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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Stephenson, Van Ballenberghe, Peek
A change in the natural disturbance regime on the Copper River Delta, Alaska, has reduced the level of early seral stage vegetation communities suitable for moose (Alces alces) wintereing habitat. Consequently, we evaluated the use of a rotary-axe to increase willow (Salix spp…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Smyth, Dearden
The regulatory performance standards and monitoring requirements that are used to evaluate reclamation success in nine western North America jurisdictions were reviewed. Ecosystem-based reclamation monitoring, a crucial part of regulatory enforcement and adaptive environmental…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Smith, Munson, Coyea
In the black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) forests which span North America, low annual temperatures, high nitrogen and phosphorus absorption by feathermosses and small litter inputs contribute to reduced annual N and P transformation rates in soils of these ecosystems. In…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nalder, Wein
We described an effective and inexpensive device for sampling forest floors. It is based on a rechargeable, battery-powered drill that drives a sharpened steel coring tube. The corer is simple to fabricate, is lightweight (3.5 kg) and can be used easily by one person to obtain…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Tsvetkov, Prokushkin, Sorokin, Kaverzina, Sorokina, Tsvetkova
The impact of surface fires on the thermal and trophic conditions of forest soils is studied in burnt areas of larch (Larix gmelinii) forest in the northern taiga zone of central Siberia. The duration of the regeneration period on burnt areas is also examined and viability of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Murphy, Lehnhausen
Throughout its geographic range, the black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) is rare and appears very similar in its foraging ecology to 2 broadly sympatric congeners, the three-toed (P. tridactylus) and hairy woodpecket (P cillosus. The purposes of our study were to test…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Eastwood, Plummer, Wyatt, Stocks
Boreal forests cover 10% of the land surface and experience wide ranges of temperature and precipitation. In many parts of the boreal zone, fire drives vegetation succession, landscape dynamics and carbon cycling. Global climate change may affect the frequency and size of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Crites, Dale
We examined the effects of woody substrate and stand age on diversity and relative abundance of bryophytes, lichens, and fungi in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) mixedwood boreal forests in Alberta. Point sampling was carried out on surfaces of downed woody material…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cringan
In this paper I wish to review certain facets of the role of fire in the ecology of forest game, then go on to speculate about how forest fire protection may influence populations of forest wildlife. Before considering the effects of fire on game, it is necessary to remember…
Year: 1958
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Welbourn
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Uggla
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Year: 1958
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dissing, Verbyla
Preliminary results of this study was highlighted in the December 12th, 1998 issue of the New Scientist Magazine (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16021643.900.html): The majority of the circumpolar region is covered by boreal forest. Boreal forest is the second largest…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Simmerman, Smith, Miller, Howard
The Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) is a computerized encyclopedia that summarizes the general ecology and effects of fire on more than 1,000 plant and animal species and plant communities. These 'summaries' synthesize current information in an easy-to-use format and…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Juday, Ott, Valentine, Barber
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Boreal forest regeneration dynamics: Modeling early forest establishment patterns in interior Alaska
Ecological processes are responsible for vegetation trajectory within the boreal forest landscape of interior Alaska. The reproductive response of boreal forest to disturbance controls vegetation trajectory. Boreal forest reproduction dynamics are influenced by both biotic and…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Marples
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Boles
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zepp, Burke
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Describes the land, its climate, and the forests, most of which are in public ownership. In the coastal forests, of which 4 million acres are classed as commercial, Western Hemlock predominates, and in the interior forests (ca. 125 million acres, most of which is ravaged by fire…
Year: 1958
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sukachev
Contains information about carbon storage in the vegetation, soils, and peatlands of Russia. Estimates of carbon storage in forests are derived from statistical data from the 1988 national forest inventory of Russia and from other sources. Methods are presented for converting…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
See
The Kenai Peninsula is in the midst of a large spruce beetle infestation affecting approximately 2 million acres of forest lands. This forest land is owned by the State of Alaska, municipalities, private entities, and the Federal Government. The state and federal lands are…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pinnock, Prins, Rasmussen, Roy, Stocks
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ottmar, Vihnanek
Two series of stereo photographs display a range of natural conditions and fuel loadings in black spruce and white spruce ecosystems in Alaska. Each group of photos includes inventory information summarizing vegetation composition, structure and loading, woody material loading…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
LaBau
Of the 1.2 million acres evaluated with photo and ground plots, about 517,000 acres were forested. 33% were in high impact areas, 23.7% in moderate impact areas and 19.7% in low impact areas. Approximately 15% of the 1992 growing stock are now dead. The greatest mortality…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jewkes
From introduction: 'When the federal government used the military to fight fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1886 it marked the beginning of wildland fire suppression in the United States. Organized fire suppression in Alaska began over fifty years after the emergence of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES