iii Contents Volume Contents Volume 44, Issue 1, February 2007 SPECIAL PROFILE: AGROECOLOGY Guest editorial 1 MARK J. WHITTINGHAM Will agri-environment schemes deliver substantial biodiversity gain, and if not why not? 6 JAMES M. BULLOCK. RICHARD F. PYWELL. KEVIN J. WALKER Long-term enhancement of agricultural production by restoration of biodiversity 13 DAWN M. OLSON. FELIX L. WACKERS Management of field margins to maximize multiple ecological serv ices 22 YANN CLOUGH. ANDREAS KRUESS. TEJA TSCHARNTKE Local and landscape factors in differently managed arable fields affect the insect herbivore community of a non-crop plant species 29 c. CARVELL. w. R. MEEK. R. E. PYWELL. D. GOULSON, M. NOWAKOWSKi Comparing the efficacy of agri-environment schemes to enhance bumble bee abundance and diversity on arable field margins 41 ANDREA HOLZSCHUH. INGOLE STEEEAN-DEWENTER. DAVID KLEIJN. TEJA TSCHARNTKE Diversity of flower-visiting bees in cereal fields; effects of farming system, landscape composition and regional context 50 ERIK (jcKiNGER. HENRIK G. SMITH Semi-natural grasslands as population sources for pollinating insects in agricultural landscapes 60 B. A. WOODCOCK. S. G. POTTS. E. PILGRIM. A. J. RAMSAY, T. TSCHEULIN, A. PARKINSON. R. E. N. SMITH. A. L. GUNDREY, V. K. BROWN. J. R. TALLOWiN The potential of grass field margin management for enhancing beetle diversity in intensive livestock farms 70 JORT VERHULST, DAVID KLEIJN, FRANK BERENDSE Direct and indirect effects of the most w idely implemented Dutch agri-environment schemes on breeding waders Negetation management and restoration 81 RK HARD F. PYWELL. JAMES M. BULLOCK. JERRY B. TALLOWIN, KEVIN J. WALKER. ELIZABETH A. WARMAN. GREG ma.stf:rs Enhancing diversity of species-poor grasslands: an experimental assessment of multiple constraints 95 RENE ESCHEN. SIMON R. MORTIMER. CLARE S. LAWSON. ANDREW R. EDWARDS. ALEX J. BROOK, JOSE M. IGUAL. KATARINA HEDLUND. URS scHAEFNER Carbon addition alters vegetation composition on ex-arable fields 105 JOSEPH T. DAUER. DAVID A. MORTEN.SEN, MARK J. VANGESSEL Temporal and spatial dynamics of long-distance Conyza canadensis seed dispersal 115 MOHAMMED H. ABU-DIEYEH. ALAN K. WATSON Grass oversecding and a fungus combine to control Taraxacum officinale 125 A. J. BRITTON. J. M. FISHER Interactive etTects of nitrogen deposition, fire and grazing on diversity and composition of low-alpine prostrate Calluna vulgaris heathland 136 PETER z. FULL. DANIEL c. LAUGHLiN Wildland fire effects on forest structure over an altitudinal gradient. Grand Canyon National Park. USA Negetation responses 147 BiRGiTTA MALM RENOFALT. DAVID M. MERRITT, ( HRiSTER NTL.ssoN Connecting variation in vegetation and stream flow: the role of geomorphic context in vegetation response to large floods along boreal rivers 158 MARIA-1 I RESA SEBASTIA Plant guilds drive bioma.ss response to global warming and water availability in subalpine grassland 168 DANIELLE M. BiLYEU. DAVID J. (ooPFR. N. THOMPSON HOBBS Assessing impacts of large herbiv ores on shrubs: tests of scaling factors for utilization rates from shoot-level measurements Anthropogenic disturbance 176 LUCAS HABIB, ERIN M. BAYNE. STAN BOUTIN Chronic industrial noise affects pairing success and age structure of ovenbirds Seiurus aurocapilla 185 JOHN w. MALLORD, PAUL M. DOLMAN. ANDY E. BROWN. WILLIAM J. SUTHERUVND Linking recreational disturbance to population size in a ground-nesting pa.sserine 196 KIMBERLY A. PETERS, DAVID L. OTIS Shorebird roost-site selection at two temporal scales: is human disturbance a factor? 210 ANTONIO RouvNDO. ENRICO CAPRio. ENRICO RINALDI. IVAN ELLENA The impact of high-altitude ski-runs on alpine grassland bird communities Anthropogenic impacts 220 HEINRICH ZU DOHNA. MARIa C. CECERE. RICARDO E. GURTLER. URIEL KITRON. JOEL E. COHEN Rc-establishment of local populations of vectors of Chagas disea.se after insecticide spraying 228 LEONTE E. VALENTINE. BRADY ROBERTS. LIN SCHWARZKOPF Mechanisms driving avoidance of non-native plants by lizards 238 Yt)tj\NDA H. CHEN, STEPHEN c. WELTER Crop domestication creates a refuge from parasitism for a native moth 246 Editors’ Note Volume 44, Issue 2, April 2007 Tools in conservation management 253 REGAN EARLY. CHRIS D. TFioMAS Multispecies Conservation planning: identifying landscapes for the conservation of V iable populations using local and continental species priorities 263 CRICKETTE SANZ. DAVID MORGAN. SAMANTHA STRINDBERG. JEAN ROBERT ONONONGA Distinguishing between the nests of sympatric chimpanzees and gorillas 273 A. M. VAN TiENHOVEN. J. E. DEN HARTOG. R. A. REIJNS. V. M. PEDDEMORS A computer-aided program for pattern-matching of natural marks on the spotted raggedtooth shark Carcharias taurus 281 MATHEW W. ALLDREDGE, KENNETH H. POLLOC K, THEODORE R. SIMONS. SUSAN A. SHRINER Multiple-species analysis of point count data: a more parsimonious modelling framework Population control C. K. WILLIAMS, C. C. DAVEY, R. J. MOORE. L. A. HINDS. L. E. SILVERS. P. J. KERR, N. FRENCH, G. M. HOOD, R. P. PECH, c. J. KREBS Population responses to sterility imposed on female European rabbits JOHANNA JUDGE, ROSS S. DAVIDSON, GLENN MARION, PIRAN C. L.WHITE, MICHAEL R. HUTCHINGS Persistence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in rabbits: the interplay between horizontal and vertical transmission MARTHA M. ELLIS. CHRIS s. ELPHICK Using a stochastic model to examine the ecological, economic and ethical consequences of population control in a charismatic invasive species: mute swans in North America JOSE A. SANCHEZ-ZAPATA, JOSE A. DONAZAR. ANTONIO DELCJADO, MANUELA G. FORERO, OLGA CEBALLOS, FTiRNANDO HIRALDO Desert locust outbreaks in the Sahel: resource competition, predation and ecological effects of pest control Insect diversity 330 MICHEL SAINT-GERMAIN, CHRISTOPHER M. BUDDLE, MAXIM LARRIVEE, ALIDA MERCADO, TANIA MOTCHULA, ELISABETH REICHERT, TARA E. SACKETT, ZACHARY SYLVAIN, ANNIE WEBB Should biomass be Considered more frequently as a currency in terrestrial arthropod community analyses? 340 FREDERIK HENDRICKX, JEAN-PIERRE MAELFAIT, WALTER VAN WINGERDEN. OLIVER SCHWEIGER, MARJAN SPEELMANS, STEPHANIE AVIRON, ISABEL AUGENSTEIN, REGULA BILLETER, DEBRA BAILEY, ROMAN BUKACEK, FRAN^OISE BUREL, TIM DIEKOTTER, JOLANDA DIRKSEN, FELIX HERZOG, JAAN LIIRA, MARTINA ROUBALOVA, VIKI VANDOMME, ROB BUGTER How landscape structure, land-use intensity and habitat diversity affect components of total arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes 352 SALLY E. M. FRASER, CALVIN DYTHAM, PETER J. MAYHEW Determinants of parasitoid abundanee and diversity in woodland habitats Agricultural impacts 362 GEOFF K. FRAMPTON, JEAN LOU c. M. DORNE The effects on terrestrial invertebrates of reducing pesticide inputs in arable crop edges: a meta-analysis 374 B. GOVE. s. A. POWER, G. p. BUCKLEY, J. GHAZOUL Effects of herbicide spray drift and fertilizer overspread on selected species of woodland ground flora: comparison between short-term and long-term impact assessments and field surveys 385 RICHARD I. BAILEY, DENTS BOURGUET, ANNE-HELENE LF PALLEC, SERGINE PONSARD Dispersal propensity and settling preferences of European corn borers in maize field borders Responses to environmental change 395 VINCENT S. SABA. PILAR SANTIDRIAN-TOMILLO, RICHARD D. REINA. JAMES R. SPOTILA. JOHN A. MUSICK, DAVID A. EVANS. FRANK V. PALADINO The effect of the El Nino Southern Oscillation on the reproductive frequency of eastern Pacific leatherback turtles 405 J. G. HiDDiNK, s. JENNINGS. M. J. KAISER Assessing and predicting the relative ecological impacts of disturbance on habitats with different sensitivities 414 G. N. RUTHERFORD, A. GUISAN, N. E. ziMMERMANN Evaluating Sampling strategies and logistic regression methods for modelling complex land cover changes 425 BRITTA TIFTJEN, FLORIAN JELTSC H Semi-arid grazing systems and climate change: a survey of present modelling potential and future needs 435 R. J. STANDISH, V. A. CRAMER, s. L. WILD. R. J. HOBBS Seed dispersal and recruitment limitation are barriers to native recolonization of old-fields in western Australia 446 AGNIESZKA DOROSZUK. ELSKE TE BRAKE. DAVID CRESPO-GONZALEZ. JAN E. KAMMENGA Response of secondary production and its components to multiple stressors in nematode field populations Forum: Information theory and null hypothesis testing 456 PAUL M. LUKACS. WILLIAM L. THOMPSON, WILLIAM L. KENDALL, WILLIAM R. GOULD. PAUL F. DOHERTT JR, KENNETH p. BURNHAM, DAVID R. ANDERSON Concerns regarding a call for pluralism of information theory and hypothesis testing 461 PHILIP A. STEPHENS. STEVEN W. BLISKIRK, GREGORY D. HAYWARD. CARLOS MARTiNFZ DEL RIO A eall for statistical pluralism answered N'olume 44, Issue 3, June 2007 Ecology, economics and policy 465 JOHN H. LAWTON Ecology, politics and policy 475 PARTHA DASGUPTA Nature and the economy Marine management 488 STUART p. WYNNE, ISABELLE M. COTE Effects of habitat quality and fishing on Caribbean spotted spiny lobster populations 495 JONATHAN WHITELEY, LEAH BENDELL-YOUNG Ecological implications of intertidal mariculture: observed differenees in bivalve community structure between farm and reference sites Bird populations 506 TATSUYA AMANO, KATSUMi USHIYAMA, GO FUJiTA, HiROYOSHi HiGUCHi Predicting grazing damage by white-fronted geese under different regimes of agricultural management and the physiological consequences for the geese 516 JESPER K. LARSEN, MAGELLA GUILLEMETTE Effects of wind turbincs on flight behaviour of wintering common eiders: implications for habitat use and eollision risk 523 ROBERT A. CHEKE, JON F. VENN. PETER J. JONES Forecasting suitable breeding conditions for the red-billed quelea Qiielea quelea in southern Africa 534 MARK BOLTON, GLEN TYLER. KEN SMITH, ROY BAMFORD The impact of predator control on lapwing Vanelliis vanellus breeding success on wet grassland nature reserves Applied plant ecology 545 METTE KLINDT ANDERSEN, HENRIK HAUGGAARD-NIELSEN, JACOB WEINER, ERIK STEEN JENSEN Competitive dynamics in two- and three-component intererops 552 JEAN-PiERRi; TREMBLAY, JEAN HUOT, FRAN<;ois POTViN Density-related effects of deer browsing on the regeneration dynamics of boreal forests V 563 JORG BRUNET Plant colonization in heterogeneous landscapes: an 80-year perspective on restoration of broadleaved Volume forest vegetation 573 KEVIN J. WALKER, ELIZABETH A. WARMAN, ANNE BHOGAL, ROY B. CROSS. RICHARD F. PYWELL, BILL R. MEEK. Contents BRIAN J. CHAMBERS. ROBIN PAKEMAN Recreation of lowland heathland on ex-arable land: assessing the limiting processes on two sites with contrasting soil fertility and pH 583 ELEANOR K. O’BRIEN, RICHARD A. MAZANEC. SIEGFRIED L. KRAUSS Provenance variation of ecologically important traits of forest trees: implications for restoration 594 MARK VAN KLEUNEN, STEVEN D. JOHNSON, MARKUS FISCHER Predicting naturalization of southern Afriean Iridaceae in other regions 604 L. KATHERINE KIRKMAN, ROBERT J. MITCHELL, MELANIE J. KAESER, STEPHEN D. PECOT, KIMBERLY L. COFFEY The perpetual forest: using undesirable species to bridge restoration Vertebrate populations and management 615 ROGER p. PECH, JIEBU, ANTHONY D. ARTHUR, ZHANG YANMING, LIN HUi Population dynamics and responses to management of plateau pikas Ochotona curzoniae 625 SIMON CHAMAILLE-JAMMES, MARION VALEix, HERVE FRITZ Managing heterogeneity in elephant distribution: interactions between elephant population density and surface-water availability 634 NICOLAS MORELLET, JEAN-MICHEL GAILLARD, A. J. MARK HEWISON, PHILIPPE BALLON, YVES BOSCARDIN, PATRICK DUNCAN, FRAN(;'Ois KLEIN, DANIEL MAILLARD Indicators of ecological change: new tools for managing populations of large herbivores 644 GRANT R. SINGLETON, COLIN R. TANN, CHARLES J. KREBS Landscape ecology of house mouse outbreaks in south-eastern Australia 653 HENNING NOER. JESPER MADSEN. POUL HARTMANN Reducing wounding of game by shotgun hunting: effects of a Danish action plan on pink-footed geese 663 JESSE s. LEWIS, JANET L. RACHLOW, EDWARD o. GARTON, LEE A. viERLiNG Effects of habitat on GPS Collar performance: using data screening to reduce location error Insect populations and diversity 672 JAN BECK. IAN J. KITCHING Estimating regional species richness of tropical insects from museum data: a comparison of a geography-based and sample-based methods 682 D. PORRETTA, D. CANESTRELLL R. BELLINI. G. CELLi. s. URBANELLi Improving insect pest management through population genetic data: a case study of the mosquito Ochlerotatus caspiiis (Pallas) 692 JAMES R. ROUQUETTE. DAVID J. THOMPSON Patterns of movement and dispersal in an endangered damselfly and the consequences for its management 702 Editorial Announcement Volume 44, Issue 4, August 2007 Large-scale applied ecology 703 LIAN PIN KOH Impacts of land use change on South-east Asian forest butterflies: a review 714 CLINTON W. EPPS, JOHN D. WEHAUSEN, VERNON C. BLEICH, STEVEN G. TORRES. JUSTIN S. BRASHARES Optimizing dispersal and corridor models using landscape genetics 725 ELIOT J. B. MCINTIRE, CHERYL B. SCHULTZ. ELIZABETH E. CRONE Designing a network for butterfly habitat restoration: where individuals, populations and landscapes interact 737 JAMES Q. RADFORD. ANDREW F. BENNETT The relative importance of landscape properties for woodland birds in agricultural environments 748 YURI ZHARIKOV, DAVID B. LANK. FRED COOKE Influence of landscape pattern on breeding distribution and success in a threatened Alcid. the marbled murrelet: model transferability and management implications 760 DAVID MOUILLOT Niche-assembly vs. dispersal-assembly rules in coastal fish metacommunities: implications for management of biodiversity in brackish lagoons Parasites and pathogens 768 BEN RAYMOND, ALi H. SAYYED, ROSIE s. HAILS. DENTS J. WRIGHT Exploiting pathogens and their impact on fitness costs to manage the evolution of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis 781 JUSTIN REMAis. ALAN HUBBARD, wu zisoNG. ROBERT c. SPEAR Weather-driven dynamics of an intermediate host: mechanistic and statistical population modelling of Onconwlania hupensis Effects of changing agricultural systems 792 R. H. GIBSON, s. PEARCE. R. J. MORRIS, w. o. c. SYMONDSON, J. MEM.MOTT Plant diversity and land use under organic and conventional agriculture: a w hole-farm approach 804 YANN CLOUGH. ANDREA HOLZSCHUH. DOREEN GABRIEL. TOBIAS PURTAUF, DAVID KLEIJN, ANDREAS KRUESS. INGOLF STEFFAN-DEWENTER, TEJA TSCHARNTKE Alpha and beta diversity of arthropods and plants in organically and conventionally managed wheat fields 813 MATTHIAS ALBRECHT, PETER DUELLI. CHRISTINE MULLER. DAVID KLEIJN, BERNHARD SCHMID The Swiss agri-environment scheme enhances pollinator diversity and plant reproductive success in nearby intensively managed farmland \\etland management 823 K. M. JENKINS. A. J. BOULTON Detecting impacts and setting restoration targets in arid-zone rivers: aquatic micro-inv ertebrate responses to reduced floodplain inundation 833 JASON T. BRIED. BROOK D. HERMAN. GARY N. ERVIN Umbrella potential of plants and dragonflies for w etland conservation: a quantitative case study using the umbrella index Sampling methods 843 SEBASTIEN J. PUECHMAILLE, ERIC J. PETIT Empirical evaluation of non-invasive capture mark recapture estimation of population size based on a single sampling session 853 DARREN J. KRITICOS. KARINA J. B. POTTER. NEIL S. ALEXANDER. ANDY R. GIBB. D. MAX SUCKLING Using a pheromone lure survey to establish the native and potential distribution of an invasive Lepidopteran. Uraha lugens VI Bird populations Volume 864 j. VAN BELLE, J. SHAMOUN-BARANES. E. VAN LOON, w. BOUTEN An Operational model predicting autumn bird migration intensities for flight safety Contents 875 D. RYAN NORRIS, PETER ARCESE, DAVID PREIKSHOT, DOUGLAS K BERTRAM, T. KURT KYSER Diet reconstruction and historic population dynamics in a threatened seabird 885 PHILIP W. ATKINSON, ALLAN J. BAKER, KAREN A. BENNETT, NIGEL A. CLARK, JACQUIE A. CLARK, KIMBERLY B. COLE, ANNE DEKINGA. AMANDA DEY, SIMON GILLINGS, PATRICIA M. GONZALEZ, KEVIN KALASZ, CLIVE D. T. MINTON, JASON NEWTON, LAWRENCE J. NILES, THEUNIS PIERSMA, ROBERT A. ROBINSON, HUMPHREY P. SITTERS Rates of maSS gain and energy deposition in red knot on their final spring staging site is both time- and condition-dependent \dlume 44, Issue 5, October 2007 Priority contribution 897 HELEN E. JENKINS, ROSIE WOODROEFE, CHRISTL A. DONNELLY, D. R. COX, W.T. JOHNSTON, E. J. BOURNE, C. L. CHEESEMAN, R. S. CLIETON-HADLEY, G. GETTINBY, P. GILKS, R. G. HEWINSON, J. P. MCINERNEY, W. 1. MORRISON Effects of culling on spatial associations of Mycobacterium hovis infections in badgers and cattle Bird population responses to environmental change 909 A. p. MOLLER, T. A. MOUSSEAU Determinants of interspecific variation in population declines of birds after exposure to radiation at Chernobyl 920 GAVIN M. SIRIWARDENA, DANAE K. STEVENS, GUY Q. A. ANDERSON, JULIET A. VICKERY, NEIL A. CALBRADE, STEPHEN DODD The effect of supplementary winter seed food on breeding populations of farmland birds: evidence from two large-scale experiments 933 JOHAN WRETENBERG, AKE LINDSTROM, SOREN SVENSSON, TOMAS PART Linking agricultural policies to population trends of Swedish farmland birds in different agricultural regions 942 SOPHIE VERAN, OLIVIER GIMENEZ, ELIZABETH FLINT, WILLIAM L. KENDALL, PAUL F. DOHERTY JR. JEAN-DOMINIOUE LEBRETON Quantifying the impact of longline fisheries on adult survival in the black-footed albatross 953 DOUG p. ARMSTRONG, ISABEL CASTRO, RICHARD GRIFFITHS Using adaptive management to determine requirements of re-introduced populations: the case of the New Zealand hihi 963 GUTHRIE s. ZIMMERMAN, R. J. GUTIERREZ, WILLIAM s. LAHAYE Finite Study areas and vital rates: sampling effects on estimates of spotted owl survival and population trends 972 M. WATSON. N. J. AEBISCHER, G. R. POTTS. J. A. EWALD The relative effects of raptor predation and shooting on oveiw inter mortality of grey partridges in the United Kingdom 983 ANNA D. CHALFOUN, THOMAS E. MARTIN Assessments of habitat preferences and quality depend on spatial scale and metrics of fitness Monitoring and predicting insect populations 993 D. B. ROY, p. ROTHERY, T. BRERETON Reduced-effort schemes for monitoring butterfly populations 1001 JOS BARLOW. WILLIAM L. OVERAL, IVANEI S. ARAUJO. TOBY A. GARDNER. CARLOS A. PERES The Value of primary, secondary and plantation forests for fruit-feeding butterflies in the Brazilian Amazon 1013 RICCARDO BOMMARCO, SIMON WETTERLIND, ROLAND SIGVALD Cereal aphid populations in non-crop habitats show strong density dependence Predicting plant population and community dynamics 1023 YONGFEI BAI, JIANGUO WU, QINGMIN PAN, JIANHUI HUANG, QIBING WANG. FUSHENG LI, ALEXANDER BUYANTUYEV. xiNGGUO HAN Positive linear relationship between productivity and diversity: evidence from the Eurasian Steppe 1035 DANNY A. P. HOOFTMAN, MAAIKE J. DE. JONG. J. GERARD B. OOSTFRMEIJER. HANS (J.) C. M. DEN NTJS Modelling the long-term consequences of crop-wild relative hybridization: a case study using four generations of hybrids 1046 RICHARD G. SMITH, KATHERINE L. GROSS Assembly of weed communities along a crop diversity gradient 1057 N. E. ziMMERMANN. T. c. EDWARDS JR. G. G. MOisi N. T. s. FRESCINO. J. A. BLACKARD Remote sensing-based predictors improve distribution models of rare, early successional and broadleaf tree species in Utah Predicting and managing kangaroo populations 1068 ANTHONY R. POPLE. STUART R. PHINN. NORBERT MENKE, (iORDON C. GRIGG, HUGH P. POSSINGHAM. CLIVE MCALPINE Spatial patterns of kangaroo density across the South Australian pastoral zone over 26 years: aggregation during drought and suggestions of long distance movement 1080 JENNIFER K. MARTIN. GRAEME COULSON, JULIAN DI STEFANO. EUAN G. RITCHIE. ANDREW GREENFIELD. HELEN CATANCHIN, LISA N. EVANS The Viggers & Hearn conundrum: a kangaroo home range study w ith no implications for land management 1086 KAREN L. VIGGERS. DAVID B. LINDENMAYER The kangaroo conundrum remains VII Volume 44, Issue 6, December 2007 Volume Contents SPECIAL PROFILE: ECOLOGICAL QUALITY OF FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS Guest editorial i 1089 MARTIN S0NDERGAARD. ERIK JEPPESEN Anthropogenic impacts on lake and stream ecosystems, and approaches to restoration 1095 MARTIN SONDERGAARD, ERIK JEPPESEN, TORBEN L. LAURIDSEN, CHRISTIAN SKOV, EGBERT H. VAN NES, RUDi ROIJACKERS, EDDY LAMMENS, RGB PORTiELJE Lake restoration: successes, failures and long-term effects 1106 HEATHER M. RHODES, GERARD p. CLOSS, COLIN R. TOWNSEND Stream ecosystem health outcomes of prov iding information to farmers and adoption of best management practices 1116 ROBERT s. SCHICK, STEVEN T. LiNDLEY Directed connectivity among fish populations in a riverine network 1127 JOHAN SPENS, GORAN ENGLUND, HANS LUNDQViST NetWork connectivity and dispersal barriers: using geographical information system (GIS) tools to predict landscape scale distribution of a key predator (Esox lucius) among lakes 1138 MARIO BRAUNS, XAViER-FRANCj-Qis GARCIA, NORBERT WALZ, MARTIN T. PUSCH Effects of human shoreline development on littoral macroinvertebrates in lowland lakes 1 145 JOCHEM KAIL, DANIEL HERING, SUSANNE MUHAR, MARC GERHARD, SABINE PREIS The USC of large WOOd in Stream restoration: experiences from 50 projects in Germany and Austria 1156 ADRIAN D. CLARKE, KEVIN H. TELMER, J. MARK SHRiMPTON Habitat use and movement patterns for a fluvial species, the Arctic grayling, in a watershed impacted by a large reservoir: evidence from otolith microchemistry Mammalian populations: demography, resources and impacts 1166 MELISSA J. REYNOLDS-HOGLAND, LARA B. PACiFici, MICHAEL s. MITCHELL Linking resources with demography to understand resource limitation for bears 1176 s. D. ALBON, M. J. BREWER, s. O’BRIEN, A. J. NOLAN, D. COPE Quantifying the grazing impacts associated with different herbivores on rangelands 1 188 THOMAS SATTLER, FABIO BONTADINA, ALEXANDRE H. HIRZEL, RAPHAEL ARLETTAZ Ecological niche modelling of tWO cryptic bat species calls for a reassessment of their conservation status 1200 NEIL REID, ROBBIE A. MCDONALD, w. IAN MONTGOMERY Mammals and agri-environment schemes: hare haven or pest paradise? 1209 MARIANA TADEY, ALEJANDRO G. FARJi-BRENER Indirect effects of exotic grazers: livestock decreases the nutrient content of refuse dumps of leaf-cutting ants through vegetation impoverishment 1219 JONATHAN N. PAULI, STEVEN w. BUSKIRK Risk-disturbance overrides density dependence in a hunted colonial rodent, the black-tailed prairie dog Cynomys ludovicianus Modelling populations 123 1 BETHAN V. PURSE, BENJAMIN J. J. MCCORMICK, PHILIP S. MELLOR, MATTHEW BAYLIS, JOHN P. T. BOORMAN, DAVID BORRAS, IBRAHIM BURGU, RUBEN CAPELA, SANTO CARACAPPA, FRANCISCO COLLANTES, CLAUDIO DE LIBERATO, JUAN A. DELGADO, ERIC DENISON, GEORGI GEORGIEV, MEDHI EL HARAK, STEPHAN DE LA ROCQUE, YOUSSEF LHOR, JAVIER LUCIENTES, OLGA MANGANA, MIGUEL ANGEL MIRANDA, NEDELCHO NEDELCHEV, KYRIAKI NOMIKOU, AYKUT OZKUL, MICHAEL PATAKAKIS, ISABEL PENA, PAOLA SCARAMOZZINO, ALESSANDRA TORINA, DAVID J. ROGERS Incriminating bluetongue virus vectors with climate envelope models 1243 STUART TOWNLEY, DAVID CARSLAKE, OWEN KELLIE-SMITH, DOMINIC MCCARTHY, DAVID HODGSON Predicting transient amplification in perturbed ecological systems 1252 ANTHONY D. ARTHUR, ROGER p. PECH, GRANT R. SINGLETON Cross-strain protection reduces effectiveness of virally vectored fertility control: results from individual-based multistrain models 1263 Erratum