PREFACE Shobu Sakurai PREFACE Special feature: Environmental changes and role of forest in Asia Pages: 281 - 281
Forest and social common capital Hirofumi Uzawa KEYNOTE SPEECH Special feature: Environmental changes and role of forest in Asia Pages: 283 - 288
Forests and water: a policy perspective David Kaimowitz INVITED PAPER Special feature: Environmental changes and role of forest in Asia Pages: 289 - 291
The role of biodiversity in Asian forests Tohru Nakashizuka INVITED PAPER Special feature: Environmental changes and role of forest in Asia Pages: 293 - 298
Information networking for new partnerships in forestry Don Koo Lee INVITED PAPER Special feature: Environmental changes and role of forest in Asia Pages: 299 - 305
Forest resources and environment in China Dongsheng LiShaohui FanFaquan Yin INVITED PAPER Special feature: Environmental changes and role of forest in Asia Pages: 307 - 312
The future of forest research in a changing world Risto Seppälä INVITED PAPER Special feature: Environmental changes and role of forest in Asia Pages: 313 - 316
Special feature: Environmental changes and role of forest in Asia Shin Nagata CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT Pages: 317 - 317
Allometric model of the Reineke equation for Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) and red pine (Pinus densiflora) stands Akio InoueMarie MiyakeTomohiro Nishizono ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 319 - 324
Allometric model of the height–diameter curve for even-aged pure stands of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) Akio InoueShigejiro Yoshida ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 325 - 331
Effects of root zone trenching on soil nitrogen dynamics in Japanese cedar and cypress plantations Tamon YamashitaNobuhiko KasuyaHiroshi Takeda ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 333 - 340
Leaf-litter decomposition of 15 tree species in a lowland tropical rain forest in Sarawak: decomposition rates and initial litter chemistry Muneto HirobeJohn SabangHiroshi Takeda ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 341 - 346
Leaf-litter decomposition of 15 tree species in a lowland tropical rain forest in Sarawak: dynamics of carbon, nutrients, and organic constituents Muneto HirobeJohn SabangHiroshi Takeda ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 347 - 354
Relationships among abundance of galls, survivorship, and mortality factors in a cynipid wasp, Andricus moriokae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) Masato ItoNaoki Hijii SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 355 - 359
The original papers appeared in the Journal of Japanese Forestry Society vol. 86, no. 2 in Japanese with English abstracts Abstracts from the Journal of Japanese Forestry Society Pages: 361 - 365
