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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Naficy, Sala, Keeling, Graham, DeLuca
Increased forest density resulting from decades of fire exclusion is often perceived as the leading cause of historically aberrant, severe, contemporary wildfires and insect outbreaks documented in some fire-prone forests of the western United States. Based on this notion,…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Moss, Hermanutz
Although slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) are known to be important generalist herbivores, fungivores, and detrivores in a variety of ecosystems, little is known about their abundance and diversity in protected areas. Likewise, the presence of non-native slug species and their…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Miller, Davidson-Hunt, Peters
In this paper, we present how elders of Pikangikum First Nation in northwestern Ontario have drawn upon their knowledge and values associated with fire to engage in fire management planning for 1.3 million hectares of their traditional boreal forest territory. Over a period of…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lowell, Rapp, Haynes, Cray
We update and expand the 1992 survey of research findings by Lowell and colleagues, providing an ecological context for the findings, using a more reader-friendly format, and including extensive citations so readers can get indepth information on particular topics. Our intent is…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Long, Smith, Roberts
We outline an approach for developing and comparing silvicultural alternatives. The approach has multiple advantages, including explicit links between goals, management approaches, and outcomes; efficient development of alternative means of accomplishing the goals; and effective…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lindenmayer, Likens, Franklin
Large-scale natural disturbances are commonplace around the world. They can have profound effects on human infrastructure and populations, as well as substantially influencing key ecological processes, shaping landscapes, and affecting many species. Major natural disturbances…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Larkin, Brown, Lahm, Zimmerman
From the text ... 'The Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS) is a new Web-based system designed to integrate science and technology in support of risk-informed decisionmaking for wildland fires. ... WFDSS replaces three past wildland fire decision analysis and…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lantz, Gergel, Henry
Aim Feedbacks between climate warming and fire have the potential to alter Arctic and sub-Arctic vegetation. In this paper we assess the effects and interactions of temperature and wildfire on plant communities across the transition between the Arctic and sub-Arctic.Location…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kochi, Donovan, Champ, Loomis
The economic costs of adverse health effects associated with exposure to wildfire smoke should be given serious consideration in determining the optimal wildfire management policy. Unfortunately, the literature in this research area is thin. In an effort to better understand the…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Kennedy, McKenzie
Fire-scarred trees provide a deep temporal record of historical fire activity, but identifying the mechanisms therein that controlled landscape fire patterns is not straightforward. We use a spatially correlated metric for fire co-occurrence between pairs of trees (the Sørensen…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kane, Hockaday, Turetsky, Masiello, Valentine, Finney, Baldock
There is still much uncertainty as to how wildfire affects the accumulation of burn residues (such as black carbon (BC)) in the soil, and the corresponding changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) composition in boreal forests. We investigated SOC and BC composition in black spruce…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jones, Twieg, Ward, Barker, Durall, Simard
Summary1. Clearcut logging results in major changes in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities, but whether this results in the loss of key functional traits, such as those associated with nutrient acquisition from soil organic matter, is unknown. Furthermore, little is known about…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Joly, Chapin, Klein
Lichens are an important winter forage for large, migratory herds of caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) that can influence population dynamics through effects on body condition and in turn calf recruitment and survival. We investigated the vegetative and physiographic…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McRae, Lynham, Frech
The alarming loss of forested areas containing red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) and eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) in eastern Canada is a situation that must be addressed promptly by changing management approaches. Since the ecological role of fire in the regeneration and…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cicerone
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Angelstam
Summary (p.499-500) ... 'Fire is an important natural and anthropogenic factor in the dynamics of the boreal forest system. The ecological and environmental impacts of boreal fires depend on fire weather, fuel availability, fire behavior and history of stand development (…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Levine
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Martell
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mallik, Roberts
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mallik
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sorbel, Opperman, Stephen
A case study in using geospatial and non-geospatial fire behavior models to assess spotting potential. Five fire modeling approaches were compared and documented using the the 2009 Chakina Fire
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Watts, Kobziar, Percival
Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) have been developed alongside manned aircraft yet have seen widespread use only in the past decade. Their use for miliraty applications has propelled advances in electronics and sensors to yield systems whose capabilities may be useful for many…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Long
From the text ... 'As we move forward and as we put more prescribed fire across the nation, there are going to be things like smoke incidents, there will be accidents, there will be loss of structures. And, yes, there will even be loss of life. The future of prescribed fire…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Haddow
From the text ... 'Summary: Air quality regulations are getting more stringent. We need to be involved in writing those regulations. We must be experts on the impact of our emissions, and we must be leaders rather than followers. If a state starts to develop a prescribed burning…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Guyette
From the text ... 'Because fire was such an important historic disturbance and is a large component in understanding regional differences in emissions, it is analogous to an elephant in the closet. One can think of fire frequency as the elephant. That is, it is an issue that is…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS