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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Which came first, the fire-prone habitat or the fire-adapted trait?

[from the text] Much like the proverbial chicken and egg story, there is debate over whether fire or the adaptations to fire came first for plant species in fire-prone ecosystems. This is significant because if the fire-prone habitats came first, it would be proof that fire…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Convergence of bark investment according to fire and climate structures ecosystem vulnerability to future change

Pellegrini, Anderegg, Paine, Hoffmann, Kartzinel, Rabin, Sheil, Franco, Pacala
Fire regimes in savannas and forests are changing over much of the world. Anticipating the impact of these changes requires understanding how plants are adapted to fire. In this study, we test whether fire imposes a broad selective force on a key fire-tolerance trait, bark…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) behaviour after recent fire events; integrating caribou telemetry data with Landsat fire detection techniques

Rickbeil, Hermosilla, Coops, White, Wulder
Fire regimes are changing throughout the North American boreal forest in complex ways. Fire is also a major factor governing access to high-quality forage such as terricholous lichens for barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus). Additionally, fire alters forest…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events

Bowman, Williamson, Abatzoglou, Kolden, Cochrane, Smith
Extreme wildfires have substantial economic, social and environmental impacts, but there is uncertainty whether such events are inevitable features of the Earth’s fire ecology or a legacy of poor management and planning. We identify 478 extreme wildfire events defined as the…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

From working group to community of practice: the patch burn-grazing community

Leis, Greene
Grassland conservation efforts in the central United States are challenging because much of the land is privately held. The Patch Burn-Grazing Working Group was formed by a small group of professionals in an effort to share information and resources related to the practice of…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Effects of fire on pollinators and pollination

Brown, York, Christie, McCarthy
1) Increased incidence of landscape fire and pollinator declines with co-extinctions of dependent plant species are both globally significant. Fire can alter species distributions, but its effects on plant–pollinator interactions are poorly understood so its present and future…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Can savanna burning projects deliver measurable greenhouse emissions reductions and sustainable livelihood opportunities in fire-prone settings?

Russell-Smith, Monagle, Jacobsohn, Beatty, Bilbao, Millán, Vessuri, Sánchez-Rose
Savannas constitute the most fire-prone vegetation type on earth and are a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. Most savanna fires are lit by people for a variety of livelihood applications. ‘Savanna burning’ is an accountable activity under the Kyoto Protocol, but…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Climatic thresholds shape northern high-latitude fire regimes and imply vulnerability to future climate change

Young, Higuera, Duffy, Hu
Boreal forests and arctic tundra cover 33% of global land area and store an estimated 50% of total soil carbon. Because wildfire is a key driver of terrestrial carbon cycling, increasing fire activity in these ecosystems would likely have global implications. To anticipate…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Fire Ecology 2.0

Kobziar
A presentation recorded at the 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

FOFEM 6.4 First Order Fire Effects Model user guide

Lutes
FOFEM - A First Order Fire Effects Model - is a computer program that was developed to meet needs of resource managers, planners, and analysts in predicting and planning for fire effects. Quantitative predictions of fire effects are needed for planning prescribed fires that best…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Fire-Ties That Bind: The Rekindling of Prescribed Fire Culture in North America

Stowe
A presentation recorded at the 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Confessions of a Pyromantic, or How I Learned to Stop Warring and Love Wild Fire

Ingalsbee
A presentation recorded at the 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Reform Fire and Forest Policy to Emphasize Resilient Forests Long Term

Stephens
A presentation recorded at the 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Reflections on Fire Ecology and the Association for Fire Ecology Over the Past 20 Years

Sugihara, van Wagtendonk
A presentation recorded at the 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Participatory geographic information systems as an organizational platform for the integration of traditional and scientific knowledge in contemporary fire and fuels management

McBride, Sanchez-Trigueros, Carver, Watson, Stumpff, Matt, Borrie
Traditional knowledge about fire and its effects held by indigenous people, who are connected to specific landscapes, holds promise for informing contemporary fire and fuels management strategies and augmenting knowledge and information derived from western science. In practice…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Rapid shifts in soil nutrients and decomposition enzyme activity in early succession following forest fire

Knelman, Graham, Ferrenberg, Lecoeuvre, Labrado, Darcy, Nemergut, Schmidt
While past research has studied forest succession on decadal timescales, ecosystem responses to rapid shifts in nutrient dynamics within the first months to years of succession after fire (e.g., carbon (C) burn-off, a pulse in inorganic nitrogen (N), accumulation of organic…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Modeling long-term changes in tundra carbon balance following wildfire, climate change, and potential nutrient addition

Jiang, Rastetter, Shaver, Rocha, Zhuang, Kwiatkowski
To investigate the underlying mechanisms that control long-term recovery of tundra carbon (C) and nutrients after fire, we employed the Multiple Element Limitation (MEL) model to simulate 200-yr post-fire changes in the biogeochemistry of three sites along a burn severity…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Maintaining the Air We Breathe: Why We Need to Understand Long-Term Fire-Feedbacks to the Earth System in Order to Manage our Future

Belcher
A presentation recorded at the 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Physiological stress and ethanol accumulation in tree stems and woody tissues at sublethal temperatures from fire

Kelsey, Westlind
The lethal temperature limit is 60 degrees Celsius (°C) for plant tissues, including trees, with lower temperatures causing heat stress. As fire injury increases on tree stems, there is an accompanying rise in tissue ethanol concentrations, physiologically linked to impaired…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES