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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Alemdag, Horton
Ovendry mass of single tress of trembling aspen, largetooth aspen, and white birch in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence and Boreal forest regions in Ontario was studied in relation to stem dimensions. Mass equations for tree components based on diameter at breast height outside…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Miller
Contains proposal for study of postfire lichen recovery on taiga ranges.
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zackrisson
The past and present fire regimes are described, and the significance for the flora of this region is discussed. Methods used to reconstruct forest fire history are presented. The dating problems with false and absent rings in Scots pine, Norway spruce and two birch species…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Swanson
Fire, geomorphic processes, and landforms interact to determine natural patterns of ecosystems over landscapes. Fire alters vegetation and soil properties which change soil and sediment movement through watersheds. Landforms affect fire behavior and form firebreaks which…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Stokes, Dieterich
The purpose of the workshop was to exchange information on sampling procedures, research methodologies, preparation and interpretation of specimen material, terminology, and the application and significance of findings, emphasizing the relationship of dendrochronology procedures…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Roby
Description not entered.
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wright
Reindeer vegetation-type selection, activity, and food habits were studied from 1976 to 1978. Results from aerial surveys and on-ground observations showed a preference for Tussock-Shrub Tundra in spring, Low-Medium Willows in early summer, and Saltgrass Meadows in mid-summer…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Payette
The long term fire history at the treeline in Northern Quebec can be evaluated by ecological surveys of the major ecosystems. Available data suggest that fires are presently climate-controlled, and therefore may be used as paleoclimatic indicators. During a cold climatic…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Olson
A theory of ecosystem succession relates the continuum of fire frequency and intensities to mean annual carbon burning in major ecosystems of the world. Low fire frequency and release of C are contrasted with combinations of (1) low frequency, high release, (2) high frequency…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Lent
Mapping of gross features of snowcover accumulation and melt patterns using LANDSAT (satellite) imagery provides a synoptic view of changing snow conditions affecting migratory caribou, of particular value when used in conjunction with more detailed data from snow stations.…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Klein
Much of the pioneer work in reindeer/caribou range ecology was carried out in the Soviet Union. More recently major contributions to this field of knowledge have been made by Scandinavian and North American biologists. Early work was of a descriptive nature, while a current…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Johnson
Evidence from 10 years of fire records and 300 years of tree ages and fire scars indicate that forest fires in a large area east of Great Slave Lake, N.W.T. are recurrent over a short time interval (<125 years) and related to large scale air mass climate patterns and terrain…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Hawkes
Mean fire return intervals for different ecological subzones, aspects and elevations in Kananaskis Provincial Park were described. Comparison of the results from this study with others was not practical because of a number of constraints. A discussion of the mean fire return…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Holling
Forest fire systems are compared to the balsam/spruce budworm system. Management of both has been successful in the short term in reducing the probability of fire or preventing sudden and extensive mortality of balsam. But both have resulted in conditions highly vulnerable to…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Werner, Furniss, Yarger, Ward
Traps baited with Seudenol + a-pinene caught 87 percent more eastern larch beetles, Dendroctonus simplex LeConte, than did tamarack logs infested with females. Male beetles responded to the synthetic attractant in greater numbers than females. Male beetles were not attracted to…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Viereck, Schandelmeier
Description not entered.
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Viereck
A hierarchical system, with five levels of resolution, is proposed for classifying Alaska vegetation. The system, which is agglomerative, starts with 415 known Alaska plant communities which are listed and referenced. At the broadest level of resolution the system contains five…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Viereck, Schandelmeier
Alaskan land and resource managers are moving from a policy of fire control to one of fire management. To use fire as a tool to reach resource management objectives, managers need information on fire effects and the role of fire in northern environment. The authors searched and…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Holsten, Werner, Laurent
Preface: The USDA Forest Service publication, "Identification of Destructive Alaska Forest Insects" (Hard 1967), dealt mainly with the more damaging forest insects of southeastern Alaska. Since then, our information on forest insects and diseases from south-central and interior…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stocks, Barney
Forest fire statistical records to 1979 are given for Newfoundland (from 1949), Quebec (1924), Ontario (1917), Manitoba (1918), Saskatchewan (1918), Alberta (1918), Northwest Territories (1946), Yukon (1950), Alaska (1940), Sweden (1946) and Finland (1952). Figures for fire…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rothermel, Deeming
Identifies and describes methods for quantifying from field observations 2 key parameters of wildfire behavior: fireline intensity and heat per unit area. Proposes standardization of terms and techniques as a means of improving experimental procedures and communication among…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Racine
During summer 1977, wildfires burned extensive areas of low arctic tundra in the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. The present study was initiated in July 1978 to determine the effects of these fires on tundra soils and vegetation. Nine 10 x 1 m permanent transects were established at…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Klein
This study developed out of concern of the well-being of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd associated with increasing human utilization and waste, suggestions of past range overstocking, increased exploration and development activities on the calving and summering grounds,…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lotan, Alexander, Arno, French, Langdon, Loomis, Norum, Rothermel, Schmidt, van Wagtendonk
The coniferous forests of the 6 major areas of the USA (North Pacific maritime forests; Forests of the Rocky Mountain west; Sierra coniferous forests; Northern boreal forests of Alaska; Southern pine forests; and Northeastern coniferous forests) are described under the following…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hanson
Description not entered.
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES