Based on a half-day symposium held during the Third International Partners in Flight Conference in Asilomar, Calif. in 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-193).

Fire and avian ecology in North America : process influencing pattern Victoria A. Saab and Hugh D.W. Powell -- Fire and birds in the southwestern United States Carl E. Bock and William M. Block -- Changing fire regimes and the avifauna of California oak woodlands Kathryn L. Purcell and Scott L. Stephens -- Fire and birds in maritime Pacific Northwest Mark H. Huff ... [et al.] -- The role of fire in structuring sagebrush habitats and bird communities Steven T. Knick, Aaron L. Holmes, and Richard L. Miller -- Variation in fire regimes of the Rocky Mountains : implications for avian communities and fire management Victoria A. Saab ... [et al.]-- Bird responses to burning and logging in the boreal forest of Canada Susan J. Hannon and Pierre Drapeau -- Fire regimes and avian responses in the central tallgrass prairie Dan L. Reinking -- Fire ecology and bird populations in eastern deciduous forests Vanessa L. Artman, Todd F. Hutchinson, and Jeffrey D. Brawn -- Influence of fire and other anthropogenic practices on grassland and shrubland birds in New England Peter D. Vickery ... [et al.] -- Effects of fire regime on birds in southeastern pine savannas and native prairies R. Todd Engstrom ... [et al.].