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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Quinlan, Lehnhausen
From introduction: 'During bird surveys in the spring of 1995 Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) were observed in the silt blanket-floodway habitat of the Chena Lakes Flood Control Project (Quinlan and Lehnhausen 1995) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel have…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Potkin
Forests in the vicinity of the Kenai Peninsula portion of the Chugach National Forest are of special ecological interest because of their transitional nature between coastal and interior forest types. The Continental Interior boreal forest and Maritime Pacific coast ecological…
Year: 1997
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
Lawson, Frandsen, Hawkes, Dalrymple
Wildfires continue to threaten the forest resources of the boreal forest, as well as human life and property in Canada and the State of Alaska. There has been an increased understanding of the natural role of fire in these ecosystems, and prescribed fire is a tool being used…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Holsten
The spruce bark beetle Denaroctonus rutipennis activity levels in sc Alaska have increased to nearly a million acres of 'active' infestation. There have been many questions about the fire danger associated with the different phases of the spruce bark beetle's attack on a forest…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hennon, Harris
Some 680 citations from literature treating Chamaecyparis nootkatensis are listed alphabetically by author in this bibliography. Most citations are followed by a short summary. A subject index is included.
Year: 1997
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
Drury, Wilmore
From objectives: 'To track forest floor moisture over the course of the 1997 fire season in several forest types and geographic locations. Relate these observed moisture predictions obtained using the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System models. Identify thresholds of…
Year: 1997
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
Collins
Willow treatments within exclosures in Tyone Creek and Oshetna River drainages were clipped at 30, 60, and 90 percent to simulate light, medium, and heavy rates of utilizations by moose. Diameter, length, and weight characteristics of feltleaf willow were determined outside…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This paper provides action plans for the following issues with regard to the spruce beetle-impacted forests of southcentral Alaska: 1) fire hazard/fuels buildup; 2) forest resource inventory; 3) reforestation; 4) provide incentives to develop a viable forest industry; 5) protect…
Year: 1997
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
This report explains how the potential for fire hazard increases as a result of spruce bark beetle infestations. Changes in cover type and forest structure as a result of bark beetle-induced tree mortality are discussed.
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kasischke
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This brochure discusses what the Alaskan homeowner can do to help prevent a spruce beetle infestation in their trees and how to reduce fire hazard if they live in a forested area.
Year: 1997
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
Oechel, Callaghan, Gilmanov, Holten, Maxwell, Molau, Sveinbjörnsson
Global warming is likely to have the greatest impact at high latitudes, making the Arctic an important region both for detecting global climate change and for studying its effects on terrestrial ecosystems. The chapters in this volume address current and anticipated impacts of…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Brown
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This KCFAST User's Guide is designed to help you access and use the Kansas City Fire Access Software (KCFAST).
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cohen, Saveland
The wildland-urban interface (W-UI) refers to residential areas surrounded by or adjacent to wildland areas. In recent years, significant W-UI residential fire losses have occurred nationwide in the United States that have focused attention on the principal W-UI problem - losses…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Loughery, Kelsall
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dubois, Stephenson
Plains bison were transplanted from Montana to Alaska in 1928 to establish the Delta bison herd. The initial herd increased steadily and a hunting season was first established in 1950. Fall population size has ranged from 356 to 496 since 1983. Bison began relying on…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chowns, Gates, Lepine
Semi-open prairie preferred by wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) diminishes as vegetation succession progresses from meadow to shrubland and forest. Prescribed burning has been adopted to renew habitat in the Hook Lake and Mackenzie bison ranges in the Northwest Territories (…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Oechel, Vourlitis
The concentration of radiatively active gases such as CO2 and CH4 have increased substantially since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Atmospheric CO2 has increased from the preindustrial level of 270 ppm to the current level of 355 ppm, and is expected to double over…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Novakov, Cachier, Clark, Gaudichet, Macko, Masclet
Biomass burning, one of the most important global sources of particulate matter, produces both airborne particles that may influence global and regional climate, and particles incorporated into sediments that provide records of past local, regional, and global impacts of biomass…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES