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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Recovery of lotic communities and ecosystems from disturbance—a narrative review of case studies

Yount, Niemi
We present a narrative account of case studies of the recovery of flowing water systems from disturbance, focusing on the investigators' conclusions about recovery time and the factors contributing to recovery. We restrict our attention to case studies in which the recovery of…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Mounting the attack on wildfire: The video

Ascher, Alexander
This videotape production (1987, 18 min) offers an overview of the co-operative experimental burning project being conducted at Big Fish Lake in northcentral Alberta since 1984 by Forestry Canada and the Alberta Forest Service (AFS).
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Saline soils and brackish waters in management of wildlife, fish, and shrimp

Neely
[no description entered]
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Wood extractives and their significance to the pulp and paper industries

Hillis
[no description entered]
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Black willow dominates baldcypress-tupelo swamp eight years after clear cutting

Allen
[no description entered]
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Replace fescue right

Wolfshohl
[no description entered]
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Ions in flames

Mukherjee, Fueno, Eyring, Ree
[no description entered]
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Coastal pine forest landscapes: modeling scenic beauty for forest management

Eleftheridis, Tsalikidis
[no description entered]
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The size of flames from natural fires

Thomas
[no description entered]
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The enduring resource of wilderness

Fege, Corrigall
[no description entered]
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Chemistry of combustion reactions

Minkoff, Tipper
[no description entered]
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Present and potential commercial timbers of the Caribbean with special reference to the West Indies, the Guianas, and British Honduras

Longwood
[no description entered]
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Seasonal trends in the drought code component of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System

McAlpine
The Drought Code component of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System is an indicator of long term drought and the associated impact on forest fire management. The Drought Code has definite seasonal trends, which can make interpretation of the current daily value difficult…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The Fire Effects Information System: a tool for shrub information management

Bradley
The Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) is a computer-based, menu-driven encyclopedia of fire effects and general ecological information for plant species, wildlife species, and plant communities. It provides interpreted, summarized information in an easy-to-use format and…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

A photo-series for assessing fuels in natural forest stands in northern Ontario

Stocks, McRae, Lynham, Hartley
This photo-series was designed to present photographs and a detailed inventory of fuels for important stands in the Boreal and Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Forest Regions of Ontario. Over the last 20 years, an experimental burning program conducted by Forestry Canada, Ontario…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Radiative transfer effects in natural convection above fires

Murgai
This paper describes the results of examining the influence of radiative heat transfer on turbulent natural convection above fires in an atmosphere of constant potential temperature, under both the 'opaque' and 'transparent' approximations. It turns out that on the basis of the…
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Mathematical study of wood-burning mechanisms, prepared for publication in the AIChE journal

Weatherford
The mechanism of wood burning has been subjected to mathematical analysis. Extensive finite-difference computations for symmetrical and nonsymmetrical heating of flat wood slabs have provided results which appear to shed additional light upon the mechanisms leading to stable…
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The effect of exposure on slash inflammability

Williams
From the text... 'The final conclusion was, then that for the type of slash studied there is no need to adjust the slash hazard index for exposure through that part of the fire season when wildfires are more likely to occur but, if the ratings are to be used as guides in fall…
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Inter-observer variation in forest vegetation cover assessments

Tonteri
Differences in vegetation cover estimation by field biologists of the 8th National Forest Inventory were tested. Eleven observers estimated the canopy coverages of six forest taxa in 25 sample plots, located in one stand. The experiment was arranged after the field work. The…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

An easy way to tell what you are testing in analysis of variance

Turner
Least squares regression models are often used to analyze unbalanced fixed effect data sets with u unique cells defined by design or by post-hoc stratification. Constraints exist among the regression coefficients if there are more coefficients than cells. Models with fewer…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Playing with fire: effects of fire in management of southwestern recreation resources

Taylor
Recreation is of increasing importance in forest environments. Fire has both short-term effects, trail closures, smoke impacts; and long-term effects, residual 'scars,' potential hazards, on forest recreation. The general public is gaining sophistication in understanding forest…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Use of remote sensing for the 1988 greater Yellowstone area fires

Lachowski, Rodman, Shovic
The 1988 fires created a lot of changes in land cover in Greater Yellowstone Area, an area of several million acres administered by the Park Service, Forest Service and other Federal, State and private owners. Remotely sensed data, such as aerial photography and imagery…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Computer digitization of large scale aerial photography and digital analysis for assessing soil disturbance on clearcuts

Lee
Certain types and degrees of soil disturbance resulting from harvesting activities are known to result in soil degradation and thus in reduced productivity for trees. The present method of survey is a ground-based 'grid-point intercept' system and is time-consuming and costly.…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Opportunities for fire management in the future

Ffolliott
Fire, either as a natural occurrence or a management tool, can have beneficial effects on the environment, and its use offers opportunities for reducing fuel loads, disposing of slash, preparing seedbeds, thinning stands, increasing herbaceous plant production, increasing…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Social/political obstacles and opportunities in prescribed fire management

Daniel
Obstacles to public acceptance of prescribed fire include misunderstanding of fire in forest ecosystems, concerned risk to life and property and assumed adverse effects on scenic and recreation values. Increased appreciation of the ecological, safety (fuel reduction) and…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS