The Editor Comments

Comments from the departing Editor.

Comments from the new Editor.

It is a tremendous pleasure and honour to take over as the Editor of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B from my colleague and friend of longstanding, Dame Linda Partridge. I am particularly fortunate to assume stewardship of this flagship publication which has thrived under the superb leadership of Linda, who has done so much to develop the journal and to keep it safe through rec...

Editor-in-Chief Comments

Comments and Letters to the Editor

Several contrasting uses of the terms macro(large) and micro(small) pore can be identified in soil science literature. In some cases macropores are (i) considered to be pores > 15 (Marshall, 1959) or 100 /im in diam (Bouma et al., 1977) or (ii) implied to be even larger when described in terms of wormholes (Ehlers, 1975), root channels (Aubertin, 1971). and shrinkage cracks (Lewis, 1977). The s...

Comments from the Editor-in-Chief.

When the Western New York Library Resources Council (WNYLRC) Publications Committee first embarked on this publishing venture, very little research existed about multi-type library systems attempting to publish an all-volunteer online journal. With over 80 member libraries and library systems, the Committee members were concerned if it was even possible to publish a library journal that had top...