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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Gauvin
Gives observations to date on 5 plots. Populus tremuloides and Betula papyrifera predominate in many areas; regeneration of Abies Balsamea and Picea Mariana is patchy.
Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jolly
The challenge for resource managers is to understand and appreciate the wilderness resource. We must embrace a philosophy that allows natural fire to play its natural role, within social and political realities. As we alter the natural processes, we alter the very essence of…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Telfer
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Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
This newspaper article contains information regarding total acres burned during the 1964 Alaska wildfire season.
Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Campbell, Jungbauer, Bristow, Hungerford
We report here the results of laboratory and computer simulations designed to supply information on soil temperatures under forest and range fires. Measurements of temperature and water content in a soil column that was heated strongly at the surface showed a consistent pattern…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wikars
Breeding populations of the fire-adapted carabid-beetle A. quadripunctatum were found in most of the fifteen investigated burned, uncut forests, but not in any of the fifteen burned clear-cuts, although a few immigrants were found in two of them. The proportion of open-habitat…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bessie, Johnson
Surface fire intensity (kilowatts per metre) and crown fire initiation were predicted using Rothermel's 1972 and Van Wagner's 1977 fire models with fuel data from 47 upland subalpine conifer stands (comprising Pinus contorta var. latifolia, Picea engelmannii, Abies lasiocarpa…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Countryman
Mass fires are being investigated through a series of large-scale test fires. Preliminary results indicate: (a) air flow patterns that create eddies can result in fire vortices when fires is present; (b) the lower part of the convection column consists of a series of small…
Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Tippins
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Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Robberecht, Defossé
The response of two bunchgrass species, Festuca idahoensis and Agropyron spicatum, to fire was examined under three levels of fire severity. The fire treatment was applied with an instrument system that allowed precise control over the intensity and duration of fire, and full…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Campbell, Jungbauer, Bristow, Hungerford
We report here the results of laboratory and computer simulations designed to supply information on soil temperatures under forest and range fires. Measurements of temperature and water content in a soil column that was heated strongly at the surface showed a consistent pattern…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Weber
International fire research activities, priorities, constraints and opportunities are examined from a late 20th century vantage point. Recent accomplishments in computer technology are identified as the single most important phenomenon responsible for the advancement of the…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Johnson, Miyanishi
Prescribed burns are increasingly being used in ecological restoration and vegetation management. Despite the accumulation of scientific information on fire behavior and fire effects, however, in many cases fires are prescribed without consideration of such information and often…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Neilson
A Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil System (MAPSS) has been constructed for simulating the potential biosphere impacts and biosphere-atmosphere feedbacks from climatic change. The system calculates the potential vegetation type and leaf area that could be supported at a site, within…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Cole, Alexander
Poster presentation providing the graph and the interpretations associated with the head fire intensity graph for the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System Fuel Type C-2 (Boreal Spruce) on level to gently undulating terrain and 85% foliar moisture content.
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Perham, Doyle, Route
From objectives: 'The objectives were to: determine home range, habitat preference, and movements of lynx and how these factors are affected by changes in snowshoe hare populations and trapping pressure; learn more about the status of the lynx population; and determine 24-hour…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Saveland
From ancient philosophies to present day science, the ubiquity of change and the process of transformation are core concepts. The primary focus of a recent white paper on disturbance ecology is summed up by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who stated, "Nothing is permanent but…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Johnson
INTRODUCTION: Fire in the interior basin of Alaska is commonplace. Lightning- and man-caused fires have burned and reburned millions of acres. Despite their commonness and extensiveness, the specific history and characteristics of a fire as the relate to fules and weather have…
Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Hess, Scott, Ledosquet
Description not entered.
Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Youngblood
The age structure and growth patterns of 53 young conifer-hardwood stands on upland, south-facing sites of interior Alaska were analyzed to determine the length of time for stand establishment after disturbance, the composition of early-successional stands compared to existing…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Suffling
Models of terrestrial vegetation distribution change during warming have generally paid little attention to ecological disturbances such as fire, even though these have been shown to be vitally important. A model predicting regionally dominant terrestrial vegetation in…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pothier, Doucet, Boily
The advance regeneration often present following clear-cutting in black spruce (Picea mariana) stands is generally composed of individuals of various heights. This initial height difference is hypothesized to affect the yield of the future stand. Height of the advanced…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nalder, Merriam
The development of forests in Pukaskwa National Park, Ontario, Canada, was simulated over 150 years to investigate boreal carbon dynamics and to test the feasibility of simulating large tracts of heterogeneous boreal forest. Pukaskwa National Park, located on the north shore of…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Spencer, Hakala
From page 11: 'Fires in the boreal forest have a profound effect on the welfare of moose populations. People of many interests and backgrounds have observed and variously interpreted the resulting ecology. The inadvertent firing of a tract of land dedicated primarily to moose…
Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Komarek
Description not entered.
Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES