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Content

Effect of salinity on growth, nodulation and nitrogen assimilation in nodules of faba bean (Vicia faba L.)
M. Del Pilar Cordovilla, F. Ligero and C. LIuch (Granada, Spain) .................................................................................. 1


Increases in growth and nutrient uptake of alfalfa grown in soil amended with microbially-treated sugar beet waste
R. Rodriguez, N. Vassilev and R. Azcon (Granada, Spain)............................................................................................... 9


Effects of aeration and moisture during windrow composting on the nitrogen fertilizer values of dairy waste composts
W. Shi, J.M. Norton, B.E. Miller and M.G. Pace (Logan, ÜT, USA)............................................................................ 17


The importance of Arcitalitrus dorrieni (Hunt) (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) in coniferous litter breakdown
R.P. O'Hanlon and T. Böiger (Dublin, Ireland). ............................................................................................................ 29


Chemotaxis of deleterious rhizobacteria to birdsfoot trefoil
M. Fatima Begonia and R.J. Kremer (Columbia, MO, USA) ........................................................................................ 35


Interaction between tolerance and 70 kDa stress protein (hsp70) induction in collembolan populations exposed to
long-term metal pollution
H.-R. Köhler, H. Eckwert (Heidelberg, Germany and Tübingen, Germany), R. Triebskorn (Tübingen, Germany)
and G. Bengtsson (Lund, Sweden) .............................................................................................................................. 43


Evolution of CO2 and soil carbon dynamics in biologically managed, row-crop agroecosystems
E.A. Paul (East Lansing, MI, USA), D. Harris (Davis, CA, USA), H.P. Collins (Lacey, WA, USA), U. Schulthess
(East Lansing, MI, USA) and G.P. Robertson (Hickory Corners, MI, USA) ............................................................... 53


Effects of Klebsiella planticola SDF20 on soil biota and wheat growth in sandy soil
M.T. Holmes, E.R. Ingham, J.D. Doyle and C.W. Hendricks (Corvallis, OR, USA) .................................................... 67


Predation by protozoa on Escherichia coli K 12 in soil and transfer of resistance
plasmid RP4 to indigenous bacteria in soil
S. Johannes Sorensen, T. Schyberg (Copenhagen K, Denmark) and R. Ronn (Copenhagen O, Denmark). ................... 79

Microbial activity in response to water-filled pore space of variably eroded southern Piedmont soils
A.J. Franzluebbers (Watkinsville GA, USA). .............................................................................................................. 91


Guide for Authors ..................................................................................................................................................... 103

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(Abstracts/contents list published in: AGRICOLA, Biological Abstracts, Biological & Agricultural Index, Current Awareness in
Biological Science, Elsevier BlOBASElCurrent Awareness in Biological Sciences, Ecological Abstracts, Environment Abstracts,
Environmental Periodicals Bibliography, Excerpta Medica, Geo Abstracts, Geobase, TROPAG and RURAL Database)


Influence of farming activities in the Iberian Peninsula on the winter habitat use of common crane (Grus grus)
in areas of its traditional migratory routes
J.M.S. Guzman (Badajoz, Spain), A.S. Garcta (Merida, Spain), C.C. Amado and A.M. del Viejo (Badajoz, Spain) . . . 207

Relationship of soil characteristics to vegetation successions on a sequence of degraded and rehabilitated soils
in Honduras
A. Paniagua, J. Kammerbauer, M. Avedillo and A.M. Andrews (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) .................... 215

Effects of burning on prairie aspen grove microclimate
E.A. Ripley and O.W. Archibold (Saskatoon, Canada). ........................................... 227

Farmland birds in southern Ontario: field use, activity patterns and vulnerability to pesticide use
C. Boutin, K.E. Freemark and D.A. Kirk (Quebec, Canada) ........................................ 239

Movement and retention of propanil /V-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)propanamide in a paddy-riverine wetland system
in Sri Lanka
A. Perera (Boralesgamuwa, Sri Lanka), J.R. Burleigh (Chico, CA, USA) and C.B. Davis (Columbus, OH, USA) . . . . . 255

Grain protein accumulation in relation to grain yield of spring wheat {Triticum aestivum L.) grown in open-top
chambers with different concentrations of ozone, carbon dioxide and water availability
H. Pleijel (Goteborg, Sweden), L. Mortensen (Roskilde, Denmark), J. Fuhrer (Bern, Switzerland), K. Ojanpera
(Jokioinen, Finland) and H. Danielsson (Goteborg, Sweden) ...................................... 265

Simulation of dissolved phosphorus from cropped and grassed clayey soils in southern Finland
P. Ekholm, K. Kallio (Helsinki, Finland), E. Turtola (Jokioinen, Finland), S. Rekolainen and M. Puustinen
(Helsinki, Finland) ................................................................... 271

Influence of autumn applied herbicides on summer and autumn food available to birds in winter wheat fields
in southern England
S.J. Moreby and S.E. Southway (Hampshire, UK).............................................. 285

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Editorial Note.......................................................................... v

Effect of herbicide drift on adjacent boundary vegetation
G.R. de Snoo and R.J. van der Poll (Leiden, The Netherlands). ...................................... 1

Effect of pest management systems on ground-dwelling spider assemblages in an apple orchard in Hungary
S. Bogya (Budapest, Hungary and Wageningen, The Netherlands) and V. Marko (Budapest, Hungary) ........... 7

Agroforestry system effects on soil characteristics of the Sarapiquf region of Costa Rica
C.G. Tornquist (Passo Fundo, Brazil), F.M. Hons, S.E. Feagley (College Station, TX, USA) and
J. Haggar (Quintana Roo, Mexico) ......................................................... 19

Agricultural land-use patterns and the decline of the helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris (Linnaeus 1766) in
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
G. Malan (Randebosch, South Africa) and G.A. Benn (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) ..................... 29

Changes in ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in farming systems bordered by complex or
simple roadside vegetation
J.M. Varchola (Cedar Falls, 10, USA) and J.P. Dunn (Allendale, MI, USA)................................. 41

Effects of phosphorus and nitrogen on growth of pasture plants and VAM fungi in SE Australian soils with
contrasting fertiliser histories (conventional and biodynamic)
M. Ryan and J. Ash (Canberra, Australia) .................................................... 51

Energy productivity of technological agriculture-lessons from the transition of Swedish agriculture

H.-E. Uhlin (Uppsala, Sweden). ........................................................... 63
Temporal variation in Ng0 and Ng fluxes from a permanent pasture in Switzerland in relation to management,
soil water content and soil temperature
A.O. Rudaz, E. Walti, G. Kyburz, P. Lehmann and J. Fuhrer (Bern, Switzerland) ........................... 83

Short Communication

Litter production and nutrient return in New Zealand eucalypt short-rotation forests: implications for land management
L.B. Guo and R.E.H. Sims (Palmerston North, New Zealand) ....................................... 93

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VOL. 73, NO. 2, APRIL 1999

Special Issue

ECOSYSTEM APPROACHES TO MANAGING PESTS OF FRUITS
CONTENTS

Ecosystem approaches to managing insect pests of fruit. Papers presented at the XX International Congress of
Entomology 'Ecosystem Approaches to Managing Insect Pests of Fruit' Symposium, and related poster papers,
25-31 August 1996, Firenza, Italy
M.W. Brown (Kearneysville, WV, USA) ............................................... 101

Applying principles of community ecology to pest management in orchards
M.W. Brown (Kearneysville, WV, USA) ................................................ 103

Evolving ecosystems approaches to fruit insect pest management

S.B. Hill (Richmond, Australia), C. Vincent (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada) and G. Chouinard
(Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada) ......................................................... 107

Global and regional pest insects and their antagonists in orchards: spatial dynamics
S. Dorn, P. Schumacher, C. Abivardi and R. Meyhofer (Zurich, Switzerland) ........................ 111

Role of hedgerows and ground cover management on arthropod populations in pear orchards
R. Rieux (Avignon, France), S. Simon and H. Defrance (St Marcel-les-Valence, France)................. 119

Ecological impact of three pest management systems in New Zealand apple orchards
D.M. Suckling (Lincoln, New Zealand), J.T.S. Walker (Havelock North, New Zealand) and C.H. Wearing
(Alexandra, New Zealand) ........................................................ 129

Changes in arthropod population composition in IPM apple orchards under continental climatic conditions in Hungary
G. Jenser, K. Balazs, Cs. Erdelyi, A. Haltrich, F. Kadar, F. Kozar, V. Marko, V. Racz and F. Samu
(Budapest, Hungary)............................................................ 141

Effect of IPM practices and conventional spraying on spider population dynamics in an apple orchard
S. Pekar (Ruzyne, Czech Republic) .................................................. 155

Progress in plum curculio management: a review
C. Vincent (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada), G. Chouinard (Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada) and S.B. Hill
(Richmond, NSW, Australia). ...................................................... 167

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Environmental Periodicals Bibliography, Excerpta Medica, Geo Abstracts, Geobase, TROPAG and RURAL Database)

Effect of rice cultivars on methane emission
S. Mitra, M.C. Jain, S. Kumar, S.K. Bandyopadhyay and N. Kaira (New Delhi, India) ....................... 177

Economics of reducing insecticide use on celery through low-input pest management strategies
S.R. Reitz, G.S. Kund, W.G. Carson, P.A. Phillips and J.T. Trumble (Riverside, CA, USA) ..................... 185

The effect of long-term sewage sludge application on Zn, Cu, Ni and Pb levels in a clay loam soil under pasture
grass in Zimbabwe
J. Nyamangara and J. Mzezewa (Harare, Zimbabwe) ........................................... 199

Some observations on overwintering of spiders (Araneae) in two contrasting orchards in the Czech Republic
S. Pekar (Drnovska, Czech Republic) ...................................................... 205

An expert system/neural network model (impelERO) for evaluating agricultural soil erosion in Andalucia region,
southern Spain
D. de la Rosa, F. Mayol, J.A. Moreno.T. Bonson and S. Lozano (Sevilla, Spain). ......................... 211

Information and farmers' attitudes about pesticides, water quality, and related environmental effects
E. Lichtenberg (College Park, MD, USA) and R. Zimmerman (New York, NY, USA) ....................... 227

Attraction and retention of Episyrphus balteatus DeGeer (Diptera: Syrphidae) at an arable field margin with rich and
poor floral resources
A. MacLeod (Southampton, UK) ......................................................... 237

Soil parameters and plant responses associated with arbuscular mycorrhizas from contrasting grassland
management regimes
W.R. Eason, J. Scullion and E.P. Scott (Aberystwyth, UK)......................................... 245


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Foreword

M.G. Paoletti (Padova, Italy) ...................................................... ix

Using bioindicators based on biodiversity to assess landscape sustainability
M.G. Paoletti (Padova, Italy) ...................................................... 1

The ecological role of biodiversity in agroecosystems
M.A. Altieri (Berkeley, CA, USA)................................................... 19

Biodiversity evaluation in agricultural landscapes: above-ground insects
P. Duelli, M.K. Obrist and D.R. Schmatz (Birmensdorf, Switzerland) ............................. 33

Bacterial diversity in agroecosystems
A.C. Kennedy (Pullman, WA, USA).................................................. 65

Biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agroecosystems
D.D. Douds Jr. (Wyndmoor, PA, USA) and P.D. Millner (Beltsville, MD, USA) ...................... 77

Soil protozoa as bioindicators: pros and cons, methods, diversity, representative examples
W. Foissner (Salzburg, Austria) ..................................................... 95

Nematode diversity in agroecosystems
G.W. Yeates (Palmerston North, New Zealand) and T. Bongers (Wageningen, The Netherlands) ............ 113

The role of earthworms for assessment of sustainability and as bioindicators
M.G. Paoletti (Badova, Italy) ...................................................... 137

Woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea): their potential for assessing sustuinability and use as bioindicators
M.G. Paoletti (Padova, Italy) and M. Hassall (Norwich, UK) .................................. 157

Use of soil dwelling Diptera (Insecta, Diptera) as bioindicators: a review of ecological requirements and response
to disturbance
J. Frouz (Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic)............................................ 167

Carabid beetles in sustainable agriculture: a review on pest control efficacy, cultivation impacts and enhancement
B. Kromp (Vienna, Austria) ....................................................... 187

Spiders (Araneae) useful for pest limitation and bioindication
P. Marc, A. Canard, F. Ysnel (Rennes, France)........................................... 229

Diversity of Heteroptera in agroecosystems: role of sustainability and bioindication
G. Fauvel (Montpellier, France). .................................................... 275

Neuroptera in agricultural ecosystems
M. Stelzl (Graz, Austria) and D. Devetak (Maribor, Slovenia). ................................. 305

Biodiversity of predaceous coccinelledae in relation to bioindication and economic importance
G. Iperti (Antibes, France) ........................................................ 323

Syrphidae: can they be used as environmental bioindicators?
D. Sommaggio (Velo d'Astico, Italy) ................................................. 343

Staphylinid beetles as bioindicators
J. Bohac (Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic). ........................................... 357

Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species, activity and diversity
P.G. Kevan (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) ................................................ 373

Predatory mites (Gamasina, Mesostigmata)
H.H. Koehier (Bremen, Germany) ................................................... 395

Oribatid mite biodiversity in agroecosystems: role for bioindication
V.M. Behan-Pelletier (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) .......................................... 411

Ants as bioindicators of soil function in rural environments
L.A. Lobry de Bruyn (Armidale NSW, Australia) ......................................... 425


Contents of Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, Volume 74............................... 443

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Diurnal variation of methane emission from paddy fields at different growth stages of rice cultivation in Taiwan
S.-S. Yang and H.-L. Chang (Taipei, Taiwan)................................................... 75


Dynamics of secondary forests in slash-and-burn farming: interactions among land use types in the Peruvian Amazon
J. Smith, P. van de Kop (Jakarta, Indonesia), K. Reategui (Call, Colombia), I. Lombardi (Lima, Peru), C. Sabogal
(Jakarta, Indonesia) and A. Diaz (Lima, Peru) ................................................. 85


Influence of fertilizer management and water regime on methane emission from rice fields
A.K. Rath, B. Swain, B. Ramakrishnan, D. Panda, T.K. Adhya, V.R. Rao (Cuttack, India) and N. Sethunathan
(New Delhi, India) .................................................................... 99


Modelling the long-term effect of irrigation with gypsiferous water on soil and water resources
J.G. Annandale, N.Z. Jovanovic (Hatfield, South Africa), N. Benade (Sinoville, South Africa) and P.D. Tanner
(Leraatsfontein, South Africa) ........................................................... 109


Pluriactivity, farm household socio-economics and the botanical characteristics of grass fields in the Grampian
region of Scotland
N.E. Ellis (Cumbria, UK), O.W. Heal (Edinburgh, UK), J.B. Dent (Cirencester, UK) and L.G. Firbank (Cumbria, UK) . . . 121


Author Index, Volumes 72-76 ............................................................. 135

Subject Index, Volumes 72-76. ............................................................ 141

Author Index of Applied Soil Ecology, Volumes 10-12 ............................................ 161

Subject Index of Applied Soil Ecology, Volumes 10-12. ........................................... 167

Contents of Volume 76 ........................................................ 183

Contents of Applied Soil Ecology, Volume 12.................................................. 185

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