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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Kim, Bettinger, Finney
Methods for scheduling forest management activities in a spatial pattern (dispersed, clumped, random, and regular) are presented, with the intent to examine the effects of placement of activities on resulting simulated wildfire behavior. Both operational and fuel reduction…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
People have used fire to manipulate the landscape since prehistoric times. The science of using prescribed fire to manage unwanted vegetation is a fairly new phenomenon, and it recently took an important stride forward. Researchers and land managers have compiled a synthesis of…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Technology is playing an increasingly pivotal role in the efficiency and effectiveness of fire management. The First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) is a widely used computer application that predicts the immediate or 'first-order' effects of fire: fuel consumption, tree…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Land managers must make fire management decisions considering place, history, and species, an undertaking that requires a vast amount of information that tends to be spread through many publications. The Fire Effects Information System ([FEIS] at www.fs.fed.us/database/feis)…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
After wildfire and when planning prescribed burns, those who tend the land must try to predict tree death. Managers and planners need to know the level of fire intensity required to meet tree mortality objectives, decide if and which trees to salvage, and predict future post-…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hamilton, Bramel, Helmbrecht, Jones, Hann
The First Order Fire Effects Model Mapping Tool (FOFEMMT) provides an interface between ArcGIS desktop software and the First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) (Reinhardt 2003). FOFEM is a non-spatial fire effects analysis program that computes potential first order fire effects…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Varner, Keyes
Fire behavior and fire effects models are arguably among the most important tools in fire and fuels management. Given the power, accessibility, and utility of these models, fuels planners and scientists commonly use them to compare potential fire intensity and severity on…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
McKenzie, Raymond, Cushman
The understory is an oft-neglected element in landscape modeling. Most landscape models focus on the dominant vegetation and how it responds over successional time to climate, competitive interactions, and disturbance (Keane et at. 2004, Cary et al. 2006). Even forest stand-…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McMillin, Fettig
Native tree-killing bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) are a natural component of forest ecosystems. Eradication is neither possible nor desirable and periodic outbreaks will occur as long as susceptible forests and favorable climatic conditions co-exist.…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cain, Hayes
The recent dramatic impacts of bark beetle outbreaks across conifer forests of the West have been mapped and reported by entomology and pathology professionals with Forest Health Protection (FHP), a component of USDA Forest Service's State and Private Forestry, and their state…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Blankenship, Smith, Shlisky, Johnson, Swaty
Fire regime alteration is a known threat to the conservation of biological diversity. Specifically, altered fire regimes often result in changes in plant and animal species composition and ecosystem structure. The LANDFIRE Rapid Assessment (LFRA) project recently produced a…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kochi, Loomis, Champ, Donovan
This review study synthesizes available literature in epidemiology, economics and wildfire-related studies to provide essential information for the valuation of health costs associated with wildfire events. We review three areas within these literatures: key health outcomes to…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sturtevant, Scheller, Miranda, Shinneman, Syphard
Fire regimes result from reciprocal interactions between vegetation and fire that may be further affected by other disturbances, including climate, landform, and terrain. In this paper, we describe fire and fuel extensions for the forest landscape simulation model, LANDIS-II,…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Donato, Campbell, Fontaine, Law
Charred biomass generated by wildland fire has attracted increased interest as a functional component of terrestrial ecosystems. Black carbon (C) in the form of char is a widespread but unique material contributing to biogeochemical processes including long-term carbon storage…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This book has been published a decade after Fire's Effects on Ecosystems by DeBano, Neary, and Folliott (1998), and builds on their foundation to update knowledge on natural post-fire processes and describe the use and effectiveness of various restoration strategies that may be…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Romme, Allen, Bailey, Baker, Bestelmeyer, Brown, Eisenhart, Floyd-Hanna, Huffman, Jacobs, Miller, Muldavin, Swetnam, Tausch, Weisberg
Piñon-juniper is a major vegetation type in western North America. Effective management of these ecosystems has been hindered by inadequate understanding of 1) the variability in ecosystem structure and ecological processes that exists among the diverse combinations of piñons,…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Knapp, Estes, Skinner
Prescribed burning may be conducted at times of the year when fires were infrequent historically, leading to concerns about potential adverse effects on vegetation and wildlife. Historical and prescribed fire regimes for different regions in the continental United States were…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Kaufmann, Shlisky, Brooks, Kent
We are in a 'fire crisis.' Many regions of the world are experiencing larger, more frequent, and more severe fires that threaten people's lives, livelihoods, and properties, and the health of ecosystems. Regardless of the causes of this crisis - a common threat that crosses…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barazesh
In recent years, the fingers of flame have extended their reach over more of the Earth?s surface. Wildfires are occurring more often and becoming more severe, a perplexing change in fire patterns that threatens to transform ecosystems, reduce biodiversity and even alter climate…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Andrews
This publication has been revised to reflect updates to version 4.0 of the BehavePlus software. It was originally published as the BehavePlus fire modeling system, version 4.0: Variables in July, 2008. The BehavePlus fire modeling system is a computer program based on…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rupp, Mann, Murphy
Our research goal is to provide a scale-integrative planning and monitoring tool for wildland fuels and fire management that is specifically tailored to Alaska's ecological conditions and that addresses particular threats (notably climate change) to its natural fire regimes. To…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bartuszevige, Kennedy
The results of this synthesis illustrate several important lessons. First, current forest structure is the result of decades of fire-suppression activities, and so restoration will require multiple treatments to bring forests to within the range of historic variation. Second,…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McIver, Youngblood, Stephens
This Invited Feature focuses on the U.S. national Fire and Fire Surrogate study (FFS), a multi-site multidisciplinary research project that evaluates the ecological consequences of prescribed fire and its mechanical surrogates, treatments that are intended to reduce fire risk…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kennedy, Fontaine
Dry forests throughout the United States are fire-dependent ecosystems, and much attention has been given to restoring their ecological function. As such, land managers often are tasked with reintroducing fire via prescribed fire, wildland fire use, and fire-surrogate treatments…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Eberhardt
The Fire Emission Production Simulator (FEPS) is a user-friendly computer program designed for scientists and resource managers. The software manages data concerning consumption, emissions, and heat release characteristics of prescribed burns and wildland fires. The original…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES