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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Elkie, Rempel
A hierarchy of processes operating at different spatial and temporal scales form landscape pattern, and changes to the patterns can have impacts on habitats and forest dwelling species. Managing landscapes under the auspices of sustainable forest ecosystems and emulation of…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
DeGrosbois, Kershaw, Eton
A homogeneous 4.3-ha area of black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P) forest located 10 km north of Fort Norman, Northwest Territories, was selected for this study. A 25 m wide corridor was cleared in the spring of 1985 to simulate a transport corridor (e.g., winter road,…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Frandsen
Smoldering ground fires spread slowly (about 3 cm h-1) and can raise mineral soil temperatures above 300 degrees C for several hours with peak temperatures near 600 degrees C, resulting in decomposition of organic material and the death of soil organisms. Smoldering ground fire…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Finney
Patterns of disconnected fuel treatment patches that overlap in the heading fire spread direction are theoretically effective in changing forward fire spread rate. The analysis presented here sought to find the unit shape and pattern for a given level of treatment that has the…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Cornelissen, Callaghan, Alatalo, Michelsen, Graglia, Hartley, Hik, Hobbie, Press, Robinson, Henry, Shaver, Phoenix, Jones, Jonasson, Chapin, Molau, Neill, Lee, Melillo, Sveinbjörnsson, Aerts
Summary: (1) Macrolichens are important for the functioning and biodiversity of cold northern ecosystems and their reindeer-based cultures and economies. (2) We hypothesized that, in climatically milder parts of the Arctic, where ecosystems have relatively dense plant canopies,…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Collins, Smith
Various methods were investigated for assessing the relationships between wind-hardened snow (upsik) and forage availability to reindeer. Mean bottom area of individual craters was not a function of depth, hardness or integrated hardness. Individual crater area was partially…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Arseneault
Although behaviour of stand-replacing wildfire has significant impacts on initial tree regeneration in the fire-prone boreal landscape, the unknown behaviour of most past wildfires has precluded any evaluation of these impacts on the progressive development of late-successional…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ballard, Whitman, Reed
Demography, movements, and habitat use of moose (Alces alces) were studied in south-central Alaska from 1976 through early 1996 and historical data were reviewed. Initially this study tested the hypothesis that predation by wolves (Canis lupus) was limiting moose population…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Paré, Bergeron, Longpre
Height growth of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) stands originating from three different disturbance types (fire, clearcut, and tree-fall gap) was compared on two different deposits (glacial till and lacustrine clay) in the Abitibi region in northwestern Quebec…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
White
Monoterpenes, principal components of turpentine, have been shown to be inversely correlated with N mineralization and nitrification rates in ponderosa pine soil, and are suspected to be allelopathic substances causing germintion inhibition or growth regulation. Because…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Swift, Rundel
The annual species occurring after fire in the chaparral can be loosely grouped into two categories. Generalist species are found in disturbed areas other than burns and these species remain a part of the post-fire flora for up to five years. Fire-specialist species only occur…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wilson, Tilman
The interactive effects of fertilization and disturbance on plant community structure and resource availability were studied by supplying four levels of nitrogen and applying four intensities of tilling to a 30 year old field in a factorial design for 2 years.© Springer-Verlag.
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bildstein, Bancroft, Dugan, Gordon, Erwin, Nol, Payne, Senner
Coastal wetlands rank among the most productive and ecologically valuable natural ecosystems on Earth. Unfortunately, they are also some of the most disturbed. Because they are productive and can serve as transporation arteries, coastal wetlands have long attracted human…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Weber
A 20-year-old aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) ecosystem was subjected to two cutting and two burning treatments. Cutting and prescribed burning were carried out on separate areas. One cutting and one burning treatment was applied both before and after spring leaf flush. An…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lobert, Scharffe, Hao, Kuhlbusch, Seuwan, Warneck, Crutzen
Today biomass burning is accepted to be an important source of many trace gases affecting atmospheric chemistry (Crutzen et al., 1979; Cofer et al., 1988a; Radke et al., 1988; Crutzen et al., 1990). Despite its global significance and in contrast to fossil fuel use, where…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wan, Hui, Luo
A comprehensive and quantitative evaluation of the effects of fire on ecosystem nitrogen (N) is urgently needed for directing future fire research and management. This study used a meta-analysis method to synthesize up to 185 data sets from 87 studies published from 1955 to 1999…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Gorham
Boreal and subarctic peatlands comprise a carbon pool of 455 Pg that has accumulated during the postglacial period at an average net rate of 0.096 Pg/yr (1 Pg = 10'5 g). Using Clymo's (1984) model, the current rate is estimated at 0.076 Pg/yr. Longterm drainage of these…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Etiegni, Campbell
Chemical and physical properties are important in the development of processes for the disposal and utilization of wood ash. Ash yield was seen to decrease by approximately 45% as the combustion temperature increased from 538 to 1093 degrees C. Potassium, sodium, zinc and…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Zhuang
Description not entered.
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Harden
From 'background': 'Opportunities to characterize the immediate impact of fire on the biogeochemical cycling of wetland ecosystems including carbon and mental dynamics in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. This fire started on June 20th in the Fort Wainwright military…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Frandsen
Smoldering ground fires can raise mineral soil temperatures above 300°C for several hours with peak temperatures near 600°C. Such temperatures can result in the decomposition of organic material and kill important soil organisms. The heat evolved per unit organic mass was…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS