Chief editor

Dr Kevin de Queiroz, Department of Vertebrate Zoology; National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian Institution; P.O. Box 37012, MRC 162; Washington, DC 20013-7012, United States

Subject editor (plants)

Dr Philip D. Cantino, Department of Environmental and Plant Biology; Ohio University; Athens, OH 45701, United States

Subject Editor (fungi)

Dr David S. Hibbett, Biology Department; Clark University; Worcester, MA 01610, United States

Subject Editor (vertebrates)

Dr Michel Laurin, CR2P, CNRS/MNHN/SU; Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle; CP 48; 43 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France

Subject Editor (metazoans, except for vertebrates)

Dr Greg W. Rouse, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; University of California, San Diego; 9500 Gilman Drive; La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, United States

Subject Editor (biotans, except for plants, fungi, and metazoans)

Dr Micah Dunthorn, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo; P.O. Box 1172 Blindern; 0318 Oslo, Norway