As in past installments of "The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology" series, this year's volume contains a diverse collection of timely reviews in conservation biology and scientific, policy, and management implications, including reviews in the following areas: ecosystem services provided by bats, emerging indirect and long-term road salt effects on ecosystems, environmental ethics and human ecology, environmental impacts of mountaintop mining valley fill operations for aquatic ecosystems of the Central Appalachians, urban biodiversity, patterns and mechanisms, anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems in Antarctica, understanding the role of co-factors in driving amphibian losses, tropical forest ecosystems and unsustainable hunting. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please click here. ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member.