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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Oldemeyer, Regelin
From l974-l98l, a study was conducted on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska to determine the response of spruce and moose forage [willow (Salix spp.), aspen (Populus tremuloides), and paper birch (Betula papyrifera) to fire and habitat management. Vegetation was sampled…
Year: 1987
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
Mead, Yarie, Herman
Vegetation on sample inventory plots in the Tanana River basin was described using horizontal-vertical profile descriptor techniques to show percentage of foliar cover and average height by species. These profiles were used in conjunction with species biomass equations to…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Noste
Description not entered.
Year: 1972
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
Weixelman
From 1976 to 1986, 28 sites including 8,150 acres of moose (Alces alces gigas) winter range on the Chugach National Forest have been treated with prescribed fire. This is part of an ongoing project to increase the quantity and quality of hardwood browse available to moose on…
Year: 1987
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
Safranyik, Linton
Twenty-two clearcut areas were sampled in central British Columbia using the line intersect method to: (a) determine the density and bark area of stumps and logs susceptible to attack by the spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis (Kirby), (b) calculate sample sizes for a…
Year: 1987
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
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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
Pegau
Description not entered.
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lotspeich
Description not entered.
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lawson
Description not entered.
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Lait, Taylor
Describes the application, in the boreal forest, of Australian methods of counter-firing by incendiary capsules dropped from helicopters [cf. FA 32, 945]. A prototype machine was developed for the priming and release of the capsules, since these operations are slow and awkward…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Holsten
This biological evaluation details a re -evaluation of stands on the Chugach National Forest and adjacent lands. The original evaluations were conducted between 1979 and 1981. These stands were, at that time, rated for their potential susceptibility to spruce beetle impacts.…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Holsten, Eggleston
Description not entered.
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hilgert
Baseline data from 1979 are presented on precipitation, streamflow, occurrence of permafrost, and physical and chemical water quality in a subarctic, tiaga watershed. First- to third-order streams drain catchments embracing permafrost-underlain and permafrost-free landscapes in…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hanson
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Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Beckwith, Curtis
This report documents the examination of 20 spruce beetle impact plots established on the Kenai Peninsula in 1971. The general result of the infestation in most areas of the Kenai Peninsula is a reduction in the size of the residual stand. Type conversion has not occurred. The…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Baker, Curtis
The spruce beetle continues to be the most damaging forest insect in Alaska. The Kenai Peninsula outbreak continues to be quite active while the outbreak on the west side of Cook Inlet is causing widespread and extremely heavy mortality. Both hemlock sawfly and black-headed…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES