EDITORIAL

  • The Convention, DIVERSITAS and a New Focus on Soil Biodiversity    1

 FEATURE ARTICLES

  • Diversity of Soil Fauna and Ecosystem Function
      by Patrick Lavelle                                               3
  • Transect Approach to the Assessment of Soil Macrofauna
      Diversity by Bella Striganova                                   17
  • Soil Biodiversity and the Fertility of Tropical soils
      by M.J.Swift                                                    24
  • The Array of Available Strategies for Soil and Sediment
      Biodiversity Analysis, and the Potential for Amalgamation
      of Protocols by P.F.Canno                                       29

 NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

  • Soil and Sediment Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function:
      A DIVERSITAS New Programme Element                              35
  • Transect Studies on Global Change and Biodiversity                37
  • CYTED Workshop On Biodiversity Inventorying and Monitoring        38
  • IUBS Financial Statements for the Year 1995                       39

 PUBLICATIONS REVIEW                                                  40
 CALENDAR OF MEETINGS                                                 41

Biology International

33(1996)