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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Challenge address: fire in wilderness and park management

Jolly
The challenge for resource managers is to understand and appreciate the wilderness resource. We must embrace a philosophy that allows natural fire to play its natural role, within social and political realities. As we alter the natural processes, we alter the very essence of…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Savanna Concepts revisited [letter to the editor]

Anderson
[no description entered]
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fire and wetland management

Lugo
A conceptual ecosystem model illustrates principles of ecosystem management in wetlands. Wetlands are excellent systems for the development of ecosystem management principles because they are relatively simple ecosystems and respond quickly to changes in their environment. The…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

It's too late for fire alone to work

Barrett
[no description entered]
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Management considerations for controlling smooth brome in fescue prairie

Grilz, Romo
Smooth brome (Bromus inermis Leyss.), an introduced perennial grass is an aggressive invader of prairie dominated by plains rough fescue (Festuca altaica Trin. subsp. hallii [Vasey] Harms). We (1) compared richness and density of plant species in brome and fescue stands that…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Secondary succession in disturbed Pinus-Quercus forests in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico

Gonzalez-Espinosa, Quintana-Ascencio, Ramirez-Marcial, Gaytan-Guzman
We present floristic and structural data on seral plant communities (Old-Field, Grassland, Shrubland, and Early Successional, Mid-Successional, and Mature Forest) resulting from the current land use pattern in the Pinus-Quercus forests in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. The…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Restoring the land

Richards
Using the best available technology is a key in preventing environmental problems, rather than fixing them later.
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Determinants of plant distribution

Richardson, Bond
The question of which factors limit the occurrence of a plant species to a particular site is addressed by considering 53 cases in which the distribution of pines (Pinus species: Pinaceae) has changed in the last century. We consider expansions of pines in and adjacent to their…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fire research and the global village

Weber
International fire research activities, priorities, constraints and opportunities are examined from a late 20th century vantage point. Recent accomplishments in computer technology are identified as the single most important phenomenon responsible for the advancement of the…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Fire in the forest

Saveland
From ancient philosophies to present day science, the ubiquity of change and the process of transformation are core concepts. The primary focus of a recent white paper on disturbance ecology is summed up by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who stated, "Nothing is permanent but…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Variable fire regimes on complex landscapes: ecological consequences, policy implications, and management strategies

Christensen
[From introduction] What are the proper fire regimes for our diverse wilderness ecosystems? How and why have the frequency and behavior of fire changed through time? How have human activities such as a century of fire exclusion, landscape fragmentation, and alteration of…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Wastewater treatment and habitat availability in a created freshwater wetland (Florida)

Burney, Buhler
[no description entered]
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The mismanagement of the national forests

Knize
[no description entered]
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Economics: Costing out restoration

King
The transition of restoration from a science, craft and labor of love to a business raises questions about ecological values and economic costs. An environmental economist summarizes some problems and offers a framework for evaluating the costs and expected results of…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Causes and ecosystem consequences of multiple pathways of primary succession at Glacier Bay, Alaska

Fastie
The classic account of primary succession inferred from a 220-yr glacial retreat chronosequence at Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska was compared to reconstructions of stand development based on tree-ring records from 850 trees at 10 sites of different age. The three oldest…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES