Hippocamelus bisulcus COaStal population in Chile A. FRID (Canada) 21 Changes in the vegetation and reptile populations on Round Island, Mauritius, following eradication of rabbits S. G. NORTH, D. J. BULLOCK (UK) & M. E. DULL00 (Mauritius) 29 Managing wildlife to conserve Amazonian forests: Population biology and economic considerations of game hunting R. E. BODMER (USA), T. G. FANG, L. MOYA I (Peru) & R. GILL (UK) 37 Spatial patterns of species description: How is our knowledge of the global insect fauna growing? K. J. GASTON (UK) 41 The status and conservation of the netted carpet Eusrroma reticularum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a threatened moth species in Britain P. E. HATCHER & K. N. A. ALEXANDER (UK) 49 Choosing a rock: Perspectives of a bush-rock collector and a saxicolous lizard C. A. SCHLESINGER & R. SHINE (Australia) 57
Population characteristics of African wild dogs Lycaon picrus in the Eastern Transvaal Lowveld, South Africa, as revealed through photographic records A. H. MADDOCK & M. G. L. MILLS (South Africa)
83
Microclimate and vegetation edge effects in a fragmented podocarp-broadleaf A. YOUNG & N. MITCHELL (New Zealand)
forest in New Zealand
73 Variables influencing population estimates of an endangered passerine M. P. MORIN & S. CONANT (USA) 85
Letter to the Editor The uncertain future of Stelvio National Park, the largest in the Alps F. FRAMARIN (Italy)
89
Book Reviews
91
Selected Abstracts
Number 2 97
Alien mammals, impact and management in the French subantarctic islands J. L. CHAPUIS, P. BOUSSES & G. BARNAUD (France)
105 Winter recreation and hibernating black bears Ursus americanus J. M. GOODRICH & J. BERGER (USA) 111 Conservation of the natterjack toad Bufo calamira in Britain over the period 1970-1990 in relation to site protection and other factors B. BANKS, T. J. C. BEEBEE & A. S. COOKE (UK)
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
119 The effects of disturbance caused by boating on survival and behaviour of velvet scoter Melanitfa fusca ducklings J. MIKOLA, M. MIETTINEN, E. LEHIKOINEN & K. LEHT1l.A (Finland) 125 Habitat selection by the little bustard Tetrax tetrax in cultivated areas of Central Spain C. MARTiNEZ (Spain) 129 Mitigation of bird collisions with transmission lines through groundwire marking J. C. ALONSO, J. A. ALONSO & R. MUNOZ-PULIDO (Spain) 135 The importance of demographic uncertainty: An example from the helmeted honeyeater Lichenosfomus melanops cassidix M. A. MCCARTHY, D. C. FRANKLIN & M. A. BURGMAN (Australia) 143 Conserving the Seychelles warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis by translocation from Cousin Island to the islands of Aride and Cousine J. KOMDEUR (UK) 153 The distribution and abundance of the golden-rumped elephant-shrew Rhynchocyon chrysopygus in Kenyan coastal forests C. D. FITZGIBBON (UK) 161 Dynamics of a small, hunted brown bear Ursus arctos population in southwestern Alberta, Canada R. B. WIELGUS & F. L. BUNNELL (Canada) 167 A global review of porpoise (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) mortality in gillnets T. A. JEFFERSON & B. E. CURRY (USA) 185 Book Review 187 Selected Abstracts
Number 3 193 Herbivory, growth, seed production, and resprouting of an exotic invasive shrub Cytisus scoparius. C. C. BOSSARD & M. REJMANEK (USA) 201
Current land use and changes in land use over time in the coastal zone of Chanthaburi Province, Thailand R. M. RAINE (Canada)
205
History of decline and present status of natural tropical thorn forest in Punjab A. U. KHAN (Pakistan)
211 Measuring more of biodiversity: Can higher-taxon richness predict wholesale species richness? P. H. WILLIAMS & K. J. GASTON (UK) 219
Ethics and economics of conservation U. HAMPICKE (Germany)
233
Maintenance of populations and causes of population changes of curlews Numenius arquata breeding on farmland A. BERG (Sweden)
239 The UK status and suspected metapopulation structure of a threatened European butterfly, the marsh f ritillary Eurodryas aurinia M. S. WARREN (UK) 251
Pathogenic fungus contributes to amphibian losses in the Pacific Northwest A. R. BLAUSTEIN, D. G. HOKIT, R. K. O’HARA & R. A. HOLT (USA)
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
255 The response of Heteroptera and Coleoptera species to shade and aspect in rides of coniferised lowland woods in southern England J. N. GREATOREX-DAVIES, T. H. SPARKS & M. L. HALL (UK) 275
Book Reviews
277 Announcement 279
Selected Abstracts
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 68 Number 1 1
Weed management and the habitat protection of rare species: A case study of the endemic Hawaiian fern Marsilea villosa L. WESTER (USA)
11 Conservation status of Attalea crassispafha (Mart.) Burret, the rare and endemic oil palm of Haiti J. C. TIMYAN & S. F. REEP (USA) 19 Tree mortality patterns after experimental fragmentation of an old-growth conifer forest P.-A. ESSEEN (Sweden) 29
Impact of biotic disturbances on the habitat and population of the endangered grizzled giant squirrel Ratufa macroura in south India J. JOSHUA & A. J. T. JOHNSINGH (India)
35
Patterns and impacts of oiling of African penguins Spheniscus demersus: 1981-1991 N. J. ADAMS (South Africa)
43 The conservation of arboreal marsupials in the montane ash forests of the central highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia V. Patterns of use and the microhabitat requirements of the mountain brushtail possum Trichosurus caninus Ogilby in retained linear habitats (wildlife corridors) D. B. LINDENMAYER, R. B. CUNNINGHAM, C. F. DONNELLY, B. J. TRIGGS & M. BELVEDERE (Australia) 53 The impact of elephant and goat grazing on the endemic flora of South African succulent thicket H. J. MOOLMAN & R. M. COWLING (South Africa) 63 Snow leopard Panthera uncia predation of livestock: An assessment of local perceptions in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal M. K. OLI, I. R. TAYLOR & M. E. ROGERS (UK) 69 Genetic diversity and taxonomic priorities for conservation D. P. FAITH (Australia) 75
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79 Announcement 81
Selected Abstracts
Number 2 89 The rescue of Wahlenbergia larrainii in Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile M. RICCI & L. EATON (Chile) 95 Alien taxa in the North American shrub-steppe four decades after cessation of livestock grazing and cultivation agriculture C. A. BRANDT & W. H. RICKARD (USA: 107 Survival and growth of A/km fricoccum Ait. transplants in different habitats L. VASSEUR & D. GAGNON (Canada) 115 Status, habitat use and conservation of the scarce blue-tailed damselfly /schwa (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in Britain and Ireland A. D. FOX & S. A. CHAM (UK)
pumilio (Charpentier)
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
123 The interaction between offshore cod trawlers and harp Phoca groenlandica and hooded Cystophora crisrata seals off Newfoundland, Canada D. PEMBERTON, B. MERDSOY, R. GALES & D. RENOUF (Canada) 129 Minimum group size and other conservation lessons exemplified by a declining primate pOpUktiOn T. P. YOUNG & L. A. ISBELL (USA) 135 Ordination as an aid in determining priorities for plant community protection J. B. TAGGART (USA) 143 Highway mortality of snakes in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona P. C. ROSEN 81C. H. LOWE (USA) 149 Tree and shrub mortality and debarking by sambar Cefvus unicolor (Kerr) in Gir after a drought in Gujarat, India J. A. KHAN, W. A. RODGERS, A. J. T. JOHNSINGH & P. K. MATHUR (India) 155 Corridor use and the elements of corridor quality: Chipmunks and fencerows in a farmland mosaic A. F. BENNETT (Australia), K. HENEIN & G. MERRIAM (Canada) 167 Metapopulation dynamics and conservation: A spatially explicit model applied to butterflies I. HANSKI (Finland) & C. D. THOMAS (UK) 181 Killing of piscivorous birds at Scottish fin fish farms, 1984-87 D. N. CARSS (UK) 189
Disturbance history of a swamp forest refuge in northern Sweden U. SEGERSTRGM, R. BRADSHAW, G. HCRNBERG & E. BOHLIN (Sweden)
197 Book Review
Number 3 Special Issue: Status and Conservation Approaches for Coastal Plain Communities, North America 199
Introduction: Why a special issue of Biological Conservation devoted to coastal plain wetlands? P. KEDDY (Canada) Part 1: Distribution and status
203 The disjunct coastal plain flora in the Great Lakes region A. A. REZNICEK (USA) 217
Disjunct Atlantic coastal plain species in Nova Scotia: Distribution, habitat and conservation priorities I. C. WISHEU, C. J. KEDDY, P. A. KEDDY & N. M. HILL (Canada)
225 Coastal plain ponds in New England B. A. SORRIE (USA) 235 The ecology, status, and conservation of two non-alluvial wetland communities in the south Atlantic and eastern Gulf coastal plain, USA R. D. SUl-TER 8 R. KRAL (USA) Part 2: Research and ecological processes 247 The low competitive ability of Canada’s Atlantic coastal plain shoreline flora: Implications for conservation I. C. WISHEU & P. A. KEDDY (Canada) 253 The role of hydrologic regime in maintaining rare plant communities of New York’s coastal plain pondshores R. SCHNEIDER (USA) Part 3: Conservation planning and prioritizing 263 The use of theory in land management decisions: The New Jersey Pine Barrens E. W. B. RUSSELL (USA) 269 A protocol to identify and prioritize significant coastal plain plant assemblages for protection C. J. KEDDY & M. J. SHARP (Canada)
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
A biosphere reserve for Atlantic coastal plain flora, south-western Nova Scotia G. FRANCIS & N. MUNRO (Canada)
275
281 Conclusion: An action plan for coastal plain wetland conservation. Toward a continental conservation strategy T. J. RAWINSKI (USA) & S. D. PRICE (Canada) 285
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CONTENTS
OF VOLUME
69
Number 1 1 The distribution and abundance of the Indo-Pacific crocodile River, Sabah, East Malaysia R. B. STUEBING, G. ISMAIL & L. H. CHING (Malaysia) 9
Crocodylus
porosus
Ecological aspects of the land crab Gecarcinus planatus (Decapoda: Gecarcinidae) in Socorro C. JIMENEZ, A. ORTEGA-RUBIO, S. ALVAREZ-CARDENAS &G. ARNAUD (Mexico)
15
Status, distribution and conservation of two Madagascar bird species endemic grebe Tachybaptus rufolavatus and Madagascar pochard Aythya innotata L. WILME (Madagascar)
23
Rainforest fragmentation W. F. LAURANCE (USA)
33
Phylogenetic measures C. KRAJEWSKI (USA)
41
Reptiles and amphibians of particular conservation A preliminary review R. A. SADLIER & R. L. PRESSEY (Australia)
55
Changes in vegetation following reduction Peak District, Derbyshire, England P. ANDERSON &E. RADFORD (UK)
65
A rainforest survey of amphibians, reptiles and small mammals C. J. RAXWORTHY & R. A. NUSSBAUM (USA)
75
The decline of kakapo Strigops habroptilus and attempts B. D. LLOYD & R. G. POWLESLAND (New Zealand)
87
Extinction and reintroduction of the bryophyte Scorpidium scorpioides Netherlands A. M. KOOIJMAN, B. BELTMAN &V. WESTHOFF (The Netherlands)
97
Use of supplementary feeding to induce breeding in free-living R. G. POWLESLAND & B. D. LLOYD (New Zealand)
and the structure
of biodiversity:
107
Diversite de la banque L. TRABAUD (France)
115
Niche separation in three sympatric Khaeng, Thailand H. KRUUK (UK), B. KANCHANASAKA
121
Schneider
Book Reviews
de semences
of small mammal
A comparison
Island, Mexico
to Lake Alaotra:
in tropical
Delacour’s
Queensland
and critique
concern
in grazing
du sol d’une for&
in the Western
pressure
Division
on the National
at Montagne
at conservation
d’Ambre,
Madagascar
by translocation
in a rich-fen spring site in The
habroptilus
in New Zealand
de Quercus ilex
L. lutra and Aonyx
S. O’SULLIVAN
of New South Wales:
Trust’s Kinder Estate,
kakapo Strigops
Mediterraneenne
otters Lutra perspicillata, (Thailand),
communities
in the Klias
cinerea
in Huai Kha
(USA) & S. WANGHONGSA
(Thailand)
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
Number 2 123
The decline of a brown K. ELGMORK (Norway)
131
Influence of temperature and moisture on eggs and embryos Varanus albigularis: Implications for conservation J. A. PHILLIPS&G. C. PACKARD (USA)
137
Genetic relationships among Alpine ibex Capra ibex populations source K. T. SCRIBNER & M. STUWE (USA)
145
Umbrella species and the conservation vanishing grassland ecosystem A. E. LAUNER &D. D. MURPHY (USA)
155
Acidic deposition as an unlikely cause for amphibian population declines in the Sierra Nevada, D. F. BRADFORD, M. S. GORDON, D. F. JOHNSON (USA), R. D. ANDREWS (Canada) &W. B. JENNINGS (USA)
163
Dehydration and the threat to East Anglian W. J. FOJT (UK)
177
Occupancy of isolated woodplots by the red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris L. in Italy C. CELADA, G. BOGLIANI, A. GARIBALDI &A. MARACCI (Italy)
185
Differentiation of isolated, threatened fish populations in dolomitic waters by polyacrilamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) of total cellular proteins C. D. NXOMANI, A. J. RIBBINK & R. KIRBY (South Africa)
191
Short-term effects and long-term after-effects green-winged orchid Orchus morio J. SILVERTOWN, D.A. WELLS, M. GILLMAN,
bear Ursus arctos L. population
in central south Norway
of habitat fragments:
of the white-throated
re-established
savanna
monitor
from a common
A case of a threatened
butterfly
ancestral
and a
California
fens, England
of fertilizer M. E. DODD,
application
of the Transvaal,
on the flowering
H. ROBERTSON
&K.
South Africa,
population
H. LAKHANI
of
(UK)
199
Distribution and conservation (Decapoda: Parastacidae) P. HOROWITZ (Australia)
207
Hierarchical Richness Index (HRI): A simple D. D. FRENCH (UK)
213
Conservation of mammalian species diversity in Ambhitantely Special Reserve, Madagascar P. J. STEPHENSON (UK), H. RANDRIAMAHAZO, N. RAKOTOARISON (Madagascar) & P. A. RACEY (UK)
219
Waterbirds on an adjacent freshwater lake and salt lake in arid Australia R. T. KINGSFORD &J. L. PORTER (Australia)
229
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231
Selected
status of the Tasmanian
procedure
1
lobster Astacopsis
for scoring ‘richness’,
gouldi
for use with grouped
data
Abstracts
CONTENTS Number
giant freshwater
OF VOLUME
70
1
Mountain
sheep
Ovis canadensis
and helicopter
surveys:
Ramifications
for the conservation
of large
mammals V. C. BLEICH,
9
R. T. BOWYER,
A. M. PAULI,
M. C. NICHOLSON
& R. W. ANTHES
(USA)
Size, trend, distribution and conservation of the brown bear Ursus arctos population in Sweden J. E. SWENSON (Norway), F. SANDEGREN, A. BJ)irRVALL, A. SGDERBERG (Sweden), P. WABAKKEN (Norway) & R. FRANZEN (Sweden)
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
19
Evolution of high genetic variability conservation management T. A. RANKER (USA)
25
Genetic diversity D. M. DEBINSKI
33
The importance of aquatic vegetation S. R. MOE (Norway)
39
A review of habitat changes in the Camargue: An assessment diversity on the wintering waterfowl community A. TAMISIER & P. GRILLAS (France)
49
The inshore fish assemblages of the Galapagos archipelago S. JENNINGS, A. S. BRIERLEY & J. W. WALKER (UK)
59
The status of grey seals Halichoerus T. HAUG, G. HENRIKSEN (Norway),
assessment (USA)
in the Hawaiian
in a metapopulation
fern Adenophorus
of the butterfly
for the management
periens and implications
Eu@y&yas
of the barasingha
for
gillettii Cervus duvauceli
in Nepal
of the effects of the loss of biological
grypus in North Norway and on the Murman coast, Russia A. KONDAKOV, V. MISHIN (Russia), K. T. NILSSEN & N. R0V
(Norway) 69
Distribution, status, and proposals for the conservation west Saudi Arabia C. MAGIN & A. GRETH (Saudi Arabia)
77
Effects of agricultural Spain B. CALVO (UK)
85
Short Note Optimal and suboptimal reserve selection L. G. UNDERHILL (South Africa)
89
on the breeding
of collared
pratincole
gazelle
Gaze//a gaze//a cora in south-
Glareola pratincola
in south-west
algorithms
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Number 93
land-use
of mountain
2
Abundance, size structure, and diver-oriented marine reserve in northeastern New Zealand R. G. COLE (New Zealand)
behaviour
of three large benthic carnivorous
fishes in a
101
Different rates and causes of high mortality . .. agassmi C. C. PETERSON (USA)
109
Studies on the status of rare and endangered I. BISANG & E. URMI (Switzerland)
117
Selective foraging on woody species by the beaver Castor fiber, and its impact on a riparian willow forest B. A. NOLET, A. HOEKSTRA & M. M. OTTENHEIM (The Netherlands)
129
Influence of forest fragmentation on seed consumption thurifera T. SANTOS & J. L. TELLERIA (Spain)
135
The status of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae R. PATERSON, P. PATERSON & D. H. CAT0 (Australia)
143
The conservation of arboreal marsupials in the montane ash forests of the central highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia, VI. The performance of statistical models of the nest tree and habitat requirements of arboreal marsupials applied to new survey data D. B. LINDENMAYER, R. B. CUNNINGHAM & C. F. DONNELLY (Australia)
149
The biogeography of scarce vascular plants in Britain with respect to habitat preference, and reproductive biology R. M. QUINN, J. H. LAWTON, B. C. EVERSHAM & S. N. WOOD (UK)
in two populations
bryophytes
of the threatened
desert tortoise
Gopherus
in Switzerland
and dispersal
of Spanish juniper
in east Australia
Juniperus
thirty years after whaling
dispersal
ability
Paper published in Volumes 67-70
159
Principles for the sustainable utilization of the Okavango W. N. ELLERY & T. S. MCCARTHY (South Africa)
169
Soil fertility and its implications for the restoration of heathland R. F. PYWELL, N. R. WEBB & P. D. PUTWAIN (UK)
183
Alternative projections M. P. BURTON (UK)
189
Short Note Impact of muntjac deer Muntiacus reevesion in a Cambridgeshire wood E. POLLARD & A. S. COOKE (UK)
193
of decline of the African
Delta ecosystem, on farmland
Botswana in southern
Britain
elephant
egg-laying
sites of the white admiral butterfly
Ladoga camilla
Book Reviews
Number
3
195
Use of a population model to assess the impact of longline fishing on wandering exulans populations C. L. MOLONEY, J. COOPER, P. G. RYAN & W. R. SIEGFRIED (South Africa)
205
Prey switching in red-necked phalaropes Phalaropus lobatus: Feeding limitations, and water management at Mono Lake, California, USA M. RUBEGA & C. INOUYE (USA)
211
Observations of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae C. GARRIGUE (New Caledonia) & P. C. GILL (Australia)
219
Assessment of shoreline vegetation in relation to use by molting black brant Branta bernicla nigricans on the Alaska Coastal Plain M. W. WELLER, K. C. JENSEN, E. J. TAYLOR, M. W. MILLER, K. S. BOLLINGER, D. V. DERKSEN, D. ESLER & C. MARKON (USA)
227
Metapopulation viability analysis of the greater glider Petauroides volans in a wood production H. P. POSSINGHAM, D. B. LINDENMAYER, T. W. NORTON & I. DAVIES (Australia)
237
Habitat and survival of capercaillie I. STORCH (Germany)
Tetrao urogahs
245
Habitat selection and conservation J. L. RUB10 & L. M. CARRASCAL
of an endemic (Spain)
251
The effects of fixed salmon Salvo salar nets on guillemot Scotland in 1992 S. MURRAY, S. WANLESS & M. P. HARRIS (UK)
257
The choice of oviposition sites in woodland by the Duke of Burgundy butterfly Hamearis lucina in England T. H. SPARKS, K. PORTER, J. N. GREATOREX-DAVIES, M. L. HALL & R. H. MARRS (UK)
265
The role of nest sites in limiting the numbers of hole-nesting I. NEWTON (UK)
277
The relative use of abandoned farm clearings Tiwai, Sierra Leone, West Africa C. FIMBEL (USA)
287
Short Note Germination ecology of the endangered P. MILBERG (Sweden)
291
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294
Announcement
295
Selected
Abstracts
in New Caledonian
Spanish
lizard Algyroides
biennial
Diomedea
the functional
response
waters during 1991-1993
nests and broods in the Bavarian
march
Uris aalge and razorbill
area
Alps
(Reptilia,
Lacertidae)
Alca forda in northeast
birds: A review
and old forest habitats
grassland
albatross
Gentianella
by primates
campestris
and a forest antelope
at