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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Woodcock
The Interior Lowland of North America, comprising the Central Lowland and the Great Plains, is a region of approximately 3.2 x 106 km2. The nature of the (climatic) climax vegetation in this area has been a matter of controversy. Empirical evidence regarding the vegetation of…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wang, Downie, Wetzel, Palamarek, Hamilton
Serotinous cones of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm.) from a large, relatively uniform, cone lot from a stand collection in Alberta were subjected to six different methods of opening the cone scales: (1) drying at 60oC for 16 hours in a conventional kiln, (2…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Williams, McLean, Hodgson
From the Introduction:'This paper has been prepared to provide some background information on the present utilization of airtankers in suppressing forest fires in Canada and to explore what might be done to improve the use pattern of this important but expensive fire control…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simard
From the Introduction: 'The purpose of the present study is to determine the rate at which various fuels can absorb water. The present study is concerned primarily with relative absorption and drying rates between various types of fuels. Future research will attempt to determine…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Willington
This study was initiated to determine the impact of clearcutting, slashburning and skidroads on deep (>3 feet) coarse glacial soil at low elevations (<1000 ft. above sea level) of coastal British Columbia.
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Smith, Thomas
Because cribs of wood are widely used to produce experimental fires it is sometimes necessary to predict their burning behavior especially when their burning rate is not controlled primarily by some other factor such as the window opening in a compartment. If the window is large…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Martin
From the text ... 'Improved utilization of bark is dependent, to a large degree, on knowledge of its properties. Very little information is available on physical properties of bark, however, and none is available on volumetric changes of bark due to moisture sorption. A…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Meroney
A model forest canopy was designed to simulate the meteorological characteristics of typical live forests. Measurements were made of velocity, turbulence, drag, and gaseous plume spread within the simulated canopy. The resulting data compares favorably with Prototype field…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Webb
From the text... 'Of all the meteorological elements which are known to affect forest fuel flammability and fire behaviour, rain is the most variable in its areal distribution. in its frequency, and particularly in its amount. While the measurement of rainfall is simple,…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Van Wagner
A method for estimating wood volume on the ground is described. It requires only a diameter tally of pieces intersected by a sample line, and application of a simple formula. Theory for the formula is presented, and practical application discussed. The effect of bias in…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Turner
This note outlines the objectives and problems of prescribed burning as a tool of forest management. The importance of a number of weather factors is discussed and suggestions are presented for provision of effective weather guidance to forest officers concerned with this…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stocks, Walker
From the text... 'It has long been recognized in forestry that minor vegetation leafing out on the forest floor in the early spring retards the advance of surface fires. This experiment was designed to provide some general understanding of this effect. The work was done in the…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Edwards
In May 1990, a test of two levels of site preparation were implemented on a lower Piedmont site. The two silvicultural treatments were: 1 ) a spotgun application of the herbicide Velpar L and 2) brown and burn procedure. Seven 100 ft. x 2 ft. transects were located within each…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rico-Gray, Garcia-Franco
We studied vegetation structure and soil seed bank composition in different successional stages of secondary lowland tropical deciduous forest in Yucatan, Mexico. The Series of study sites includes: slashed (S), slashed-and-burned (SB), and regenerating for 1, 6, 10, 15, 30, 40…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Barney, George, Trethewey
This paper presents the results of a study of handcrew fireline production rates. The methods are discussed. Tables and figures show the data collected and their analysis in a variety of stratifications. The basic data from the study are also presented. Because of the limited…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Schmalzer, Hinkle
We sampled previously established permanent line intercept transects (15 m length) of oak-saw palmetto scrub 6, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60 months after a 1986 fire. We recorded cover by taxon in the 0-0.5 m and > 0.5 m height layers. Transects were located in two stands that…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Weber, Taylor
Present uses of prescribed fire in Canada are reviewed. Fire has been a natural component of many forested North American landscapes for millennia, making it an obvious choice as an effective forest management tool. It can be used in harmony with known fire adaptations of…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Holliday
Following an intense forest fire, carabid beetles were sampled by pitfall trapping in a burned site that had been dominated before the fire by aspen, Populus tremuloides, in a second burned site that had been dominated by conifers (Picea spp.), and in matching unburned sites. In…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Miller, Bratton, Hadidian
To assess the impact of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on endangered and threatened flora, we reviewed pertinent literature and conducted a telephone survey of professional botanists, endangered species scientists, natural area managers, and U.S. National Park…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Podolsky
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Schonewald-Cox, Buechner, Sauvajot, Wilcox
Protecting biodiversity on public lands is difficult, requiring the management of a complex array of factors. This is especially true when the ecosystems in question are affected by, or extend onto, lands outside the boundries of the protected area. In this article we review…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Densmore
The long-term effects of planted grass on the rate and pattern of succession were evaluated on a construction-disturbed alluvial fan tundra site in the central Brooks Range of Alaska. Plots were evaluated 4 and 11 yr after the site was scarified and partially fertilized and…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bradstock, Bedward
Simulations were used to investigate the effect of season of fire on seedling emergence in Banksia ericifolia and B. serrata. The simulations were based on models of soil-surface moisture in response to rainfall, seedling emergence response to soil moisture and post-fire seed…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Desponts, Payette
The northernmost jack pine populations in northern Quebec are located at the boreal forest - forest tundra boundary, along the Grande riviere de la Baleine, where they colonize the sandy terraces affected by recurrent fires. The reent fire history in the study area, are deduced…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Soberon
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS