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Volume 3: Wilderness as a Place for Scientific Inquiry

Wilderness and Ecosystems

Edward E. Berg, Studies in the Wilderness Areas of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge: Fire, Bark Beetles, Human Development and Climate Change

Matthew L. Brooks, Does Protection of Desert Tortoise Habitat Generate Other Ecological Benefits in the Mojave Desert?

Daniel B. Fagre, David L. Peterson, Ecosystem Dynamics and Disturbance in Mountain Wildernesses: Assessing Vulnerability of Natural Resources to Change

Charles G. Johnson, Jr., Establishing Benchmark Monitoring Points in Wilderness: Successes and Challenges

Robert E. Keane, The Importance of Wilderness to Whitebark Pine Research and Management

Kenneth D. Kimball, Douglas M. Weihrauch, Alpine Vegetation Communities and the Alpine-Treeline Ecotone Boundary in New England as Biomonitors for Climate Change

Cynthia S. Loftin, Sara B. Aicher, Wiley M. Kitchens, Effects of the Suwannee River Sill on the Hydrology of the Okefenokee Swamp: Application of Research Results in the Environmental Assessment Process

Aníbal Pauchard, Eduardo Ugarte, Jaime Millán, A Multiscale Method for Assessing Vegetation Baseline of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Protected Areas of Chile

James M. Pee, Shrub-Steppe Vegetation Trend, Middle Fork Salmon River, Idaho

William H. Russell, Joe R. McBride, Ky Carnell, Edge Effects and the Effective Size of Old-Growth Coast Redwood Preserves

Susan E. Shideler, Monitoring Reproduction and Contraception in Free Ranging Wildlife: Tule Elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes) at Point Reyes National Seashore

Russell F. Thurow, Dynamics of Chinook Salmon Populations Within Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness: Implications for Persistence

Dialogue Session Summary

Diana L. Six, Paul Alaback, Robert A. Winfree, Della Snyder, Anne Hagele, Wilderness for Science: Pros and Cons of Using Wilderness Areas for Biological Research