INTRODUCTORY ESSAY
Background and Synopsis: Symposium on the Great Plains Grasslands at the Millennium
J.E. Mitchell, S.M. Louda, and B. Gillam
FEATURE ARTICLE
The Structure and Function of Ecosystems in the Central North American Grassland Region
W.K. Laurenroth, I.C. Burke, and M.P. Gutmann
NATURAL SCIENCES
Response of Buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides) and Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis) to Fire
Paulette L. Ford
Recent Biodiversity Patterns in the Great Plains: Implications for Restoration and Management
Carolyn Hull Sieg, Curtis H. Flather, and Stephen McCanny
Japanese Brome Impacts on Western Wheatgrass in Northern Great Plains Rangelands: An Update
M.R. Haferkamp and R.K. Keitschmidt
Comparative Ecology of Bison and Cattle on Mixed-Grass Prairie
Allen A. Steuter and Lori Hidinger
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Essay: The Great Plains "Wilderness" as a Human-Shaped Environment
Dan Flores
Response of Riparian Vegetation to Streamflow Regulation and Land Use in the Great Plains
W. Carter Johnson
Prairie Grasslands: An Undervalued Resource. Grass, Cows and Environmental Management on the Canadian Prairies
Jill S. Vaisey and Peggy Strankman
Sustainability of Human Communities in Prairie Grasslands
Cornelia Butler Flora
ERRATUM
BOOK REVIEWS
Brown, David E.
A Classification of North American Biotic Communities
By Robert B. Kaul
Cheplick, G.P., ed.
Population Biology of Grasses
By Thomas B. Bragg
Pearson, C.J., and R.L. Ison
Agronomy of Grassland Systems
By David Bade
Chapman, Kim Alan, Adelheid Fischer, and Mary Kinsella Ziegenhagen
Valley of Grass: Tallgrass Prairie and Parkland of the Red River Valley Region
By Tom Domek
Knapp, Alan K., et al., eds.
Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie
By Mary Ann Vinton
Humphreys, L.R.
The Evolving Science of Grassland Improvement
By William K. Laurenroth
Baydack, Richard K., et al., eds.
Practical Approaches to the Conservation of biological Diversity
By Jon Paul Rodriguez
Savory, Allan, with Jody Butterfield
Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision Making
By Cliff Montagne
Boyce, Mark S., and Alan Haney, eds.
Ecosystem Management: Applications for Sustainable Forest and Wildlife Resources
By Roger Suffling
Sheley, Roger L., and Janet K. Petroff, eds.
Biology and Management of Noxious Rangeland Weeds
By Steven Radosevich
Olson, Richard K., and Thomas A. Lyson, eds.
Under the Blade: The Conversion of Agricultural Landscapes
By Gordon Scholz
Winston, Mark L.
Nature Wars: People vs. Pests
By Dennis Keeney
Vorley, William, and Dennis Keeney, eds.
Bugs in the System: Redesigning the Pesticide Industry for Sustainable Agriculture
By Robert J. Wright
Jolota, S.K., and S.S. Prihar
Reducing Soil Water Evaporation with Tillage and Straw Mulching
By Gail A. Wicks
Flowerday, C.A., ed.
The Groundwater Atlas of Nebraska
By P. Allen Macfarlane
Murray, T.D., et al.
A Color Handbook of Diseases of Small Grain Cereal Crops
By William W. Bockus
Gorham, Gary A., ed.
Encyclopedia of Rural America
By Maurice Baker
Moulton, Gary E., ed.
Herbarium of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
By Stanley L. Welsch
Book Notes
News and Notes
Annual Index