The Alaska Reference Database originated as the standalone Alaska Fire Effects Reference Database, a ProCite reference database maintained by former BLM-Alaska Fire Service Fire Ecologist Randi Jandt. It was expanded under a Joint Fire Science Program grant for the FIREHouse project (The Northwest and Alaska Fire Research Clearinghouse). It is now maintained by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and FRAMES, and is hosted through the FRAMES Resource Catalog. The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Reed, Harms
In the course of drawing up a forest-cover map, data were collected on forest types and their distribution, and rates of growth. It was concluded that soil type and superficial geology are relatively unimportant in controlling distribution of vegetation in the area, as compared…
Year: 1956
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Price, Rind
Future climate change could have significant repercussions for lightning-caused wildfires. Two empirical fire models are presented relating the frequency of lightning fires and the area burned by these fires to the effective precipitation and the frequency of thunderstorm…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bryant, Swihart, Reichardt, Newton
Recent research has demonstrated that juvenile-stage woody plants from Alaska and E. Siberia have more defenses against browsing by hares (Lepus spp.) in winter than similar plants in subarctic regions. Feeding trials were carried out in which snowshoe hare (L. americanus) were…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Achtemeier, Paul
We are developing a numerical wind model to simulate airflow near the ground at night over terrain typical of the Piedmont of the southeastern United States. The purpose is to improve understanding of night winds and provide more accurate prediction of smoke movement when wind…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Rexstad
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Valkenburg
Summary (Do Not Cite): Fecal pellet samples were analyzed by the Comp Analysis Lab at Ft. Collins, CO to assess food habits. Delta caribou averaged 59 ¦ 21% lichens and 23 ¦ 21 % moss in their fecal pellets. WACH (3 samples from Pah and Indian rivers) averaged 54, 59, and 74 %…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Vyas, Hill, Larson, Poulton
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lutz
This study was undertaken during the summers of 1949 to 1952 to provide a better understanding of the ecological effects of forest fires in the Alaska interior. The information sought related primarily to the effects of forest fires on vegetation, but effects on soils, fur-…
Year: 1956
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lutz
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Year: 1956
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kaufmann, Graham, Boyce, Moir, Perry, Reynolds, Bassett, Mehlhop, Edminster, Block, Corn
Guiding principles based on conservation biology are applied in assessing ecosystem needs. Ecosystem, economic, and social needs are integrated in a decision model in which the guiding principles are used as a primary filter for evaluating proposed actions. Management practices…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Johnson, Paragi, Katnik
During the summer of 1988, a number of unusually large forest fires occurred in the interior region of Alaska. Subsequently, many local residents voiced concern over the fire management policy because it only provided limited fire suppression in the remote area. The primary…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt, Morkill
Waterfowl brood surveys were conducted in the Pah River Flats, Alaska during July of 1993. Although spring flooding was extensive, duck production was greater than previous estimates from 1989. A large portion of the study area had burned in a lightning-caused wildfire in the…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hennon, Mask, Holsten
Spruce beetle declined slightly, by 80,000 acres, in 1994. Hardwood defoliation declined from 113,000 acres in 1993 to only 24,221 acres in 1994. Spruce forests, however, showed an increase of insect activity of nearly 200,000 acres primarily due to the budworm outbreak near…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Golden
This report provides an exhaustive history of spruce bark beetle activity on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. It describes the impacts to the ecosystem and the management challenges encountered as a result of these impacts. Strategies to mitigate these impacts are discussed as well…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Drury
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Year: 1956
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Anderson, Clark, Findley, Hanes, Mahaffey, Miller, Stinson, Zimmerman
Compilation of reference material and guidance on fire behavior, fuels, and fire effects on wildlife, cultural resources, etc. including a bibliography. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of the Interior, and National Association of State Foresters.
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander
The importance of case histories and/or studies of wildfire have been highlighted by fire control, fire research, and fire weather personnel (e..g., Turner et al. 1961; Luke and McArthur 1978). Chandler (1976) notes that 'Time and time again case histories have proven their…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lay
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lafleur, Schreader
Evapotranspiration was measured from a subarctic forest near Churchhill, Manitoba, during July and August 1992. Total stand evapotranspiration was measured via standard micrometeorological techniques; evaporation and transpiration from several components of the forest floor were…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Simkin, Siebert
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pojar, MacKinnon
From introduction and back cover: 'The north Pacific coast of North America contains some of the most fascinating and distinctive ecosystems on earth - from majestic ancient forests to lush alpine meadows, sodden muskegs, open woodlands, dry rocky slopes and grasslands. The…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Aitchison-Benell
The basic objective of this study was to determine those possible pioneer and climax species from disturbed and undisturbed plots respectively. In southeastern Manitoba, pitfall transects in freshly-burnt and control bogs, dominated by Picea marinara, and pine ridges, dominated…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McKenzie, Hao, Richards, Ward
The major condensible products (-45ºC) from smoldering combustion of ponderosa pine sapwood have been identified and quantified. Methylene chloride extracts of the condensate, as well as nonextracted condensate, were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MC). Non-…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kasischke, Bourgeau-Chavez, French
Investigations have shown that fires in boreal forests result in characteristic responses which are recorded on ERS-1 SAR imagery. Using one of the many fire signatures observed on ERS-1 SAR imagery, the analysis of the data revealed there is >10 dB in variation in image…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hennon, Shaw
Yellow cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) is a valuable tree species that is experiencing an extensive forest decline on over 200,000 ha of unmanaged forest in southeast Alaska. Biotic factors appear secondary and some abiotic factor is probably the primary cause of this…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES