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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Viereck
Fire in black spruce ecosystem of northern Canada and Alaska is characterized by large and frequent fires that usually kill the overstory trees and most, if not all, of the vegetation above ground. Most species within the black spruce ecosystem show adaptations to fire, and…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Van Wagner
This chapter begins with a review of northern fuels and fire behaviour, and stresses the general uniformity of all spreading fires in vegetation, the two limiting criteria being the rate of forward heat transfer and fuel quality. Five classes of fire and examples are listed with…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Tolonen
Knowledge of the post-glacial fire history assists in understanding ecological questions such as succession and stability of the vegetation mosaic, the dependence of flora on fire, and ecological consequences of fires to lakes and bogs. This information is incorporated in peat…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Rowe
Plants are assumed to adapt to fire regime. The recurrence intervals and spatial patterns of fires in the boreal forest, plus the ubiquitousness of most plants, render it unlikely that species-wide adaptations to burning regimes of particular sizes, timings, and intensities can…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
MacLean, Woodley, Weber, Wein
Patterns of undisturbed nutrient cycling in northern ecosystems and the impact of fire on nutrient cycling are reviewed and discussed. The various effects of fire on ecosystem nutrient cycling may be broadly subdivided into (1) nutrient redistribution during fire, and (2)…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Furyaev, Wein, MacLean
Abies-dominated forests have a relatively low fire hazard when compared with vegetation types dominated by Pinus or Picea species. Although large quantities of fuel are present, the humid climate of Abies-dominated areas reduces the probability of fire. When fires occur after…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Fox
Changes in the ecology of small-mammal and bird communities during post-fire succession are reviewed for the North American boreal forest and tundra. Data from the literature are summarized systematically, emphasizing comparison of the community properties of small-mammals and…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Chistjakov, Kuprijanov, Gorshkov, Artsybashev
Fire characteristics and fire suppression techniques are described for undisturbed peatlands, fields being harvested for peat, and peat stockpiles in northwestern USSR. In undisturbed peatland or peatfields, fires are most commonly caused by forest fires. In peat harvesting…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hard, Werner, Holsten
Twenty-five variable sample plots were examined in mature white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) stands, in southcentral Alaska. These stands, located in the Canyon Creek - Quartz Creek valley on the Kenai Peninsula, have been infested by spruce beetle, Dendroctonus…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Densmore, Zasada
Seeds of the 24 common Salix species of the Alaskan boreal forest and tundra were set to germinate in laboratory and field experiments, and seed dispersal times were observed. During the growing season, 16 species disperse short-lived, nondormant seeds. At the end of the growing…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dyrness, Norum
Seven units (about 2 ha each) of black spruce-feather moss forest were experimentally burned over a range of fuel moisture conditions during the summer of 1978. Surface woody fuels were sparse and the principal carrier fuel was the forest floor (largely mosses and their…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Campbell, Hinkes
The North American bison (Bison bison) was common in Alaska until 200 to 300 years ago (Skinner and Kaisen 1947, McDonald 1978). Reasons for its extripation are not known although climate and habitat changes may have played a major role. The species was reintroduced to Alaska in…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bergerud, Nolan, Curnew, Mercer
The Avalon Peninsula caribou (Rangifer tarandus) herd in Newfoundland increased from 720 animals in 1967 to 3,000 animals in 1979, a mean rate of increase of r=0.12. The mean adult sex ratio was 39 males: 61 females and 73% of females were parous. Calf recruitment averaged 25%…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
DeJong, Klinkhamer
In this paper, a simulation model is presented for nutrient cycling in heathland ecosys- tems. The results of simulations are compared with field data of phosphorus and nitrogen accumulation in different compartments of the system in the years after burning, given in the…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Feller
'Two studies were undertaken. An initial study in 1974 produced results that indicated significant losses of nitrogen and some other elements. The study was repeated 1981 as a check on the results of the 1974 burn, and to provide an assessment of the methods used in the first…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Dyrness, Norum
Seven units (about 2 ha each) of black spruce - feather moss forest were experimentally burned over a range of fuel moisture conditions during the summer of 1978. Surface woody fuels were sparse and the principal carrier fuel was the forest floor (largely mosses and their…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
O'Connel, Menage
Rates of weight loss and release of N, P, K, S, Ca, Mg, Na, and Cl from litter of several species in jarrah (E. marginata Donn ex Sm.) forest were measured in relation to site fire history and soil type. Weight loss from leaf litter decreased in the order jarrah > marri (E.…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Auclair
Unique aspects of fire in lichen tundra and forest-tundra were enumerated. The very high inherent fire susceptibility is related to the presence of lichens and shrubs. Lichens are predisposed to burning by virtue of continuous distribution on the soil surface, high surface-…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Artsybashev
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McMahon
Forest fires can be divided into two broad classes-wildfires and prescribed fires. Wildfires, whether caused by nature (lightning, etc.) or by the accidental or malicious acts of man, are not planned by forest managers and do not occur under controlled conditions. They can be…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS