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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Wolff
Notes (Do Not Cite): The point-center-quarter and Shafer twig-count methods were used to estimate availabaility of hardwood browse and consumption by moose on the Tanana River flood plain near Fairbanks. In 8- and 15- year -old stands, respectively, 38 and 113 kg/ha of…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Van Cleve
From 'purpose' section: 'The principal objective of research conducted by the Forest Soils Laboratory is to provide information which will aid in understanding selected aspects of tree growth and forest development in the unique environment encountered in subarctic Alaska.…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Description not entered.
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Miller
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lotspeich, Mueller, Frey
From objectives (page 13): 'Objectives of the study were: (1) to develop sufficient understanding of the effects of forest fires on water quality of Alaskan streams so that it may be possible to make rational decisions for allocating manpower and funds for controlling specific…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
LaPerriere
Description not entered.
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kershaw
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Foote
One hundred thirty forest stands ranging in age from 1 month postfire to 200 years were sampled and described by successional series and developmental stage. Patterns of change in the two successional series are described. In addition, 12 mature forest communities are described…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fahnestock
This is an attempt to characterize forest fire fuels in a new way. The immediate purpose is to provide means for recognizing and tentatively evaluating, in the field, the fire spread potential and the crowning potential of fuels on the basis of readily observed characteristics…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Curtis
This report describes the results of an aerial detection survey flown over portions of the Kenai National Moose Refuge and adjacent State and private lands to monitor a previously reported infestation of spruce beetle that has been active for several years and to obtain an up to…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Albini
This paper presents a brief survey of the research literature on wildfire behavior and effects and assembles formulae and graphical computation aids based on selected theoretical and empirical models. The uses of mathematical fire behavior models are discussed, and the general…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Culbertson
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McEwan, Whitehead
The relationship between energy intake and body weight of reindeer and caribou are summarized. The results indicate that caloric intake was 35-45% lower in winter than during the summer growth period. The relation between heat production and body weight also exhibited a…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Maikawa, Kershaw
The postfire recovery sequence in spruce woodland growing on drumlins in the Abitau-Dunvegan Lakes area of the Northwest Territories is described. Four phases are recognized: year 1 to year 20, the Polytrichum phase dominated by P. piliferum, and Lecidea granulosa and L.…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mackay, Mackay
Experiments were carried out during the 1967-1972 period in an attempt to measure cryostatic (frost-induced) pressures by means of soil pressure cells installed in nonsorted circles (mud hummocks) at Inuvik, N.W.T. Although slight soil pressure increases were measured in the…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ferguson
[From first paragraph] Dendrochronology may be defined as the study of the chronological sequence of annual growth rings in trees. The concepts and techniques of the science, as presented here, reflect the work and practice of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Countryman
Wildland fire involves both chemical and physical processes. When wildland fuel burns, its stored chemical energy is converted to thermal energy or heat through complex chemical reactions. But for the reactions to be started, heat must be physically transferred from a firebrand…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fischer, Hardy
Teaches fire tower spotters to recognize dangerous fire weather conditions based upon observation and measurements. Includes instructions on use of various equipments. Contains a complete two-color 'Relative Humidity and Dew Point Table' in the back.
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Brown
Description not entered.
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Loughery, Kelsall
Description not entered.
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Klein
Tundra rangelands of Alaska and northern Canada occupy about 200,000 and 900,000 square miles respectively. The tundra supports far lower numbers of large grazers than other natural areas, averaging less than 100 lb per square mile. Forage quality of tundra plants is high…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hale, Culberson
The 234 genera and 2,735 species reported from the lichen flora of the continental United States and Canada are listed, and a systematic synopsis of the genera by the 47 families recognized is given. New combinations are made in the genera Agrestia, Cladina, Dimelaena, and…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
George, Barney, Sheets
Comparative tests in Alaska of (a) a thickened NH4 phosphate liquid fire retardant (Phos-Check 202) and (b) two liquid concentrate retardants (Fire-Trol 930 and Fire-Trol 934) showed that (b) can be successfully dropped by tanker aircraft on the Alaskan type of forest fuel, but…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McCammon
Fuel moisture at the beginning of the fire season was evaluated by following the seasonal trend of moisture content of large forest fuels under a snowpack. Moisture contents at three sites throughout the period of snow cover provided data for linear regression models. The fuels…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Gillean
An account of a portable system comprising two 6-ft long antennae, a receiver and a plotter which can detect and locate cloud-to-ground lightning strokes within a 200-mile radius. The system worked well in tests in Alaska.
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES