Biological Conservation 1998: Vol 83 Table of Contents

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BIOLOGICAL
CONSERVATION
Biological Conservation 86 (1998) 419-428 es
Biological Conservation
Papers Published in Volumes 83—86
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 83
Number 1
1 Assessing the status of poorly known species: lessons from partridges and pheasants of Southeast Asia
P. McGOWAN, M. GILLMAN, M. DODD (UK)
9 Identifying declining and threatened species with museum data
M.A. McCARTHY (Australia)
19 Genetic effects of forest fragmentation on a rainforest restricted lizard (Scincidae: Gnypetoscincus
queenslandiae)
M. CUNNINGHAM, C. MORITZ (Australia)
31 Trade-offs between local and regional scale management of metapopulations
M. DRECHSLER, C. WISSEL (Germany)
43 Genetic structure, metapopulation processes and evolution influence the conservation strategies for two
endangered frog species
D.A. DRISCOLL (Australia)
55 Alien plant invasions on the Tiwi Islands. Extent, implications and priorities for control
R.J. FENSHAM, |.D. COWIE (Australia)
69 A test for the adequacy of bioindicator taxa: are tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) appropriate
indicators for monitoring the degradation of tropical forests in Venezuela?
J.P. RODRIGUEZ (Venezuela), D.L. PEARSON (USA), R. BARRERA (Venezuela)
77 Effects of management on butterfly abundance in tallgrass prairie and pine barrens
A.B. SWENGEL (USA)
91 Population status and recent trends in Canadian raptors: a review
D.A. KIRK, C. HYSLOP (Canada)
119 Erratum
Number 2
121 Bald Eagle nesting density and success in relation to distance from clearcut logging in Southeast Alaska
S.M. GENDE, M.F. WILLSON, B.H. MARSTON, M. JACOBSON, W.P. SMITH (USA)
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Changes in a population of an endangered rattlesnake S/strurus catenatus following a severe flood
R.A. SEIGEL, C.A. SHEIL (USA), J.S. DOODY (Australia)
Can richness patterns of rarities be predicted from mesoscale atlas data? A case study of vascular plants
in the Kevo Reserve
R.K. HEIKKINEN (Finland)
Palaeolimnology of Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella populations and implications for Antarctic
management
D.A. HODGSON, N.M. JOHNSTON, A.P. CAULKETT, V.J. JONES (UK)
Response of bilberry Vaccinum myrtil/us L. stands in the Derbyshire Peak District to sheep grazing, and
implications for moorland conservation
D. WELCH (UK)
165 Comeback of the beaver Castor fiber. an overview of old and new conservation problems
B.A. NOLET (Netherlands), F. ROSELL (Norway)
175 The role of introduced predators and competitors in the decline of Kaka (Nestor meridionalis) populations
in New Zealand
P.R. WILSON, B.J. KARL, R.J. TOFT, J.R. BEGGS, R.H. TAYLOR (New Zealand)
187 Movements and habitat use of feral house cats Fe/is catus, stoats Mustela erminea and ferrets Mustela furo,
in grassland surrounding Yellow-eyed penguin Megadyptes antipodes breeding areas in spring
N. ALTERIO, H. MOLLER, H. RATZ (New Zealand)
195 Northern Alaska oil fields and caribou: a commentary
M.A. CRONIN, W.B. BALLARD, J.D. BRYAN, B.J. PIERSON, J.D. MCKENDRICK (USA)
209 Does native invertebrate diversity reflect native plant diversity? A case study from New Zealand and
implications for conservation
P.N. CRISP, K.J.M. DICKINSON, G.W. GIBBS (New Zealand)
221 The impact of changes in irrigation practices on the distribution of foraging egrets and herons (Ardeidae)
in the rice fields of central Japan
S.J. LANE, M. FUJIOKA (Japan)
231 Book reviews
Number 3
Special Issue: Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Strategies
235 Introduction: Involving conservation biology in biodiversity strategy and action planning
W. SUTER (Switzerland)
239 The value of biodiversity: where ecology and economy blend
P.J. EDWARDS, C. ABIVARDI (Switzerland)
247 Flagships, umbrellas, and keystones: is single-species management passé in the landscape era?
D. SIMBERLOFF (USA)
259 Land use changes and the decline of farmland wildlife: an appraisal of the set-aside approach
N.W. SOTHERTON (UK)
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Riverine landscapes: biodiversity patterns, disturbance regimes, and aquatic conservation
J.V. WARD (Switzerland)
Large predators in the Alps: the fall and rise of man’s competitors
U. BREITENMOSER (Switzerland)
Potential impacts of climate change on species richness in mountain forests—an ecological risk
assessment
F. KIENAST, O. WILDI (Switzerland), B.B RZEZIECKI (Poland)
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 84
Number 1
1 Geographic coincidence of diversity threatspots for three taxa and conservation planning in Greece
A.Y. TROUMBIS, P.G. DIMITRAKOPOULOS (Greece)
Allozymic variation in desert pupfish from natural and artificial habitats: genetic conservation in
fluctuating populations
J.B. DUNHAM, W.L. MINCKLEY (USA)
17 The spread of coarse grasses and changes in numbers of lepidoptera in a woodland nature reserve
E. POLLARD, I.P. WOIWOD, J.N. GREATOREX-DAVIES, T.J. YATES, R.C. WELCH (UK)
25 Establishment of species-rich vegetation on reclaimed limestone quarry faces in Derbyshire, UK
W.R. CULLEN, C.P. WHEATER, P.J. DUNLEAVY (UK)
35 Life-history and viability analysis of the endangered Hawaiian stilt
J.M. REED, C.S. ELPHICK, L.W. ORING (USA)
47 Migration of Fennoscandian lesser white-fronted geese Anser erythropus mapped by satellite telemetry
S.-H. LORENTSEN, I.J. OIEN, T. AARVAK (Norway)
53 Correspondence between bird and plant hotspots of the St Lawrence river and influence of scale on their
location
B. TARDIF, J.-L. DESGRANGES (Canada)
65 Deforestation, urbanisation and seasonality: interacting effects on a regional bird assemblage
C.P. CATTERALL, M.B. KINGSTON, K. PARK, S. SEWELL (Australia)
83 Demography of two landsnail populations (P/acosty/us ambagiosus, Pulmonata: Bulimulidae) in relation
to predator control in the far north of New Zealand
G.H. SHERLEY, |.A.N. STRINGER, G.R. PARRISH, |. FLUX (New Zealand)
89 Factors influencing the integrity of remnant bushland in subhumid Tasmania
L. GILFEDDER, J.B. KIRKPATRICK (Australia)
Short Notes :
97 Molecular identification of Acipenser sturio specimens: a warning note for recovery plans
V.J. BIRSTEIN, J. BETTS, R. DESALLE (USA)
103 Nest site use and changes in habitat of the Seychelles Black Paradise Flycatcher
D. NEUFELD (USA)
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iv Announcement
Conservation phylogenetics of Ozark crayfishes: assigning priorities for aquatic habitat protection
K.A. CRANDALL (USA)
Design of grassland feeding areas for waders during winter: the relative importance of sward, landscape
factors and human disturbance
T.P. MILSOM, D.C. ENNIS, D.J. HASKELL, S.D. LANGTON, H.V. MCKAY (UK)
Regional assessment and conservation implications of landscape characteristics of African national parks
W.R. SIEGFRIED, G.A. BENN, C.M. GELDERBLOM (South Africa)
141 Pingers, porpoises and power: uncertainties with using pingers to reduce bycatch of small cetaceans
S.M. DAWSON (New Zealand), A. READ (USA), E. SLOOTEN (New Zealand)
147 Release techniques and predation in the introduction of houbara bustards in Saudi Arabia
O. COMBREAU, T. R. SMITH (Saudi Arabia)
157 Population development and changes in winter site use by the Svalbard light-bellied brent goose,
Branta bernicla hrota 1980-1994
P. CLAUSEN, J. MADSEN (Denmark), S.M. PERCIVAL, D. O'CONNOR, G.Q.A. ANDERSON (UK)
167 The taxonomic distribution of invasive angiosperm plants: ecological insights and comparison to
agricultural weeds
C.C. DAEHLER (USA)
181 Extensive predator persecution caused by population crash in a game species: the case of red kites and
rabbits in Spain
R. VILLAFUERTE, J. VINUELA, J.C. BLANCO (Spain)
189 Effects of ditch management patterns on Odonata at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK
D. PAINTER (UK)
197 Erratum
Number 3
199 Community translocation in Britain: setting objectives and measuring consequences
J.M. BULLOCK (UK)
215 The conservation status of the river lapwing Vane//us duvaucelii in southern Laos
J.W. DUCKWORTH, R.J. TIMMINS, T.D. EVANS (Laos)
223 Selection of areas for protecting rare plants with integration of land use conflicts: a case study for the
west coast of Newfoundland, Canada
P. NANTEL, A. BOUCHARD, L. BROUILLET, S. HAY (Canada)
235 Impact of gull colonies on the flora of the Riou archipelago (Mediterranean islands of south-east France)
E. VIDAL. F. MEDAIL, T. TATONI, P. ROCHE, P. VIDAL (France)
245 Habitat use by bats in a Mediterranean ecosystem in Israel—conservation implications
Y. CARMEL, U. SAFRIEL (Israel)
251 Patterns of African primate diversity and their evaluation for the selection of conservation areas
J.E. HACKER, G. COWLISHAW, P.H. WILLIAMS (UK)
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Mammalian species richness in Paraguay: the effectiveness of national parks in preserving biodiversity
C.J. YAHNKE (USA), |. GAMARRA DE FOX, F. COLMAN (Paraguay)
Uncertainty in population dynamics and its consequences for the management of the orange-bellied
parrot Neophema chrysogaster
M. DRECHSLER, M.A. BURGMAN, PETER W. MENKHORST (Australia)
Spatial conservation management of the orange-bellied parrot Neophema chrysogaster
M. DRECHSLER (Australia)
The importance to ardeids of the deep bay fish ponds, Hong Kong
L. YOUNG (Hong Kong)
The grassy vegetation of the Darling Downs, scuth-eastern Queensland, Australia. Floristics and grazing
effects
R.J. FENSHAM (Australia)
Book Review
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 85
Numbers 1-2
iii Obituary
1 The influence of edge on small mammals: evidence from Brazilian Atlantic forest fragments
S.M. STEVENS, T.P. HUSBAND (USA)
9 Structural changes in three mid-boreal Swedish forest landscapes, 1885-1996
P. LINDER, L. OSTLUND (Sweden)
21 Present species richness of plant communities in alpine stream corridors in relation to historical river
management
J. GIREL, O. MANNEVILLE (France)
35 Ecological complexity of wetlands within a river landscape
G. BORNETTE, C. AMOROS, H. PIEGAY, J. TACHET (France), T. HEIN (Austria)
47 Habitat use by the endangered Karner blue butterfly in oak woodlands: the influence of canopy cover
R. GRUNDEL, N.B. PAVLOVIC, C.L. SULZMAN (USA)
55 Duck nesting success in a fragmented prairie landscape: is edge effect important?
M. PASITSCHNIAK-ARTS, R.G. CLARK, F. MESSIER (Canada)
63 Experimental measurement of nesting substrate preference in Caspian terns, Sterna caspia, and the
successful colonisation of human constructed islands
J.S. QUINN, J. SIRDEVAN (Canada)
69 Heathland and acid grassland creation on arable soils at Minsmere: identification of potential problems
and a test of cropping to impoverish soils
R.H. MARRS, C.S.R. SNOW, K.M. OWEN, C.E. EVANS (UK)
83 Exotic weed control treatments for conservation of fescue grassland in Montana
P.M. RICE, J.C. TONEY (USA)
97 Artificial nest and seed predation experiments in tropical lowland rainforest remnants of Singapore
T.C.M. WONG, N.S. SODHI, I|.M. TURNER (Singapore)
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Modelling the size and distribution of protected areas for nomadic birds: alaudidae in the Nama- Karoo,
South Africa e
L. FAHSE (Germany), W.R.J. DEAN (South Africa), C.W ISSEL (Germany)
Endemic butterflies on Grande Comore: habitat preferences and conservation priorities
O.T. LEWIS, R.J. WILSON, M.C. HARPER (UK)
Effects of nature trails on ground vegetation and understory colonization of a patchy remnant forest in an
urban domain
D.R. BHUJU, M. OHSAWA (Japan)
Status of the cheetah Acinonyx jubatus in Kenya: a field-interview assessment
P.M. GROS (USA)
Influence of forest canopy closure on rates of bird predation on overwintering Monarch butterflies
Danaus plexippus L.
A. ALONSO-MEJIA (USA), E. MONTESINOS-PATINO,
E. RENDON-SALINAS (México), L.P. BROWER (USA), K. OYAMA (México)
161 Intervals between prescribed fires in Australia: what intrinsic variation should apply?
A.M. GILL, M.A. MCCARTHY (Australia)
171 Locating likely glacial forest refugia in Tasmania using palynological and ecological information to test
alternative climatic models
J.B. KIRKPATRICK, M. FOWLER (Australia)
183 Effects of forest management and grazing on breeding bird communities in plantations of broadleaved
and coniferous trees in western England
P.F. DONALD, R.J. FULLER, A.D. EVANS, S.J. GOUGH (UK)
199 Nest predation in a Malaysian lowland rain forest
D.S. COOPER (USA), C.M. FRANCIS (Canada)
Short Note
203 The genetics of Ptychosperma bleeseri, a rare palm from the Northern Territory, Australia
A. SHAPCOTT (Australia)
211 Book Review
Number 3
213 Effects of human disturbance on five-lined skink, Eumeces fasciatus, abundance and distribution
S.J. HECNAR, R.T. M’CLOSKEY (Canada)
223 Impact of the introduced grass Agrostis sto/onifera on vegetation and soil fauna communities at Marion
Island, sub-Antarctic
S.L. CHOWN, D.J. MARSHALL (South Africa)
233 Secondary rodenticide poisoning risk arising from winter farmyard use by the European polecat Mustela
putorius
J.D.S. BIRKS (UK)
241 Establishing a reserve network for waterfowl in Denmark: a biological evaluation of needs and
consequences
J. MADSEN, S. PIHL, P. CLAUSEN (Denmark)
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Abundance and distribution of capercaillie 7etrao urogallus in Scotland 1992-1994
D.C. CATT, D. BAINES, N. PICOZZI, R. MOSS, R.W. SUMMERS (UK)
Threatened vascular flora of Sierra Nevada (Southern Spain)
G. BLANCA, M. CUETO, M.J. MARTINEZ-LIROLA, J. MOLERO-MESA (Spain)
Status of the flora and plant conservation in the sultanate of Oman
S.A. GHAZANFAR (Sultanate of Oman)
Host specificity and low reproductive success in the rare endemic Puerto Rican orchid Lepanthes
caritensis
R.L. TREMBLAY, J.K. ZIMMERMAN, L. LEBRON, P. BAYMAN, I. SASTRE,
F. AXELROD, J. ALERS-GARCIA (Puerto Rico)
Size of selection units for future reserves and its influence on actual vs targeted representation of
features: a case study in western New South Wales
R.L. PRESSEY, V.S. LOGAN (Australia)
Short Note
321 Conservation of plant diversity in China: achievements, prospects and concerns
J.T. GU (PR China)
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 86
Number 1
1 An individual-based, spatially-explicit simulation model of the population dynamics of the endangered
red-cockaded woodpecker, Picoides borealis
B.H. LETCHER, J.A. PRIDDY, J.R. WALTERS, L.B. CROWDER (USA)
15 Population size of the black colobus monkey Co/obus santanas and the impact of logging in the Lopé
Reserve, Central Gabon
D. BRUGIERE (France)
21 The influence of territory density on the vulnerability of Arctic skuas Stercorarius parasiticus to predation
R.A. PHILLIPS, R.W. FURNESS, F.M. STEWART (UK)
33 Molecular genetics confirms taxonomic affinities of the endangered Norfolk Island Boobook Owl Minox
novaeseelandiae undulata
J. NORMAN, P. OLSEN, L. CHRISTIDIS (Australia)
37 Seabird mortality in the Japanese tuna longline fishery around Australia, 1988-1995
R. GALES, N. BROTHERS, T. REID (Australia)
57 Reproductive biology, genetic variation and conservation of the rare endemic dysploid De/phinium bolosii
(Ranunculaceae) ;
M. BOSCH, J. SIMON, J. MOLERO, C. BLANCHE (Spain)
67 Biological and conservation aspects of bird mortality caused by electricity power lines: a review
K. BEVANGER (Norway)
77 Genetic structure of redback salamander Plethodon cinereus populations in continuous and fragmented
forests
J.P. GIBBS (USA)
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Spatially-explicit simulation of the effect of prescribed burning on fire regimes and plant extinctions in
shrublands typical of south-eastern Australia
R.A. BRADSTOCK, M. BEDWARD, B.J. KENNY, J. SCOTT (Australia)
Characteristics and conservation of a fragmented population of huemul Hippocamelus bisulcus in central
Chile
A. POVILITIS (USA)
Book Reviews
Number 2
107 A riparian zone in southern Illinois as a potential dispersal corridor for reptiles and amphibians
F.T. BURBRINK, C.A. PHILLIPS, E.J. HESKE (USA)
117 Effects of roads on badger Mel/es me/es populations in south-west England
G.P. CLARKE, P.C.L. WHITE, S. HARRIS (UK)
125 The use of phytosociological data in conservation assessment: a case study of lowland grasslands in mid
Wales
M.J.M. YEO, T.H. BLACKSTOCK, D.P. STEVENS (UK)
139 Conservation status Of birds in Botswana in relation to land use
M. HERREMANS (South Africa)
161 The impacts of BaAka net hunting on rainforest wildlife
A.J. NOSS (Bolivia)
169 Honeybees reduce fitness in the pioneer shrub Me/astoma affine (Melastomataceae)
C.L. GROSS, D. MACKAY (Australia)
179 Changes in otter Lutra /utra distribution in Central Spain in the 1964-1995 period
Y. CORTES, R. FERNANDEZ-SALVADOR, F.J. GARCIA, E. VIRGOS, M. LLORENTE
(Spain)
185 Soviet catches of southern right whales Euba/aena australis, 1951-1971. Biological data and conservation
implications
D.D. TORMOSOV (Russia), Y.A. MIKHALEV (Ukraine), P.B. BEST (South Africa), V.A. ZEMSKY
(Russia), K. SEKIGUCHI (South Africa), R.L. BROWNELL JR (USA)
199 Population and conservation status of the Nilgiri tahr Hemitragus hylocrius in Anamalai Hills, south India
C. MISHRA, A.J.T. JOHNSINGH (India)
207 Ecoregions as a level of ecological analysis
R.G. WRIGHT, M.P. MURRAY, T. MERRILL (USA)
215 The effects of flooding on piping plover Charadrius melodus reproductive success at Lake Diefenbaker,
Saskatchewan, Canada
R.H.M. ESPIE, P.C. JAMES, R.M. BRIGHAM (Canada)
223 Impact of rat species in Ouvea and Lifou (Loyalty Islands) and their consequences for conserving the
endangered Ouvea Parakeet
O. ROBINET, J.L. CRAIG (New Zealand), L.C HARDONNET (New Caledonia)
233 Using thermal ecology to predict retreat-site selection by an endangered snake species
J.K. WEBB, R. SHINE (Australia)
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Predictors of avian and mammalian translocation success:
reanalysis with phylogenetically independent contrasts
C.M. WOLF, T. GARLAND JR, B.D GRIFFITH (USA)
Reedbed management and breeding bitterns Botaurus stellaris in the UK
G.A. TYLER, K.W. SMITH, D.J. BURGES (UK)
Erratum
Community translocation in Britain: setting objectives and measuring consequences
J.M. BULLOCK
Number 3
271 The relationship between butterflies and environmental indicator values: a tool for conservation in a
changing landscape
J.G.B. OOSTERMEIJER, C.A.M. VAN SWAAY (The Netherlands)
Short-term movement patterns of the endangered American burying beetle Nicrophorus americanus
J. CURTIS CREIGHTON, G.D. SCHNELL (USA)
The abundance and conservation status of redshank 7ringa totanus nesting on saltmarshes in Great
Britain
E. BRINDLEY, K. NORRIS, T. COOK, S. BABBS, C. FORSTER BROWN, P. MASSEY,
R. THOMPSON, R. YAXLEY (UK)
299 Commercial moss harvest in northwestern Jregon: biomass and accumulation of epiphytes
J.E. PECK, B. MCCUNE (USA)
307 Use of assemblages derived from different taxonomic levels to select areas for conserving marine
biodiversity
M.A. VANDERKLIFT, T.J. WARD, J.C. PHILLIPS (Australia)
317 Mate location, population growth and species extinction
H. WELLS (USA), E.G. STRAUSS, M.A. RUTTER, P.H. WELLS (USA)
325 Defining conservation priorities for plant taxa in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada using herbarium
records
A.S. MACDOUGALL, J.A. LOO, S.R. CLAYDEN, J.G. GOLTZ, H.R. HINDS (Canada)
339 The spring range of barnacle geese Branta /eucopsis in relation to changes in land management and
climate
J. PROP, J.M. BLACK, P. SHIMMINGS, M. OWEN (UK)
347 The effect of organic and integrated farming on rare arable weeds on the Forschungsverbund
Agrar6ékosysteme Munchen (FAM) research station in southern Bavaria
H. ALBRECHT, A. MATTHEIS (Germany)
357 The effects of forest fragmentation on web spider communities in urban areas
T. MIYASHITA, A. SHINKAI, T. CHIDA (Japan)
365 The extinction of rat-kangaroos (Marsupialia:Potoroidae) in New South Wales, Australia
J. SHORT (Australia) ;
379 The integration of field survey and remote sensing for biodiversity assessment: a case study in the tropical
forests and wetlands of Sango Bay, Uganda
R.M. FULLER (UK), G.B. GROOM (Denmark), S. MUGISHA (Uganda), P. IPULET (Kenya),
D. POMEROY, A. KATENDE (Uganda), R. BAILEY (UK), R. OGUTU-OHWAYO (Uganda)
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The efficacy of translocating little penguins Eudyptu/a minor during an oil spill
C.L. HULL, M.A. HINDELL, R.P. GALES, R.A. MEGGS, D.I. MOYLE,
N.P. BROTHERS (Australia)
Sensitivity analysis of complex models
M. DRECHSLER (Australia)
Book review
Announcement
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