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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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A spatial model of long-term forest fire dynamics and its applications to forests in western Siberia
Description not entered.
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Shugart, Leemans, Bonan
The boreal forests of the world, geographically situated to the south of the Arctic and generally north of latitude 50 degrees, are considered to be one of the earth's most significant terrestrial ecosystems in terms of their potential for interaction with other global scale…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kozlowski, Ahlgren
This interdisciplinary treatment examines, in depth, both the beneficial and harmful effects of fire on temperate-zone and tropial ecosystems. Separate chapters deal with effects of fire on herbaceous and woody plants, soils, soil organisms, birds, and mammals. One treats the…
Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Johnson
It is almost dogma that the boreal forest in North America is a fire dependent forest, yet ecologists often do not consider in any technical detail how forests fires produce effects on individual plants and on plant populations. Consequently, the casual connection between the…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Agee
[From the text] Fire has been an integral part of America's wildlands for millions of years. The only environments not experiencing fire as a significant ecological factor were those that remained very cold, very wet, or very dry, and even in these regions, extreme variation in…
Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
West
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
George, Reynolds, Dean, Miller
Satellite imagery is a valuable tool for environmental monitoring of natural and man-made events. Analysis of imagery within a few hours is vital if these data are to be used to respond to rapidly changing conditions. Since April of 1982 Landsat imagery from the Quick-Look…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Eastman
Habitat use by moose was studied in the sub-boreal spruce zone of British Columbia from 1971-1973 for dry, modal and wet environments. Comparisons between burns, cutovers and undisturbed forests were based on post-winter pellet group counts and monthly checks of tagged twig…
Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Payette
Major patterns of plant communities and species distribution are induced by various disturbance regimes operating at a different spatial and temporal scales (Loucks 1970; White 1979; Bormann & Likens 1979b; Delcourt, Delcourt & Webb 1983). The development of temperate…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Holsten
Forest insect and disease populations and related damage increased throughout Alaskan forests in 1991. Spruce bark beetle populations increased for the third consecutive year. 375,000 acres were impacted in 1991. Hardwood defoliator activity increased for the second year and…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Holling
[Intro first paragraph] Human activities are increasingly affecting the relation between the biota and the physical environment. That has long been true of resource developments that have transformed vegetation on a regional scale. Now, however, the scale of human influence has…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Calef
The potential effects of the proposed gas pipeline project on the Porcupine caribou herd have been assessed using published and unpublished literature, and 3 years of field data collected by consultants to the Environment Protection Board and Canadian Arctic Gas Study Ltd.…
Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
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
Jayaweera, Ahlnas
The Very High Resolution Radiometer of NOAA-2 and -3 can successfully locate and identify thunderstorms. Since lightning fires account for more than 90 percent of the acreage burned by forest fires in Alaska, this imagery promises to be a useful tool for forest fire control.…
Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
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
Hard
Periodic outbreaks of black-headed budworms have been reported in southeast Alaska and on Prince William Sound since 1917. The 1950's outbreak caused severe defoliation of mature hemlock and almost one-third of net volume was lost in some stands. The defoliation trend-ratio of…
Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Haag, Bliss
The effects of three types of surface disturbance (winter road, fire, and oil spill) on the radiant energy budget of upland low shrub-heath tundra were investigated. All disturbances to vegetation or the soil surface resulted in an albedo reduction, which led to a direct…
Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Gill
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Year: 1974
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
Bulmer
(1) The main features of the ten-year cycle are the regularity of the period and the irregularity of the amplitude of the oscillations; these features are obvious in data on the lynx cycle, and in the correlogram and periodogram calculated from the data. (2) A statistical model…
Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bishop, Rausch
Moose population status, trends in productivity, survival and abundance monitored by aerial surveys and other means in four Alaskan study areas during 1950-1972 are reviewed. Moose numbers were high or increasing from 1950 to 1960 in all areas studied due to extensive and…
Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bergerud
Information on the winter feeding behavior of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Newfoundland and the relative abundance of food available to them in winter are presented. Sight and smell were used to locate food beneath the snow. Tall shrubs showing above the snow begin to increase…
Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bergerud
The numbers of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in North America generally declined in the 1800s and early 1900s. Four hypotheses are discussed relative to this decline: (I) numbers decreased because of a shortage of lichen supplies caused by the destruction of lichen pastures by…
Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES