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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Wildfire threat analysis and the development of a fuel management strategy for British Columbia

Beck, Simpson
The 2003 fire season in British Columbia, Canada was one of the worst in recent history. Fire in the wildland-urban interface destroyed over 334 homes and many businesses, and forced the evacuation of over 45,000 people. Drought cycles and forest health decline have contributed…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

The role of mosaic phenomena in natural communities

Wittaker, Levin
Interrelations among three groups of ideas are considered. (1) The place where a plant is rooted, or a sessile animal is attached, may be termed a microsite. The microsites for a community form a mosaic that is differentiated by physical environment or biological effects or both…
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Planting site classification and longtime species adaptation in the pinyon-juniper woodland

Lavin, Johnsen
[no description entered]
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fire management manual

Seamon
The Manual includes information on the organization's standard operating procedures, requirements, and guidelines regarding fire management. It also outlines the necessary steps for developing and maintaining a succesful fire management program. The Manual is a dynamic document…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fire's effect on biological and chemical properties of chaparral soils

Dunn, DeBano
[no description entered]
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Plant traits adaptive to fires in Mediterranean land ecosystems

Gill
[no description entered]
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Vegetative features as determinants of fire frequency and intensity

Philpot
[no description entered]
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Combustion

Glassman
Combustion deals with the underlying principles of combustion and covers topics ranging from chemical thermodynamics and chemical kinetics to detonation, oxidation characteristics of fuels, and flame phenomena in premixed combustible gases. Diffusion flames, ignition, and coal…
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Heat conduction and wildland fire

Countryman
[no description entered]
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Predicting major wildland fire occurrence

Brotak, Reifsnyder
[no description entered]
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Some characteristics of fires within uniform fuel matrices

Steward, Wuest, Waibel
[no description entered]
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Ponderosa pine bibliography III: 1971 through 1975

[no description entered]
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Regeneration differences between fire and clearcut logging in southeastern Labrador: a multiple spatial scale analysis

Elson, Simon, Kneeshaw
To determine scale-specific effects of disturbance type, soil, and topography on regenerating plant species, we compared regeneration in 10- and 50-year-old clearcuts and burns in Southeastern Labrador. Data were analyzed at three scales of resolution: subplot (5 m2), plot (398…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Smudge pot lighter -- an effective tool for prescribed burning in pinyon-juniper

Bruner
[no description entered]
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Wildlife of the prairies and plains

Evans, Probasco
[no description entered]
Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The tribal perspective of old growth in frequent-fire forests - its history

Yazzie
Anyone who has not lived in 'Indian country' cannot understand just how extensively the United States government and its laws affect Native Americans and their natural resource management. These effects are sobering, and touch upon sensitive issues that all Native Americans hold…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Measurement repeatability of a large-scale inventory of forest fuels

Westfall, Woodall
An efficient and accurate inventory of forest fuels at large scales is critical for assessment of forest fire hazards across landscapes. The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the USDA Forest Service conducts a national inventory of fuels along with blind…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Long run forest fire danger index

Torres-Rojo, Magana-Torres, Ramirez-Fuentes
A description is made of a long run forest fire danger index. The index is based on the principle that forest fires follow a self-organized critical behavior, which establishes that under a wide variety of circumstances, forest fires maintain an exponential relationship over…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Expansion of the US wildland-urban interface

Theobald, Romme
For at least two decades, expansion of low-density residential development at the wildland-urban interface has been widely recognized as a primary factor influencing the management of US national forests. We estimate the location, extent, and trends in expansion of the wildland-…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Can we bring Madagascar's critically endangered palms back from the brink? Genetics, ecology and conservation of the critically endangered palm Beccariophoenix madagascariensis

Shapcott, Rakotoarinivo, Smith, Lysakova, Fay, Dransfield
Madagascar has a highly distinctive flora and is one of the world biodiversity hot spots. There are more than 170 species of palms, the majority of which are vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered endemics. Palms are utilized for many human uses, many of which lead to…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Mechanical fuel treatment effects on fuel loads and indices of crown fire potential in a south central New Mexico dry mixed conifer forest

Mason, Baker, Cram, Boren, Fernald, VanLeeuwen
The ability of mechanical fuel reduction treatments to mitigate severe fire behavior in dry mixed conifer forests is of interest to land managers as well as the public. We compared fuel loads and indices of crown fire potential to test treatment effectiveness following…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Scale-dependent determinants of heterogeneity in fire frequency in a coniferous boreal forest of eastern Canada

Cyr, Gauthier, Bergeron
Despite the recognized importance of fire in North American boreal forests, the relative importance of stochastic and determinist portions of intra-regional spatial variability in fire frequency is still poorly understood. The first objective of this study is to identify sources…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Mechanical thinning impacts on runoff, infiltration, and sediment yield following fuel reduction treatments in a southwestern dry mixed conifer forest

Cram, Baker, Fernald, Madrid, Rummer
Increasing densities of small diameter trees have changed ecological processes and negatively impacted conservation of soil and water resources in western forests. Thinning treatments are commonplace to reduce stein density and potential fire hazard. We evaluated the impacts of…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Simulation of smoke plumes from agricultural bums: application to the San Luis/Rio Colorado airshed along the U.S./Mexico border

Choi, Fernando
Vegetation fires emit a number of air pollutants, thus impacting air quality at local, regional and global scales. One such pollutant is the particulate matter (PM) that is known to trigger adverse health effects. In this study, the CALPUFF/CALMET/MM5 modeling system is employed…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The role of old-growth forests in frequent-fire landscapes

Binkley, Sisk, Chambers, Springer, Block
Classic ecological concepts and forestry language regarding old growth are not well suited to frequent-fire landscapes. In frequent-fire, old-growth landscapes, there is a symbiotic relationship between the trees, the understory graminoids, and fire that results in a healthy…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS