Contents -- Preface -- Part I Historical and Geological Perspective -- 1 The Fires of 1988: A Chronology and Invitation to Research. Linda L. Wallace, Francis J. Singer, and Paul Schullery -- 2 Postglacial Fire, Vegetation, and Climate History of the Yellowstone-Lamar and Central Plateau Provinces, Yellowstone National Park. Sarah H. Millspaugh, Cathy Whitlock,and Patrick J. Bartlein -- 3 Yellowstone Fires and the Physical Landscape. Grant A. Meyer -- Part II Effects on Individuals and Species -- 4 Establishment, Growth, and Survival of Lodgepole Pine in the First Decade. Jay E. Anderson, Marshall Ellis, Carol D. von Dohlen, and William H. Romme -- 5 Fire Effects, Elk, and Ecosystem Resilience in Yellowstone's Sagebrush Grasslands. Benjamin F. Tracy -- 6 Elk Biology and Ecology Before and After the Yellowstone Fires of 1988. Francis J. Singer, Michael B. Coughenour, and Jack E. Norland -- Part III Effects on Aquatic Systems -- 7 Effects of Wildfire on Growth of Cutthroat Trout in Yellowstone Lake. Robert E. Gresswell -- 8 Stream Ecosystem Responses to Fire: The First Ten Years. G. Wayne Minshall, Todd V. Royer, and Christopher T. Robinson -- 9 Food Web Dynamics in Yellowstone Streams: Shifts in the Trophic Basis of a Stream Food Web After Wildfire Disturbance. Timothy B. Mihuc -- 10 Role of Fire in Determining Annual Water Yield in Mountain Watersheds. Phillip E. Farnes, Ward W. McCaughey, and Katherine J. Hansen -- Part IV Terrestrial Ecosystem and Landscape Perspective -- 11 Early Postfire Forest Succession in the Heterogeneous Teton Landscape. Kathleen M. Doyle -- 12 Snags and Coarse Woody Debris: An Important Legacy of Forests in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Daniel B. Tinker and Dennis H. Knight.

13 Fire Patterns and Ungulate Survival in Northern Yellowstone Park: The Results of Two Independent Models. Linda L. Wallace, Michael B. Coughenour, Monica G. Turner, and William H. Romme -- 14 Ten Years After the 1988 Yellowstone Fires: Is Restoration Needed? William H. Romme and Monica G. Turner -- 15 Epilogue: After the Fires. What Have We Learned? Linda L. Wallace and Norman L. Christensen -- List of Contributors -- Index.