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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Robuck
This guide identifies 49 common plants of coastal Alaska muskegs. Plants are divided into six major groups: clubmosses, ferns, sedges, herbs, shrubs, and trees. Illustrations and short descriptions of each plant are provided, along with a simplified key to aid in identification…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Packee
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pegau
Several methods of evaluating reindeer ranges were tested on Nunivak Island and the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Aerial photographs or an aerial-visual method similar to those used in Sweden can be used to ascertain the boundaries and percent composition of the various vegetation…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Miller, Robinson
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Miller
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lenhausen, Murphy
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Laursen, MacDonald, Moore
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Juday, Dyrness
From introduction: 'The purpose of this report is to provide a first account of the projects supported or about to be launched at the time of a December 4, 1984 meeting titled, 'Rosie Creek Fire Research Project, 1984 Research Progress Meeting.' None of the projects had been…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hurd, McBride
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hochbaum, Kummen, Caswell
A major portion of the prime waterfowl breeding habitat in western Canada occurs in areas of intense agricultural activity. Modifications to small wetlands in these areas (burning, mowing, clearing, filling, and draining) are commonly carried out by agriculturalists in an effort…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hard, Holsten
Thinning is recommended for maintaining vigorous tree growth to minimize losses caused by spruce beetles (Dendroctonus rufipennis Kirby) and windthrow in residual stands of spruce in south-central Alaska. The anatomy of conifer stems, the variation in stem diameter growth, and…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ghan, MacCracken, Walton
An atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) has been initialized with a 150 Tg summertime injection of smoke from post-war fires over Europe, Asia and North America. The smoke is subject to large-scale and convectice transport, dry deposition, coagulation and precipitation…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Gasaway, Dubois, Boertje
Summary: The initial response of 7 radio-collared moose (Alces alces) to wildfire was investigated to determine if moose were displaced from the burned portion of their home ranges. The long-term response of 14 radio-collared moose to the burned area was investigated to…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Densmore
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Foote, Viereck
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barney
With the adoption of the National Fire Danger Rating System in Alaska, the entire State now has a common method of rating forest fire danger for all proctection agencies. Uniformity such as this was one of the primary reasons for the development of a national system. Compared…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bird, Lucas
This paper summarizes one of the group discussions held at the symposium. The group identified eight areas of concern and gave five recommendations to improve wilderness fire management.
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Arno
Current evidence suggests that Indian fires substantially augmented those set by lightning in grassland, shrubland, and certain lower-elevation forest types for a millennium before settlement by Euro-Americans. In some large areas Indian fires apparently had a marked and…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Alden
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ahti, Hepburn
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Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hefner
The forest resources of this country must be protected from wildfire. Protection does not eliminate fire but does reduce loss from fire. In recent years, more acres have been burned on the unprotected 3 percent of forest land than on the 97 percent under organized fire…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cooper
The Arrigetch Peaks region of Alaska's Brooks Range combines tremendous visitor appeal for recreation purposes and ecological diversity. Critical issues for wilderness managers include dynamics of palsas and treeline, disturbance to Cladonia lichen dominated stands and their…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Foote
[from the text] Fire is an integral part of the forest ecology of the taiga of interior Alaska. For years people have observed the immediate and general impacts of fire on vegetation. Few have documented their observations of these fires, and even fewer have observed a given…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Boertje, Davis, Valkenburg
Analysis of caribou fecal samples from 4 distinct caribou wintering areas revealed expected relative percentage use of lichens among the areas. Additional uses of fecal analysis include identification of most major plant groups in the diet, detection of trends in condition in…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Agee, Huff
Goals for vegetation management in wilderness areas have been difficult to define. Short return interval, low-intensity fire regimes offer the most promise for structurally oriented vegetation management goals, although there are some long-return interval or high-intensity fire…
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES