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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Reynolds, Holsten
Stand data from Lutz and Sitka spruce forest types occurring on the Kenai Peninsula were analyzed by tree-based classification and abductive inference to develop decision models for classifying spruce beetle hazard. Model development and validation data sets contained 286 and 88…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Persson
Fire blight was for the first time observed in a pear orchard in southern Sweden in 1986. Since 1989 the disease has spread along the south and west coast with the most frequent number of new outbreaks in 1990. Besides pear, hawthorn, apple, Sorbus aria and Cotoneaster…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Paragi, Johnson, Katnik, Magoun
During 1991-94 we tested whether martens (Martens americana) selectively used postfire seres in the Alaskan taiga and whether selection could be explained by differences in marten hunting behavior, habitat, prey abundance, or demography. Forest seral stages included early-…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nash, Johnson
The coupling of synoptic scale weather conditions with local scale weather and fuel conditions was examined for 2551 fires and 1,537,624 lightning strikes for the May-August fire seasons in 1988, 1989, 1992, and 1993 in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The probability of lightning fire…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Earle, Brubaker, Anderson
The charcoal content of surface and late-Quaternary lake sediments in boreal forests of northcentral Alaska was investigated using an image-analysis procedure that tallied and measured the area of charcoal particles in size classes. Modern sediments were from mud-water…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Stocks, Lawson
Canada's current method of fire danger assessment is known as the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS), which took shape in the late 1960s when the Candian Forest Service (CFS) envisioned a modular design for a national fire danger rating system. The CFFDRS…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Werner, Meeker
The opportunity exists in most forest ecosystems of North America to use prescribed fire to manipulate forest insect pests and associated organisms, including bark beetles. The interactions among fire, forests, and insects are many, complex, and poorly understood.
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sharbaugh
From section titled 'Why are we here?': 'The purpose of the conference is to provide an opportunity for Copper River Basin natural resource managers and researchers, as well as the public, to learn more about the ecology of spruce beetles and the forests they inhabit. The…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Taylor, Sherman
The objectives of this study were to develop estimates of smoke emissions from wild and prescribed fires in B.C. forests during 1981-90, and to compare these with amounts that occurred before European settlement. The prescribed fires included in this study were carried out under…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Swanson
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Swanson
The distribution of fruticose lichens in the upper Kobuk River valley is strongly influenced by soil conditions and disturbance; lichen cover is highest where disturbance is infrequent and poor soil reduce competition by vascular plants. Lichen cover is low on flooded soils as a…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Slaughter
From introduction: 'Fire A482 was located on the Chitanana River, approximately 18 miles south of Tanana, Alaska. The fire started on approximately June 17, 1996. Between June 28 and July 11 it was subject of a fire monitoring program which involved aerial mapping of the fire…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rogers
This review of the disturbance ecology literature, and how it pertains to forest management, is a resource for forest managers and researchers interested in disturbance theory, specific disturbance agents, their interactions, and appropriate methods of inquiry for specific…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schulz
Radial growth of trees surviving a spruce beetle outbreak was assessed for the past 35 years. Evidence of release events was apparent for 28% of the trees in spruce beetle impacted plots, and for 4% of the trees in unimpacted stands. Radial growth was decreasing prior to and…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McKenzie, Peterson, Alvarado
Changes in fire regimes are expected across North America in response to anticipated global climatic changes. Potential changes in large-scale vegetation patterns are predicted as a result of altered fire frequencies. A new vegetation classification was developed by condensing…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt, Fisk
Waterfowl brood surveys were conducted in the Pah River Flats, Alaska during July of 1995. Duck production was not significantly different between plots burned in a 1992 wildfire and unburned plots for the third year following the burn. Fire did not produce any statistically…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hungerford, Frandsen, Ryan
Summarized from introduction and executive summary (do not cite): 'According to the authors, there is a need for managers to be able to predict potential abiotic and biotic fire effects for planned fire prescriptions in order to better fit desired resource objectives. This…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Holsten
Ips-caused tree mortality has declined over the years in the Quartz Creek area. Little or no future mortality is expected in this area. Based on findings from Quartz Creek, continued, but declining spruce mortality can be expected in the Granite Creek area.
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Drury
Objective: Compile and analyze consumption data from low intensity wildfires in interior Alaska. Evaluate effectiveness of sampling methods and preliminary look at feasibility of future collaborative efforts.
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Collins
Timber harvest, scarfication, burning, livestock, various mechanical treatments and an herbicide were tested for their effectiveness in stimulating early successional hardwood production and enhancing wildlife habitat in boreal forest of south-central Alaska. In most mature…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Berg
The Crooked Creek Fire (June 6-13, 1996) burned 17, 510 acres of upland white spruce and lowland black spruce south of Tustumena Lake and east of Ninilchik. The fire burned across Alaska state lands, Native (CIRI) lands, and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. According to the…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bauer
The Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) is the lowest portion of the Earth's atmosphere which is affected significantly by the properties of the Earth's (land or ocean) surface. The ABL may show a large daily variation in wind, temperature, and stability or turbulence. The ABL is…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McKenzie, Peterson, Alvarado
Models of vegetation change in response to global warming need to incorporate the effects of disturbance at broad spatial scales. Process-based predictive models, whether for fire behavior or fire effects on vegetation, assume homogeneity of crucial inputs over the spatial scale…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Kneeshaw, Bergeron
Boreal forest disturbance regimes have changed during the past century, in turn changing regeneration and stand dynamics of these forests. This is occurring at the same time that the forest industry is emphasizing operations that take advantage of pre-established natural…
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Vanderlinden
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES