Contents of Volume 224 Forest Management Structure and growth of a small group selection forest of calabrian pine in Southern Italy: A hypothesis for continuous cover forestry based on traditional silviculture O. Ciancio (Florence, Italy), F. lovino (Cosenza, Italy), G.M enguzzato, A. Nicolaci (Reggio Calabria, Italy) and S. Nocentini (Florence, Italy) Conversion of clearcut beech coppices into high forests with continuous cover: A case study in central Italy O. Ciancio (Firenze, Italy), P. Corona, A. Lamonaca, L. Portoghesi (Viterbo, Italy) and D. Travaglini (Firenze, Italy) Influence of individual reserve trees on nearby reproduction in two-aged Appalachian hardwood stands G.W. Miller (Morgantown, WV, USA), J.N. Kochenderfer (Parsons, WV, USA) and D.B. Fekedulegn (Morgantown, WV, USA) Silvicultural measures to increase the mechanical stability of pure secondary Norway spruce stands before conversion M. Slodicak and J. Novak (Opocno, Czech Republic) Height growth of planted conifer seedlings in relation to solar radiation and position in Scots pine shelterwood M. Strand, M.O. Léfvenius, U. Bergsten (Umea, Sweden), T. Lundmark (Vindeln, Sweden) and O. Rosvall (Savar, Sweden) Biometrics & Information Technology Evaluating structural indices by reversing forest structural analysis A. Pommerening (Bangor, United Kingdom) Inventory and modelling for forests in transition from even-aged to uneven-aged management H. Sterba and T. Ledermann (Vienna, Austria) Economics & Politics A comparison of harvesting productivity and costs in thinning operations with and without midfield P.S. Mederski (Poznan, Poland) Creaming the best, or creatively transforming? Might felling the biggest trees first be a win-win strategy? M. Price and C. Price (Bangor, United Kingdom) Ecosystems & Biodiveristy Water and element fluxes during the regeneration of Norway spruce with European beech: Effects of shelterwood-cut and clear-cut W. Weis, V. Rotter and A. Gottlein (Freising, Germany) Contents of Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 224