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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Turner, Dale
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fall
Fire is a prevalent natural disturbance in most of British Columbia's forest ecosystems. Recently, scientists and forest managers have recognized the important role fire plays in regulating forest ecosystems and maintaining biodiversity. In response, B.C. Government initiatives…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
DeBano, Neary, Ffolliott
A comprehensive exploration of the effects of fires-in forests and other environments-on soils, watersheds, vegetation, air and cultural resources.
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Finney
A computer simulation model, FARSITE, includes existing fire behavior models for surface, crown, spotting, point-source fire acceleration, and fuel moisture. The model’s components and assumptions are documented. Simulations were run for simple conditions that illustrate the…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Zoltai, Morrissey, Livingston, de Groot
Boreal peatlands occupy about 1.14 x 106 km2 in North America. Fires can spread into peatlands, burning the biomass, and if moisture conditions permit, burning into the surface peat. Charred layers in peat sections reveal that historically bogs in the subhumid continental…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Young, McCabe
Researchers have debated the effect of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAP) and associated developments to caribou (Rangifer tarandus) of the central Arctic herd (CAH) since the 1970s. Several studies have demonstrated that cows and calves of the CAH avoided the TAP corridor because…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Yarie, Viereck, Van Cleve, Adams
From introduction: 'Forests found on interior Alaskan floodplains are some of the most productive in the taiga (Neiland and Vierick 1978), although they cover only a small portion of the total 45,900,000 ha of boreal forest in the interior Alaska. The high primary productivity…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wells, Lertzman, Saunders
Increased scarcity of old forests of natural origin, and improved understanding of the ways in which they are ecologically distinct, have led to a need for standardized definitions for old-growth forests in British Columbia, Canada. Useful definitions of old growth that are…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Weixelman, Bowyer, Van Ballenberghe
Forage available to and used by the Alaskan moose, Alces alces gigas, during the winter of 1988-1989 on the Kenai Peninsula (Alaska, USA) was evaluated to test the hypothesis that changes in the quality and abundance of browse during winter affected selection of diet. Random…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Weber, Stocks
The boreal forest is the largest forest region in Canada, occupying approximately 315 million ha. Within this forest region the long-term average annual area burned is 1.3 million ha, with extreme fire years being common, and covering up to 7 million ha in a single fire season.…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Stocks
A keynote address from Congress 33 of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa. Forest fire is described as the primary process which organizes the physical and biological attributes of the boreal biome over most of its range, influencing energy flows and biogeochemical cycles,…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stewart, Hogg, Hurdle, Stadt, Tollestrup, Lieffers
The dispersal of white spruce (Picea glauca) seed through trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) forests was investigated by releasing artificial seed (confetti) from different heights on a meteorological tower, and, secondly, by observing the distribution of spruce regeneration…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stephenson, Van Ballenberghe, Peek
A change in the natural disturbance regime on the Copper River Delta, Alaska, has reduced the level of early seral stage vegetation communities suitable for moose (Alces alces) wintereing habitat. Consequently, we evaluated the use of a rotary-axe to increase willow (Salix spp…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Smyth, Dearden
The regulatory performance standards and monitoring requirements that are used to evaluate reclamation success in nine western North America jurisdictions were reviewed. Ecosystem-based reclamation monitoring, a crucial part of regulatory enforcement and adaptive environmental…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Smith, Munson, Coyea
In the black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) forests which span North America, low annual temperatures, high nitrogen and phosphorus absorption by feathermosses and small litter inputs contribute to reduced annual N and P transformation rates in soils of these ecosystems. In…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nalder, Wein
We described an effective and inexpensive device for sampling forest floors. It is based on a rechargeable, battery-powered drill that drives a sharpened steel coring tube. The corer is simple to fabricate, is lightweight (3.5 kg) and can be used easily by one person to obtain…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Tsvetkov, Prokushkin, Sorokin, Kaverzina, Sorokina, Tsvetkova
The impact of surface fires on the thermal and trophic conditions of forest soils is studied in burnt areas of larch (Larix gmelinii) forest in the northern taiga zone of central Siberia. The duration of the regeneration period on burnt areas is also examined and viability of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Murphy, Lehnhausen
Throughout its geographic range, the black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) is rare and appears very similar in its foraging ecology to 2 broadly sympatric congeners, the three-toed (P. tridactylus) and hairy woodpecket (P cillosus. The purposes of our study were to test…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Eastwood, Plummer, Wyatt, Stocks
Boreal forests cover 10% of the land surface and experience wide ranges of temperature and precipitation. In many parts of the boreal zone, fire drives vegetation succession, landscape dynamics and carbon cycling. Global climate change may affect the frequency and size of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Crites, Dale
We examined the effects of woody substrate and stand age on diversity and relative abundance of bryophytes, lichens, and fungi in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) mixedwood boreal forests in Alberta. Point sampling was carried out on surfaces of downed woody material…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Welbourn
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dissing, Verbyla
Preliminary results of this study was highlighted in the December 12th, 1998 issue of the New Scientist Magazine (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16021643.900.html): The majority of the circumpolar region is covered by boreal forest. Boreal forest is the second largest…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Simmerman, Smith, Miller, Howard
The Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) is a computerized encyclopedia that summarizes the general ecology and effects of fire on more than 1,000 plant and animal species and plant communities. These 'summaries' synthesize current information in an easy-to-use format and…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Juday, Ott, Valentine, Barber
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Boreal forest regeneration dynamics: Modeling early forest establishment patterns in interior Alaska
Ecological processes are responsible for vegetation trajectory within the boreal forest landscape of interior Alaska. The reproductive response of boreal forest to disturbance controls vegetation trajectory. Boreal forest reproduction dynamics are influenced by both biotic and…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES