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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Topic
Year
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Bethea
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Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hull
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Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Greenlee
From the text...'When called to Florida this summer, the fires were nearly out. You had done your jobs, and from all indications and from the comments of the firefighters we met, you had done exceptionally well. Our job, once again, was to figure out if anything could be done in…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Seamon, Myers, Roe
The Nature Conservancy's (TNC) Fire Management & Research Program coordinates the organization's prescribed fire operations nationwide. From our offices at Tall Timbers Research Station, we oversee prescribed fire activities in the 44 states where burns on Nature Conservancy…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Paysen, Narog, Cohen
A paradigm shift from fire suppression to fire suppression and prescription requires a shift in emphasis from simply controlling wildfire occurrence and spread to one that includes controlling characteristics of prescribed fire. Suppression focuses on preventing unwanted effects…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Feary, Neuenschwander
Fire exclusion in wildlands during the last century has caused the excessive accumulation of fuels that has resulted in catastrophic fires. In spite of devastating losses from fire, human development continues to increase in the wildland-urban interface. Additional houses and…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
From the text... 'Controlled fires are essential to avoid conflagrations now scorching Florida'
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Evans
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Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
This conference provided an arena for identifying common key issues that are shaping wildland fire research. Commonly identified desired outcomes include: research, integrated across disciplines, and management form partnerships; communication between management and research is…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dickmann, Rollinger
The exclusion of fire from ecosystems to which it was a frequent visitor has produced profound alterations in historic ecological conditions; therefore, fire must be an integral component of ecosystem management. That was the overwhelming message conveyed by speakers at the…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Arno
The fire ecology of Scandinavian forests and its management implications have many parallels to forests of the American West. As in the United States, the policy of fire exclusion has yielded to a broader understanding of fire ecology, and both silviculture and prescribed fire…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Boyd
Literature review of 40 articles related to research in landscape and woodland perceptions, aesthetics and experience.
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Varley
Civilization continues to encroach on the borders of Yellowstone National Park. The ecological well-being of Yellowstone in the twnety-first century will depend on public policy decision made today. Critical observers generally agree that the overall health of the park is…
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mealey
The National Wilderness Preservation System has evolved from the first wilderness preserve in 1919 to nealry 89 million acres in 1985. The Forest Service administers 83% of the wilderness system in the conterminous forty-eight states, where most future use is expected. The…
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Irland
The choices in wildland ecosystem management are becoming more costly and controversial. Legal mandates, of which the Resources Planning Act (RPA) is the prime example, require the use of economic analysis in planning. Economics though often subject to abuse, offers a tool kit…
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Burch
Human ecology is the study of the relations between communities (groups or populations) and their respective environments. This approach employs a systems perspective of both society and nature; describes the interactions between social systems and ecosystems in terms of…
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Keiter
Natural ecosystem management means maintaining the natural integrity and pristine character of 'preserved' park and wilderness lands. But most large national parks and wilderness areas are bordered by other public lands, which may be open to consumptive development activities,…
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simmerman, Smith, Miller, Howard
The Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) is a computerized encyclopedia that summarizes the general ecology and effects of fire on more than 1,000 plant and animal species and plant communities. These 'summaries' synthesize current information in an easy-to-use format and…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Andrews, Andrews
A computer program, called DYNAMICS, was developed to illustrate changes in a forest type adapted to short-interval fire. Managementoptions include natural fire occurrence, fire exclusion, and a silviculture-fire management approach. During a 500-year simulation, fireoccurrence…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Sydes, Miller
[no description entered]
Year: 1988
Type: Document
Source: TTRS