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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Topic
Year
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Taylor, Mutch
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Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sheppard, Lassoie
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Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Agee, Huff
Goals for vegetation management in wilderness areas have been difficult to define. Managing for natural vegetation is confounded because 'natural' is not uniquely defined and past interruption of natural processes, particularly fire, has caused ecosystem changes that may be…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
González-Cabán, McKetta
Economically sound decisions on fuel treatment require knowledge of treatment costs. Fuel treatment costs derived using an economic cost concept on two National Forests were found to be higher than reported by accounting methods. Costs are sufficiently high and variable to…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kiil
A study was made of the fuel complex in 70-year old lodgepole pine stands in west-central Alberta to facilitate measurement and prediction of weight-and-size distribution of fuel components. Results showed that the weight of the entire fuel complex increased with increasing…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simard
From the Introduction ... 'It is a well known fact that the presence of moisture exerts considerable influence on the difficulty of ignition and the subsequent rate of combustion of forest fuels. Its effect on ignition is primarily a result of the fact that the water must be…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Walker, Stocks
From the text...'The measurement of temperature in forest fires is complicated by the tendency of thermocouples to radiate heat to cooler surroundings outside the flame, and thus to register less than the true flame temperature. In the United States, this problem has been…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Williams, McLean, Hodgson
From the Introduction:'This paper has been prepared to provide some background information on the present utilization of airtankers in suppressing forest fires in Canada and to explore what might be done to improve the use pattern of this important but expensive fire control…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simard
From the Introduction: 'The purpose of the present study is to determine the rate at which various fuels can absorb water. The present study is concerned primarily with relative absorption and drying rates between various types of fuels. Future research will attempt to determine…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Willington
This study was initiated to determine the impact of clearcutting, slashburning and skidroads on deep (>3 feet) coarse glacial soil at low elevations (<1000 ft. above sea level) of coastal British Columbia.
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Smith, Thomas
Because cribs of wood are widely used to produce experimental fires it is sometimes necessary to predict their burning behavior especially when their burning rate is not controlled primarily by some other factor such as the window opening in a compartment. If the window is large…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Martin
From the text ... 'Improved utilization of bark is dependent, to a large degree, on knowledge of its properties. Very little information is available on physical properties of bark, however, and none is available on volumetric changes of bark due to moisture sorption. A…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Meroney
A model forest canopy was designed to simulate the meteorological characteristics of typical live forests. Measurements were made of velocity, turbulence, drag, and gaseous plume spread within the simulated canopy. The resulting data compares favorably with Prototype field…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Webb
From the text... 'Of all the meteorological elements which are known to affect forest fuel flammability and fire behaviour, rain is the most variable in its areal distribution. in its frequency, and particularly in its amount. While the measurement of rainfall is simple,…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Van Wagner
A method for estimating wood volume on the ground is described. It requires only a diameter tally of pieces intersected by a sample line, and application of a simple formula. Theory for the formula is presented, and practical application discussed. The effect of bias in…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Turner
This note outlines the objectives and problems of prescribed burning as a tool of forest management. The importance of a number of weather factors is discussed and suggestions are presented for provision of effective weather guidance to forest officers concerned with this…
Year: 1968
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
Egger, Paden
Forty isolates of postfire ascomycetes (Pezizales) were tested for in vitro pathogenicity on seeds and germinants of lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta Dougl. Two known pathogens, Caloscypha fulgens (Pers.) Boud. and Botrytis cinerea Pers., were included as a check of the method.…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stocks, Walker
From the text... 'It has long been recognized in forestry that minor vegetation leafing out on the forest floor in the early spring retards the advance of surface fires. This experiment was designed to provide some general understanding of this effect. The work was done in the…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Platt, Hermann
The null hypothesis that dispersal syndrome is not related to characteristics of forest tree populations was explored using a 4.5 ha mapped plot in a subtropical mixed-species forest in northern Florida, USA. Dispersal syndrome was not related to physiognomy, abundance, or…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Olson
[no description entered]
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Olson
[no description entered]
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Allred
The grass genus Aristida in the southeastern United States is reviewed. Twenty species are present in the region, all indigenous to the area. New combinations proposed are Aristida purpurescens Poir. var. tenuispica (Hitchc.) Allred and var. virgata (Trin.) Allred.
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Davis
[no description entered]
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jones, Johnston
[no description entered]
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS