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PLANT AND SOIL Contents Volume 293 Nos. 1-2 April 2007 Advances in the ecology of serpentine soils Guest editors: Alessandro Chiarucci & Alan J.M. Baker Editorial Advances in the ecology of serpentine soils A. Chiarucci and A.J.M. Baker Original Papers Professor John Proctor (1944-2006) F.Q. Brearley and L. Nagy Nickel bioavailability in an ultramafic toposequence in the Vosges Mountains (France) V. Chardot, G. Echevarria, M. Gury, S. Massoura and J.L. Morel Relationships between Ni-hyperaccumulation and mycorrhizal status of different endemic plant species from New Caledonian ultramafic soils H. Amir, N. Perrier, F. Rigault and T. Jaffre Nickel tolerance and accumulation by bacteria from rhizosphere of nickel hyperaccu- mulators in serpentine soil ecosystem of Andaman, India A. Pal, G. Wauters and A.K. Paul Responses to Mg/Ca balance in an Iranian serpentine endemic plant, Cleome heratensis (Capparaceae) and a related non-serpentine species, C. foliolosa T. Asemaneh, S.M. Ghaderian and A.J.M. Baker Comparison of cytology and distribution of nickel in roots of Ni-hyperaccumulating and non-hyperaccumulating genotypes of Senecio coronatus J. Mesjasz-Przybytowicz, A. Barnabas and W. Przybytowicz In-situ phytoextraction of Ni by a native population of Alyssum murale on an ultramafic site (Albania) A. Bani, G. Echevarria, S. Sulce, J.L. Morel and A. Mullai Hyperaccumulation of nickel by two Alyssum species from the serpentine soils of Iran S.M. Ghaderian, A. Mohtadi, R. Rahiminejad, R.D. Reeves and A.J.M. Baker Nickel localization in tissues of different hyperaccumulator species of Euphorbiaceae from ultramafic areas of Cuba R. Berazain, V. de la Fuente, L. Rufo, N. Rodriguez, R. Amils, B. Diez-Garretas, D. Sänchez- Mata and A. Asensi 99-106 The flora and biogeochemistry of the ultramafic soils of Goiäs state, Brazil R.D. Reeves, A.J.M. Baker, T. Becquer, G. Echevarria and Z.J.G. Miranda 107-119 Large-scale causes of variation in the serpentine vegetation of California J.B. Grace, H.D. Safford and S. Harrison 121-132 Long-term effects of climate and phosphorus fertilisation on serpentine vegetation A. Chiarucci and S. Maccherini 133-144 Variability of Mn hyperaccumulation in the Australian rainforest tree Gossia bidwillii (Myrtaceae) D.R. Fernando, I.E. Woodrow, E.J. Bakkaus, R.N. Collins, A.J.M. Baker and G.N. Batianoff 145-152 The defense hypothesis of elemental hyperaccumulation: status, challenges and new directions R.S. Boyd 153-176 Effects of nickel hyperaccumulation in Alyssum pintodasilvae on model arthropods representatives of two trophic levels M.T. Gongalves, S.C. Gongalves, A. Portugal, S. Silva, J.P. Sousa and H. Freitas 177-188 Nickel hyperaccumulation as an anti-herbivore trait: considering the role of tolerance to damage M. Palomino, P.G. Kennedy and E.L. Simms 189-195 Micro-PIXE studies of elemental distribution in sap-feeding insects associated with Ni hyperaccumulator, Berkheya coddii P. Migula, W.J. Przybytowicz, J. Mesjasz-Przybytowicz, M. Augustyniak, M. Nakonieczny, E. Gtowacka and M. Tarnawska 197-207 Local adaptation to serpentine soils in Pinus ponderosa J.W. Wright 209-217 Available .‘; online | www.springerlink.com Cover Photo: A specimen of a Ni-hyperaccumulating Thlaspi sp. from Monte Prinzera, a still under-investigated taxon in need a thorough taxonomic investigation (Photo by Michele Adorni and Andrea Saccani).