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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Pyne
'Painting, architecture, politics, even gardening and golf-all have their critics and commentators,' observes Stephen Pyne. 'Fire does not.' Aside from news reports on fire disasters, most writing about fire appears in government reports and scientific papers-and in journalism…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Paintner-Green, Sorbel
Two different storms started the Black Hills and Fish Lakes Fires on the Tetlin NWR. The Black Hills fire was started by lightning on July 16th. The Fish Lake Fire was first sighted on July 29th, probably resulting from lighting on July 21st. These two fires were authorized for…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wimberly, Ohmann, Pierce, Gregory, Fried
Presentation given at the Fifth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress, November 2003.
Year: 2003
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
The following list of fire research topics and questions were generated by a survey of personnel from agencies and organizations within AWFCG in 2003. The topics were prioritized as High, Medium, or Low by the AWFCG Fire Research, Development and Application Committee (FRDAC)…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Romo, Grilz, Redmann, Driver
The impacts of autumn or spring burning on Symphoricarpos occidentalis were studied in Fescue Prairie in central Saskatchewan. Symphoricarpos density increased two- to three-fold over preburn density in the 1st 2 growing seasons following a burn. Individual shoot weights were…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Suffling
Studies of anticipated effects of global warming tend to concentrate on the physiological limits of individual organisms, and imputed modifications to biome distributions expresed as climax ecosystems. Changes in distributions of individual species and of tree species…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Weihs, Small
We develop a simple analytical model to estimate the thickness of a smoke layer formed by a plume of a large area fire and to account for crosswinds. We take advantage of the dominant flow features in the upper part of the rising plume and in the smoke layer far from the plume…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Taplin
We correct the variance for the rate of spread of a fire through a non-homogeneous fuel as described in Catchpole et al. (1989, Ecol. Modelling, 48: 101-112). The spatial dependence of the fuel types can greatly influence this variance; a phenomenon not expressed by the analysis…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
This report offers findings and recommendations that address the threat of wildfires in forest and range ecosystems. The report is based on information gathered by the National Commision on Wildfire Disasters and is intended for policymakers at the federal, state, and local…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Schaefer
The scales of spatial patterns of the vascular understorey were examined during postfire succession in the taiga of southeastern Manitoba. Patterns of individual species from analogous burned (5 years old) and old-growth (>90 years old) communities were revealed using Paired…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Schaber, Kokko, Entz, Richards
Increased seed yields often result when alfalfa fields are burned in spring. The main pollinator of seed alfalfa in Alberta is the alfalfa leafcutter bee. Megachile rotundata (F.). that cuts pieces of leaves to build thimble-like cells. One hypothesis for increased seed yield is…
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hirsch
From the text ... 'Fire behavior information can be an effective training tool for suppression staff since individuals relate well to recent real-life experiences in which they may have been involved.'
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hirsh
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rothermel, Mutch
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brotak, Reifsnyder
From the text ... 'Dangerous frontal situations will be characterized by strong winds, a tight pressure gradient, and little or no precipitation with the frontal passage.'
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alexander, Thomas
From the text ... 'The most important thing to record is the position of the head fire at various times--the more observations, the better.'
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Abram, Gagan, McCulloch, Chappell, Hantoro
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Charette, Prepas
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Earl, Blinn
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Boucher, De Grandpré, Gauthier
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Campbell, Antos
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wondzell, King
The objective of this paper is to provide a general overview of the influence of wildland fires on the erosional processes common to the forested landscapes of the western United States. Wildfire can accelerate erosion rates because vegetation is an important factor controlling…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Pellerin, Lavoie
Jack pine (Pinus banksiana) colonization and expansion in ombrotrophic peatlands of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, southeastern Quebec, was analyzed using macrofossil and dendrochronological analyses. During the last 80 years, and mainly between 1920 and 1945, several open…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brown, Hebda
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS