1. Editorial

   • W. L. F. Brinkmann
   • P. B. Vose

   Tropical Rainforest Pages: 346 - 346

2. Forty years of rain forest ecology 1948–1988 in perspective

   • Whitmore T. C.

   Tropical Rainforest Pages: 347 - 360

3. Amazon bio-geosciences: Towards a synthesis through “Amazonia I”

   • Vose P. B.

   Tropical Rainforest Pages: 361 - 368

4. System propulsion of an Amazonian lowland forest: an outline

   • Brinkmann W. L. F.

   Tropical Rainforest Pages: 369 - 380

5. Suspended sediment load in the Amazon basin: An overview

   • Martinelli Luiz A.
   • Victoria Reynaldo L.
   • Forsberg Bruce R.

   Tropical Rainforest Pages: 381 - 389

6. Biogeochemistry of the Madeira river basin

   • Mortatti J.
   • Ferreira J. R.
   • Tancredi A. C. F.

   Tropical Rainforest Pages: 391 - 397

7. Development and erosion in the Brazilian Amazon: A geochronological case study

   • Forsberg Bruce
   • Godoy Jose Marcus
   • Martinelli Luiz Antonio

   Tropical Rainforest Pages: 399 - 405

8. Litter production and mineral element input to the forest floor in a Central Amazonian forest

   • Luizao F. J.

   Tropical Rainforest Pages: 407 - 417

9. El Niño may affect growth behaviour of Amazonian tress

   • Vetter Roland E.
   • Botosso Paulo C.

   Tropical Rainforest Pages: 419 - 421

10. The spatial variability of Amazonian soils under natural forest and pasture

    • Correa José C.
    • Reichardt Klaus

    Tropical Rainforest Pages: 423 - 427

11. Jari: A pulp plantation in the Brazilian Amazon

    • Jordan Carl F.
    • Russell Charles E.

    Tropical Rainforest Pages: 429 - 435

12. Resource partitioning and regional development strategies in the Ecuadorian Amazon

    • Rudel Thomas K.

    Tropical Rainforest Pages: 437 - 446