Foreword

Gary Paul Nabhan

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Peter Friederici

PART I. The Context for Restoration

The ``Flagstaff Model''

Peter Friederici

The Evolutionary and Historical Context

W. Wallace Covington

First Peoples in the Pines: Historical Ecology of Humans and Ponderosas

Thom Alcoze

Ecological and Market Economics

P. J. Daugherty

Gary B. Snider

The Governance Environment: Linking Science, Citizens, and Politics

Hanna J. Cortner

Ecological Restoration as Thinking Like a Forest

Max Oelschlaeger

PART II. Restoring Ecosystem Functions and Processes

The Ponderosa Pine Forest Partnership: Ecology, Economics, and Community Involvement in Forest Restoration

William H. Romme

Mike Preston

Dennis L. Lynch

Phil Kemp

M. Lisa Floyd

David D. Hanna

Sam Burns

Fuels and Fire Behavior

G. Thomas Zimmerman

Soils and Nutrients

Paul C. Selmants

Adrien Elseroad

Stephen C. Hart

Hydrology

Malchus B. Baker Jr.

Assessing Landscape-Level Influences of Forest Restoration on Animal Populations

James Battin

Thomas D. Sisk

PART III. Restoring and Protecting Biological Diversity

Healing the Region of Pines: Forest Restoration in Arizona's Uinkaret Mountains

Peter Friederici

Tree Health and Forest Structure

Joy Nystrom Mast

Understory Vegetation

Julie E. Korb

Judith D. Springer

Exotic Invasive Plants

Carolyn Hull Sieg

Barbara G. Phillips

Laura P. Moser

Vertebrates

Carol L. Chambers

Stephen S. Germaine

Arthropod Responses: A Functional Approach

Karen C. Short

Jose F. Negron

Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Species

Paul Beier

Joyce Maschinski

PART IV. Conducting Restoration: Practical Concerns

Community-Based Forest Restoration

Ann Moote

Ecological Restoration in the Urban--Wildland Interface

John M. Marzluff

Gordon A. Bradley

Air Quality and Smoke Management

Gretchen Barkmann

Restoration and Cultural Resources

Helen C. Fairley

Monitoring

Peter Z. Fule

Adaptive Management and Ecological Restoration

Carol Murray

David Marmorek

Conclusion: Key Concepts and Questions in Adaptive Ecosystem Restoration of Ponderosa Pine Forest Ecosystems

W. Wallace Covington

Diane Vosick

Appendix 1: Species Mentioned in Text

Appendix 2: Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Vertebrate Species in Arizona, New Mexico, South Utah, and Colorado

Appendix 3: Arizona Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Plants Potentially Affected by Ponderosa Pine Forest Restoration

Appendix 4: Colorado Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Plants Potentially Affected by Ponderosa Pine Forest Restoration

Appendix 5: Nevada Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Plants Potentially Affected by Ponderosa Pine Forest Restoration

Appendix 6: New Mexico Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Plants Potentially Affected by Ponderosa Pine Forest Restoration

Appendix 7: Utah Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Plants Potentially Affected by Ponderosa Pine Forest Restoration

References

About the Contributors

Index