Pedobiologia (Journal of Soil Ecology) publishes peer reviewed articles describing original work in the field of soil ecology, which includes the study of soil organisms and their interactions with factors in their biotic and abiotic environments. Analysis of biological structures, interactions, functions, and processes in soil is fundamental for understanding the dynamical nature of terrestrial ecosystems, a prerequisite for appropriate soil management.

The scope of this journal consists of fundamental and applied aspects of soil ecology; key focal points include interactions among organisms in soil, organismal controls on soil processes, causes and consequences of soil biodiversity, and aboveground-belowground interactions.

The journal publishes:
original research that tests clearly defined hypotheses addressing topics of current interest in soil ecology (including studies demonstrating nonsignificant effects);
descriptions of novel methodological approaches, or evaluations of current approaches, that address a clear need in soil ecology research;
innovative syntheses of the soil ecology literature, including metaanalyses, topical in depth reviews and short opinion/perspective pieces, and descriptions of original conceptual frameworks; and
short notes reporting novel observations of ecological significance.

original research 
peer reviewed articles

Editor-in-Chief
Zoë Lindo, PhD
Western University Department of Biology, London, Ontario, Canada Email Zoë Lindo, PhD
Jeff Powell
Western Sydney University Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, 2751, Australia, Fax: +61 2 4570 1103 Email Jeff Powell
Section Editors
Pedro Antunes
Algoma University, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
Becky A. Ball
School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Matthew Bowker
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Tancredi Caruso
Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
Felicity V. Crotty
Royal Agricultural University School of Agriculture Food and Environment, Cirencester, United Kingdom
Stephan Hättenschwiler
Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Montpellier, France
Laura Catherine Kelly
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Catriona MacDonald
Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
Justice Muvengwi
University of the Witwatersrand Natural Resources, Johannesburg, South Africa
Olaf Schmidt
University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Anne-Kathrin Schneider
TU Braunschweig Department of Landscape Ecology and Environmental Systems Analysis, Braunschweig, Germany
Kyle G. Wickings
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States
Yong Zheng
Fujian Normal University School of Geographical Sciences, Fuzhou, China
Editorial Board
Pedro M. Antunes
Algoma University, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
Luke Bainard
Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
Alison Bennett
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Klaus Birkhofer
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Andrew Bissett
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia
Wietse de Boer
Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, Netherlands
Tancredi Caruso
Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
Baodong Chen
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Dave Coleman
The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States
Thomas DeLuca
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
Francesco Frati
University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Meixiang Gao
Harbin Normal University School of Geograhical Sciences Geographical Department, Harbin, China
Jari Haimi
University of Jyvaskyla, Jyväskylä, Finland
Miranda Hart
The University of British Columbia Okanagan Department of Biology, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Christopher Jones
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Nobuhiro Kaneko
Fukushima University Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Fukushima City, Japan
Hans-Petter Leinaas
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Andrew Moldenke
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Sherri Morris
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, United States
Liliane Ruess
Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Peter C. de Ruiter
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stefan Scheu
University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
Tim Seastedt
University of Colorado Boulder Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Marie Spohn
University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Nico M. van Straalen
VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alexei V. Tiunov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moskva, Russian Federation
Rytas Vilgalys
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Martin Zimmer
University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria