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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Fire as a selective force in a Bornean tropical everwet forest

Slik, Breman, Bernard, van Beek, Cannon, Eichhorn, Sidiyasa
Tree species rarely exposed to burning, like in everwet tropical forests, are unlikely to be fire adapted. Therefore, one could hypothesize that these species are affected equally by burning and that tree abundance changes are linked solely to fire behavior. Alternatively, if…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Spatiotemporal variations of fire frequency in central boreal forest

Senici, Chen, Bergeron, Cyr
Determination of the direct causal factors controlling wildfires is key to understanding wildfire-vegetation-climate dynamics in a changing climate and for developing sustainable management strategies for biodiversity conservation and maintenance of long-term forest productivity…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Stability in the patterns of long-term development and growth of the Canadian spruce-moss forest

Pollock, Payette
Aim The spruce-moss forest is the main forest ecosystem of the North American boreal forest. We used stand structure and fire data to examine the long-term development and growth of the spruce-moss ecosystem. We evaluate the stability of the forest with time and the conditions…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Interactive effects of historical logging and fire exclusion on ponderosa pine forest structure in the northern Rockies

Naficy, Sala, Keeling, Graham, DeLuca
Increased forest density resulting from decades of fire exclusion is often perceived as the leading cause of historically aberrant, severe, contemporary wildfires and insect outbreaks documented in some fire-prone forests of the western United States. Based on this notion,…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Monitoring the small and slimy - protected areas should be monitoring native and non-native slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Moss, Hermanutz
Although slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) are known to be important generalist herbivores, fungivores, and detrivores in a variety of ecosystems, little is known about their abundance and diversity in protected areas. Likewise, the presence of non-native slug species and their…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Talking about fire: Pikangikum First Nation elders guiding fire management

Miller, Davidson-Hunt, Peters
In this paper, we present how elders of Pikangikum First Nation in northwestern Ontario have drawn upon their knowledge and values associated with fire to engage in fire management planning for 1.3 million hectares of their traditional boreal forest territory. Over a period of…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Effects of fire, insect, and pathogen damage on wood quality of dead and dying western confers

Lowell, Rapp, Haynes, Cray
We update and expand the 1992 survey of research findings by Lowell and colleagues, providing an ecological context for the findings, using a more reader-friendly format, and including extensive citations so readers can get indepth information on particular topics. Our intent is…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Developing and comparing silvicultural alternatives: goals, objectives, and evaluation criteria

Long, Smith, Roberts
We outline an approach for developing and comparing silvicultural alternatives. The approach has multiple advantages, including explicit links between goals, management approaches, and outcomes; efficient development of alternative means of accomplishing the goals; and effective…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Rapid responses to facilitate ecological discoveries from major disturbances

Lindenmayer, Likens, Franklin
Large-scale natural disturbances are commonplace around the world. They can have profound effects on human infrastructure and populations, as well as substantially influencing key ecological processes, shaping landscapes, and affecting many species. Major natural disturbances…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Wildland fire decision support systems air quality tools

Larkin, Brown, Lahm, Zimmerman
From the text ... 'The Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS) is a new Web-based system designed to integrate science and technology in support of risk-informed decisionmaking for wildland fires. ... WFDSS replaces three past wildland fire decision analysis and…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Response of green alder (Alnus viridis subsp. fruticosa) patch dynamics and plant community composition to fire and regional temperature in north-western Canada

Lantz, Gergel, Henry
Aim Feedbacks between climate warming and fire have the potential to alter Arctic and sub-Arctic vegetation. In this paper we assess the effects and interactions of temperature and wildfire on plant communities across the transition between the Arctic and sub-Arctic.Location…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The economic cost of adverse health effects from wildfire-smoke exposure: a review

Kochi, Donovan, Champ, Loomis
The economic costs of adverse health effects associated with exposure to wildfire smoke should be given serious consideration in determining the optimal wildfire management policy. Unfortunately, the literature in this research area is thin. In an effort to better understand the…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Using a stochastic model and cross-scale analysis to evaluate controls on historical low-severity fire regimes

Kennedy, McKenzie
Fire-scarred trees provide a deep temporal record of historical fire activity, but identifying the mechanisms therein that controlled landscape fire patterns is not straightforward. We use a spatially correlated metric for fire co-occurrence between pairs of trees (the Sørensen…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Topographic controls on black carbon accumulation in Alaskan black spruce forest soils: implications for organic matter dynamics

Kane, Hockaday, Turetsky, Masiello, Valentine, Finney, Baldock
There is still much uncertainty as to how wildfire affects the accumulation of burn residues (such as black carbon (BC)) in the soil, and the corresponding changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) composition in boreal forests. We investigated SOC and BC composition in black spruce…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Functional complementarity of Douglas-fir ectomycorrhizas for extracellular enzyme activity after wildfire or clearcut logging

Jones, Twieg, Ward, Barker, Durall, Simard
Summary1. Clearcut logging results in major changes in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities, but whether this results in the loss of key functional traits, such as those associated with nutrient acquisition from soil organic matter, is unknown. Furthermore, little is known about…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Winter habitat selection by caribou in relation to lichen abundance, wildfires, grazing, and landscape characteristics in northwest Alaska

Joly, Chapin, Klein
Lichens are an important winter forage for large, migratory herds of caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) that can influence population dynamics through effects on body condition and in turn calf recruitment and survival. We investigated the vegetative and physiographic…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Tetranucleotide, trinucleotide, and dinucleotide loci from the bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Faircloth, Reid, Valentine, Eo, Terhune, Glenn, Palmer, Nairn, Carroll
We describe primers and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) conditions to amplify four dinucleotide, one trinucleotide, and three tetranucleotide microsatellite DNA loci from the bobcat (Lynx rufus). The primers were tested on 22 individuals collected from a population located…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Relationships of fire ecology and avian communities in North America

Saab, Kotliar, Block
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Reforms on prescribed fire laws reduce liability burdens on landowners

Sun
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Federal forest fire policy in the United States

Stephens, Ruth
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fire, forest health, and biodiversity: a summary of the Proceedings of the Second Annual Symposium of the National Commission on Science and Sustainable Forestry

Christensen
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Forest health and fire in the national parks: workshop summary

Christensen
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The wildland fire challenge: protecting communities and restoring ecosystems

Aplet, Wilmer
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fire Management in Parks and Protected Areas

Kilgore, Christensen, Aplet, Wilmer, Stephens, Ruth, Hardesty, Myers, Fulks
[Excerpted from the introduction to the issue] When national parks were originally establishde in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s, most people thought you simply needed to protect them as they were, with nochanges over time, to achieve the objective of…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Seed and bud legacies interact with varying fire regimes to drive long-term dynamics of boreal forest communities

McIntire, Duchesneau, Kimmins
[no description entered]
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS