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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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The influence of dominant shrubs, fire, and time since fire on soil seed banks in mixed chaparral

Zammit, Zedler
[no description entered]
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Canada Bonito, New Mexico

Mohlenbrock
[no description entered]
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Dynamics of resprouting in the lignotuberous shrub banksia oblongifolia

Zammit
The resprouting response of different sized Banksia oblongifolia lignotubers (genets) was followed in two field experiments. In thefirst, the density and speed of resprouting, and the growth in length of the leading shoot from each lignotuber in response to fire and to the time…
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Reconstructing fire behaviour and effects in a subalpine forest

Fryer, Johnson
(1)The behaviour of the August 1936 Galatea fire in the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains was reconstructed with respect to the rate of spread, frontal-fire intensity and fuel consumption, and illustrates that tree mortality, seed dispersal distance into the burn and…
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Sample size and variability of fuel weight estimates in natural stands of lodgepole pine

Delisle, Woodard, Titus, Johnson
This study assessed the variability of sample estimates for downed and dead woody fuel weight in natural lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl) stands using line-intersect sampling procedures. Equilateral triangles (30 m/side) were established at each of 40 sample sites with…
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Increment-borer methods for determining fire history in coniferous forests

Barrett, Arno
This report describes use of increment borers for interpreting fire history in coniferous forests. These methods are especially useful in wildernesses, parks, and other natural area where fire history is needed for fire management planning, but where sawing cross-sections from…
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Limiting effects of snow on seasonal habitat use and diets of caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) on Coats Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

Adamczewski, Gates, Soutar, Hudson
The insular population of barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) on Coats Island, Northwest Territories, is ultimately limited by winter food resources. This study was undertaken to assess forage biomass available during summer and to determine the effects of…
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Catastrophic disturbance and landscape diversity: the implications of fire control and climate change in subarctic forests

Suffling
Historical data for NW Ontario were used to determine relations between catastrophic (stand replacing) fires and landscape diversity in the boreal forest. Results showed that landscape diversity was greatest with intermediate amounts of fire disturbance. Any change of…
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Twig and foliar biomass estimation equations for major plant species in the Tanana River Basin of interior Alaska

Yarie, Mead
Equations are presented for estimating the twig, foliage, and combined biomass for 58 plant species in interior Alaska. The equations can be used for estimating biomass from percentage of foliar cover of 10-centimeter layers in a vertical profile from 0 to 6 meters. Few…
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES