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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Marples
Description not entered.
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Boles
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zepp, Burke
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sukachev
Contains information about carbon storage in the vegetation, soils, and peatlands of Russia. Estimates of carbon storage in forests are derived from statistical data from the 1988 national forest inventory of Russia and from other sources. Methods are presented for converting…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
See
The Kenai Peninsula is in the midst of a large spruce beetle infestation affecting approximately 2 million acres of forest lands. This forest land is owned by the State of Alaska, municipalities, private entities, and the Federal Government. The state and federal lands are…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pinnock, Prins, Rasmussen, Roy, Stocks
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ottmar, Vihnanek
Two series of stereo photographs display a range of natural conditions and fuel loadings in black spruce and white spruce ecosystems in Alaska. Each group of photos includes inventory information summarizing vegetation composition, structure and loading, woody material loading…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
LaBau
Of the 1.2 million acres evaluated with photo and ground plots, about 517,000 acres were forested. 33% were in high impact areas, 23.7% in moderate impact areas and 19.7% in low impact areas. Approximately 15% of the 1992 growing stock are now dead. The greatest mortality…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jewkes
From introduction: 'When the federal government used the military to fight fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1886 it marked the beginning of wildland fire suppression in the United States. Organized fire suppression in Alaska began over fifty years after the emergence of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt
Preliminary findings of habitat use patterns for the Ray Mountains caribou (Rangifer tarandus) herd were determined from three years of radiotelemetry observations. Caribou calving was concentrated in open south-sloping plateaus between Mt. Tozi and the Tozitna River. Most of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Elzinga, Salzer, Willoughby
This technical reference applies to monitoring situations involving a single plant species, such as an indicator species, key species, or weed. It was originally developed for monitoring special status plants, which have some recognized status at the Federal, State, or agency…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Drury
From introduction: 'The natural aspect of fire in black spruce forests is widely accepted, however much disagreement and confusion exists as to the nature of fire and the possible uses of fire and fire suppression in land management practices. Fire is a very important…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dubois
From background: 'The Copper River bison herd originated from animals relocated from the National Bison Range in Moise, Montana to Delta Junction, Alaska in 1928. In 1950 17 bison were moved from the Delta herd to the Nabesna Road in northern Game Management Unit 11. These bison…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Conard, Davidenko
Boreal forests and woodlands comprise about 29% of the world's forest cover. About 70% of this forest is in Eurasia, mostly in the Russian Federation. Boreal forests contain about 45% of the world's growing stock and are an increasingly important part of global timber production…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bulmer, Schmidt, Kishchuk, Preston
In an experiment in the McGregor Model Forest near Prince George, British Columbia, soil properties and white spruce [Picea glauca] growth were studied on sites that were clearcut during the 1970s and early 1980s and were subsequently site prepared with either blade…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Brown, Eavey, Greenfield, Itsweire, Janetos, Kaye, Leetmaa, Levy, MacCracken, Meredith, Mortensen, Moss, Piltz, Schiffer
Our Changing Planet: The FY 1999 Global Change Research Program is a report to Congress supplementing the President's FY99budget, pursuant to the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The report describes the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP); presents highlights of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Messier, Parent, Bergeron
The percentage of above-canopy photosynthetic photon flux density (%PPFD) was measured at 0.50 and 100 cm above the forest floor and above the main understorey vegetation in virgin stands of (1) pure Betula papyrifera (white birch, deciduous), (2) pure Populus tremuloides (…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
MacKinnon, Vold
We analyzed more than 7,000 1:20,000-scale forest cover maps for British Columbia to determine the amount of old-growth forest in the Canadian province. For this exercise, ''old growth'' was defined as: forests on the coast > 250 years old; and forests in the interior >…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lynham, Wickware, Mason
In 1975 and 1976, an experimental burning programme was conducted in an immature stand of boreal jack pine (Pinus banksiana) growing on level, granitic outwash sands in northern Ontario, Canada. Nine 0.4-ha plots were burned under a range of fire weather conditions and sampling…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lenihan, Daly, Bachelet, Neilson
Simulating the impact of fire in a broad-scale Dynamic Vegetation Model (DGVM) used for global change impact assessments requires components and concepts not part of existing fire modeling systems. The focus shifts from fire behavior and danger at the small scale to the system-…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kneeshaw, Burton
We present a practical approach for the assessment of old-growth status that is consistent with stand development theory, namely that a true old-growth stage is achieved when internal stand regeneration processes have led to the replacement of individuals recruited immediately…
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
Interagency Fire Management Plans (IFMPs) for thirteen geographic areas of the state were prepared under the oversight of the Alaska Interagency Fire Management Council between 1980 and 1988 to provide a coordinated and cost effective approach to fire management on all lands in…
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
Butler
There is no question that fire has been and will continue to be one of Mother Nature's major land management tools. What is in question, is the ability of humans to responsibly and safely develop the ability to interact with and use fire. Fundamental fire research focuses on…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES