VIRGINIA H. DALE,^* LINDA A. JOYCE,^** STEVE MCNULTY,^*** RONALD P. NEILSON,^**** MATTHEW P. AYRES,^***** MICHAEL D. FLANNIGAN,^****** PAUL J. HANSON,^* LLOYD C. IRLAND,^******* ARIEL E. LUGO,^******** CHRIS J. PETERSON,^********* DANIEL SIMBERLOFF,^********** FREDERICK J. SWANSON,^**** BRIAN J. STOCKS,^*********** B. MICHAEL WOTTON<sup>***********


*</sup>Virginia H. Dale (vhd@ornl.gov) is a senior scientist and Paul J. Hanson is a research scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6038.
^**Linda A. Joyce is a project leader with the USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
^***Steve McNulty is the project leader at the Southern Global Change, USDA Forest Service, Raleigh, NC 27606.
^****Ronald P. Neilson is a bioclimatologist and Frederick J. Swanson is a research geologist with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR 97331.
^*****Matthew P. Ayres is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755.
^******Michael D. Flannigan is a research scientist in Forest Fires and Climate Change, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB T6H 3S5, Canada.
^*******Lloyd C. Irland is president, The Irland Group, Winthrop, ME 04364.
^********Ariel E. Lugo is director of the USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico 00928.
^*********Chris J. Peterson is an assistant professor in the Department of Botany, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7271.
^**********Daniel Simberloff is the Nancy Gore Hunger Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410.
^***********Brian J. Stocks is a senior research scientist in Forest Fire and Global Change, and B. Michael Wotton is a physical scientist in Forest Fire Behaviour, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5M7, Canada.