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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Armstrong, Swant, Timmermann
The Ogoki-North Nakina Forests consist of 10 638 km^2 of unroaded boreal forest (predominantly Picea mariana, Pinus banksiana and Populus tremuloides) about 400 km NE of Thunder Bay, Ontario (latitude 50 degrees -51 degrees 31'N., longitude 86 degrees 30'-89 degrees W.).…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Angelstam
A conceptual model is presented as a guide to the maintenance and restoration of ecologically sustainable boreal forest. The model is based on the hypothesis that self-sustained forest ecosystems can be (re-)created, and their biodiversity developed, if forest management can…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Lynham, Wickware, Mason
In 1975 nd 1976, an experimental burning program was conducted in an immature stand of boreal jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) growing on level, granitic outwash sands in northern Ontario. Nine 0.4-ha plots were burned under a range of fire weather conditions and sampling was…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Belillas, Feller
The relationships between fire severity and fire-induced nutrient losses to the atmosphere and through soil leaching were investigated using small (4m²) plots in logging slash. The study utilized (Pseudotsuga menziesii - Tsuga heterophylla - thuja plicata) slash in southwestern…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Morgan, Bunting
From the text...'Changing fire regimes have important implications for the health and function of ecosystems. Forest ecosystems change when fires are less frequent and more severe. The density of trees increases and fuels accumulate. More shade-tolerant, less disease-resistant…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Moser, Smol, Lean, MacDonald
Physical and chemical variables were measured in 35 lakes from Wood Buffalo National Park, northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories, Canada. Of these lakes, 22 were sinkholes, situated on limestone and gypsum, five were situated on the Canadian Shield and eight were…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Strang, Johnson, Chester
Near Kamloops in the British Columbia interior, a series of small plots were control-burned during the summer of 1977 after detailed botanical assay. Fire parameters were recorded, and soil and vegetation responses to burning were measured in detail for 3 years after the fires.…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Hoy, Turetsky, Kasischke
Much recent research has investigated the effects of burning on mature black spruce (Picea mariana) forests in interior Alaska, however little research has focused on how frequent reburning affects soil organic layer (SOL) vulnerability in these ecosystems. We compared organic…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Liski, Ilvesniemi, Makela, Starr
Potential causes for changes in the amounts of carbon (C) stored in the soils of boreal forests were studied by measuring the C in the soil along a 5000-year chronosequence in coastal western Finland and using a simple dynamic model of decomposition. The amount of soil C…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Flannigan, Wotton, Richard, Carcaillet, Bergeron
Introduction...'Fire and climate are closely linked (Swetnam 1993). According to simulations of various general circulation models (GCMs), the earth's climate will be 1-3.5º C warmer by the end of the next century due to increasing atmospheric concentrations of radiatively…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Loranty, Lieberman-Cribbin, Berner, Natali, Goetz, Alexander, Kholodov
In arctic tundra and boreal forest ecosystems vegetation structural and functional influences on the surface energy balance can strongly influence permafrost soil temperatures. As such, vegetation changes will likely play an important role in permafrost soil carbon dynamics and…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Kalies, Haubensak, Finkral
Forest management can have substantial impacts on ecosystem carbon storage, but those effects can vary significantly with management type and species composition. We used systematic review methodology to identify and synthesize effects of thinning and/or burning, timber…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Jandt
Climate Change Implications for Wildfire in Alaska presented by Randi Jandt. This webinar was part of a series hosted by the Alaska Natural Resource and Outdoor Education (ANROE) Association titled "Fire in a Changing Climate for Educators." ANROE provided workshops during the…
Year: 2016
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Lukenbach, Devito, Kettridge, Petrone, Waddington
Wildfire is the largest disturbance affecting northern peatlands; however, little is known about how burn severity (organic soil depth of burn) alters post-fire hydrological conditions that control the recovery of keystone peatland mosses (i.e. Sphagnum). For this reason, we…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Briffa, Schweingruber, Jones, Osborn, Shiyatov, Vaganov
Tree-ring chronologies that represent annual changes in the density of wood formed during the late summer can provide a proxy for local summertime air temperature. Here we undertake an examination of large-regional-scale wood-density/air-temperature relationships using…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES