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PLANT AND SOIL Contents Volume 307 Nos. 1-2 June 2008 Regular Articles Meta-analysis of maize yield response to woody and herbaceous legumes in sub-Saharan Africa G. Sileshi - F.K. Akinnifesi - O.C. Ajayi and F. Place Reexamination of silicon effects on rice growth and production under field conditions using a low silicon mutant K. Tamai and J.F. Ma Carbon and nutrient stocks of tea plantations differing in age, genotype and plant population density D.M. Kamau : J.H.J. Spiertz and O. Oenema Belowground net primary productivity and biomass allocation of a grassland in Inner Mongolia is affected by grazing intensity Y.Z. Gao : M. Giese : S. Lin : B. Sattelmacher : Y. Zhao and H. Brueck Temporal variability of solution Cd?* concentration in metal-contaminated soils as affected by soil temperature: consequences on lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) exposure J.Y. Cornu : L. Denaix : A. Schneider and S. Pellerin Hydrogen emission from nodulated soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] and consequences for the productivity of a subsequent maize (Zea mays L.) crop M.B. Peoples : P.D. McLennan and J. Brockwell Species-specific characteristics of trees can determine the litter macroinvertebrate community and decomposition process below their canopies S. Negrete-Yankelevich - C. Fragoso : A.C. Newton : G. Russell and O.W. Heal Surface soil carbon si-z denesit y fractions altered by loblolly pine families and forest management intensity for a Spodosol in the southeastern US D.V. Sarkhot : E.J. Jokela and N.B. Comerford No short-term change in soil properties following four-fold litter addition in a Costa Rican rain forest T.E. Wood and D. Lawrence 113-122 Positive correlation between soil bacterial metabolic and plant species diversity and bacterial and fungal diversity in a vegetation succession on Karst X.-Y. He : K.-L. Wang : W. Zhang : Z.-H. Chen - Y.-G. Zhu and H.-S. Chen 123-134 Pre-inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increases early nutrient concentration and growth of field-grown leeks under high productivity conditions J.N. Sorensen : J. Larsen and |. Jakobsen 135-147 Searching for an indicator of N evolution during organic matter decomposition based on amino acids behaviour: a study on litter layers of pine forests P. Rovira - C. Kurz-Besson : P. Hernandez : M.-M. Coûteaux and V.R. Vallejo 149-166 Aluminum distribution and reactive oxygen species accumulation in root tips of two Melaleuca trees differing in aluminum resistance K. Tahara - T. Yamanoshita : M. Norisada : |. Hasegawa : H. Kashima : S. Sasaki and K. Kojima 167-178 Root penetration through a high buik density soil layer: differential response of a crop and weed species G. Place - D. Bowman - M. Burton and T. Rufty 179-190 Initial effects of experimental warming on carbon exchange rates, plant growth and microbial dynamics of a lichen-rich dwarf shrub tundra in Siberia C. Biasi : H. Meyer : O. Rusalimova : R. Hämmerle - C. Kaiser - C. Baranyi : H. Daims - N. Lashchinsky - P. Barsukov and A. Richter 191-205 Nitrogen losses from integrated rice-duck and rice-fish ecosystems in southern China L. Cheng-fang - C. Cou-gui - W. Jin-ping : Z. Ming - Y. Wei-ling and S. Ahmad 207-217 Factors controlling soil development in sand dunes: evidence from a coastal dune soil chronosequence M.L.M. Jones : A. Sowerby - D.L. Williams and R.E. Jones 219-234 A gradual rather than abrupt increase in soil strength gives better root penetration of strong layers L.J. Clark - S. Ferraris : A.H. Price and W.R. Whalley 235-242 Farmer-oriented assessment of soil quality using field, laboratory, and VNIR spectroscopy methods O.J. Idowu - H.M. van Es : G.S. Abawi - D.W. Wolfe - J.I. Ball - B.K. Gugino : B.N. Moebius : R.R. Schindelbeck and A.V. Bilgili 243-253 Commentary New directions for improving the management of agricultural soils R. Linker and P.M. Neumann 255-257 Available ‘: online www.springerlink.com Pruned tea fields in the western highlands of Kenya (Picture was taken in 2002; source: PhD Thesis David M. Kamau, Wageningen University, 2008, ISBN: 978-90-8504-808-4). pp. 29-39