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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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
Bird censuses were conducted in five study plots chosen to represent different successional stages of white spruce forest following fire. A 9-yr-old burn supported only half the number of breeding species and 60% fewer breeding birds than found in mature forests. The area burned…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nodler, LaPerriere, Klein
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Neiland
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Turner, Lawson
Weather elements affecting the calculation of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) are described. How to choose an adequate weather station site for fire danger rating observations, how to expose each weather instrument correctly, and the consequences of errors in…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Miller
The wildlife studies found herein were conducted during the summer of 1978 by members of the Forest Wildlife staff stationed in Seward, Alaska. Their purpose was to analyze the affects of past wildfires and the present Chugach-Moose Fire Programs prescribed burning operations.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Machida
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lyon, Crawford, Czuhai, Fredriksen, Harlow, Metz, Pearson
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Lenhausen
Samples of hardwood browse were collected on two burned areas to estimate CAG and total biomass. Current annual growth was determined by measuring from tip of twig to first bud scar. Samples were dried in an over for 20-24 hours at 100-105 deg C before being weighed in biomass…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Klein
This study developed out of concern of the well-being of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd associated with increasing human utilization and waste, suggestions of past range overstocking, increased exploration and development activities on the calving and summering grounds,…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kane, Seifert, Taylor
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hall, Brown, Johnson
During the summer of 1977 widespread fires occurred in northwest Alaska. Through the use of Landsat imagery and ground studies, one such fire, at Kokolik River, was examined. The Kokolik fire was first reported on 26 July, and by the time it was extinguished had consumed 44 km2…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Davis, Shideler, LeResche
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Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chrosciewicz
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Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fischer
This report provides an index to the contents of the IS-volume Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conferences held annually from 1962-1974. All of the papers published in the Proceedings are listed by author, date, and title. The contents of these papers can be…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barney, Noste, Wilson
Rates of spread of wildfires were measured for different directions in various fuel types and various weather conditions in the fire seasons of 1969, 1970 and 1971. The rate of spread curves were compared with those predicted by the National Fire-Danger Rating System. The…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McBride
About 2.3 million acres were burned by wildfires in Alaska in 1977, an exceptionally bad year when the reversal of normal patterns of rainfall caused an unusually dry August. Major fires are described and the ways in which they were tackled are outlined. Resource Impact Advisory…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mackay
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Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Leader-Williams
Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) were introduced into South Georgia in 1911 and 1925, and now form 3 herds. Each herd was at a different stage of an irruptive oscillation when they were studied during 1972-76. The Barff herd had declined in numbers since about 1958, the Royal Bay…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
LaPerriere, Lent, Gasaway, Nodler
Vegetation type maps covering approximately 13 million ha of east-central Alaska were made using Landsat multispectral scanner data to analyze moose (Alces alces) habitat. Modified clustering techniques were used: the clustering method has significant advantage over other…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kryuchkov
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Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Krider, Noggle, Pifer, Vance
Extensive networks of magnetic direction-finding (DF) stations have been installed throughout the western United States and Alaska to facilitate early detection of lightning-caused fires. Each station contains a new wideband direction-finder that responds primarily to cloud-to-…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Brown, Johnston, Van Cleve
Mineral exploration, mining, pipeline construction, recreation, and other activities are accelerating on alpine and arctic ecosystems in North America. These ecosystems are threatened with severe disruption; in some areas, esthetic, watershed, and wildlife habitat values have…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sylvester
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Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kelleyhouse
From introduction: 'Several recent studies have stressed the role of lightning-caused wildfires as a natural ecological force in northern coniferous forests (Lutz 1956, Viereck 1973). The diversity of vegetation types and wildlife species that presently occurs in Alaska is…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES