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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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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Wright
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
DeBano, Mann, Hamilton
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Methven, Van Wagner, Stocks
As the initial step in a study of forest fire cycles in the boreal forest of northwestern Ontario, four burned areas of different ages were briefly examined. This Report describes the present condition of the areas visited in terms of both forest cover and vegetation. Tentative…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wellner
From the Summary...'Historically, fires have repeatedly burned nearly every square foot of northern Rocky Mountain forests. Fire damage was especially severe during the 75 years following 1860, and much of this was due to promiscuous burning by whites. Prior to 1940, fire was…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Smith, Craig, Chu
Fungal deterioration of second-growth Douglas-fir logs, felled each month from August 1961 to May 1962, was studied 2, 4, and 6 years after felling. Decay increased 10% of log volumes after 2 years to 47% after 6 years. The rate of decay, particularly for the brown cubical type…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Beran
Stability of the atmosphere at different levels is one important factor affecting the behavior of forest fires, but the measurement of stability and other atmospheric phenomena is complex and difficult. The acoustic echo sounder shows promise for measuring these parameters and…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Parmeter, Uhrenholdt
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Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alexander, Hawksworth
Wildfires play a multiple role in the distribution of dwarf mistletoes - they may either inhibit or encourage these parasites depending primarily on the size and intensity of the burn. Many reports suggest that fire exclusion policies of the past half century have resulted in…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Johnson
Description not entered.
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Minore
Rhizome occurrence and root structure of Vaccinium membranaceum were investigated by hydraulic excavation. Numerous, robust rhizomes were present. Taproots were not observed. V. membranaceum rhizomes sprouted vigorously after a light surface fire killed the shoots. They may be…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Zoltai
Examination of 30 stands in sub-arctic woodlands showed that most were even-aged, having been established after fires. Most fires killed all trees in the stand, but in some instances some trees survived, indicating light fires. The rare occurrence of uneven-aged stands shows…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zasada, Viereck
Alaskan Salicaceae can be subdivided into two groups on the basis of timing of seed dispersal. The early-seeding species include members of the genus Populus and the majority of Salix species. Late-seeding species include seven members of the genus Salix. On tests of five…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Van Wagner
During a prescribed-burning experiment in 80-year-old Pinus resinosa and P. strobus, temperatures below the duff surface and in the soil were measured with temperature-sensitive paints. The results were difficult to interpret, but average temperature gradients were calculated.…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Van Cleve, Noonan
During a 4-year period the biomass and mass of selected chemical elements were measured in litter fall from young, intermediate, and mature age classes of quaking aspen and paper birch in interior Alaska. Average annual deposition of biomass and mass of Mg, Fe, and Mn were…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pegau
Two exclosures esablished during the 1920's were reexamined in 1965. In the dwarf shrub-lichen type browse species suppressed recovery of lichens. Full recovery of lichens had not occurred within 33 years. In several disturbed quadrats in the Dryas field-field type, recovery…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pegau
A herd of approximately 500 reindeer was herded over a non-utilized portion of a large Eriophorum-Carex-dwarf shrub meadow near Nome, Alaska during both moist and dry conditions. After one summer of use on approximately 17 sections by the reindeer, 68% of the lichens were…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wein
Description not entered.
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Description not entered.
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rowe
Reviews the literature on some aspects of the fire ecology of the Spruces, chiefly Picea glauca, in the boreal forest area of the north-west, where fire is an integral part of the environment and Spruces are frequently early invaders of burnt sites.
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pegau
Trend of the Nelchina caribou range was determined from vegetation examinations of 36 ten and fifteen year old exclosures. Condition of climax lichen stands, primarily Cladonia alpestris, began to degenerate with two to three years of use and has declined substantially in the…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lyon, Pengelly
Dr. Behan has suggested that the minerals removed in timber harvest and otherwise lost might be replaced by direct fertilization which would also increase tree growth. There are some unanswered questions in this area that probably need clarification, It has been shown, for…
Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Kane, Luthin, Taylor
Description not entered.
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Inglis
Five 7.3m x 7.3m exclosures were constructed on winter range following grazing. All feeding craters within the sites were permanently marked. The exclosures were later examined, disassembled and the crater outlines super-imposed on vegetation maps. The procedure was repeated on…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wein, Weber, Sylvester
Description not entered.
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wein
Description not entered.
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES