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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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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Ramberg
Describes satisfactory trials in Alaska of a system for the safe distribution of smoke grenades from helicopters (to ignite controlled fires along firelines, etc.).
Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Strang
A preliminary comparison of burned and unburned tracts in the northern boreal forest of the lower Mackenzie River valley indicates that, without periodic fires, trees will be eliminated and the climax vegetation will be a moss/lichen association. The implications for land…
Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Skogland
Snow profiles were sampled along an east-west gradient in wild reindeer home range from winter ground in the east to calving ground in the west. Hardness to ramsonde at Finse (west) increased from 22 to 359 kg from early to late winter; hardness in the winter habitat (east)…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Viereck
In the taiga of Alaska, permafrost and vegetation are closely related. In areas underlain by permafrost, the nature of the vegetation is important in determining the thickness of the active layer. In a black spruce stand, the active layer is normally 30-60 cm thick. Flooding has…
Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nelson, England
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Klein, White
From background: 'The status of caribou herds in Alaska has recently become a focus of attention for subsistence and sport hunters, management agencies, biologists, and the general public. This is a result of the pronounced decline in recent years of the Nelchina, Fortymile,…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wood
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
From introduction: 'This flood hazard analyses of the Delta Study Area was requested by the State Division of Lands, State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the Delta Junction Area Land-Use Planning Team. The request was the result of joint efforts between…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Shank, Wilkinson, Penner
The results of analyses of rumen contents from 101 Peary caribou (Rangifer tanadus pearyi J. A. Allen 1902) collected on Banks Island are presented. Peary caribou on Banks Island were found to be versatile, broad spectrum grazers specializing on upland monocots, to ingest few…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Quinlan
Small mammal trapping success generally increased with the age of the stand among mature, 40-50-yr-old, and 20-yr-old stands. Adjusted trapping success figures indicate that fewer mammals of all species captured occur in burned areas than in mature forest. However, red-backed…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Quinlan
Bird censuses were conducted in five study plots chosen to represent different successional stages of white spruce forest following fire. A 9-yr-old burn supported only half the number of breeding species and 60% fewer breeding birds than found in mature forests. The area burned…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nodler, LaPerriere, Klein
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Neiland
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Turner, Lawson
Weather elements affecting the calculation of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) are described. How to choose an adequate weather station site for fire danger rating observations, how to expose each weather instrument correctly, and the consequences of errors in…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Strang
Description not entered.
Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Miller
The wildlife studies found herein were conducted during the summer of 1978 by members of the Forest Wildlife staff stationed in Seward, Alaska. Their purpose was to analyze the affects of past wildfires and the present Chugach-Moose Fire Programs prescribed burning operations.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Machida
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lyon, Crawford, Czuhai, Fredriksen, Harlow, Metz, Pearson
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
LeResche, Franzmann, Arneson
Description not entered.
Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lenhausen
Samples of hardwood browse were collected on two burned areas to estimate CAG and total biomass. Current annual growth was determined by measuring from tip of twig to first bud scar. Samples were dried in an over for 20-24 hours at 100-105 deg C before being weighed in biomass…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kane, Seifert, Taylor
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
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
Hall, Brown, Johnson
During the summer of 1977 widespread fires occurred in northwest Alaska. Through the use of Landsat imagery and ground studies, one such fire, at Kokolik River, was examined. The Kokolik fire was first reported on 26 July, and by the time it was extinguished had consumed 44 km2…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES