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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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 history and grassland vegetation: three pollen diagrams from southern British Columbia

Cawker
Recent vegetation change in the grasslands of southern British Columbia is examined using pollen analysis, and the results are compared with documentary records. The increasing dominance of the grasslands after 1890 by Artemisia tridentata and other woody shrubs has often been…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Integrating fire weather programs and fire history to develop fire management prescriptions: Hells Canyon Wilderness, Oregon and Idaho

Mangan
The use of existing fire weather history from computerized data storage libraries, in conjunction with fire use programs and routines, allows the fire planner to develop realistic prescription limits, especially when the use of unplanned ignitions is directed. The integration of…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fire management options in Canada's National Parks

Lopoukhine, White
Fire management in Canada's national parks is facing other alternatives besides traditional suppression. The 1979 Parks Canada Policy permits a full range of options while the Natural Resources Management Process (NRMP) provides the framework by which specific options will be…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The history and pattern of fire in the boreal forest of southeastern Labrador

Foster
The fire history of the wilderness of southeastern Labrador is marked by a patchy distribution of large fires in time and space. During the 110-year period encompassed by this study, major fires occurred in four decades, 1870-1879, 1890-1899, 1950-1959, 1970-1979. From 1900 to…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Heat tolerance of rhizomes of several understory species

Flinn, Pringle
Rhizomes of eight understory species were subjected to treatments of 45, 50, 55 and 60 degrees for 5 min in a water bath. Selecton of thesespecies for study was based on differences in the depth of the rhizomes, in habitat, and in rhizome morphology. Samples were collected from…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

One and one-half centuries of fire in Wood Buffalo National Park

Delisle, Dube
[no description entered]
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Some environmental effects of forest fires in interior Alaska

Eaton, Wendler
The high variablility of burning conditions and fuels, found in Alaskan forest fires, produces an associated complex emission of particulate matter. Histological evidence of some large particles has been found in the forest fire plumes as well as aerosols resulting apparently…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Economic efficiency of fire management on nonfederal forest and range lands

Bellinger, Kaiser, Harrison
An analysis, made by a cost-plus-net-value-change criterion, revealed that the amount of money spent nationwide to achieve an efficient fire protection on nonfederal forest and range lands is appropriate. However, improvements in efficiency can be achieved by increasing the fire…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Human impact on closed boreal forest (taiga)

Hamet-Ahti
[no description entered]
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Managing large fires in British Columbia

Doerksen
[no description entered]
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Indian fires: the fire practices of North American Indians transformed large areas from forest to grassland

Pyne
Description not entered.
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

A statistical study of area burned by wildfire in Canada 1953-1980

Harrington
Description not entered.
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Phytosociology, fire history, and vegetation dynamics of the boreal forest of southeastern Labrador, Canada

Foster
Description not entered.
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Forest and rangeland fire history bibliography

Mastrogiuseppe, Alexander, Romme
This bibliography consists of 520 references of forest and rangeland fire history investigations carried out primarily in North America. References for Australia, Finland, Sweden and other countries are included. Over 70 percent of these studies date from 1970. A geographic…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

A regional approach to fire history in Alaska

Gabriel, Tande
Emphasis is now shifting from statewide forest fire control by one organization to regional fire management by a variety of land owners with varying management goals. This change is accompanied by a growing interest in fire history and a need for statistical data that can be…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Analysis of extreme wildfire behavior in east-central Alberta: a case study

Alexander, Janz, Quintilio
A large region of central and western Canada experienced a particularly severe forest fire season during 1980 in terms of the number of fire starts, area burned, and suppression expenditures. In Alberta, most of the fire occurred during April and May in the northern half of the…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Fire frequencies during the suppression period

Barney, Stocks
Wildfires have been and currently are an important factor in the northern ecosystems of all circumpolar countries. Historical accounts of fires are general and often provide few quantitative data; therefore, we must rely on more recent data from the fire suppression period to…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

The Role of Fire in Northern Circumpolar Ecosystems

Wein, MacLean
A book based on a conference of the same name held 22-24 October, 1979 at the University of New Brunswick. There are 15 chapters, including an introduction by the editors. The remaining 14 chapters are divided into 5 sections: Past and present fire frequencies; Physical effects…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

The post-glacial fire record

Tolonen
Knowledge of the post-glacial fire history assists in understanding ecological questions such as succession and stability of the vegetation mosaic, the dependence of flora on fire, and ecological consequences of fires to lakes and bogs. This information is incorporated in peat…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Fire influences in Abies-dominated forests

Furyaev, Wein, MacLean
Abies-dominated forests have a relatively low fire hazard when compared with vegetation types dominated by Pinus or Picea species. Although large quantities of fuel are present, the humid climate of Abies-dominated areas reduces the probability of fire. When fires occur after…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Decomposition of litter from three major plant species of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata Donn ex Sm.) forest in relation to site fire history and soil type

O'Connel, Menage
Rates of weight loss and release of N, P, K, S, Ca, Mg, Na, and Cl from litter of several species in jarrah (E. marginata Donn ex Sm.) forest were measured in relation to site fire history and soil type. Weight loss from leaf litter decreased in the order jarrah > marri (E.…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS