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PLANT AND SOIL Contents Volume 289 Nos. 1-2 November 2006 Part | Role of microbial communities in mediating ecosystem response to disturbance Guest editor: Erica A.H. Smithwick Editorial Notes Role of microbial communities in mediating ecosystem response to disturbance E.A.H. Smithwick Soil-mixing effects on inorganic nitrogen production and consumption in forest and shrubland soils M.S. Booth, J.M. Stark and S.C. Hart Linking soil process and microbial ecology in freshwater wetland ecosystems J.L.M. Gutknecht, R.M. Goodman and T.C. Balser Responses of soil bacterial and fungal communities to reciprocal transfers of soil between adjacent coniferous forest and meadow vegetation in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon P.J. Bottomley, R.R. Yarwood, S.A. Kageyama, K.E. Waterstripe, M.A. Williams, K. Cromack Jr and D.D. Myrold Progressive N limitation of plant response to elevated CO:: a microbiological perspective S. Hu, C. Tu, X. Chen and J.B. Gruver Bridging the gap between micro - and macro-scale perspectives on the role of microbial communities in global change ecology T.C. Balser, K.D. McMahon, D. Bart, D. Bronson, D.R. Coyle, N. Craig, M.L. Flores-Mangual, K. Forshay, S.E. Jones, A.E. Kent and A.L. Shade Part Il Regular Articles Bioengineering of soil profiles in semiarid ecosystems: the ‘phytotarium’ concept. A review W.H. Verboom and J.S. Pate 71-102 Evidence of active biotic influences in pedogenetic processes. Case studies from semiarid ecosystems of south-west Western Australia W.H. Verboom and J.S. Pate 103-121 Structural characteristics and plant-beneficial effects of bacteria colonizing the shoots of field grown conventional and genetically modified T4-lysozyme producing potatoes F. Rasche, E. Marco-Noales, H. Velvis, L.S. van Overbeek, M.M. Lopez, J.D. van Elsas and A. Sessitsch 123-140 Cover crop effects on the fate of N following soil application of swine manure T.B. Parkin, T.C. Kaspar and J.W. Singer 141-152 Recent carbon and nitrogen accumulation and acidification in soils of two Scots pine ecosystems in Southern Germany J. Prietzel, U. Stetter, H.-J. Klemmt and K.E. Rehfuess 153-170 Metal complexes increase uptake of Zn and Cu by plants: implications for uptake and deficiency studies in chelator-buffered solutions F. Degryse, E. Smolders and D.R. Parker 171-185 Shifts in plant nutrient use strategies under secondary forest succession E.-R. Yan, X.-H. Wang and J.-J. Huang 187-197 Release of metals and arsenic from various mine tailings by Eriophorum angusti- folium E. Stoltz and M. Greger 199-210 Relationships between ericaceous vegetation and soil nutrient status in a post-fire Kalmia angustifolia-black spruce chronosequence R.G. Bloom and A.U. Mallik 211-226 Warming and drought alter soil phosphatase activity and soil P availability in a Mediterranean shrubland J. Sardans, J. Penuelas and M. Estiarte 227-238 Foliar Iron Fertilization of Peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch): Effects of Iron Compounds, Surfactants and Other Adjuvants V. Fernandez, V.D. Rio, J. Abadia and A. Abadia 239-252 Soil CO; efflux in uneven-aged managed forests: temporal patterns following harvest and effects of edaphic heterogeneity Y. Peng and S.C. Thomas 253-264 Fertilizer vs. organic matter contributions to nitrogen leaching in cropping systems of the Pampas: '°N application in field lysimeters S.l. Portela, A.E. Andriulo, M.C. Sasal, B. Mary and E.G. Jobbagy 265-277 Evaluation of elemental allelopathy in Acroptilon repens (L.) DC. (Russian Knapweed) C. Morris, C.A. Call, T.A. Monaco, P.R. Grossl and S.A. Dewey 279-288 Ammonium fixation in selected California decomposed granites D. Rider, D. McGahan and V. Claassen 289-300 Availability of iodide and iodate to spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) in relation to total iodine in soil solution J.L. Dai, Y.G. Zhu, Y.Z. Huang, M. Zhang and J.L. Song 301-308 Assessing short-term responses of prokaryotic communities in bulk and rhizosphere soils to tall fescue endophyte infection M.B. Jenkins, A.J. Franzluebbers and S.B. Humayoun 309-320 Influence of microbial activity on plant-microbial competition for organic and inorganic nitrogen R.M. Dunn, J. Mikola, R. Bol and R.D. Bardgett 321-334 N°0, CH, and CO, emissions from seasonal tropical rainforests and a rubber plantation in Southwest China C. Werner, X. Zheng, J. Tang, B. Xie, C. Liu, R. Kiese and K. Butterbach-Bahl 335-353 Enhanced cadmium accumulation in maize roots—the impact of organic acids F. Han, X. Shan, S. Zhang, B. Wen and G. Owens 355-368 Growth and ion relations in response to combined salinity and waterlogging in the perennial forage legumes Lotus corniculatus and Lotus tenuis N.L. Teakle, D. Real and T.D. Colmer 369-383 Instructions for authors Available .: online www.springerlink.com Cover Photo: Lupinus argenteus two years following stand-replacing fire in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosys- tem (U.S.A.), suggesting the complex role of plant and microbial dynamics in post-disturbance ecosystem biogeochemistry. Plant and Soil Vol 289.