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Forest Ecology and Management ELSEVIER Forest Ecology and Management 225 (2006) 405-406 ————— www.elsevier.com/locate/foreco Contents of Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 225 Regular articles Diameter growth performance varies with species functional-group and habitat characteristics in subtropical rainforests M. Kariuki, M. Rolfe (Lismore, Australia), R.G.B. Smith (Coffs Harbour Jetty, Australia), J.K. Vanclay and R.M. Kooyman (NSW, Australia) A carbon budget of forest biomass and soils in southeast Norway calculated using a widely applicable method H.A. de Wit (Oslo, Norway), T. Palosuo (Joensuu, Finland), G. Hylen (As, Norway) and J. Liski (Helsinki, Finland) Dead wood and saproxylic beetle assemblages in a semi-deciduous forest in Southern Benin T. Lachat, P. Nagel (Basel, Switzerland), Y. Cakpo (Cotonou, Benin), S. Attignon (Basel, Switzerland and Cotonou, Benin), G. Goergen, B. Sinsin (Cotonou, Benin) and R. Peveling (Basel, Switzerland) The effects of livestock grazing on ground flora in broadleaf woodlands in Nees Ireland P.M. McEvoy, M. Flexen and J.H. McAdam (Belfast, UK) Tree species identification on large-scale aerial photographs in a tropical rain forest, French Guiana—application for management and conservation T. Valérie and J. Marie-Pierre (Toulouse, France) Structural characteristics of logged evergreen forests in Preah Vihear, Cambodia, 3 years after logging D. Kao and S. lida (Fukuoka, Japan) : Land use effects on soil N, P, C and pH persist over 40-80 years of forest growth on agricultural nelle U. Falkengren-Grerup, D.-J.t. Brink (Lund, Sweden) and J. Brunet (Alnarp, Sweden) Simulating the effects of reforestation on a large catastrophic fire burned landscape in Northeastern China X. Wang (Shenyang, China and Beijing, China), H.S. He (Columbia), X. Li, Y. Chang, Y. Hu (Shenyang, China), C. Xu (Shenyang, China and Beijing, China), R. Bu (Shenyang, China) and F. Xie (Shenyang,China and Beijing, China) Site index functions using site descriptors for Pinus patula plantations in South Africa J.H. Louw (George, South Africa) and M.C. Scholes (Wits, South Africa) Vertical distributions of leaf area and inclination angle, and their relationship in a 46-year-old Chamaecyparis obtusa stand H. Utsugi (Sapporo, Japan), M. Araki (Kumamoto, Japan), T. Kawasaki (Tsukuba, Japan) and M. Ishizuka (Sapporo, Japan) . Assessing the protective effect of mountain forests against rockfall using a 3D simulation model M. Stoffel (Fribourg, Switzerland), A. Wehrli (Birmensdorf, Switzerland), R. Kiihne (Berne, Switzerland), L.K.A. Dorren (Saint Martin d’ Héres Cedex, France), S. Perret and H. Kienholz (Berne, Switzerland) Pruning and fertiliser effects on branch size and decay in two Eucalyptus nitens plantations D. Wiseman, P. Smethurst, L. Pinkard, T. Wardlaw, C. Beadle, M. Hall, C. Baillie and C. Mohammed (Hobart, Australia) Stand structure over 9 years in burned and fire-excluded oak stands on the Cumberland Plateau, Kentucky B.A. Blankenship and M.A. Arthur (Kentucky, USA) ; Beetles associated with scolytids (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) and the elevational gradient: Diversity and dynamics of the community in the Tatra Nation: alP ark, Poland P. Tykarski (Warsaw, Poland) Structure of forests used by small mammals in the industrially damaged landscape of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada J.-F. Robitaille and R.D. Linley (Sudbury, Canada) Fuel reduction treatment and wildfire influence on carabid and seneteinand community assemblages in the ponderosa pine forest of scrthere Arizona, USA Z. Chen, K. Grady, S. Stephens, J. Villa-Castillo and M.R. Wagner (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) . . Effect of micro-environment and human disturbance on the diversity of woody species in the Sariska Tiger Project in India A.S. Yadav and S.K. Gupta (Alwar, India) Insect community composition and trophic guild structure in decaying logs from eastern Canadian pine-dominated forests M.C. Vanderwel, J.R. Malcolm, S.M. Smith and N. Islam (Toronto, Canada) Is the outbreak status of Thrips calcaratus Uzel in North America due to altered host relationships? S.M. Werner (Madison, WI, USA), M.A. Albers (Grand Rapids, MN, USA), T. Cryderman (Marquette, MI, USA), D. Dimini¢ (Zagreb, Croatia), R. Heyd (Marquette, MI, USA), B. HraSovic (Zagreb, Croatia), $. Kobro (As, Norway), S. Larsson (Uppsala, Sweden), R. Mech (Roscommon, MI, USA), P. Niemela, M. Rousi (Joensuu, Finland), K.F. Raffa (Madison, WI, USA), K. Scanlon (Fitchburg, WI, USA) and S. Weber (Spooner, WI, USA) Alternative tree girdling and herbicide treatments for liberation and timber stand improvement in Bolivian tropical forests C. Ohlson-Kiehn (Santa Cruz, Rolivia and Sedro-Woolley, WA, USA), W. Pariona (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) and T.S. Fredericksen (Santa Cruz, Bolivia and Ferrum, VA, USA) Aggregate retention in two Tierra del Fuego Nothofagus forests: Short-term effects on bird abundance P.M. Vergara (Santiago, Chile) and R.P. Schlatter (Valdivia, Chile) . Putting the stewardship concept into practice: Commercial moss harvest in Northwestern Oregon, USA J.E. Peck (Saint Paul, MN, USA) and J.A. Christy (Portland, OR, USA) doi: 10.1016/S0378-1127(06)00186-! 406 Contents of Volume 225 Effects of the type of montane forest edge on oak seedling establishment along forest-edge-exterior gradients F. Lépez-Barrera (Edinburg, United Kingdom and Veracruz, Mexico), R.H. Manson (Veracruz, Mexico), M. Gonzalez-Espinosa (San Cristdbal de las Casas, Mexico) and A.C. Newton (Dorset, United Kingdom) Indirect remote sensing of a cryptic forest understorey invasive species C. Joshi, J. De Leeuw (Enschede, The Netherlands), J. van Andel (Haren, The Netherlands), A.K. Skidmore (Enschede, The Netherlands), H.D. Lekhak (Kathmandu, Nepal), I.C. van Duren ( Enschede, The Netherlands) and N. Norbu (Thimphu, Bhutan) Effects of clear-cutting on nitrogen leaching and fine root dynamics in a cool-temperate forested watershed in northern Japan K. Fukuzawa, H. Shibata (Nayoro, Japan), K. Takagi, M. Nomura (Horonobe, Japan), N. Kurima, T. Fukazawa (Sapporo, Japan), F. Saton (Nayoro, Japan) and K. Sasa (Sapporo, Japan) Distance independent tree diameter growth model for cork oak stands M. Sanchez-Gonzalez, M.del Rio, I. Cafiellas and G. Montero (Madrid, Spain) Effect of girdling on soil respiration and root composition in a sweet chestnut forest B. Frey, F. Hagedorn (Birmensdorf, Switzerland) and F. Giudici (Bellinzona, Switzerland) Fine root dynamics in a Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) plantation throughout the growing season B. Konépka (Zvolen, Slovakia and Ibaraki, Japan), K. Noguchi, T. Sakata, M. Takahashi and Z. Konépkova (Ibaraki, Japan) Above-ground carbon stocks in tropical fallows, Sarawak, Malaysia M.R. Jepsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) . ; Early effects of a wildfire on the diversity and production of fungal c¢ pinaster in Spain P. Martin-Pinto, H. Vaquerizo, F. Pefialver, J. Olaizola and J.A. Oria-de-Rueda (Palencia, Spain) Regeneration in Jerminalia oblonga (Combretaceae)—A common timber tree from a humid tropical forest (La Chonta, Bolivia) M. Schigtz, M.V. Boesen, J. Nabe-Nielsen, M. Sorensen and J. Kollmann (Frederiksberg, Denmark) Soil chemical and microbial properties after disturbance by crawler tractors in a Malaysian forest plantation U. Ilstedt (Umea, Sweden and Bogor Barat, Indonesia), A. Nordgren and A. Malmer (Umea, Sweden) Variation in seed and germination characteristics among Juniperus procera populations in Ethiopia N. Mamo, M. Mihretu, M. Fekadu (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), M. Tigabu (Umea, Sweden) and D. Teketay (Kumasi, Ghana) Potential impact of forest management and tree improvement on genetic diversity of Turkish red pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) plantations in Turkey Y. Iggen, Z. Kaya, B. Cengel, E. Velioglu, H. Oztiirk and S. Onde (Ankara, Turkey) Shoot growth processes, assessed by bud development types, reflect Norway spruce vitality and sink prioritization T. Polak (Prague, Czech Republic), B.N. Rock (Durham, NH, USA), P.E. Campbell (Greenbelt, MD, USA), J. Soukupova, B. Solcova, K. Zvara (Prague Czech Republic) and J. Albrechtova (Prague,Czech Republic and Pruhonice, Czech Republic) Effects of fire and mechanical wounding on Pinus resinosa resin defenses, beetle attacks, and pathogens M.J. Lombardero (Lugo, Spain), M.P. Ayres (Hanover, NH, USA) and B.D. Ayres (Colfax, WI, USA) Effect of fire season, aspect and pre-fire plant size on the growth of Arbutus unedo L. (strawberry tree) resprouts P. Konstantinidis, G. Tsiourlis (Thessaloniki, Greece) and P. Xofis (London, United Kingdom) Why vegetation increases pine weevil damage: Bridge or shelter? M. Petersson (Lammhult, Sweden), G. Nordlander (Uppsala, Sweden) and G. Orlander (Vaxj6, Sweden) Modeling forest stand structure attributes using Landsat ETM+ data: Application to mapping of aboveground biomass and stand volume R.J. Hall, R.S. Skakun, E.J. Arsenault (Edmonton, Canada) and B.S. Case (Canterbury, New Zealand) Forest reproduction along a climatic gradient in the Sierra Nevada, California P.J. van Mantgem, N.L. Stephenson and J.E. Keeley (Three Rivers, CA, USA) Short communication Toona ciliata that suffer frequent height-reducing herbivore damage by a shoot-boring moth (Hypsipyla robusta) are taller S.A. Cunningham and R.B. Floyd (Canberra, Australia) Erratum Erratum to “Soil solution nitrogen concentrations and leaching rates as influenced by organic matter retention on a highly productive Douglas-fir site” {For. Ecol. Manage. 218 (2005) 74-88] B.D. Strahm, R.B. Harrison (Seattle, WA, USA), T.A. Terry (Centralia, WA, USA), B.L. Flaming, C.W. Licata and K.S. Petersen (Seattle, WA, USA) Contents of Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 225