1. Editorial: Statistical ecology and forest biometry

   • Timothy G. Gregoire
   • Michael Ko¨hl

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 213 - 216

2. The application of generalized linear mixed models to multi-level sampling for insect population monitoring

   • Steven G. Candy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 238

3. Modeling and risk assessment for soil temperatures beneath prescribed forest fires

   • Haiganoush K. Preisler
   • Sally M. Haase
   • Stephen S. Sackett

   OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 254

4. Scale invariant measures of pattern intensity and grain: A simulation experiment

   • Ladislav Mucina
   • Ju¨rgen Geißelbrecht
   • Leonore Geißelbrecht-Taferner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 261

5. Estimation of the spatial covariance in Universal Kriging: Application to forest inventory

   • Daniel Mandallaz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 284

6. Animal abundance estimation in independent observer line transect surveys

   • Song Xi Chen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 299

7. Comparison of distribution function estimators for forestry applications following variable probability sampling

   • Stephen V. Stehman
   • Sophonie Nshinyabakobeje

   OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 321