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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Brennan
I assessed the current, broad-scale status of populations, research, and management for 6 species of quail in the U.S., and used this information as an introduction, background, and justification for a national strategic planning effort for quail management and research. Long-…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Andison, Marshall
British Columbia, along with most of the rest of North America, is becoming preoccupied with emulating natural landscape patterns under the auspices of ecosystem management. With their Biodiversity Guidebook, BC developed one of the first collections of rules for landscape…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Knight
From the text...”Summary: Limber pine and ponderosa pine typically occur on escarpments and in the foothills of mountain ranges, environments that are cooler and more mesic than the adjacent grasslands and shrublands below and warmer and drier than the forests above. The…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Heikens
From the text ...'Summary: It appears that Ozark savannas, barrens, and glades have undergone substantial degradation since settlement due to fire suppression, overgrazing, agricultural practices, and logging. The once widespread and picturesque oak openings currently are…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ladd
Doug Ladd, Director of Science and Stewardship, Missouri Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, had the opportunity to share TNC's views concerning the use of fire as a management tool in the conservation of natural habitat. His testimony, in full, before The House Committe on…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wisdom, Wales, Holthausen, Hargis, Saab, Hann, Rich, Lee, Rowland
From the text...Summary: 'Haibtats for the majority of early and late-seral dependent species of wildlife have declined strongly from historical to current periods across large areas of th Interior Columbia Basin (Wisdom et al. in press). Strongest declines were for species…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sandberg, Hardy, Ottmar, Snell, Acheson, Peterson, Seamon, Lahm, Wade
From the text...'Major policy initiatives and implementation of new management strategies are currently underway in both air resource and fire management. Land managers are rapidly expanding the use of fire to manage ecosystems, while air resource managers are accelerating…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Guldin, Loewenstein
From the Key Findings (No. 7)...'The use of prescribed burning as a tool for managing intermediate stands has increased nearly four-fold over the past 5 years and exceeded 100,000 ac in 1997 (due primarily to actions on the Ouachita National Forest). The Ouachita National Forest…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Guldin, Thompson, Richards, Harper
From the text...'This chapter provides information about the vegetation cover of the Assessment area. The types and areal extent of vegetation in the Highlands are of interest for many reasons. Vegetation cover largely determines the availability of habitat for terrestrial…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Savory, Butterfield
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
DeLay, O'Conner, Ryan, Currie
From the Executive Summary: Current Status: Pondberry is listed as an endangered species. A total of 36 naturally occurring populations are extant. The species is currently known from Arkansas (10 populations), Georgia (4 populations), Mississippi (13 populations), Missouri (1…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rodríguez-Trejo
From the text...'The worst fire season in Mexican history was in 1998. Drought conditions precipitated by a strong El Niño led to unusual fire activity, including crown fires, fire whirls, and rapid spread rates. A total of 14,302 fires burned 2,099,412 acres (849,632 ha) - 3.6…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Whitlock
Pollen records from northern Grand Teton National Park, the Pinyon Peak Highlands, and southern Yellowstone National Park were examined to study the pattern of reforestation and climatic change following late-Pinedale Glaciation. The vegetational reconstruction was aided by…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wade
Although many resource professionals believe that periodic fire is necessary to the health of fire-adapted ecosystems, prescribed fire exists only because society allows it. Society has given fire managers the authority to determine if, when, and how prescribed burning takes…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hopkins, Miyanishi
Prescribed burning is being used at Pinery Provincial Park in southern Ontario to restore an oak savanna community which has been changing into a closed oak woodland due to a past policy of fire suppression and conifer reforestation. Quercus muehlenbergii, a shade-intolerant…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Davies, Unam
Atmospheric composition, local climate and sapling gas exchange were monitored to assess the short-term effects of smoke-haze from the 1997 Indonesian forest fires. Atmospheric concentrations of particulate matter, SO2, CO, CH4 and CO2, and relative humidity were elevated, and…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gobster
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Revegetation with native species: proceedings, 1997 Society of Ecological Restoration annual meeting
The seven papers in this proceedings address the current state of knowledge and application of ecological restoration in the Western United States. They provide an overview of: rangeland revegetation lessons as they apply to ecological restoration today; USDI National Park…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Reinhardt, Ottmar, Hallett
Fire managers and safety officers concerned with smoke exposure among fire crews can use electronic carbon monoxide (CO) monitors to track and prevent overexposure to smoke. Commonly referred to as dosimeters, these lightweight instruments measure the concentration of CO in the…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Regulations relating to the Clean Air Act requirement that Federal actions conform to the appropriate state, tribal, or federal implementation plan for attaining clean air.
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cockerham
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pastor, Cohen, Moen
Boreal forests are composed of a few plant species with contrasting traits with respect to ecosystem functioning and spatial patterning. Early successional deciduous species, such as birch (Betula spp.) and aspen (Populus spp.), disperse seeds widely, do not tolerate low light…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Paré, Van Cleve
Nutrient content and biomass of aboveground annual production, and nutrient content of total aboveground biomass, of 14-year-old assemblages of plants developing on harvested white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) sites were estimated by vegetation harvesting and compared…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The proceedings contain 10 papers. Four deal with the development and calibration of detailed site-specific process-based models: carbon partitioning, examination of the causes of the decline in net primary production (NPP) in balsam fir (Abies balsamea) with a detailed process-…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kurz, Beukema, Merzenich, Arbaugh, Schilling
The Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT) examines the impact of landscape-scale disturbances while evaluating alternative management treatment levels. VDDT simulates changes in vegetative composition and structure resulting from both management activities and natural…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES