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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Alexander
Fire danger conditions in the forested regions of the prairie provinces and Northwest Territories are monitored by a network of about 350 fire weather stations. Meteorological drought or cumulative dryness greatly aggravates the problems experienced in forest fire containment…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Dube
Boreal forests are fire-dependent systems that would lose their vigour and faunal and floral diversity in the absence of fire. The objectives of natural area preservation imply maintaining the original character of the land and perpetuation of those plant and animal communities…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Brown
Discontinuous permafrost occurs widely in the boreal forest, while throughout the tundra region permafrost is continuous and may be hundreds of metres deep. Until recent years few investigations have been conducted on the effects of fire on the perennially frozen ground in…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barney, Stocks
Wildfires have been and currently are an important factor in the northern ecosystems of all circumpolar countries. Historical accounts of fires are general and often provide few quantitative data; therefore, we must rely on more recent data from the fire suppression period to…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Wein, MacLean
A book based on a conference of the same name held 22-24 October, 1979 at the University of New Brunswick. There are 15 chapters, including an introduction by the editors. The remaining 14 chapters are divided into 5 sections: Past and present fire frequencies; Physical effects…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Chandler, Cheney, Thomas, Trabaud, Williams
This first volume is a comprehensive reference on the behavior of forest fires, the factors affecting that behavior, and the effects of fires on forest ecosystems. Discusses how to organize the control and use of forest fires in land management. Complex concepts and mathematics…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Greene
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Albini
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bunting
[Annotation copied from Lynham et al. 2002] The nature and extent of fire impact on boreal forest humus profiles is described. Recolonisation by moss, lichen and higher plants on sites of various age provide varied litters to supplement surviving humified material. New humus…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zasada, Argyle
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wein
Throughout the boreal circumpolar North almost all terrestrial ecosystems exhibit soil organic matter accumulation, with increased accumulation at higher soil moisture levels. Fire frequencies in organic terrain are very low compared with drier ecosystems such as those dominated…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Wein, MacLean
An introduction to the spatial and temporal diversity of fire is given for northern circumpolar ecosystems. Both physical and biological parameters make northern ecosystems different from those in temperate regions; these parameters, such as long day length through the summer…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Viereck
Fire in black spruce ecosystem of northern Canada and Alaska is characterized by large and frequent fires that usually kill the overstory trees and most, if not all, of the vegetation above ground. Most species within the black spruce ecosystem show adaptations to fire, and…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Van Wagner
This chapter begins with a review of northern fuels and fire behaviour, and stresses the general uniformity of all spreading fires in vegetation, the two limiting criteria being the rate of forward heat transfer and fuel quality. Five classes of fire and examples are listed with…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Tolonen
Knowledge of the post-glacial fire history assists in understanding ecological questions such as succession and stability of the vegetation mosaic, the dependence of flora on fire, and ecological consequences of fires to lakes and bogs. This information is incorporated in peat…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Rowe
Plants are assumed to adapt to fire regime. The recurrence intervals and spatial patterns of fires in the boreal forest, plus the ubiquitousness of most plants, render it unlikely that species-wide adaptations to burning regimes of particular sizes, timings, and intensities can…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
MacLean, Woodley, Weber, Wein
Patterns of undisturbed nutrient cycling in northern ecosystems and the impact of fire on nutrient cycling are reviewed and discussed. The various effects of fire on ecosystem nutrient cycling may be broadly subdivided into (1) nutrient redistribution during fire, and (2)…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Furyaev, Wein, MacLean
Abies-dominated forests have a relatively low fire hazard when compared with vegetation types dominated by Pinus or Picea species. Although large quantities of fuel are present, the humid climate of Abies-dominated areas reduces the probability of fire. When fires occur after…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Fox
Changes in the ecology of small-mammal and bird communities during post-fire succession are reviewed for the North American boreal forest and tundra. Data from the literature are summarized systematically, emphasizing comparison of the community properties of small-mammals and…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Chistjakov, Kuprijanov, Gorshkov, Artsybashev
Fire characteristics and fire suppression techniques are described for undisturbed peatlands, fields being harvested for peat, and peat stockpiles in northwestern USSR. In undisturbed peatland or peatfields, fires are most commonly caused by forest fires. In peat harvesting…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hard, Werner, Holsten
Twenty-five variable sample plots were examined in mature white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) stands, in southcentral Alaska. These stands, located in the Canyon Creek - Quartz Creek valley on the Kenai Peninsula, have been infested by spruce beetle, Dendroctonus…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Densmore, Zasada
Seeds of the 24 common Salix species of the Alaskan boreal forest and tundra were set to germinate in laboratory and field experiments, and seed dispersal times were observed. During the growing season, 16 species disperse short-lived, nondormant seeds. At the end of the growing…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dyrness, Norum
Seven units (about 2 ha each) of black spruce-feather moss forest were experimentally burned over a range of fuel moisture conditions during the summer of 1978. Surface woody fuels were sparse and the principal carrier fuel was the forest floor (largely mosses and their…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Campbell, Hinkes
The North American bison (Bison bison) was common in Alaska until 200 to 300 years ago (Skinner and Kaisen 1947, McDonald 1978). Reasons for its extripation are not known although climate and habitat changes may have played a major role. The species was reintroduced to Alaska in…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES