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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Greene, Shilling, Compton
[First paragraph] Prescribed fire is coming to be recognized as a quantitative factor in natural-resource research, but our inability to control environmental and fire-related variables in natural fires has been a major impediment to interpreting research data. To help remove…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Whelan
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Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McRae
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Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mallik, Wein
A Typha marsh community was subjected to draining and seasonal burning treatments to control the growth of emergent aquatics. Treatments resulted in an increase in total number of species after 3 years. Cover and frequency of Aster novi-belgii, Lycopus uniflorus, Epilobium…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Susott, Burgan
This report describes the operation of the fire behavior prediction program available as a Custom Read Only Memory (CROM) for the Hewlett-Packard model 71B handheld calculator. Worked examples are given for each of the 13 program modules, and the inputs and outputs are…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Taylor, Cortner, Gardner, Daniel, Zwolinski, Carpenter
Data from three separate but related surveys address the linkages between recreation and public perception of attitudes toward fire management. Recreation ranks high among alternative forest resource uses and is a serious concern vis-a-vis fire effects. Public acceptance of new…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Zasada, Norum
Broadcast burning following harvesting of flood plain sites in Alaska substantially decreased residual organic material and increased exposed mineral soil. Two forest types were studied: white spruce/alder/feathermoss and white spruce/alder/lingenberry/feathermoss. The latter…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Thomas, Hervieux
Rumen samples from 104 barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) collected in March 1980 and 1981 at 18 sites on the winter range in south-central Northwest Territories (NWT) and northern Saskatchewan were examined microscopically for relative occurrence of plant…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Skogland
Density dependent effects of food limitation on productivity have been documented for >12 species of large ungulates. In wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) a decrease in recruitment rate and adult female body size (although not in adult survival rate) develops in response to…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Shasby, Carneggie
During the past 5 years, the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center Field Office in Anchorage, Alaska has worked cooperatively with Federal and State resource management agencies to produce land-cover and terrain maps for 245…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Parsons, Graber, Agee, van Wagtendonk
An evolving understanding of ecological processes, together with ambiguities in National Park Service policy, have led to multiple interpretations of the role of management in our large natural area National Parks. National Park Service management policies must be dynamic and…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hennon, Shaw
This paper provides a discussion of the most important tree diseases by geographic region in Alaska.
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ford
This dissertation presents results of experiments that studied primary and secondary attraction of beetles to host trees and identified tree and stand characteristics associated with beetle landing and attack, as well as tree mortality, during outbreaks.
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Vernam
Objectives: For marten with home ranges in and adjacent to burned areas: 1) Delineate home ranges, 2) describe habitat use, 3)determine diel activity patterns, and 4)develop an index of microtine prey and berry crop abundance in various habitat types within the study area.
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Steigers, Becker
Willow ranged 40-87% in fecal samples. Dominant component averaging 72%. Resin birch 11%. Mountain cranberry was highly digestible. Individual species of willows browsed by moose in approximate relative proportion to stem density. Birch was a very minor component. High…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Shideler, Robus, Winters, Kuwada
Notes (Do Not Cite): Discusses theories of caribou population dynamics: forage theory, predation theory, and dispersal theory. Provides examples of major changes in caribou distribution and abundance worldwide. Provides literature review on impacts of agriculture, air transport…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Shideler
Notes (Do Not Cite): Overview of oil/gas development in the CAH range, and CAH distribution and movements. Discussion on impacts, including direct habitat loss, harassment, avoidance of developments, disruption of movements, and increase in predation or harvest. Includes…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Magoun, Vernam
Description not entered.
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lieb, Tobey, Eide
As a continuation on the Nelchina caribou range relationships study initiated in 1955 and last reported on in 1972, 38 range stations were examined during the summers of 1977 and 1983. Evaluations of plant species composition, height, percent cover, condition, and use were made…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Holsten
The present infestation is believed to have developed from a combination of factors: 1) large amounts of breeding material resulting from the Rosie Creek Fire and broken tops originating from heavy snowfalls in the 1984-85 winter, and 2) abnormally low snowfall in 1985-86 and…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Billington
Description not entered.
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bryant, Chapin
In this chapter, the authors discuss the role of browsing by mammals upon recruitment of trees and shrubs during plant succession in boreal forests. Radiation, soil temperature, and nutrient availability decline sharply through succession in Alaska, and they are probably the…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Excerpted from preface: 'The information presented in this book is the result of combined research efforts of scientists at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the Institute of Northern Forestry, USDA Forest Service, and the Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zasada
The forests of interior Alaska are used for a variety of consumptive and nonconsumptive uses. Multiple- or single-use management of these forests requires a working knowledge of how these uses affect the sustained yield or availability of a particular product or use. Many biotic…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Yarie
The primary environmental variable that appears to regulate the function and, to some extent, the structure of Alaskan taiga ecosystems is soil temperature (Van Cleve et al. 1983, Van Cleve and Dyrness 1983). The structural and functional changes that occur in relation to…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES