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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Mask
As of 1992, beetle-caused spruce mortality ranged from 8 to 68% of the spruce component within 5 sample areas. Continued beetle activity and tree mortality are expected for at least the next two to three years. Management alternatives are discussed.
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mask
During the winter of 1981, a windstorm caused extensive blowdown in the Yakutat area. In 1988, 20 permanent plots were established to monitor spruce beetle activity. A reevaluation of these plots in 1991 revealed low spruce beetle populations and minimal tree mortality since…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Martin
From objectives (page 2): 'The project objectives are: 1) determine if fires around lake and wetland margins affect the flow of nutrients into the wetlands, 2) determine of an increased flow of nutrients in wetlands from fire influences waterbird densities on the wetlands, and…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Larson
Data collected in conjunction with the multiresource inventory of southeast Alaska in 1985-86 included downed wood along 234 transects at 60 locations. Transects occurred in 11 forest types and 19 plant associations within the entire southeastern Alaska archipelago. Downed wood…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kaye
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Johnson, Paragi
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hardy, Franks
The natural resources of Interior Alaska deserve a higher level of protection than is now feasible. This publication is written for both the person requiring specific data to do a better research or protection job and the person who wishes to become more thoroughly acquainted…
Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
The Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System is a subsystem of the larger Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System, which also includes the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) System. The FBP System provides quantitative estimates of head fire spread rate,…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chesemore
Objectives: 1) To determine the effects of various intensities of burning on populations of wild vertebrate animals, both qualitatively and quantitatively. 2) To study the vegetation composition in relation to the preceding objectives. 3) To determine the seral stages and rates…
Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
A spatial model of long-term forest fire dynamics and its applications to forests in western Siberia
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Shugart, Leemans, Bonan
The boreal forests of the world, geographically situated to the south of the Arctic and generally north of latitude 50 degrees, are considered to be one of the earth's most significant terrestrial ecosystems in terms of their potential for interaction with other global scale…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Johnson
It is almost dogma that the boreal forest in North America is a fire dependent forest, yet ecologists often do not consider in any technical detail how forests fires produce effects on individual plants and on plant populations. Consequently, the casual connection between the…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
George, Reynolds, Dean, Miller
Satellite imagery is a valuable tool for environmental monitoring of natural and man-made events. Analysis of imagery within a few hours is vital if these data are to be used to respond to rapidly changing conditions. Since April of 1982 Landsat imagery from the Quick-Look…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Payette
Major patterns of plant communities and species distribution are induced by various disturbance regimes operating at a different spatial and temporal scales (Loucks 1970; White 1979; Bormann & Likens 1979b; Delcourt, Delcourt & Webb 1983). The development of temperate…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Holsten
Forest insect and disease populations and related damage increased throughout Alaskan forests in 1991. Spruce bark beetle populations increased for the third consecutive year. 375,000 acres were impacted in 1991. Hardwood defoliator activity increased for the second year and…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Holling
[Intro first paragraph] Human activities are increasingly affecting the relation between the biota and the physical environment. That has long been true of resource developments that have transformed vegetation on a regional scale. Now, however, the scale of human influence has…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kasischke, Bourgeau-Chavez, French, Harrell, Christensen
Initial observations on effects of wildfires in black spruce [Picea mariana] forests in Alaska on radar backscatter are presented. Airborne and spaceborne SAR imagery are utilized to illustrate two distinct fire signatures. A theory is presented to explain these differences.
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt
Models for moose density were developed using subsets of remotely sensed habitat variables in north-central Alaska. Macro-habitat factors explained from 60-70% of the variation in November moose densities using a regression model. Use of logistic regression allowed correct…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Success of spruce beetle attacks in pruned and unpruned boles of Lutz spruce in south-central Alaska
Pruning live branches from different heights and sides on the boles of long-crowned Lutz spruce (Picea + lutzii Little) baited with frontalin reduced successful spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis Kby) attacks in pruned sections of most trees. The benefits of pruning seemed…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Delin
Taiga dominates the northern two-thirds of Sweden. In the province of Halsingland it covers 83% of the land area, but only 0.01% of this is virgin forest. The vascular flora of the main part of the taiga is dominated by a few species. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Norway…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chambers
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bray, Struik
Recent activity of Yoho Glacier was determined by botanical and geological dating techniques and from published accounts. Tree growth in four forests adjacent to the end moraine was measured by increment borings of 200 Picea engelmannii. Drawings of increment cores were made in…
Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bayley, Schindler, Beaty, Parker, Stainton
Wildfire in the boreal forests at the Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario caused significant losses of nitrogen and phosphorus in streams. Both watershed type and fire intensity appear to determine the extent of losses. The Northeast wetland basin lost more N and P, especially…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Janna, Hannu
'Fires are natural in boreal coniferous forest ecosystems, occuring every 100-200 years. Burning of the humus and forest vegetation (mainly spruce and understory) raises the pH of the humus of the podzolic soil and leads to new succession of the forest plant community. The…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stahl, Persson
Provenance variation in Picea mariana (Mill) B.S.P. (Black spruce) seedlings was studied to provide recommendations for introducing the species into Scandinavia. Provenances were analysed in a series of tests covering root and shoot development, and mineral nutrient (N. P and K…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS