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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Johnson
Evidence from 10 years of fire records and 300 years of tree ages and fire scars indicate that forest fires in a large area east of Great Slave Lake, N.W.T. are recurrent over a short time interval (<125 years) and related to large scale air mass climate patterns and terrain…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Hawkes
Mean fire return intervals for different ecological subzones, aspects and elevations in Kananaskis Provincial Park were described. Comparison of the results from this study with others was not practical because of a number of constraints. A discussion of the mean fire return…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Viereck, Schandelmeier
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Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Viereck
A hierarchical system, with five levels of resolution, is proposed for classifying Alaska vegetation. The system, which is agglomerative, starts with 415 known Alaska plant communities which are listed and referenced. At the broadest level of resolution the system contains five…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Viereck, Schandelmeier
Alaskan land and resource managers are moving from a policy of fire control to one of fire management. To use fire as a tool to reach resource management objectives, managers need information on fire effects and the role of fire in northern environment. The authors searched and…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Holsten, Werner, Laurent
Preface: The USDA Forest Service publication, "Identification of Destructive Alaska Forest Insects" (Hard 1967), dealt mainly with the more damaging forest insects of southeastern Alaska. Since then, our information on forest insects and diseases from south-central and interior…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rothermel, Deeming
Identifies and describes methods for quantifying from field observations 2 key parameters of wildfire behavior: fireline intensity and heat per unit area. Proposes standardization of terms and techniques as a means of improving experimental procedures and communication among…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Racine
During summer 1977, wildfires burned extensive areas of low arctic tundra in the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. The present study was initiated in July 1978 to determine the effects of these fires on tundra soils and vegetation. Nine 10 x 1 m permanent transects were established at…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Strang
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
LeResche, Franzmann, Arneson
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Klein
This study developed out of concern of the well-being of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd associated with increasing human utilization and waste, suggestions of past range overstocking, increased exploration and development activities on the calving and summering grounds,…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Helmers, Cushwa
An appraisal of taiga (the northern forests of interior Alaska) environment research opportunities and needs was made based upon accomplishments since Alaskan statehood, current involvement of citizens in resource issues, information needs incident to the National Environmental…
Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Haag
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chrosciewicz
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Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fischer
This report provides an index to the contents of the IS-volume Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conferences held annually from 1962-1974. All of the papers published in the Proceedings are listed by author, date, and title. The contents of these papers can be…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bolstad
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barney, Berglund
A summary of climatic data during the 1968-71 growing seasons is presented for the subarctic Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest located near Fairbanks, Alaska. Data were obtained from three weather station sites at elevations of 1,650, 1,150, and 550 feet from May until September…
Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barney, Comiskey
Existing records show that five wildfires burned more than 1,600 hectares of tundra on Alaska's Arctic Slope. Environmental conditions suitable for lightning, ignition, and burning occur more often than previously recognized at this northern latitude.
Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Anderson, Belon
A reconstituted, simulated color-infrared ERTS-1 image covering the western Seward Peninsula was prepared and it is used for identifying and mapping vegetation types by direct visual examination. The image, NASA ERTS E-1009-22095, was obtained approximately at 1110 hours, 165…
Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Agee
Following a prescribed fire, structural effects were measured over a 4-year postfire period. Initial tree mortality was concentrated in small diameter and height classes of Abies concolor (Gord. And Glend) Lindl., Pinus lambertiana Dougl., and Pinus ponderosa Dougl. Most…
Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mackay
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Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
LeResche, Davis
Food intake of 3 tame moose (Alces alces) was observed on the Kenai Peninsula during summer on a normal range and during winter and spring on a normal and a depleted range. Plant species and bite sizes were recorded for 49 308 bites consumed. Food eaten varied between summer and…
Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Leader-Williams
Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) were introduced into South Georgia in 1911 and 1925, and now form 3 herds. Each herd was at a different stage of an irruptive oscillation when they were studied during 1972-76. The Barff herd had declined in numbers since about 1958, the Royal Bay…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
LaPerriere, Lent, Gasaway, Nodler
Vegetation type maps covering approximately 13 million ha of east-central Alaska were made using Landsat multispectral scanner data to analyze moose (Alces alces) habitat. Modified clustering techniques were used: the clustering method has significant advantage over other…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES