List of contributors. Preface. <strong>Part One: Methods of Studying</strong> <strong>Arthropods in Trees. 1.</strong> Sampling arthropods from tree-crowns by fogging with knockdown insecticides: lessons from studies of oak tree beetle assemblages in Richmond Park (UK); N.E. Stork, P.M. Hammond. <strong>2.</strong> A review of methods for sampling arthropods in tree canopies; Y. Basset, N.D. Springate, H.P. Aberlenc , G. Delvare. <strong>3.</strong> Advances in using the canopy fogging technique to collect living arthropods from tree-crowns; W.Paarmann, K. Kerck <strong>4.</strong> Knockdown efficiency of natural pyrethrum and survival rate of living arthropods obtained by canopy fogging in Central Amazonia; J. Adis, W. Paarmann, C.R.V. da Fonseca, J.A. Rafael. <strong>Part Two: Community Structure of Coleoptera Assemblages.</strong> <strong>5.</strong> Beetle species diversity and faunal similarity in Venezuelan rainforest tree canopies; J.G. Davies, N.E. Stork, M.J.D. Brendell, S.J. Hine. <strong>6.</strong> Host-specificity and the effective specialization of tropical canopy beetles; N.A. Mawdsley, N.E. Stork. <strong>7.</strong> Determinants of species richness in assemblages of canopy arthropods in rainforests; R.L. Kitching, et al. <strong>8.</strong> Canopy arthropods of coastal Sitka spruce trees on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; N.N. Winchester. <strong>9.</strong> The beetle fauna of different tree species in forests of Rwanda and East Zaire; T. Wagner. <strong>10.</strong> Tree-crown beetles in context: a comparison of canopy and other ecotone assemblages in a lowland tropical forest in Sulawesi; P.M. Hammond, N.E. Stork, M.J.D. Brendell. <strong>11.</strong> Patterns of beetle species diversity in Castanopsis acuminatissima (Fagaceae) trees studied with canopy fogging in mid-montane New Guinea rainforest; A. Allison, G.A. Samuelson, S.E. Miller. <strong>12.</strong> Species abundance and body size relationships in insect herbivores associated with New Guinea forest trees, with particular reference to insect host-specificity; Y. Basset. <strong>13.</strong> Arthropod biodiversity in the canopy of New Caledonian forests; E. Guilbert. <strong>Part Three: Community Structure of Non-Coleopteran Assemblages. 14.</strong> Diversity of an Amazonian canopy grasshopper community in relation to resource partitioning and phylogeny; C. Amedegnato. <strong>15.</strong> Dipteran tree-crown assemblages in a diverse southern temperate rainforest; R.K. Didham. <strong>16.</strong>Diversity and recolonization dynamics of selected arthropod groups on different tree species in a lowland rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia with special reference to Formicidae; A. Floren, K.E. Linsenmair. <strong>17.</strong> The ant fauna of tree canopies in Central Amazonia: a first assessment; A.Y. Harada, J. Adis. <strong>18.</strong> Estimation of arboreal and terrestrial arthropod densities in the forest canopy as measured by insecticide smoking; H. Watanabe. <strong>Part Four: The Biology</strong> <strong>of Canopy Arthropods. 19.</strong> The ecology and behaviour of arboreal dung beetles in Borneo; A.J. Davis, J. Huijbregts, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, J. Krikken, S.L. Sutton. <strong>20.</strong> Studies on the biology of a canopy-dwelling carabid beetle collected by canopy fogging in the rainforest of Sulawesi (Indonesia); W. Paarmann, D. Paarmann. <strong>21.</strong> Bioacoustic monitoring of insect communities in a Bornean rainforest canopy; K. Riede. <strong>22.</strong> Spatial and temporal use of microhabitats as a key strategy for the colonization of tree bark by Entomobrya nivalis L. (Collembola: Entomobryidae); A. Prinzing. <strong>23.</strong> The epiphytic lichen Evernia prunastri L. as a habitat for arthropods: shelter from desiccation, food-limitation and indirect mutualism; A. Prinzing, H.-P. Wirtz. <strong>Part Five: The Management and Conservation of Canopy</strong> <strong>Arthropods. 24.</strong> Distinguishing the woods from the trees; B.J. Richardson, S. Burgin, F.F. Azarbayjani, S. Lutubula. <strong>25.</strong> Insect biomass in Amazonian forest fragments; J.R. Malcolm. <strong>26.</strong> The significance of edge effects in the management of forests for invertebrate biodiversity; C.M.P. Ozanne, C. Hambler, A. Foggo, M.R. Speight. <strong>27.</strong> Canopy arthropod studies for the future; N.E. Stork, R.K. Didham, J. Adis.