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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Webb, Loranty, Lichstein
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average, due in part to the albedo feedbacks of a diminishing cryosphere. As snow cover extent decreases, the underlying land is exposed, which has lower albedo and therefore absorbs more radiation, warming the surface and…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hrobak, Barnes
National Park Service Resource Brief for the Arctic Inventory and Monitory Network which briefly summarizes the status of fire extent and frequency in ARCN parks and highlights the historic fire record (WFMI) & perimeter improvements. The brief is written for a non-…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The challenges of the 2020 Fire Year have validated the Cohesive Strategy and proven its foundational value for additional success and achievement across boundaries and landscapes in the West. The following pages offer a snapshot of 2020 activities and successes in the Western…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This edited volume presents original scientific research and knowledge synthesis covering the past, present, and potential future fire ecology of major US forest types, with implications for forest management in a changing climate. The editors and authors highlight broad…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McWethy
This seminar is part of Pennsylvania State University's Earth and Environmental Systems Institute's Fall 2021 EarthTalks Series: Fire in the Earth System(link is external). Fires burn in all terrestrial ecosystems on the globe, and wildfires are getting larger, more destructive…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Thompson
This seminar is part of Pennsylvania State University's Earth and Environmental Systems Institute's Fall 2021 EarthTalks Series: Fire in the Earth System(link is external). Fires burn in all terrestrial ecosystems on the globe, and wildfires are getting larger, more destructive…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
This 15-minute video provides an overview of the FireWorks program and describes several of the activities.
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Grabinski
An intensified pattern of wildfire is emerging in Alaska as rapidly increasing temperatures and longer growing seasons alter the state's environment. Both tundra and Boreal forest regions are seeing larger and more frequent fires. The impacts of these fires are felt across the…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
This report assesses recent forest disturbance in the Western United States and discusses implications for sustainability. Individual chapters focus on fire, drought, insects, disease, invasive plants, and socioeconomic impacts. Disturbance data came from a variety of sources,…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lu, Ikejiri, Lu
The Devonian is known for the earliest dispersal of extensive wildfires, but the spatiotemporal diversification pattern and process have not been studied in detail. We synthesize a total of 65 global wildfire occurrences based on fossil charcoals and geochemical (biomarker)…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Coxson, Marsh
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lavoie, Zimmermann, Pellerin
We used macrofossil analyses to reconstruct the long-term development of plant assemblages and the history of fire events in a bog in southern Quebec which was partly disturbed by peat mining activities and recently restored. Our main objectives were to (i) determine to what…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Laterra, Solbrig
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Maezumi, Gosling, Kirschner, Chevalier, Cornelissen, Heinecke, McMichael
Charcoal identification and the quantification of its abundance in sedimentary archives is commonly used to reconstruct fire frequency and the amounts of biomass burning. There are, however, limited metrics to measure past fire temperature and fuel type (i.e. the types of plants…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt, Miller, Jones
Data on fire effects and vegetation recovery are important for assessing the impacts of increasing temperatures and lightning on tundra fire regimes and the implications of increased fire in the Arctic for wildlife and ecosystem processes. This report summarizes information…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hollingsworth, Breen, Hewitt, Mack
Over the last century in the circumpolar north, notable terrestrial ecosystem changes include shrub expansion and an intensifying wildfire regime. Shrub invasion into tundra may be further accelerated by wildfire disturbance, which creates opportunities for establishment where…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Timoney, Lee
Economic growth is frequently touted as a cure for environmental ills, particularly for those in Third World countries. Here we examine that paradigm in a case study of Alberta, Canada, a wealthy, resource-rich province within a wealthy nation. Through provincial-scale datasets…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Law
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Pyne
Here, in one concise book, is the essential story of fire. Noted environmental historian Stephen J. Pyne describes the evolution of fire through prehistoric and historic times down to the present, examining contemporary attitudes from a long-range, informed perspective. Fire: A…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Beeson, Martens, Breshears
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Heinrichs, Hebda, Walker
The vegetation and natural disturbance history of the Mount Kobau area, in the Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.) - subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt.) (ESSF) forest of southern British Columbia, was reconstructed using pollen, plant macrofossils,…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Dickinson, Hermann, Whigham
From the text:' In this paper, we represent data on background canopy-gap disturbance rates and the ways gaps were created in a seasonally dry forest with the history of major natural disturbances (fire and hurricanes) and selective logging.'
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Weddell
Managers often want to restore historical disturbance regimes. In the northern intermountain region, there is considerable interest in using fire as a management tool to accomplish a variety of objectives in steppe vegetation. Little information is available on the fire regimes…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ward, Tithecott, Wotton
Ward and Tithecott (PC. Ward and A.G. Tithecott. 1993. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aviation, Flood and Fire Management Branch, Publ. 305) presented data that indicated fire suppression activities in Ontario led to reductions in average annual area burned and greater…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brooks, Pyke
Invasive plants and fire create substantial challenges for land managers in the deserts of North America. Invasive plants can compete with native plants, alter wildlife habitat, and promote the spread of fire where it was historically infrequent. Increased fire frequency in the…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS