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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Wood-feeding beetles and soil nutrient cycling in burned forests: implications of post-fire salvage logging

Cobb, Hannam, Kishchuk, Langor, Quideau, Spence
1 Rising economic demands for boreal forest resources along with current and predicted increases in wildfire activity have increased salvage logging of burned forests. Currently, the ecological consequences of post-fire salvage logging are insufficiently understood to develop…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Snowmelt infiltration into seasonally frozen soils

Kane
The infiltration rate of snowmelt water into seasonally frozen soils is controlled in part by the amount of ice in the soil pores. The objective of this study was to measure the redistribution of moisture that occurs over the winter season for Fairbanks silt loam and to…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Dispersal of subadult moose from a low density population in interior Alaska

Gasaway, Dubois, Brink
Dispersal of 1- to 3-year-old moose from a low density, but rapidly growing, moose population was investigated. Radio-collars were placed on 17 offspring of previously radio-collared adult cows. Comparison of home ranges of independent off spring and their respective dams…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Modern climate-tree-growth relationships and climatic reconstruction in sub-Arctic Alaska

Garfinkel, Brubaker
Statistical comparisons between tree-ring width sequences and climatic records provide a means of identifying climatic limitations on tree growth and allow the reconstruction of past climates. This information is especially important in the North American sub-Arctic where…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Selection of winter forage by subarctic browsing vertebrates: the role of plant chemistry

Bryant, Kuropat
Plant palatability frequently moderates vertebrate herbivore forage selection patterns. There is, however, considerable debate as to which plant chemical characteristics control palatability. On the one hand, forage proximal nutritional quality is believed to be of primary…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Changes in the nitrogen and phosphorus levels in foliage and connecting branches of Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata Donn ex Sm.) after intense fire

Glossop, Bell, Shea
Changes are reported in levels of total nitrogen and total phosphorus in leaves and connecting branches following an experimental, high intensity, autumn burn. Following canopy temperatures reaching at least 50 C, reduced levels of nitrogen and phosphorus were found in leaves…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Mechanical and chemical methods for improving pangola grass areas (Digitaria decumbens Sten) in Cuba

Sistachs, Leon
[no description entered]
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Effects of a fall wildfire on herbaceous vegetation on xeric sites in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho

Merrill, Mayland, Peek
[no description entered]
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Simulation of wildfire effects on the nitrogen cycle of a Pinus banksiana ecosystem in New Brunswick, Canada

MacLean, Wein
[no description entered]
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The mineral nutrition of wild plants

Chapin
[no description entered]
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Ecology and silviculture of the most productive ecosystems for growth of Douglas-fir in southwestern British Columbia

Klinka, Carter
[no description entered]
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

EPA proposed ozone rule impacts to wildland fire

Eagan, O'Neill, Lahm, Menakis, Dzomba
On January 6, 2010, the EPA proposed to strengthen the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone. EPA also proposed an accelerated implementation schedule as part of this Rule. The primary standard is designed to protect public health and the proposal…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

A dynamic organic soil biogeochemical model for simulating the effects of wildfire on soil environmental conditions and carbon dynamics of black spruce forests

Yi, McGuire, Kasischke, Harden, Manies, Mack, Turetsky
Ecosystem models have not comprehensively considered how interactions among fire disturbance, soil environmental conditions, and biogeochemical processes affect ecosystem dynamics in boreal forest ecosystems. In this study, we implemented a dynamic organic soil structure in the…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Fire and the spread of flowering plants in the Cretaceous

Bond, Scott
We suggest that the spread of angiosperms in the Cretaceous was facilitated by novel fire regimes. Angiosperms were capable of high productivity and therefore accumulated flammable biomass ('fuel') more rapidly than their predecessors. They were capable of rapid reproduction,…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Impact of climate change on forest fire severity and consequences for carbon stocks in boreal forest stands of Quebec, Canada: a synthesis

van Bellen, Garneau, Bergeron
The global boreal forests comprise large stocks of organic carbon that vary with climate and fire regimes. Global warming is likely to influence several aspects of fire and cause shifts in carbon sequestration patterns. Fire severity or forest floor depth of burn is one…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Effects of vegetation zones and climatic changes on fire-induced atmospheric carbon emissions: a model based on paleodata

Bremond, Carcaillet, Favier, Ali, Paitre, Bégin, Bergeron, Richard
An original method is proposed for estimating past carbon emissions from fires in order to understand long-term changes in the biomass burning that, together with vegetation cover, act on the global carbon cycle and climate. The past carbon release resulting from paleo-fires…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Quantifying fire severity, carbon, and nitrogen emissions in Alaska's boreal forest

Boby, Schuur, Mack, Verbyla, Johnstone
The boreal region stores a large proportion of the world's terrestrial carbon (C) and is subject to high-intensity, stand-replacing wildfires that release C and nitrogen (N) stored in biomass and soils through combustion. While severity and extent of fires drives overall…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

The Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator: updated model documentation

The Fire and Fuels Extension (FFE) to the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) simulates fuel dynamics and potential fire behavior over time, in the context of stand development and management. Existing models of fire behavior and fire effects were added to FVS to form the FFE…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Estimates of gross and net fluxes of carbon between the biosphere and the atmosphere from biomass burning

Seiler, Crutzen
In order to estimate the production of charcoal and the atmospheric emissions of trace gases volatilized by burning we have estimated the global amounts of biomass which are affected by fires. We have roughly calculated annual gross burning rates ranging between about 5 Pg and 9…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

A fire protection triangle for the wildland-urban interface

Tidwell, Brown
From the text ... 'One way to protect the WUI is to restore surrounding landscapes to a healthy, resilient condition. Healthy, resilient forest ecosystems are less likely to see uncharacteristically severe wildfires that turn into human and ecological disasters. The USDA Forest…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

First-order fire effects on animals: review and recommendations

Engstrom
Models of first-order fire effects are designed to predict tree mortality, soil heating, fuel consumption, and smoke production. Some of these models can be used to predict first-order fire effects on animals (e.g., soil-dwelling organisms as a result of soil heating), but they…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS