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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Topic
Year
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Buffington, Herbel
[no description entered]
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Komarek
From the text ... 'In this particular paper, as a fire ecologist, I am not primarily interested in the economic use of fire for man, but rather in the ecological relations of fire to plants, animals, and man in those interesting and sometimes peculiar adjustments, preadaptations…
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mariani
[no description entered]
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Taylor
From the Discussion ... 'This paper has dealt with the lightning effects and influences that cause primary concern in protection of the forest complex -- forest fire, mortality, injury, and damage from insects and diseases. Although it was written within the framework of…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Van Wagner
A series of graphs, tables and maps are presented that form the basis of a revised fire control plan at the Petawawa Forest Experiment Station. Called aids to fire control planning, they are classified into those describing: (a) the pattern of fire weather, (b) the trends in…
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wells
Nonriparian woodlands occur on escarpments and other topographic break throughout the grassland province of central North America. Grassland vegetation is mainly correlated with gently sloping or flat terrain mantled by deep, transported soils of Pleistocene or younger age.…
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Benninghoff
In this paper the kinds of particulate matter of plant origin that can be potentially contributed to the atmosphere are grouped in an expedient classifiction, described in general terms, and evaluated with respect to occurrence and viability above the lowest levels of the…
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simard
This paper analysizes wind speed and direction distributions obtained at nine forestry stations and nine airports across Canada. The effect of differences in the distributions on forest fire danger rating is discussed. The major finding is that forestry stations have a…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Granfelt
'...That man contributed (and continues to contribute) to the incidence of fires on the Great Plains cannot be denied, but the role of lightning should not be overlooked or slighted.'
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Anderson
The Sundance Fire and its impressive run were not due to any new phenomena but the combination of several important factors. Extremely dry fuels and favourable weather conditions existed at the time; the atmospheric winds increased steadily thorughout the day, and the fire did…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Oberle
Discusses (with particular reference to conditions in Alaska) the value of occasional small fires in burning undergrowth and litter to prevent the accumulation of inflammable material and the risk of major damage, the erosion likely to be caused by using bulldozers to make fire…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Komarek
From the Summary: 'I have discussed the reaction and behavior of animals to fire, smoke and the resulting burnt ground along four general lines: (1) Avoidance response to fire and smoke; (2) Animals attracted to fire and smoke; (3) Animals relationships to blackened areas caused…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Larson
This bibliography is a listing of the literature on the subject of fire as it relates to the high latitudes; its occurrence, ecological effects and methods of control. It encompasses forest and tundra fires in far north regions as well as installation and facility fires in polar…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Brown, Rickard, Vietor
The influence of surface cover on thaw penetration in alpine and arctic soils of Alaska was determined. Several manipulated treatments were employed: removal of all vegetation, mulching, shearing and fire. Thaw and subsidence more than doubled on the bare and sheared plots and…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Brown, Rickard
Description not entered.
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Larsen
Describes an investigation between 1959 and 1963 of the relationships between plant communities and climate in the Ennadai Lake area of central N. Canada, with special reference to the abrupt boundary of the Picea mariana forest.
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Worrall
Several methods currently exist for describing the moisture content of an atmosphere or of a material. These are defined and their significance is analyzed. Terms are established and methods of measurement are indicated under varying conditions. Test methods are discussed and…
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS