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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Lindenmayer, Likens, Franklin
Large-scale natural disturbances are commonplace around the world. They can have profound effects on human infrastructure and populations, as well as substantially influencing key ecological processes, shaping landscapes, and affecting many species. Major natural disturbances…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Knoot, Schulte, Tyndall, Palik
Current ecological, economic, and social conditions present unique challenges to natural resource managers seeking to maintain the resilience of disturbance-dependent ecosystems, such as oak (Quercus spp.) forests. Oak-dominated ecosystems throughout the U.S. have historically…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zinck, Johst, Grimm
How simple can a model be that still captures essential aspects of wildfire ecosystems at large spatial and temporal scales? The Drossel–Schwabl model (DSM) is a metaphorical forest-fire model developed to reproduce only one pattern of real systems: a frequency distribution of…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ursino, Rulli
In many arid zones around the word, the vegetation spontaneously forms regular patterns to optimize the use of the scarce water resources. The patterns act as early warning signal that fragile ecosystems may suddenly undergo irreversible shifts, thus, interpreting the structural…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Champ, Brooks
In this conceptual article, the authors explore the possibilities of another approach to examining the human dimensions of wildland fire. They argue that our understanding of this issue could be enhanced by considering a cultural studies construct known as the 'circuit of…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Goldstein, Butler
Through the U.S. Fire Learning Network (FLN), The Nature Conservancy and federal land management agencies are attempting to reorient fire management from fire suppression toward ecological restoration and community protection. In its first 2 years, the FLN linked place-based…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Turner
Disturbance regimes are changing rapidly, and the consequences of such changes for ecosystems and linked social-ecological systems will be profound. This paper synthesizes current understanding of disturbance with an emphasis on fundamental contributions to contemporary…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Loomis, González-Cabán
The need for monetary benefits of protecting spotted owl old-growth forest habitat from fire in the early 1990s was the catalyst for application of nonmarket valuation techniques to fire management within the US Forest Service. Two large-scale general public surveys successfully…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Andrews, Bevins
This poster describes major features of BehavePlus version 5.
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Heinsch, Andrews
The fire characteristics chart is a graphical method of presenting U.S. National Fire Danger Rating indices or primary surface or crown fire behavior characteristics. A desktop computer application has been developed to produce fire characteristics charts in a format suitable…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Andrews
The BehavePlus fire modeling system is the successor to BEHAVE, which was first used in the field in 1984. It is public domain software, available for free use on personal computers. Information on user communities and fire management applications can be useful in designing next…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Miller
A guide produced for RX-310 Introduction to Fire Effects class in Alaska summarizing the properties of moss duff—the primary surface fuel in Alaska’s interior coniferous forests. Eric reviews fuelbed properties of duff, including bulk density, depth, surface area to volume ratio…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Quarles, Valachovic, Nakamura, Nader, De Lasaux
Embers are the most important cause of home ignition. Recent research indicates that two out of every three homes destroyed during the 2007 Witch Creek fire in San Diego County were ignited either directly or indirectly by wind-dispersed, wildfire-generated, burning or glowing…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barrett, Kasischke, McGuire, Turetsky, Kane
Biomass burning in the Alaskan interior is already a major disturbance and source of carbon emissions, and is likely to increase in response to the warming and drying predicted for the future climate. In addition to quantifying changes to the spatial and temporal patterns of…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
After a wildfire is extinguished, the work is not done. In the U.S., many public natural resource agencies immediately begin considering appropriate post-fire steps. The most widely used system is the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) process. The purpose of BAER is to…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This project used computer game technology to create highly interactive forest data visualization and interaction not possible with the traditional geographic information system approach. Known as GNNViz (Gradient Nearest Neighbor Vegetation Map Visualization), the program was…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This project sought to discover the best ways to encourage broader use of the fi re planning and management tool-Fire Effects Planning Framework (FEPF). FEPF calculates and captures the ecological effects of fire, including the benefits. Along the way FEPF developers learned…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This study compared citizen responses to surveys in 2002 and 2008 about fuels reduction programs by federal land management agencies. The researchers attempted to identify factors that influence public opinion and promote citizen support for agency actions. The study design…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Researchers have explored the potential and limitations of using lidar, the remote sensing instrument, to provide information on smoke plume dynamics and optical properties. They used a scanning lidar in the smoke-polluted atmospheres near wildfires and prescribed fires to…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Revision to regulations relating to the Clean Air Act requirement that Federal actions conform to the appropriate state, tribal, or federal implementation plan for attaining clean air.
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ertugrul
Nowadays, wildland-urban interface areas have become the last front line that cannot be withdrawn for fires and people. Because of the fact that people move away from cities, move to natural places and because of the wish of living in these natural places, the increasing of…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Just over 50 years ago, predicting soil erosion was a time-consuming manual process. These methods have evolved over time and now include models such as the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP), which helps simulate the important physical processes that result in soil erosion…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Evidence shows that smoke from fires (wildfire, controlled burning, and agricultural burning) is contributing significantly to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and haze in many urban and rural areas, affecting health, visibility, and ecosystems. In addition to the primary…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Management of smoke from prescribed fire activities is important. Consideration must be given to short-term effects of smoke on work crews and neighboring communities. This requires accurate real-time information for smoke forecasting. Tools have been created to help meet these…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Interagency wildland fire policy directs manager to apply 'best available science' to management plans and activities. But what does 'best available science' mean? With a vague definition of this concept and few guidelines for delivering or integrating science into management,…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES