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72 Australian Forestry plantations and tree pests, for whom acquisition of this publication is highly recommended. The Sirex Wasp in Victoria F. R. JJYlie lndooroopilly, Qld. by F. G. Neumann, J. L. Morey and R. J. McKimm Bulletin No. 29, Lands and Forests Division, Department of Forest Soils and Nutrient Cycles Conservation, Forests and Lands, Melbourne, 1987, 41 pages, by P. M. Attiwill and G. W. Leeper available on request. Published by Melbourne University Press, 1987, 312 pages, $29.90. Rarely is a series publication reviewed, but this paper The stated aim of the book is to provide an Australian by Neumann, Morey and McKimm constitutes an text on forest soils and nutrient cycles for students important exception. The wood wasp Sirex noctilio in ecological sciences. It achieves this aim very well, Fabricius is the best known and most damaging insect providing a volume which is both easy to read and pest of plantation pine in Australia. It is an oft -quoted example of an insect which in its native Europe is understand. of only minor importance but which in Australia and The first six chapters are an introduction to soils and New Zealand has become a serious pest of