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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Olson, Dinerstein, Wikramanayake, Burgess, Powell, Underwood, D'amico, Itoua, Strand, Morrison, Loucks, Allnutt, Ricketts, Kura, Lamoreux, Wettengel, Hedao, Kassem
The tapestry of life on Earth is unraveling as humans increasingly dominate and transform natural ecosystems. Scarce resources and dwindling time force conservationists to target their actions to stem the loss of biodiversity-a pragmatic approach, given the highly uneven…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Arno, Allison-Bunnell
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Arno, Allison-Bunnell
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kull
From the text ... 'Madagascar is aflame. Every year, fires consume up to half of the island's vast grasslands and thousands of square kilometers of its rainforests and secondary brush.... Madagascar's fire problem is a source of long-standing conflict between the sate and the…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gandhi, Spence, Langor, Morgantini
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mangan
From the text ... 'This article discusses factors that are critical to both firefighters and fire managers in ensuring a safe and productive workforce. First, it discusses such items as the work environment, the firefighter workforce, physical fitness, nutrition, work/rest…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Legare, Bergeron, Leduc, Paré
Variation in canopy composition can influence ecosystem processes, such as nutrient cycling and light transmittance, even when environmental soil conditions are similar. To determine whether forest cover type influences species composition of the understory vegetation (herbs and…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
From the text ... 'Federal, state, tribal and local governments are making unprecedented efforts to reduce the buildup of fuels and restore forests and rangelands to healthy conditions. Yet, needless red tape and lawsuits delay effective implementation of forest health projects…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Timoney, Lee
Economic growth is frequently touted as a cure for environmental ills, particularly for those in Third World countries. Here we examine that paradigm in a case study of Alberta, Canada, a wealthy, resource-rich province within a wealthy nation. Through provincial-scale datasets…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Slik, Verburg, Kebler
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Arno, Allison-Bunnell
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sulyma, Coxson
Pine-lichen woodlands in north-central British Columbia show a long period of successional development where reindeer lichens (Cladina spp.) dominate plant cover at the forest floor surface. However, in mid- to late-successional stands lichen cover is replaced in a mosaic of…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simberloff
A plethora of new concepts for managing production forests so as to preserve biodiversity have found their way into management procedures without much testing to make them most effective. The general framework for a new approach has, in most regions, been ecosystem management,…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Nowak, Kershaw, Kershaw
Postfire development of cover and diversity was studied in an upland Picea mariana-dominated forest in theCanadian Subarctic. Short-term vegetation responses of 10- and 22-year-old cleared rights-of-way and a forest site were investigated two and three growing seasons after a…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alexander
The International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment (ICFME) was a major project of Canadian Forest Service fire research carried out in collaboration with the Government of the Northwest Territories’ Forest Management Division near the community of Fort Providence from 1995-2001.…
Year: 2001
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Pyne
Here, in one concise book, is the essential story of fire. Noted environmental historian Stephen J. Pyne describes the evolution of fire through prehistoric and historic times down to the present, examining contemporary attitudes from a long-range, informed perspective. Fire: A…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pyne
The thrilling story of the most important firefighting efforts in the last 100 years as told by fire expert Stephen Pyne. Pyne relates the similarities between the vast fires of summer 2000 with the Great Fires of 1910 that swept across the northwest, destroying towns, killing…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stambaugh, Muzika, Guyette
The Eck Memorial Natural Area is the largest old-growth shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) forest in Missouri, USA. The objectives of this study were to characterize vegetation, examine historic and contemporary disturbances, and describe potential vegetation changes for this…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hardy, Hermann, Core
From the text...'Advanced smoke management programs evaluate individual and multiple burns; coordinate all prescribed fire activities in an area; consider cross-boundary (landscape) impacts; and weigh decisions about fires against possible health, visibility, and nuisance…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Vasiliauskas, Chen
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simons, Schwab, Otto
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sánchez-Velásquez, Ezcurra, Martínez-Ramos, Álvarez-Buylla, Lorente
Summary1. Zea Diploperennis is a wild relative of maize that is endemic to the Sierra de Manantlan Biosphere Reserve in Mexico. Because this species is a priority for conservation in the reserve, the effects on its populations of the most common types of anthropogenic…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Catling, Sinclair, Cuddy
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simoneit
Biomass combustion is an important primary source of particles with adsorbed biomarker compounds in the global atmosphere. The introduction of natural product organic compounds into smoke occurs primarily by direct volatilization/steam stripping and by thermal alteration based…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bergeron, Leduc, Harvey, Gauthier
The combination of certain features of fire disturbance, notably fire frequency, size and severity, may be used to characterize the disturbance regime in any region of the boreal forest. As some consequences of fire resemble the effects of industrial forest harvesting,…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS