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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Young, Allen
Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) is currently and historically has been a serious point of contention among a wide variety of people interested in sagebrush (Artemisia)bunchgrass rangelands. Nowhere are these differences more apparent than in the scientific community. Our purpose…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Adams
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Year: 1960
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Holsten, Burnside
This magazine article provides an update of forest health in Alaska in 1997. Major forest insect pests and diseases are discussed in light of their impacts on the forest. A brief overview of current research is offered.
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zepp, Miller, Tarr, Burke, Stocks
Soil atmosphere fluxes of carbon monoxide (CO) were investigated during BOREAS 1994 (June to September 1994) in forest sites near the northern study area (NSA) of the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS). Fluxes and related ancillary data were measured for both upland…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Yarie
The nitrogen-productivity (N-productivity) concept represents one approach for development of algorithms for expansion from the individual tree stand or landscape levels of estimation of primary production across the Earth's surface. A simple equation based on the N-…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wilde, Krause
Based on an extensive survey of 200 areas and a detailed examination of soil and forest composition and increment on 37 sample plots, a description is given, with profile and data on soil properties, of skeletal (lithosols and regosols), alluvial, melanized raw humus, micro-…
Year: 1960
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Whittle, Duchesne, Needham
Regeneration of plant communities in post-disturbance boreal and sub-boreal ecosystems is discussed with particular reference to current knowledge of buried seeds (soil seed banks) and vegetative propagation, and the importance of the fire regime on plant regeneration. Fire…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Taylor
The line intersect method is usually the most efficient means of assessing the amount of downed woody debris on a site, though fixed-area plots are still used where information on the volume of individual logs and stumps is required. Several standard line intersect sampling…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Saatchi, Rignot
Mapping forest cover types in the boreal ecosystem is important for understanding the processes governing the interaction of the surface with the atmosphere. In this paper, we report the results of the land-cover classification of the SAR (synthetic aperture radar) data acquired…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Robinson
From introduction: 'Alaska has a crucial forest fire problem. Since organized fire control began in 1940, areas burned have averaged 1.2 million acres annually. The largest loss of actual record occurred in 1957 when fires swept over 5 million acres of public lands. It is…
Year: 1960
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pruitt
The conservation of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou, in Manitoba) is discussed. Arboreal and forest floor lichens are major components of caribou diet in the boreal forests (taiga). The major threats to caribou habitat are wild fires and clear felling. Wild fires…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Potter
This paper analyzes data from 339 large wildland fires that occurred in the Continental United States from 1971 through 1984. Each fire burned 1,000 acres (400 ha) or more. Each fire was associated with the nearest upper-air weather station and classified according to its season…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Paragi, Johnson, Katnik
Knowledge of lynx (Lynx canadensis) use of burned areas is desirable to anticipate the effects of fire management in the taiga. During 1991 to 1994 we tested whether L. canadensis and snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) selectively used post-fire seres during winter in the Alaskan…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Packee
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nalder, Wein, Alexander, de Groot
Dead and downed woody fuels in forests are commonly estimated using the line intersect method, which requires appropriate values for specific gravity, piece tilt angle, and piece diameter. We present data for these variables for six commercially important tree species based on…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Niemela
Logging has ecological effects on invertebrates in Fennoscandian boreal forest. Especially affected are species associated with micro-habitats of natural old-growth forest, such as coarse woody debris, large deciduous trees, and patches of wet swamp-forest. Furthermore, the…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Molnar, McMinn
Basal scarring, a conspicuous abnormality of western white pine (Pinus monticola Dougl.) and its associated species in the Interior region of British Columbia, was found to be chiefly attributable to injury by bears, infections of Armillaria mellea (Vahl ex Fr.) Quel., fire,…
Year: 1960
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Roessler
The forests of Tanana River Basin in Interior Alaska have a history of disturbance. Four issues reflecting forest disturbance, important to include in current management strategies for these lands, were researched: (1) disturbance history of the Tanana Valley; (2) Alaska…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rees
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Taylor, Pike, Alexander
The Canadian Forest Fire Behavior System is a systematic method for assessing wildland f1re behavior potential. The guide provides a simplified version of the system, presented in tabular format. It was prepared to assist staff in making first approximations of FBP system…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Saperstein
Plant cover and biomass data were collected on 4 permanent transects on Galena Mountain herd winter range in late summer 1994. Point intercept method was used to determine ground cover; preliminary results showed lichens comprised 39-56% of total ground cover. Point-intercept…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Quinlan, Lehnhausen
From introduction: 'During bird surveys in the spring of 1995 Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) were observed in the silt blanket-floodway habitat of the Chena Lakes Flood Control Project (Quinlan and Lehnhausen 1995) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel have…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Potkin
Forests in the vicinity of the Kenai Peninsula portion of the Chugach National Forest are of special ecological interest because of their transitional nature between coastal and interior forest types. The Continental Interior boreal forest and Maritime Pacific coast ecological…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lutz
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Year: 1960
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lawson, Frandsen, Hawkes, Dalrymple
Wildfires continue to threaten the forest resources of the boreal forest, as well as human life and property in Canada and the State of Alaska. There has been an increased understanding of the natural role of fire in these ecosystems, and prescribed fire is a tool being used…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES