Aliens, a journal dedicated to the biology of weeds, is published by the Invasive Species Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. ISSN 1173-5988. Ms. S. Lowe, ISSG, SEMS, University of Auckland (Tamaki Campus), Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand (e-mail: s.lowe@auckland.ac.nz). Also on website: http://iucn.org/themes/ssc/programs/invasives/issg/ There is also a discussion group: send a message to ssc-mgr@indaba.iucn.org with as text: subscribe aliens-1