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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Topic
Year
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Furman
[no description entered]
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Swanston
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Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Downer, Harter
[no description entered]
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Anderson, Bailey
Spring fires were conducted in Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. stands to determine the effect of fire on the shrub and associated species. The canopy cover of Symphoricarpos had recovered to the level of unburned stands 3 months after fire. Stem density increased three to five…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Anonymous
[no description entered]
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Viereck, Foote, Dyrness, Van Cleve, Kane, Seifert
Four units totaling 1 hectare in area were burned during the summer of 1976 in the Washington Creek experimental fire site near Fairbanks, Alaska. Original vegetation on the site consisted of an unevenly spaced stand of black spruce approximately 70 years old, with an understory…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Vogl
[no description entered]
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Harvey, Jurgensen, Larsen
[no description entered]
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Prasil
The National Park Service has studied certain areas and intends to continually study other Parks to determine whether or not natural fires will be allowed to burn. It is understood by the Service where natural fires will cause a threat to other land agencies, State or Federal,…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Strang
From the text ... 'At the request of the Provincial government, an ecological examination was carried out between 1966 and 1968, to determine whether afforestation would be practical. The soil and vegetation of the heathlands were examined in detail and compared with adjacent…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Reifsnyder
From the text ... 'One area where great strides can be made is in the climatology of fire weather and its application to fire planning. Recent advances have been made in application of climatology to agriculture, and many of the same principles can be applied to forest fire…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cayford
From the Discussion ... 'It has been shown that a number of research foresters have investigated the use of prescribed burning as a technique for regenerating cut-over jack pine stands and, in general, results have been very promising. However, it has also been shown that…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McRae
An increase in the use of prescribed fire as a forest management tool is anticipated in Ontario where its use is viewed as a viable method of site preparation for regeneration purposes. Literature available on prescribed burning in the jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) logging…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Murray, Northcutt, Countryman
[no description entered]
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Racine
During summer 1977, wildfires burned extensive areas of maritime tundra in the Seward Peninsula. This study was initiated in July 1978 to determine the effects of these fires on tundra soils and vegetation and to establish permanent plots in which to monitor postfire succession…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Methven
The effect of crown damage on mortality of red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) and white pine (Pinus strobus L.) was examined using both controlled temperature laboratory experiments on pine seedlings and prescribed fires in mature pine stands. Laboratory experiments indicated that…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brady
'In improving a system, one has to design the improvements, experiment and redesign, implement the new system, and evaluate it. I am going to discuss the concepts and constraints we encounter in designing improvements to our systems of appraising fire impact on resource values.'
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gruell
Grazing impact by elk and moose has been a point of concern in Jackson Hole for many years. Concern has been primarily directed toward sparsely vegetated south aspects, aspen stands, and willow bottoms. Numerous transects have quantified heavy forage utilization. Trend studies…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Foggin, DeBano
This paper describes the nature of water repellency, factors causing repellency, and geographic implications of findings from recent studies.
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Robinson
Between 1961 and 1963 two balsam fir cutovers were burned under low fire hazard conditions. The treatment eliminated practically all balsam fir advance growth and reduced the quantity of slash and other debris. The reduction was considered sufficient to facilitate the…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lyon, Basile
Road construction and timber harvesting displace elk and grizzly bears at least temporarily. Elk sometimes accept logging disturbances, but usually do not return until harvesting ends. Increased contact between grizzly bears and humans is undesirable. Logging slash may increase…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rappaport
'...Here we shall examine the flow of energy in an agricultural society that practices a mode of gardening known for millenniums, a mode likely to have been the first to enable pioneer farmers to exploit an almost unpopulated part of the world: the humid Tropics...'
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
From the text... 'This initial release of these Guidelines reflects the efforts of the Fire Management Task Force and subsequent review by park, regional and WASO staff. It represents the framework of the Service fire management program. The WASO Office of Fire Management,…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS