African Biodiversity

Complementarity of Species Distributions as a Tool for Prioritising Conservation Actions in Africa: Testing the Efficiency of Using Coarse-Scale Distribution Data.- Scorpion Diversity and Distribution in Southern Africa: Pattern and Process.- Madagascar as a Model Region for the Study of Tempo and Pattern in Adaptive Radiations.- Commemorating Martin Eisentraut (1902–1994) - Important Explorer of Tropical African Vertebrates.- Earwigs (Dermaptera: Insects) of Kenya - Checklist and Species New to Kenya.- Morphometric Differentiation in the East African Grasshopper Genus Afrophlaeoba JAGO, 1983 (Orthoptera: Acrididae).- Katydids and Crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of the Kakamega Forest Reserve, Western Kenya.- Ecology and Diversity of Canopy Associated Ceratocanthidae (Insecta: Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) in An Afrotropical Rainforest.- Human Influence on the Dung Fauna in Afrotropical Grasslands (Insecta: Coleoptera).- Genuine Africans or Tertiary Immigrants? — The Genus Hydropsyche in the Afrotropical Region (Insecta, Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae).- Fruit-Feeding Butterfly Communities of Forest ‘Islands’ in Ghana: Survey Completeness and Correlates of Spatial Diversity.- Biogeography, Diversity and Ecology of Sawflies in the Afromontane Region (Insecta: Symphyta).- Diversity, Distribution Patterns and Endemism of Southern African Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea).- Does Grazing Influence Bee Diversity?.- The Pholcid Spiders of Africa (Araneae: Pholcidae): State of Knowledge and Directions for Future Research.- West African Fish Diversity — Distribution Patterns and Possible Conclusions for Conservation Strategies.- Distribution and Population Density of the Black-Eared Malagasy Poison Frog, mantella Milotympanum Staniszewski, 1996 (Amphibia: Mantellidae).- Amphibianand Reptile Diversity in the Southern Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve, South-Eastern Tanzania.- Interpreting Morphological and Molecular Data on Indian Ocean Giant Tortoises.- Molecular Systematics of African Colubroidea (Squamata: Serpentes).- Phylogeny and Biogeography of Malagasy Dwarf Geckos, Lygodactylus Gray, 1864: Preliminary Data from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences (Squamata: Gekkonidae).- Variability in a Common Species: The Lygodactylus Capensis Complex from Southern and Eastern Africa (Reptilia, Gekkonidae).- Migration Within and Out of Africa: Identifying Knowledge Gaps by Datamining the Global Register of Migratory Species.- Avifaunal Responses to Landscape-Scale Habitat Fragmentation in the Littoral Forests of South-Eastern Madagascar.- Use of Satellite Telemetry and Remote Sensing Data to Identify Important Habitats of Migratory Birds (Ciconia Ciconia (Linnaeus 1758)).- Conservation Priorities and Geographical Variation in Flycatchers (Aves: Platysteiridae) in the Democratic Republic of Congo.- Rare Weavers (Aves: Ploceidae): Are Some Ploceus Species Hybrids?.- Historical Determinants of Mammal Diversity in Africa: Evolution of Mammalian Body Mass Distribution in Africa and South America During Neogene and Quarternary Times.- Diversity and Abundance of Diurnal Primates and Forest Antelopes in Relation to Habitat Quality: A Case Study from the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania.- Small Mammal Diversity and Reproduction Along a Transect in Namibia (Biota S 07).- Possible Karyological Affinities of Small Mammals from North of the Ethiopian Plateau.- Geographic Variation in the West African Scaly-Tailed Squirrel anomalurus Pelii (Schlegel and Müller, 1845) and Description of a New Subspecies (Rodentia: Anomaluridae).- Middle Ear Ossicles as a Diagnostic Trait inAfrican Mole-Rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae).- Community Analysis of Muridae (Mammalia, Rodentia) Diversity in Guinea: A Special Emphasis on Mastomys Species and Lassa Fever Distributions.- Effects of Different Land Use on the Parasite Burden and MHC Constitution Of two Rodent Species (Gerbillurus Paeba, Rhabdomys Pumilio) in the Southern Kalahari Desert.- An Assessment of the Systematics of the Genus Desmomys Thomas, 1910 (Rodentia: Muridae) Using Mitochondrial DNA Sequences.- Integrative Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Systematics of the Genets (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genetta): A New Classification of the Most Speciose Carnivoran Genus in Africa.- How to Digitize Large Insect Collections — Preliminary Results of the DIG Project.- Monitoring Landcover Changes of the Niger Inland Delta Ecosystem (Mali) by Means of Envisat-Meris Data.- Is Geodiversity Correlated to Biodiversity? A Case Study of the Relationship Between Spatial Heterogeneity of Soil Resources and Tree Diversity in a Western Kenyan Rainforest.- Decline of Woody Species in the Sahel.- Diversity Over Time and Space in Enset Landraces (Ensete Ventricosum) in Ethiopia.