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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Boateng, Heineman, Bedford, Nemec, McClarnon, Powelson
We examined the effects of various mechanical site preparation methods and windrow burning on container-grown planted lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) survival and growth for 20 years after treatment at a sub-boreal site in north-central British Columbia, Canada.…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Harden, Manies, O'Donnell, Johnson, Frolking, Fan
Post-fire storage of carbon (C) in organic-soil horizons was measured in one Canadian and three Alaskan chronosequences in black spruce forests, together spanning stand ages of nearly 200 yrs. We used a simple mass balance model to derive estimates of inputs, losses, and…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
O'Halloran, Law, Goulden, Wang, Barr, Schaaf, Brown, Fuentes, Göckede, Black, Engel
Forest disturbances are major sources of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, and therefore impact global climate. Biogeophysical attributes, such as surface albedo (reflectivity), further control the climate-regulating properties of forests. Using both tower-based and remotely…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Harmon, Franklin, Swanson, Sollins, Gregory, Lattin, Anderson, Cline, Aumen, Sedell, Lienkaemper, Cromack, Cummins
Publisher Summary: Coarse woody debris (CWD) is an important component of temperate stream and forest ecosystems. This chapter reviews the rates at which CWD is added and removed from ecosystems, the biomass found in streams and forests, and many functions that CWD serves. CWD…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gartner, Treseder, Malcolm, Sinsabaugh
Saprotrophic microbes are typically credited with producing extracellular enzymes that recycle organic matter, though roots and mycorrhizal fungi also can contribute and may compete with the saprotrophs. We examined extracellular enzyme activity associated with the…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lavoie, Mack
In this study we characterized spatial heterogeneity of soil carbon and nitrogen pools, soil moisture, and soil pH of the first 15 cm of the soil profile; depth of the organic horizon; forest floor covers; and understory vegetation abundances in three sites (1999, 1987 and 1920…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hegy, Quenet
The data base of the Planning and Inventory Branch, B.C. Ministry of Forests, consists of approximately 7000 forest cover maps, descriptive statistics, growth information and depletion data. This data base must be current and hence, needs to be updated annually. Maintaining an…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Foster, King
(1) The Betula papyrifera (paper birch) forest of the wilderness of south-eastern Labrador is described. (2) B. papyrifera forests range in size from less than 1 ha to several km2, display sharp borders with the adjoining conifer forests and are restricted to steep slopes that…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Curatolo, Murphy
The frequency of caribou, Rangifer tarandus, crossing of roads, pipeline, and pipelines along roads was studied in the Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk oil fields on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. Caribou crossed an elevated pipeline or a road with a frequency similar to the control…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Brubaker
The influence of climate on the population dynamics of trees must be inferred from indirect sources of information because the long lifespans of trees preclude direct observation of population growth and decline. Important insights about these processes come from 1) observations…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Christodoulakis, Arianoutsou-Faraggitaki, Psaras
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Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Dore, Montes-Helu, Hart, Hungate, Koch, Moon, Finkral, Kolb
Carbon uptake by forests is a major sink in the global carbon cycle, helping buffer the rising concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, yet the potential for future carbon uptake by forests is uncertain. Climate warming and drought can reduce forest carbon uptake by reducing…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kolden, Abatzoglou
Boreal forest fires are an important source of terrestrial carbon emissions, particularly during years of widespread wildfires. Most carbon emission models parameterize wildfire impacts and carbon flux to area burned by fires, therein making the assumption that fires consume a…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Patterson, McMahon, Ward
Data on the optical absorption properties (expressed as a specific absorption, Ba) of the smoke emissions from fires with forest fuels have been determined for a series of low-intensity field fires and a series of laboratory scale fires. The Ba data have been used to estimate…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Oechel, Van Cleve
The bryophytes of the boreal forest are interesting in that they may form a minor element of the community in terms of biomass, while simultaneously being a major element in terms of cover and primary productivity. Even more importantly, the mosses may control ecosystem function…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chrosciewicz
Foliar high heat contents were determined by standard oxygen bomb calorimetry in jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.), black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.), white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss), and balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) from samples collected in…
Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS