This file was created by scanning the printed publication. Errors identified by the software have been corrected; however, some errors may remain. CONTENTS Page BIRDS IN FOREST AND RANGE ECOSYSTEMS Keynote Adress: Resource management--a broad view 1 R. Max Peterson The role of birds in western communities 6 Steven R. Peterson Habitat selection, succession, and bird community organization 13 Stanley H. Anderson Western forest types and avian management practices. 27 Frederick C. Hall Grassland management practices and bird communities. 38 Walter D. Graul BIRD HABITAT MANAGEMENT Effects of grazing on bird habitats. 51 Ronald A. Ryder Management considerations for nongame birds in western wetlands. 67 David E. Capen and Jessop B. Low Uses of shelterbelts by birds .... 78 J. Frank Cassel and John M. Wiehe Strip-mine reclamation and bird habitats 88 James R. Karr Brushland/steppe bird populations . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Roy Johnson, Lois James M. Simpson ~· 98 Haight, Meribeth M. Riffey, and Use of montane meadows by birds . . 113 Fred B. Samson Post-fire succession of avifauna in coniferous forests of Yellowstone and . . . . . . . . . Grand Teton National Parks, Wyoming . . '. . . . 130 Dale L. Taylor and William J. Barmore, Jr. Avian communities in the pinyon-juniper woodland: a descriptive analysis 146 Russell P. Balda and Nancy Masters Ponderosa pine bird communities . . . . . . . 170 Kenneth L. Diem and Samuel I. Zeveloff Bird conununities of mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada 198 Jared Verner Bird conununities in mixed conifer forests of the interior Northwest. 224 H. Reed Sanderson, Evelyn L. Bull, and Paul J. Edgerton Management of lodgepole pine for birds 238 Dale Rein Birds in aspen . . . . . . 247 Barbara L. Winternitz Nongame birds of the Rocky Mountain spruce-fir forests and their management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimberly G. Smith 258 Page Alpine bird communities of western North America: implications for management and research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Clait E. Braun SPECIALIZED HABITAT NEEDS U.S. timber needs and prospects for bird habitats 295 Norman E. Gould Bird management--effects on timber management 302 Ted C. Stubblefield Cavity-nesting birds and forest management . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Virgil E. Scott, Jill A. Whelan, and Peggy L. Svoboda Perpetuating snags in managed mixed conifer forests of the Blue Mountains; Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Evelyn L. Bull, Asa D. Twonbly, and Thomas M. Quigley Snag use by birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Eileen Miller and Donald R. Miller Assemblages of bird species in western coniferous old-growth forests 357 R. William Mannan The California wildlife habitat relationships program: an overview. 369 Hal Salwasser, John C. Capp, Hugh Black, Jr., and Janet F. Hurley Wildlife relationships and forest planning . . 379 Steve Egeline Use of habitat/niche model for old growth management: a preliminary discussion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Bruce G. . Marcot Factors influencing bird populations in southwestern riparian forests 403 Robert C. Szaro Riparian bird communities of the Great Plains . 419 Allen A. Tubbs Designing and developing a predictive model and testing a revegetated riparian community for southwestern birds . . . 434 Bertin W. Anderson and Robert D. Ohmart A review of the effects of off-road vehicles on birds and other vertebrates . . . . . . 451 Kristin H. Berry Raptor management--the state of the art in 1980 . . . . . . . . 468 Richard R. Olendorff, Robert S. Motroni, and Mayo W. Call Management and research needs in western forests and grasslands for nongame birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 John W. Mumma Summary . . . Laurence 529 R. Jahn