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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Klinka, Carter, Feller
Two closely related, critical decisions in forest management are: (1) selecting the best tree species to regenerate on a given site, and (2) devising the most appropriate method of cutting an old-growth stand with its regeneration in mind. Both decisions presume knowledge of a…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Keane, Arno, Brown
A successional process model has been adapted for use with species from ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests of the inland Northwest. Its design allows modification for application to other forest types. This model, FIRESUM, simulates tree establishment, growth, and mortality,…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mutch
Recent wildland fires in Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Mexico, the Soviet Union, and the United States have been threatening people and natural resources with increasing severity. The May 1987 wildfire in northeastern China, for example, reportedly burned more than 2…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lee
Soil degradation is caused by certain types and degrees of soil disturbance resulting from forest harvesting activities. This soil degradation is known to reduce future productivity of trees. The present method of survey to determine the extent and severity of soil disturbance…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Yarie, Van Cleve, Schlentner
Two thinning and fertilization studies, the first in 1969 and the second in 1971, were established to evaluate the question of nutrient limitation to tree growth and the consequences of stand manipulation of soil moisture supply. Fertilizer was applied yearly for the first 5…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Van Cleve, Oechel, Hom
This paper reports results of a study designed to examine the control that soil temperature exerts on soil processes associated with nutrient flux, and in turn, on tree nutrition in interior Alaska black spruce ecosystems. Approximately 50 m2 of forest floor in a 140-year-old…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Robinson, Jandt
Description not entered.
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Percival, Noste
Briefly discusses fire-fighting problems in interior Alaska, and describes the successful use there, for water-dropping, of helicopters equipped with special buckets that can be filled from ponds or lakes while the aircraft is hovering. Several sizes of helicopter and bucket…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Quintilio
This paper offers some insights into the field approach to conducting experimental forest fires based on two decades of experience dealing with a wide variety of fuel types, burning conditions, and resultant fire behavior. The practical aspects involved in designing a study area…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Schwartz
This is a typed version of the speech given. This report discusses how timber wildlife species are associated with different forest stands, forest succession in general, and the relationship between a few species and forest succession.
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wright
[from the text] The general effect of fire on shrubs should always be considered in relation to the ecological potential of a community. In grasslands, shrubs have a difficult time maintaining a dominant position due to competition from healthy grasses, droughts, and occasional…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
A collection of papers, including: History of fire in North America (G.F. White; 24 ref.); Fire as an ecological factor in boreal forest ecosystems of Canada (G.W. Scotter; 57 ref.); The significance of forest fires in Mexico (J. Vasquez Soto); Perspective on fire and ecosystems…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Noste
Description not entered.
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nellerman
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jansen
Notes (Do Not Cite): 'Fire has played an important role in the boreal forest of the Northwest Territories. It is clear that by applying fire to the landscape, early nomadic man was able to manipulate the surrounding forest habitat. At the turn of the century, these traditional…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cater
Description not entered.
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Yates
This evaluation concludes that more hemlock sawfly defoliation can be expected to occur in 1973 in the Ward Lake area. Saddle-backed looper is at endemic levels at Connell Lake. If the summer of 1973 is warmer than normal we can expect both the sawfly and the black-headed…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zasada
Reports a study between 1958 and 1963 in four stands of Betula papyrifera, in which seed-fall was sampled with traps constructed from tractor funnels. From the yields of viable seed in this and other studies, it is inferred that seed crops adequate for natural regeneration of…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Viereck, Little
This text describes and illustrates the native woody plants in Alaska. From introduction: 'This handbook covers all Alaska from the narrow southestern coastal region along the Pacific Ocean west and southwest through the long chain of the Aleutian Islands, and north through the…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Reports promising results of trials in 1969-71 on the use of cloud 'seeding' to increase rainfall up-wind of active forest fires [cf. FA 34, 2932]. Of 18 missions flown, 'non-seedable' conditions were observed near the target fire on 6 occasions. Of the other 12 missions, 2…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Suter, Gillingham
Abstract notes, do not cite: Willow had overcompensatory growth responses to biomass removal. While growth increased and remained high at all clipping treatment levels, tannin production initially increased at moderate levels of clipping and decreased after repeated clipping…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rothermel
The development of a mathematical model for predicting rate of fire spread and intensity applicable to a wide range of wildland fuels is presented from the conceptual stage through evaluation and demonstration of results to hypothetical fuel models. The model was developed for…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Roberts-Pichette
Description not entered.
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rieger, Furbush, Schoephorster, Summerfield, Geiger
Soils of the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed (41.5 sq mi), central Alaska, were mapped by standard soil conservation service (USDA) methods. Seven soil series were recognized. Bradway silt loams, Ester silt loams, Karshner silt loams and Saulich silt loams, all underlain…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Reynolds
A total of 5,597 photo points was systematically located on 1:60,000-scale high altitude photographs of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska; photo interpretation was used to classify the vegetation at each grid position. Of the total grid points, 12.3 percent were classified as…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES