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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Gralewicz, Nelson, Wulder
Wildfires are expected to increase as a result of climate change. In order to effectively manage and monitor climate-induced changes in Canadian forests, a national-scale understanding of factors influencing wildfire susceptibility is necessary. The goal of this study is to…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Kolden, Lutz, Key, Kane, van Wagtendonk
For decades, wildfire studies have utilized fire occurrence as the primary data source for investigating the causes and effects of wildfire on the landscape. Fire occurrence data fall primarily into two categories: ignition points and perimeter polygons which are used to…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Thomas, Butry
Each year, wildland fires threaten structures and occupants of the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Currently, wildfire ignition estimates largely exclude ignitions originating within municipal jurisdictions, which contain the majority of the US population. The objective of this…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rocha, Loranty, Higuera, Mack, Hu, Jones, Breen, Rastetter, Goetz, Shaver
Recent large and frequent fires above the Alaskan arctic circle have forced a reassessment of the ecological and climatological importance of fire in arctic tundra ecosystems. Here we provide a general overview of the occurrence, distribution, and ecological and climate…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barnes
The Alaska Fire Science Consortium's "In a Time of Change: The Art of Fire" is a visual art project designed generate excitement, facilitate mutual understanding and promote meaningful dialogue on issues related to fire science and society. The interaction between artists, fire…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Arino, Casadio, Serpe
Global night-time fire counts for the years from 1995 to 2009 have been obtained by using the latest version of Along Track Scanning Radiometer Top of Atmosphere radiance products (level 1B), and related trends have been estimated. Possible biases due to cloud coverage…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mann, Rupp, Olson, Duffy
Many boreal forests grow in regions where climate is now warming rapidly. Changes in these vast, cold forests have the potential to affect global climate because they store huge amounts of carbon and because the relative abundances of their different tree species influence how…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Modeling large fire frequency and burned area in Canadian terrestrial ecosystems with Poisson models
Large wildland fires are major disturbances that strongly influence the carbon cycling and vegetation dynamics of Canadian boreal ecosystems. Although large wildland fires have recently received much scrutiny in scientific study, it is still a challenge for researchers to…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Weng, Luo, Wang, Wang, Hayes, McGuire, Hastings, Schimel
Disturbances have been recognized as a key factor shaping terrestrial ecosystem states and dynamics. A general model that quantitatively describes the relationship between carbon storage and disturbance regime is critical for better understanding large scale terrestrial…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Impact of wildfire on the thermal behavior of northern peatlands: observations and model simulations
Wildfire represents the single largest disturbance to the ecohydrological function of northern peatlands. Alterations to peatland thermal behavior as a result of wildfire will modify the carbon balance of these important long-term global carbon stores and regulate post-fire…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Boateng, Heineman, Bedford, Nemec, McClarnon, Powelson
We examined the effects of various mechanical site preparation methods and windrow burning on container-grown planted lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) survival and growth for 20 years after treatment at a sub-boreal site in north-central British Columbia, Canada.…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Harden, Manies, O'Donnell, Johnson, Frolking, Fan
Post-fire storage of carbon (C) in organic-soil horizons was measured in one Canadian and three Alaskan chronosequences in black spruce forests, together spanning stand ages of nearly 200 yrs. We used a simple mass balance model to derive estimates of inputs, losses, and…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
O'Halloran, Law, Goulden, Wang, Barr, Schaaf, Brown, Fuentes, Göckede, Black, Engel
Forest disturbances are major sources of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, and therefore impact global climate. Biogeophysical attributes, such as surface albedo (reflectivity), further control the climate-regulating properties of forests. Using both tower-based and remotely…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gartner, Treseder, Malcolm, Sinsabaugh
Saprotrophic microbes are typically credited with producing extracellular enzymes that recycle organic matter, though roots and mycorrhizal fungi also can contribute and may compete with the saprotrophs. We examined extracellular enzyme activity associated with the…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lavoie, Mack
In this study we characterized spatial heterogeneity of soil carbon and nitrogen pools, soil moisture, and soil pH of the first 15 cm of the soil profile; depth of the organic horizon; forest floor covers; and understory vegetation abundances in three sites (1999, 1987 and 1920…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS