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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Nitrogen alters carbon dynamics during early succession in boreal forest

Allison, Gartner, Mack, McGuire, Treseder
Boreal forests are an important source of wood products, and fertilizers could be used to improve forest yields, especially in nutrient poor regions of the boreal zone. With climate change, fire frequencies may increase, resulting in a larger fraction of the boreal landscape…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Changes in nitrogen resorption of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) with stand development

Yuan, Chen
Variation in plant N resorption may change with stand development because plants tend to adjust their ecophysiological traits with aging. In addition, changes in soil nitrogen (N) pools associated with stand development may also affect plant N resorption. Here, we examined green…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Wood-feeding beetles and soil nutrient cycling in burned forests: implications of post-fire salvage logging

Cobb, Hannam, Kishchuk, Langor, Quideau, Spence
1 Rising economic demands for boreal forest resources along with current and predicted increases in wildfire activity have increased salvage logging of burned forests. Currently, the ecological consequences of post-fire salvage logging are insufficiently understood to develop…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

EPA proposed ozone rule impacts to wildland fire

Eagan, O'Neill, Lahm, Menakis, Dzomba
On January 6, 2010, the EPA proposed to strengthen the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone. EPA also proposed an accelerated implementation schedule as part of this Rule. The primary standard is designed to protect public health and the proposal…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

A dynamic organic soil biogeochemical model for simulating the effects of wildfire on soil environmental conditions and carbon dynamics of black spruce forests

Yi, McGuire, Kasischke, Harden, Manies, Mack, Turetsky
Ecosystem models have not comprehensively considered how interactions among fire disturbance, soil environmental conditions, and biogeochemical processes affect ecosystem dynamics in boreal forest ecosystems. In this study, we implemented a dynamic organic soil structure in the…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Fire and the spread of flowering plants in the Cretaceous

Bond, Scott
We suggest that the spread of angiosperms in the Cretaceous was facilitated by novel fire regimes. Angiosperms were capable of high productivity and therefore accumulated flammable biomass ('fuel') more rapidly than their predecessors. They were capable of rapid reproduction,…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Impact of climate change on forest fire severity and consequences for carbon stocks in boreal forest stands of Quebec, Canada: a synthesis

van Bellen, Garneau, Bergeron
The global boreal forests comprise large stocks of organic carbon that vary with climate and fire regimes. Global warming is likely to influence several aspects of fire and cause shifts in carbon sequestration patterns. Fire severity or forest floor depth of burn is one…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Effects of vegetation zones and climatic changes on fire-induced atmospheric carbon emissions: a model based on paleodata

Bremond, Carcaillet, Favier, Ali, Paitre, Bégin, Bergeron, Richard
An original method is proposed for estimating past carbon emissions from fires in order to understand long-term changes in the biomass burning that, together with vegetation cover, act on the global carbon cycle and climate. The past carbon release resulting from paleo-fires…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Quantifying fire severity, carbon, and nitrogen emissions in Alaska's boreal forest

Boby, Schuur, Mack, Verbyla, Johnstone
The boreal region stores a large proportion of the world's terrestrial carbon (C) and is subject to high-intensity, stand-replacing wildfires that release C and nitrogen (N) stored in biomass and soils through combustion. While severity and extent of fires drives overall…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

The Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator: updated model documentation

The Fire and Fuels Extension (FFE) to the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) simulates fuel dynamics and potential fire behavior over time, in the context of stand development and management. Existing models of fire behavior and fire effects were added to FVS to form the FFE…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

A fire protection triangle for the wildland-urban interface

Tidwell, Brown
From the text ... 'One way to protect the WUI is to restore surrounding landscapes to a healthy, resilient condition. Healthy, resilient forest ecosystems are less likely to see uncharacteristically severe wildfires that turn into human and ecological disasters. The USDA Forest…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

First-order fire effects on animals: review and recommendations

Engstrom
Models of first-order fire effects are designed to predict tree mortality, soil heating, fuel consumption, and smoke production. Some of these models can be used to predict first-order fire effects on animals (e.g., soil-dwelling organisms as a result of soil heating), but they…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS