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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Buchholz, Hurteau, Gunn, Saah
The potential greenhouse gas benefits of displacing fossil energy with biofuels are driving policy development in the absence of complete information. The potential carbon neutrality of forest biomass is a source of considerable scientific debate because of the complexity of…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Luo, Yu, Zhang, Xu, Brookes
Purpose - The production of large quantities of biochar from natural fires has been a part of human history for millennia, causing CO2 emissions to the atmosphere and exerting long-term effects on soil processes. Despite its potential importance and recent work reflecting the…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
De Baets, Van De Weg, Lewis, Steinberg, Meersmans, Quine, Shaver, Hartley
Rapid warming in Arctic ecosystems is resulting in increased frequency of disturbances such as fires, changes in the distribution and productivity of different plant communities, increasing thaw depths in permafrost soils and greater nutrient availability, especially nitrogen.…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kasischke, Bourgeau-Chavez, French, Harrell, Christensen
Initial observations on effects of wildfires in black spruce [Picea mariana] forests in Alaska on radar backscatter are presented. Airborne and spaceborne SAR imagery are utilized to illustrate two distinct fire signatures. A theory is presented to explain these differences.
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt
Models for moose density were developed using subsets of remotely sensed habitat variables in north-central Alaska. Macro-habitat factors explained from 60-70% of the variation in November moose densities using a regression model. Use of logistic regression allowed correct…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Success of spruce beetle attacks in pruned and unpruned boles of Lutz spruce in south-central Alaska
Pruning live branches from different heights and sides on the boles of long-crowned Lutz spruce (Picea + lutzii Little) baited with frontalin reduced successful spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis Kby) attacks in pruned sections of most trees. The benefits of pruning seemed…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Delin
Taiga dominates the northern two-thirds of Sweden. In the province of Halsingland it covers 83% of the land area, but only 0.01% of this is virgin forest. The vascular flora of the main part of the taiga is dominated by a few species. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Norway…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chambers
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bayley, Schindler, Beaty, Parker, Stainton
Wildfire in the boreal forests at the Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario caused significant losses of nitrogen and phosphorus in streams. Both watershed type and fire intensity appear to determine the extent of losses. The Northeast wetland basin lost more N and P, especially…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Janna, Hannu
'Fires are natural in boreal coniferous forest ecosystems, occuring every 100-200 years. Burning of the humus and forest vegetation (mainly spruce and understory) raises the pH of the humus of the podzolic soil and leads to new succession of the forest plant community. The…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stahl, Persson
Provenance variation in Picea mariana (Mill) B.S.P. (Black spruce) seedlings was studied to provide recommendations for introducing the species into Scandinavia. Provenances were analysed in a series of tests covering root and shoot development, and mineral nutrient (N. P and K…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Trowbridge, Holl
An overdense logdepole pine (Pinus contorta) stand was knocked down and the site was prepared by broadcast burn, windrow burn, or mechanical forest floor removal. Inoculated alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) was seeded at 0, 10, 20, and 30 kg/ha for the three different site…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hoy, Turetsky, Kasischke
Much recent research has investigated the effects of burning on mature black spruce (Picea mariana) forests in interior Alaska, however little research has focused on how frequent reburning affects soil organic layer (SOL) vulnerability in these ecosystems. We compared organic…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gholz, Cropper
Because of their commercial importance, their widespread occurence and their relatively simple structure, pine forests are some of the most intensively studied ecosystems worldwide, affording unique opportunities for synthesis. We present results from a multi-investigator…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hogg, Lieffers, Wein
Global warming and the resultant increase in evapotranspiration might lead to lowered water tables in peatlands and an increase in fire frequency. The objective of this study was to investigate some of the potential effects of these changes on peat decomposition. Dry mass losses…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Almendros, Gonzalez-Vila, Martin, Frund, Ludemann
Several structural changes were recognized by CPMAS 13C-NMR and resolution-enhanced IR spectroscopy after humic acids (HA) and fulvic acids (FA) were subjected to labratory heating at 350ºC. The NMR results suggested that the HA underwent decarboxylation, selective…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Arens
Palynological sampling around wildfire event horizons was used to reconstruct vegetation replacement in a Carboniferous (c. 325 Ma) forest. The Joggins Section (Nova Scotia, Canada) includes 4,000 m of channel and overbank sandstones interbedded with stacked, immature paleosols…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Loranty, Lieberman-Cribbin, Berner, Natali, Goetz, Alexander, Kholodov
In arctic tundra and boreal forest ecosystems vegetation structural and functional influences on the surface energy balance can strongly influence permafrost soil temperatures. As such, vegetation changes will likely play an important role in permafrost soil carbon dynamics and…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kalies, Haubensak, Finkral
Forest management can have substantial impacts on ecosystem carbon storage, but those effects can vary significantly with management type and species composition. We used systematic review methodology to identify and synthesize effects of thinning and/or burning, timber…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Jandt
Climate Change Implications for Wildfire in Alaska presented by Randi Jandt. This webinar was part of a series hosted by the Alaska Natural Resource and Outdoor Education (ANROE) Association titled "Fire in a Changing Climate for Educators." ANROE provided workshops during the…
Year: 2016
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Lukenbach, Devito, Kettridge, Petrone, Waddington
Wildfire is the largest disturbance affecting northern peatlands; however, little is known about how burn severity (organic soil depth of burn) alters post-fire hydrological conditions that control the recovery of keystone peatland mosses (i.e. Sphagnum). For this reason, we…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Kurz, Apps, Webb, McNamee
An assessment of the contribution of Canadian forest ecosystems and forestry activities to the global carbon budget was undertaken. The first phase of this study consisted of the development of a computer modeling framework and the use of published information to establish the…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES