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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Van Wagner
A scheme is presented for dealing with the full range of fire behavior in conifer forests. It is based on empirical data from fires in Canadian forests plus a theory to describe the physical conditions for the transition from surface to crown fire. In its ideal form, the model…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Yarie, Mead
Describing structural aspects of forest vegetation is now routine in forest inventories in Alaska. The biomass structure of understory vegetation is considered a necessary part of the inventory process. In this study twig, foliar and combined (twig plus foliar) biomass were…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Swanson, Barker
Populations of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) have fluctuated greatly since their introduction to Alaska in 1891. In the 1930s, reported numbers exceeded 600,000. Presently, 38,000 reindeer graze 6.2 million ha of rangeland and woodland in Western Alaska (from 66 degrees 54'N to…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stocks, Lawson, Alexander, Van Wagner, McAlpine, Lynham, Dube
Forest fire danger rating research in Canada was initiated by the federal government in 1925. Five different fire danger rating systems have been developed since that time, each with increasing universal applicability across Canada. The approach has been to build on previous…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schwartz, Franzmann
We compared population dynamics for moose (Alces alces) and black bear (Ursus americanus) in an older (1947) and recent (1969) burn from 1978-1988. Moose densities in the 1947 burn were moderately high in early years of study (1.3 moose/km2) but declined dramatically in later…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Risenhoover
I studied the botanical composition and nutritional qualities of moose (Alces alces) winter diets in subalpine habitats in Denali National Park and Preserve (DNPP), Alaska during January-April 1983 and 1984. Feltleaf willow (Salix alaxensis), diamondleaf willow (S. arbusculoides…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pavlov
Notes on article (do not cite): The article focuses on regeneration of the soil and vegetation cover in hummocky tundra with unsorted circles in a mountainous area of Chukotka after a fire. The morphology, soils, and vegetation prior to the fire are analyzed in detail, and…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Morneau, Payette
A 250-yr postfire plant chronosequence in well-drained sites at the northern limit of the boreal forest in the Grande riviere de la Baleine area, N. Quebec, was reconstructed from 9 sites associated with the development of the lichen/spruce (Cladina stellaris/Picea mariana)…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alm, Tolonen, Vasander
The feasibility of using dendrochronology to obtain accumulation rates for recently accumulated peat was examined. Two charcoal layers originating from two forest fires were found at between 7 and 58 cm in the peat of Lakkasuo mire, Finland. Dendrochronology and the fire scars…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander
A close relationship between organic-carbon content and bulk density was utilized to develop equations for predicting the bulk densities of inorganic soils around the Gulf of Alaska. Most of the samples used in developing these equations were from B and C horizons, but they…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ueyoshi, Roads
Description not entered.
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rivard, Rothwell, Woodard
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pouliot
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
MacIver
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Klein, Whistler
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Heimer
The classic concept of nutritional carrying capacity tends to complicate management of Dall sheep (Ovis dalli dalli) populations because they often exist at relatively constant populations sizes over extended periods. The fundamental axiom taught in the wildlife management…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Youngblood, Max
The seasonal and spatial patterns of dispersal of white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) seed were studied from 1986 to 1989 in floodplain stands along the Tanana River near Fairbanks, Alaska. Analysis of the 1987 crop showed that production of filled seed was strongly…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Viereck, Dyrness, Batten, Wenzlick
The Alaska vegetation classification presented here is a comprehensive, statewide system that has been under development since 1976. The classification is based, as much as possible, on the characteristics of the vegetation itself and is designed to categorize existing…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Van Hees
Forest inventory data collected in 1987 fTom sample plots established on the Kenai Peninsula were analyzed to provide point-in-time estimates of the trend and current status of a spruce beetle infestation. Ground plots were categorized by stage of infestation. Estimates of…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Renecker, Karidis, Bauer
The global objective of this study was to define techniques that could be used to describe the 'critical habitat requirements' of reindeer in the Beringia Heritage International Park and be related to animal productivity. To accomplish this resource management goal for the…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mask
As of 1992, beetle-caused spruce mortality ranged from 8 to 68% of the spruce component within 5 sample areas. Continued beetle activity and tree mortality are expected for at least the next two to three years. Management alternatives are discussed.
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mask
During the winter of 1981, a windstorm caused extensive blowdown in the Yakutat area. In 1988, 20 permanent plots were established to monitor spruce beetle activity. A reevaluation of these plots in 1991 revealed low spruce beetle populations and minimal tree mortality since…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Martin
From objectives (page 2): 'The project objectives are: 1) determine if fires around lake and wetland margins affect the flow of nutrients into the wetlands, 2) determine of an increased flow of nutrients in wetlands from fire influences waterbird densities on the wetlands, and…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Larson
Data collected in conjunction with the multiresource inventory of southeast Alaska in 1985-86 included downed wood along 234 transects at 60 locations. Transects occurred in 11 forest types and 19 plant associations within the entire southeastern Alaska archipelago. Downed wood…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kaye
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES