1. Effects of fungicides on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: differential responses in alkaline phosphatase activity of external and internal hyphae

   • R. Kjøller
   • S. Rosendahl

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 361 - 365

2. Direct and indirect effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on soil biota, decomposition and nutrient fluxes in dune grassland soil systems

   • H. A. Verhoef
   • J. M. H. Verspagen
   • H. R. Zoomer

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 366 - 371

3. Application of polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis for comparison of direct and indirect extraction methods of soil DNA used for microbial community fingerprinting

   • J. Kozdrój
   • J.D. van Elsas

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 372 - 378

4. The contribution of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) to soil fertility in semi-arid Spain

   • S. J. Willott
   • A. J. Miller
   • S. G. Compton

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 379 - 384

5. Detection of Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium muris in soil samples

   • R. S. Barwick
   • H. O. Mohammed
   • R. B. Bryant

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 385 - 390

6. Changes in soil fauna and soil conditions under Pinus radiata agroforestry regimes during a 25-year tree rotation

   • G. W. Yeates
   • M. F. Hawke
   • W. C. Rijkse

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 391 - 406

7. Soil organic matter quantity and quality in mountain soils of the Alay Range, Kyrgyzia, affected by land use change

   • B. Glaser
   • M.-B. Turrión
   • W. Zech

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 407 - 413

8. Effects of long-term waste water irrigation on soil organic matter, soil microbial biomass and its activities in central Mexico

   • J. K. Friedel
   • T. Langer
   • K. Stahr

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 414 - 421

9. Soil-released carbon dioxide from microbial biomass carbon in the cultivated soils of karst areas of southwest China

   • H. C. Piao
   • Y. Y. Wu
   • Z. Y. Yuan

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 422 - 426

10. Nitrification and denitrification in the rhizosphere of rice: the detection of processes by a new multi-channel electrode

    • I. Arth
    • P. Frenzel

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 427 - 435

11. Influence of nitrogen on cellulose and lignin mineralization in blackwater and redwater forested wetland soils

    • J. A. Entry

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 436 - 440

12. Impact of land-use change on nitrogen mineralization in subalpine grasslands in the Southern Alps

    • V. Zeller
    • M. Bahn
    • U. Tappeiner

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 441 - 448