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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Eastwood, Plummer, Wyatt, Stocks
Boreal forests cover 10% of the land surface and experience wide ranges of temperature and precipitation. In many parts of the boreal zone, fire drives vegetation succession, landscape dynamics and carbon cycling. Global climate change may affect the frequency and size of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Crites, Dale
We examined the effects of woody substrate and stand age on diversity and relative abundance of bryophytes, lichens, and fungi in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) mixedwood boreal forests in Alberta. Point sampling was carried out on surfaces of downed woody material…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Simmerman, Smith, Miller, Howard
The Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) is a computerized encyclopedia that summarizes the general ecology and effects of fire on more than 1,000 plant and animal species and plant communities. These 'summaries' synthesize current information in an easy-to-use format and…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Juday, Ott, Valentine, Barber
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt
Preliminary findings of habitat use patterns for the Ray Mountains caribou (Rangifer tarandus) herd were determined from three years of radiotelemetry observations. Caribou calving was concentrated in open south-sloping plateaus between Mt. Tozi and the Tozitna River. Most of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Elzinga, Salzer, Willoughby
This technical reference applies to monitoring situations involving a single plant species, such as an indicator species, key species, or weed. It was originally developed for monitoring special status plants, which have some recognized status at the Federal, State, or agency…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Drury
From introduction: 'The natural aspect of fire in black spruce forests is widely accepted, however much disagreement and confusion exists as to the nature of fire and the possible uses of fire and fire suppression in land management practices. Fire is a very important…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Conard, Davidenko
Boreal forests and woodlands comprise about 29% of the world's forest cover. About 70% of this forest is in Eurasia, mostly in the Russian Federation. Boreal forests contain about 45% of the world's growing stock and are an increasingly important part of global timber production…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bulmer, Schmidt, Kishchuk, Preston
In an experiment in the McGregor Model Forest near Prince George, British Columbia, soil properties and white spruce [Picea glauca] growth were studied on sites that were clearcut during the 1970s and early 1980s and were subsequently site prepared with either blade…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lenihan, Daly, Bachelet, Neilson
Simulating the impact of fire in a broad-scale Dynamic Vegetation Model (DGVM) used for global change impact assessments requires components and concepts not part of existing fire modeling systems. The focus shifts from fire behavior and danger at the small scale to the system-…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kneeshaw, Burton
We present a practical approach for the assessment of old-growth status that is consistent with stand development theory, namely that a true old-growth stage is achieved when internal stand regeneration processes have led to the replacement of individuals recruited immediately…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
DeBano, Neary, Ffolliott
A comprehensive exploration of the effects of fires - in forests and other environments - on soils, watersheds, vegetation, air and cultural resources.
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Andrews, Andrews
A computer program, called DYNAMICS, was developed to illustrate changes in a forest type adapted to short-interval fire. Managementoptions include natural fire occurrence, fire exclusion, and a silviculture-fire management approach. During a 500-year simulation, fireoccurrence…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Alexander, Stocks
In 1995, the Canadian Forest Service published two wall posters related to the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System, both of which will be displayed during this poster paper presentation. One, jointly produced with the Alaska Division of Forestry entitled 'Head…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Staddon, Duchesne, Trevors
The impacts of clear-cutting and clear-cutting followed by prescribed burning on soil microbial diversity and community structure were assessed using sole-carbon-source utilization. Microorganisms were washed from organic and mineral soil samples and used to inoculate Biolog…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cheng, McDonald, Angle, Sandhu
A large forest fire occurred about 300 km to the northeast of the Edmonton area in early summer 1995. The forest fire produced nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons and ozone which were transported down-wind. Continuous monitoring of O3, NO and NO2 and integrated measurements of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jonsson
The main aim of this thesis has been to elucidate the species composition and community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with mature trees and naturally regenerated seedlings in natural boreal forests in Sweden. Further, the effects of disturbances, such as wildfire…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McCullough, Werner, Neumann
Fire and insects are natural disturbance agents in many forest ecosystems, often interacting to affect succession, nutrient cycling, and forest species composition. We review literature pertaining to effects of fire-insect interactions on ecological succession, use of prescribed…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Frelich, Reich
This essay discusses three potential models relating disturbance severity to post-disturbance stand composition in the boreal forest: (1) continuous, where changes in disturbance severity cause a proportional and continuous change in stand composition; (2) discontinuous, where a…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Flannigan, Bergeron, Engelmark, Wotton
Despite increasing temperatures since the end of the Little Ice Age (ca. 1850), wildfire frequency has decreased as shown in many field studies from North America and Europe. We believe that global warming since 1850 may have triggered decreases in fire frequency in some regions…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Engelmark, Hofgaard, Arnborg
Results are presented from repeated analyses (1962, 1993) of a permanent plot established in 1947, combined with retrospective stand age structure data, in an old boreal Pinus sylvestris stand in Muddus National Park, northern Sweden. The study points towards a successional…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dimitrov
An overview is given of recent research on forest fires, particularly climate change and its implications for forest fire and vegetation zoning in Russian and Canadian boreal forests, fire emissions and their impact on the atmosphere, the predicted catastrophic effects on global…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Conard, Ivanova
Carbon emissions in fires in the boreal forests of Russia were calculated from data on the area burned, fire intensity, post-fire mortality and decomposition of fuels, and change in vegetation structure after fires. The actual area of boreal forests burned in Russia appears to…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Collins, Schwartz
Data collected from 96 sites during 1990-95 showed that timber harvest in boreal forests of Alaska can greatly enhance or severely reduce moose (Alces alces) habitat quality, depending on forest management objectives, timing and methods of harvest, and post-logging site…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bergeron, Richard, Carcaillet, Gauthier, Flannigan, Prairie
Because some consequences of fire resemble the effects of industrial forest harvesting, forest management is often considered as a disturbance having effects similar to those of natural disturbances. Although the analogy between forest management and fire disturbance in boreal…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES