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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Gucker
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Groen
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Groen
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Slinkina, Bychkov, Sukhinin
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Shulski, Alden, Larkin, Wendler
A total area of 26,669 km2 (6.59 million acres) burned from forest fires in Alaska during the summer of 2004, setting a new record in the 50-year database. The unusually warm and dry weather was a predominant factor for the wildfire season in which it was the warmest on record…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Samsonov, Koutzenogii, Makarov, Popova
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Saab, Kotliar, Block
Wild and managed fires have become increasingly prevalent across North America since the 1980's. Interest and concern about the influence of fire on ecological systems has also increased (Laverty and Williams 2000, USDA 2000). We summarize a symposium on fire and avian ecology,…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Robichaud, Brown
Major concerns after wildfires are the increased erosion and flooding potential due to loss of the protective forest floor layer, loss of water storage, and the creation of water repellent soil conditions. Treatments to mitigate postfire erosion and runoff are commonly applied…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Reitz, Geissler
The model of homeowners and neighborhoods depending solely on government provided fire fighting resources for protection is outdated. Recent fires have demonstrated that community firefighting resources are easily outpaced when multiple structures are burning simultaneously. A…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Luce, Buffington, Rieman, Dunham, McKean, Thurow, Gutiérrez-Teira, Rosenberger
Conservation and restoration of freshwater stream and river habitats are important goals for land management and natural resources research. Several examples of research have emerged showing that many species are adapted to temporary habitat disruptions, but that these…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hom, Van Tuyl, Iverson
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Masco
Boreal forests store large quantities of carbon (C) and currently act as atmospheric C sinks; however, predicted increases in temperature and fire frequency may change the boreal forest from a net C sink to a net source. This study evaluates the response of organic soil C and…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lyle
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wurtz, Wiita, Weber, Pilz
Morels are edible, choice wild mushrooms that sometimes fruit prolifically in the years immediately after an area has been burned by wildfire. Wildfires are common in interior Alaska; an average of 708,700 acres burned each year in interior Alaska between 1961 and 2000, and in…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Thompson
Over the past two decades, unprecedented levels of disturbance have occurred in the white spruce forests of Alaska. Spruce bark beetles, fires, and timber harvests have left millions of acres of dead spruce with little spruce regeneration. To assist public and private landowners…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sturtevant, Moote, Jakes, Cheng
A series of syntheses were commissioned by the USDA Forest Service to aid in fuels mitigation project planning. This synthesis focuses on collaboration research, and offers knowledge and tools to improve collaboration in the planning and implementation of wildland fire and fuels…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ryan
A series of syntheses were commissioned by the USDA Forest Service to aid in fuels mitigation project planning. This synthesis focuses on research addressing aesthetic considerations of fuels management. A general finding is that fuels management activities can contribute to the…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hrobak, Jandt
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hrobak, Jandt
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hennon, D'Amore, Zeglen, Grainger
The distribution of a forest decline of yellow-cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis (D. Don) Orsted) has been documented in southeast Alaska, but its occurrence in British Columbia was previously unknown. We conducted an aerial survey in the Prince Rupert area in September 2004 to…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Helfferich
Last year's interior wildfires may provide Alaskans with a bumper crop of morels in 2005 and 2006. These sought-after mushrooms are a valuable forest product and grow profusely in the year immediately after a fire. Scientists are studying their genetics and growth patterns, and…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Harmon, Fasth, Yatskov, Sexton, Trummer
Executive summary: Trees killed by beetle, fire, cutting, and the 1964 Earthquake-related flooding were sampled to determine loss of mass, volume, and soundness of wood. Preliminary estimates of the decomposition rates of primarily beetle-killed Lutz spruce trees on the Kenai…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Garber-Yonts
This analysis examines the problem of measuring demand for recreation on national forests and other public lands. Current measures of recreation demand in Forest Service resource assessments and planning emphasize population-level participation rates and activity-based economic…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Graham, McCaffrey
The geographic focus of the 'Fuels Planning: Science Synthesis and Integration' project (known as the Fuels Synthesis Project) is on the dry forests of the Western United States. Project goals include developing accessible analyses, protocols, and tools; writing peer-reviewed…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fitzgerald, Juday
The summer of 2004 was a hot and smoky one for Alaska's Interior, focusing residents' attention on fire management issues. Natural regeneration of the boreal forest after fire literally has made the forests that are managed today. Forestry professor Scott Rupp and others are…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES