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Journal of Biogeography Contents Volume 29 Issue I January 2002 Aspects of American biogeography: from fish and tapirs to the Grand Canyon 1 I. Schlupp, J. Parzefall & M. Schartl: Biogeography of the Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa 7 D. J. Lizcano, V. Pizarro, J. Cavelier &: J. Carmona: Geographic distribution and population size of the mountain tapir {Tapirus pinchaque) in Colombia 17 G. Ibarra-Manriquez, J. L. Villasenor, R. Duran & J. Meave: Biogeographical analysis of the tree flora of the Yucatan Peninsula 31 P. Z. Fule, W. W. Covington, M. M. Moore, T. A. Heinlein & A. E. M. Waltz: Natural variability in forests of the Grand Canyon, USA Biogeographies of organisms, great and small: from Brassicaceae to birds 49 S. Fattorini; Biogeography of the tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) on the Aegean Islands (Greece) 69 J. Jokimaki, P. Clergeau & M.-L. Kaisanlahti-Jokimaki: Winter bird communities in urban habitats: a comparative study between central and northern Europe 81 D. S. Glazier & S. E. Eckert: Competitive ability, body size and geographical range size in small mammals 93 L. Pin Koh, N. S. Sodhi, H. Tiang Wah Tan Sc K. S.-H. Peh: Factors affecting the distribution of vascular plants, springtails, butterflies and birds on small tropical islands 109 E. Garcia-Barros, P. Gurrea, M. J. Lucianez, J. M. Cano, M. L. Munguira, J. C. Moreno, H. Sainz, M. J. Sanz Sc J. C. Simon: Parsimony analysis of endemicity and its application to animal and plant geographical distributions in the Ibero- Balearic region (western Mediterranean) 125 M. H. Hoffmann: Biogeography of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. (Brassicaceae) 135 M. Riba, A. Rodrigo, B. Colas Sc J. Retana: Fire and species range in Mediterranean landscapes : an experimental comparison of seed and seedling performance among Centaurea taxa 147 Book Reviews Volume 29 Issue 2 February 2002 Guest Editorial 149 J. J. Morrone: Biogeographical regions under track and cladistic scrutiny Special Paper 153 C. C. Huang: Holocene landscape development and human impact in the Connemara Uplands, Western Ireland All creatures great and small 167 M. G. Potapova Sc D. F. Charles: Benthic diatoms in USA rivers: distributions along spatial and environmental gradients 189 F. Santini & R. Winterbottom: Historical biogeography of Indo-western Pacific coral reef biota: is the Indonesian region a centre of origin? 207 R. M. McDowall: Accumulating evidence for a dispersal biogeography of southern cool temperate freshwater fishes 221 S. Torrusio, M. M. Cigliano & M. L. de Wysiecki: Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and plant community- relationships in the Argentine pampas 231 D. D. French &c N. Picozzi: ‘Functional groups’ of bird species, biodiversity and landscapes in Scotland 261 M. Heads: Birds of paradise, vicariance biogeography and terrane tectonics in New Guinea 285 M. Heads: Regional patterns of biodiversity in New Guinea animals 295 Book Reviews Volume 29 Issue 3 March 2002 Special Book Review 299 John A. Silander Jr: The Ultimate Answer ... is 42?: A critical review of S.P. Hubbell (2001) The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and hiogeography. Monographs in Population Biology 32. Princeton University Press, Princeton Fire, seeds and seedlings 303 J. E. Keeley: Native American impacts on fire regimes of the California coastal ranges 321 N. Preece: Aboriginal fires in monsoonal Australia from historical accounts 337 N. Hewitt & M. Kellman: Tree seed dispersal among forest fragments: I. Conifer plantations as seed traps 351 N. Hewdtt & M. Kellman: Tree seed dispersal among forest fragments: II. Dispersal abilities and biogeographical controls 365 M. F. Tremblay, Y. Bergeron, D. Lalonde &c Y. Mauffette: The potential effects of sexual reproduction and seedling recruitment on the maintenance of red maple {Acer rubrum L.) populations at the northern limit of the species range Beetles, birds and other beasts 375 D. J. Kotze & j. Niemela: Year-to-year variation in carabid beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) assemblages on the Aland Islands, south-west Finland 387 L. W. Morrison: Island biogeography and metapopulation dynamics of Bahamian ants 395 R. Mac Nally & G. Horrocks: Relative influences of patch, landscape and historical factors on birds in an Australian fragmented landscape 411 D. D. P. Johnson, W. Jetz &: D. W. Macdonald: Environmental correlates of badger social spacing across Europe Volume 29 Issue 4 April 2002 Guest Editorial 427 M. C. Ebach & C. J. Humphries: Cladistic biogeography and the art of discovery Mammals et al. 445 A. H. Harcourt, S. A. Coppeto & S. A. Parks: Rarity, specialization and extinction in primates 457 K. Danell & B. Aava-Olsson: Endemic mammalian genera: are they really unique? 465 A. A. Burbidge & B. F. J. Manly: Mammal extinctions on Australian islands: causes and conservation implications 475 S. J. Hecnar, G. S. Casper, R. W. Russell, D. R. Hecnar J. N. Robinson: Nested species assemblages of amphibians and reptiles on islands in the Laurentian Great Lakes 491 M. Judas, K. Dornieden & U. Strothmann: Distribution patterns of carabid beetle species at the landscape-level 509 M. Salomon: A revised dine theory that can be used for quantified analyses of evolutionary processes without parapatric speciation Predictions 519 C. A. F. Enquist: Predicted regional impacts of climate change on the geographical distribution and diversity of tropical forests in Costa Rica 535 G. S. Campbell, P. G. Blackwell 6c F. I. Woodward: Can landscape-scale characteristics be used to predict plant invasions along rivers? 545 O. R. Vetaas: Realized and potential climate niches: a comparison of four Rhododeniiro}i tree species Correspondence 555 M. V. Lomolino: Comment on M. Williamson, K. j. Gaston and W. M. Lonsdale (2001) The species-area relationship does not have an asymptote 559 Book Reviews Volume 29 Issue 5/6 May/June 2002 Special Issue: Insular Biotas 563 D. R. Drake, C. P. H. Mulder, D. R. Towns 6c C. H. Daugherty: The biology of insularity: an introduction Ecological processes in insular systems 573 P. M. Vitousek: Oceanic islands as model systems for ecological studies 583 D. A. Wardle: Islands as model systems for understanding how species affect ecosystem properties 593 D. R. Towns: Korapuki Island as a case study for restoration of insular ecosystems in New Zealand 609 D. P. Armstrong, R. S. Davidson, W. J. Dimond, j. K. Perron, 1. Castro, j. G. FAven, R. Griffiths & j. Taylor: Population dynamics of reintroduced forest birds on New Zealand islands 623 G. H. Rodda 6c K. Dean-Bradley: Excess density compensation of island herpetofaunal assemblages 633 N. j. Nelson, S. N. Keall, S. Pledger 6c C. H. Daugherty: Male-biased sex ratio in a small tuatara population 641 E. R. Scarff 6c j. S. Bradley: Ecosystem function and species loss - a microcosm study Evolutionary processes in insular systems 655 R. G. Gillespie: Biogeography of spiders on remote oceanic islands of the Pacific: archipelagoes as stepping stones? 663 S. Holzapfel, M. Z. Faville fie C. E. C. Gemmill: Genetic variation of the endangered holoparasite Dactylanthus taylorii (Balanophoraceae) in New Zealand 677 P. J. Clarke: Habitat islands in fire-prone vegetation: do landscape features influence community composition? 685 D. T. Blumstein: Moving to suburbia: ontogenetic and evolutionary consequences of life on predator-free islands Effects of alien organisms on plant-animal mutualisms in insular systems 695 H. J. Meehan, K. R. McConkey & D. R. Drake: Potential disruptions to seed dispersal mutualisms in Tonga, Western Polynesia "’13 N. Riera, A. Traveset &: O. Garcia: Breakage of mutualisms by exotic species: the case of Cneoriim tricoccon L. in the Balearic Island (Western Mediterranean Sea) 721 D. M. Hansen, J. M. Olesen &: C. G. Jones: Trees, birds and bees in Mauritius: exploitative competition between introduced honey bees and endemic nectarivorous birds? Consequences of fragmentation-imposed insularity 737 W. F. Laurance, A. K. M. Albernaz, G. Schroth, P. M. Fearnside, S. Bergen, E. \1. Venticinque & C. Da Costa: Predictors of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon 749 K. A. Ross, B. j. Fox &: M. D. Fox: Changes to plant species richness in forest fragments: fragment age, disturbance and fire history may be as important as area 767 S. K. Wiser, D. R. Drake, L. E. Burrows W. R. Sykes: The potential for long-term persistence of forest fragments on Tongatapu, a large island in western Polynesia 789 P. C. Banko, P. T. Oboyski, j. W. Slotterback, S. j. Dougill, D. M. Goltz, L. Johnson, M. E. Laut &: T. C. Murray: Availability of food resources, distribution of invasive species, and conservation of a Hawaiian bird along a gradient of elevation 809 L. Lens & S. V’an Dongen: Fluctuating asymmetry as a bio-indicator in isolated populations of the Taita thrush: a Bayesian perspective A framework for studying insular systems 823 D. M. Watson: A conceptual framework for studying species composition in fragments, islands and other patchy ecosystems Volume 29 Issue 7 July 2002 Special Paper 835 J. R. Malcolm, A. Markham, R. P. Neilson &: M. Garaci: Estimated migration rates under scenarios of global climate change Phytogeography, from history to ecology, Northern and Southern Hemispheres 851 C. A. Schblzel, A. Hense, P. Fliibl, N. Kiihl &: T. Litt: Digitization and geo-referencing of botanical distribution maps 857 W'. E. Magnusson, T. M. Sanaiotti, A. P. Lima, L. A. Martinelli, R. L. Victoria, M. C de Araujo & A. L. Albernaz: A comparison of 6'^C ratios of surface soils in savannas and forests in Amazonia 865 U. Meve &: S. Liede: Floristic exchange between mainland Africa and Madagascar: case studies in Apocynaceae- Asclepiadoideae 875 H. E. Epstein, R. A. Gill, J. M. Paruelo, W. K. Lauenroth, G. J. Jia 1. C. Burke: The relative abundance of three plant functional types in temperate grasslands and shrublands of North and South America: effects of projected climate change 889 A. E. Hessl & L. J. Graumlich: Interactive effects of human activities, herbivory and fire on quaking aspen (Populus tremnloides) age structures in western Wyoming 903 S. Chhin &c G. G. Wang: Spatial and temporal pattern of white spruce regeneration within mixed-grass prairie in the Spruce Woods Provincial Park of Manitoba 913 M. V. Kozlov: Changes in distribution of birches and birch-feeding Eriocrania moths in St Petersburg, Russia, between 1986 and 2001 919 T. Tyler: Geographical distribution of allozyme variation in relation to post-glacial history in Carex digitata, a widespread European woodland sedge 931 L. W. Morrison: Determinants of plant species richness on small Bahamian islands 943 S. R. Wichman, S. D. Wright, E. K. Cameron, D. J. Keeling &c R. C. Gardner: Elevated genetic heterogeneity and Pleistocene climatic instability: inferences from nrDNA in New Zealand Coprosma (Rubiaceae) 955 W. Pollmann: Effects of natural disturbance and selective logging on Nothofagus forests in south-central Chile 971 Book Reviews 975 Erratum Volume 29 Issue 8 August 2002 Announcement Special Paper 977 S. F. Matter, I. Hanski & M. Gyllenberg: A test of the metapopulation model of the species-area relationship Zoogeography from coasts via Corvus corax corax to the Karoo 985 R. D. Sagarin 8c S. D. Gaines: Geographical abundance distributions of coastal invertebrates: using one-dimensional ranges to test biogeographic hypotheses 999 M. Thiel: The zoogeography of algae-associated peracarids along the Pacific coast of Chile 1009 R. A. Johnson 8c P. S. Ward: Biogeography and endemism of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Baja California, Mexico: a first overview 1027 M. Luoto, M. Kuussaari &: T. Toivonen: Modelling butterfly distribution based on remote sensing data 1039 P. G. Moore: Ravens (Corvus corax corax L.) in the British landscape: a thousand years of ecological biogeography in place-names 1055 D. A. McLennan 8c D. R. Brooks: Complex histories of speciation and dispersal in communities: a re-analysis of some Australian bird data using BPA 1067 J. M. W. Githaiga-Mwicigi, D. H. K. Fairbanks Sc G. Midgley: Hierarchical processes define spatial pattern of avian assemblages restricted and endemic to the arid Karoo, South Africa 1089 P. A. Smith, j. A. Schaefer 8c B. R. Patterson: Variation at high latitudes: the geography of body size and cranial morphology of the muskox, Ovibos moschatus 1095 j. j. Morrone 8c T. Escalante: Parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE) of Mexican terrestrial mammals at different area units: when size matters 1105 Book Reviews 1107 Erratum Volume 29 Issue 9 September 2002 Classics Revisited 1109 D. M. Wilkinson; Ecology before ecology: biogeography and ecology in Lyell’s ‘Principles' Phytogeography from the Scandes to the Andes 1117 L. Kullman: Boreal tree taxa in the central Scandes during the Late-Glacial: implications for Late-Quaternary forest history 1125 V. Otte, T. L. Esslinger dc B. Litterski: Biogeographical research on European species of the lichen genus Physconia 1143 G. L. W. Perry & N. J. Enright: Humans, fire and landscape pattern: understanding a maquis-forest complex, Mont Do, New Caledonia, using a spatial ‘state-and-transition’ model 1159 M. Kessler: The elevational gradient of Andean plant endemism: varying influences of taxon-specific traits and topography at different taxonomic levels 1167 M. J. Pastorino & L. A. Gallo: Quaternary evolutionary history oi Austrocedrus chilensis, a cypress native to the Andean- Patagonian forest Zoogeography from fish to lizards 1179 A. Snoj, B. Marceta, S. Susnik, E. Melkic, V. Meglic & P. Dove: The taxonomic status of the ‘sea trout’ from the north Adriatic Sea, as revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analysis 1187 S. Y. Yap: On the distributional patterns of Southeast-East Asian freshwater fish and their history 1201 §. Prochej & D. J. Marshall: Diversity and biogeography of southern African intertidal Acari 1217 A. L. V. Davis, C. H. Scholtz & T. K. Philips: Historical biogeography of scarabaeine dung beetles 1257 D. J. Harris, S. Carranza, E. N. Arnold, C. Pinho & N. Ferrand: Complex biogeographical distribution of genetic variation within Podarcis wall lizards across the Strait of Gibraltar 1263 Book Reviews Announcement Volume 29 Issues 10/11 October/November 2002 Special issue: Insights from Historical Geography to Ecology and Conservation: Lessons from the New England Landscape 1269 D. R. Foster: Insights from historical geography to ecology and conservation: lessons from the New England landscape Historical Geography and Ecology 1279 C. V. Cogbill, J. Burk & G. Motzkin: The forests of presettlement New England, USA: spatial and compositional patterns based on town proprietor surveys 1305 T. Parshall & D. R. Foster: Fire on the New England landscape: regional and temporal variation, cultural and environmental controls 1319 B. Hall, G. Motzkin, D. R. Foster, M. Syfert &C J. Burk: Three hundred years of forest and land-use change in Massachusetts, USA 1337 D. R. Foster, G. Motzkin, D. Bernardos & J. Cardoza: Wildlife dynamics in the changing New England landscape 1359 D. R. Foster, S. Clayden, D. A. Orwig, B. Hall & S. Barry: Oak, chestnut and fire: climatic and cultural controls of long¬ term forest dynamics in New England, USA 1381 D. R. Foster, B. Hall, S. Barry, S. Clayden &c T. Parshall: Cultural, environmental and historical controls of vegetation patterns and the modern conservation setting on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, USA 1401 J. Bellemare, G. Motzkin & D. R. Foster: Legacies of the agricultural past in the forested present: an assessment of historical land-use effects on rich mesic forests 1421 F. Gerhardt & D. R. Foster: Physiographical and historical effects on forest vegetation in central New’ England, USA 1439 G. Motzkin, R. Eberhardt, B. Hall, D. R. Foster, J. Harrod & D. MacDonald: Vegetation variation across Cape Cod, Massachusetts: environmental and historical determinants 1455 G. Motzkin, D. A. Orwig & D. R. Foster: Vegetation and disturbance history of a rare dwarf pitch pine community in western New England, USA Impacts of introduced Pests and Pathogens 1471 D. A. Orwig: Ecosystem to regional impacts of introduced pests and pathogens: historical context, questions and issues 1475 D. A. Orwig, D. R. Foster &c D. L. Mausel: Landscape patterns of hemlock decline in New England due to the introduced hemlock woolly adelgid 1489 M. L. Kizlinski, D. A. Orwig, R. C. Cobb & D. R. Foster: Direct and indirect ecosystem consequences of an invasive pest on forests dominated by eastern hemlock 1505 M. W. Tingley, D. A. Orwig, R. Field &c G. Motzkin: Avian response to removal of a forest dominant: consequences of hemlock woolly adelgid infestations 1517 F. L. Paillet: Chestnut: history and ecology of a transformed species Conservation Issues and Approaches 1533 D. R. Foster: Conservation issues and approaches for dynamic cultural landscapes 1537 D. R. Foster: Thoreau’s country: a historical-ecological perspective on conservation in the New England landscape 1557 M. M. Berlik, D. B. Kittredge & D. R. Foster: The illusion of preservation: a global environmental argument for the local production of natural resources 1569 G. Motzkin & D. R. Foster: Grasslands, heathlands and shrublands in coastal New England: historical interpretations and approaches to conservation 1591 Notice Volume 29 Issue 12 December 2002 Editorial 1593 Editorial: online and on time Guest Editorial 1595 On non-equilibrium in arid and semi-arid grazing systems Special Paper 1619 E. N. Chidumayo: Changes in miomho woodland structure under different land tenure and use systems in central Zambia Skates, lizards and stoneworts 1627 P. R. Last & G. K. Yearsley: Zoogeography and relationships of Australasian skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) 1643 M. K. Bayless: Monitor lizards: a pan-African check-list of their zoogeography (Sauria: Varanidae: Polydaedalus) 1703 1. Soulie-Marsche, M. Benammi & P. Gemayel: Biogeography of living and fossil Nitellopsis (Charophyta) in relationship to new finds from Morocco Correspondence 1713 M. Williamson, K. J. Gaston & W. M. Lonsdale: An asymptote is an asymptote and not found in species - area relationships 1715 Book Reviews 1717 Errata 1719 Author Index i i' I ! i 1 i i i !