1. Alwyn Gentry 1945–1993

   Obituary Pages: 1 - 2

2. Lessons from the past: forests and biodiversity

   • Jeffrey A. McNeely

   Papers Pages: 3 - 20

3. High tree alpha-diversity in Amazonian Ecuador

   • Renato Valencia
   • Henrik Balslev
   • Guillermo Paz Y Miño C

   Papers Pages: 21 - 28

4. Public attitudes and needs around Kasungu National Park, Malawi

   • F. X. Mkanda
   • S. M. Munthali

   Papers Pages: 29 - 44

5. The soil fauna: the other last biotic frontier

   • Henri M. André
   • M. -I. Noti
   • Philippe Lebrun

   Papers Pages: 45 - 56

6. Seed bank patterns of Festuca pallescens in semiarid Patagonia (Argentina): a possible limit to bunch reestablishment

   • Mónica B. Bertiller
   • Fernando Coronato

   Papers Pages: 57 - 67

7. Mycetophilidae (Diptera), an insect group vulnerable to forestry practices? A comparison of clearcut, managed and semi-natural spruce forests in southern Norway

   • Bjørn Økland

   Papers Pages: 68 - 85

8. Book reviews

   BookReview Pages: 86 - 91

9. Books received

   Legacy Pages: 92 - 93

10. Erratum

    Erratum Pages: 94 - 94