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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Longcore, Rich, Mineau, MacDonald, Bert, Sullivan, Mutrie, Gauthreaux, Avery, Crawford, Manville, Travis, Drake
Avian mortality at communication towers in the continental United States and Canada is an issue of pressing conservation concern. Previous estimates of this mortality have been based on limited data and have not included Canada. We compiled a database of communication towers in…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rocha, Loranty, Higuera, Mack, Hu, Jones, Breen, Rastetter, Goetz, Shaver
Recent large and frequent fires above the Alaskan arctic circle have forced a reassessment of the ecological and climatological importance of fire in arctic tundra ecosystems. Here we provide a general overview of the occurrence, distribution, and ecological and climate…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Semmens, Ramage
High latitude drainage basins are experiencing increases in temperature higher than the global average, with snowmelt dominated basins most sensitive to effects in winter because of the snowpack's integration of these changes over the season. This may influence the timing of…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wang, Hamann, Cumming
Studying changes to the shape, size, and arrangement of patches of forest habitat remains a challenge in the field of landscape ecology. A major issue is that most landscape pattern metrics measure both the amount of habitat as well as habitat configuration. To obtain…
Year: 2012
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
Farris, Neuenschwander, Boudreau
The importance of large fire events in shaping the structure and composition of subalpine forests has recently gained a great deal of attention from resource managers. High elevation forests dominated by Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) and subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa)…
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
The Alaska Fire and Fuels Research Map was created in 2006 under FIREHOUSE (The Northwest and Alaska Fire Research Clearinghouse), a Joint Fire Science Program funded project (06-3-1-26). This database was initially populated from National Park Service fire effects study plots…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This Alaska Technical Regional Report (part of the National Climate Assessment) looks at current changes; synthesizes relevant and new science and information since publication of the last Alaska regional report (1999); and provides outlooks and projections of climate-related…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
LeQuire
Since its inception, the JFSP has funded projects with a strong technology-transfer component. That original commitment to information exchange between scientists and practitioners received an even stronger boost in 2008, the 10th anniversary of the JFSP, which was marked by a…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Seamon
The Prescribed Fire Training Center (PFTC) is an interagency center located in Tallahassee, FL. Founded in 1998, PFTC hosts week-long workshops for agency administrators and resource specialists and 21-day sessions for fire practitioners. The center's mission is 'to provide…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Welch, Williams
Distance learning can best be described as the process of transferring knowledge to learners (students) who are separated from the instructor (teacher) by time or physical distance. It makes use of technology components, such as the Internet, video, CDs, tapes, and other forms…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wildland fire managers face increasingly steep challenges to meet air quality standards while planning prescribed fire and its inevitable smoke emissions. The goals of sound fire management practices, including fuel load reduction through prescribed burning, are often challenged…
Year: 2012
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
Reid
What are FRAMES and the Southern Fire Portal? The Fire Research and Management Exchange System, or FRAMES (www.frames.gov), is a unique website aimed at information exchange and technology transfer among all wildland fire stakeholders and was developed by the University of Idaho…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Reid
What does the Joint Fire Science Program offer online? The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) website (https://www.firescience.gov) provides a free-access wildland fire science information resource providing research summaries and project findings. The primary goal of the website…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Melvin
Science demonstrates that low-intensity surface fires were historically a critical ecological process in as much as 60% of North American landscapes. When applied appropriately in fire-dependent ecosystems, prescribed fire maintains forest health and function, provides habitat…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
In celebration of 20 years of International Journal of Wildland Fire, a complete index of authors has been compiled from 1991 to 2011.
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Leenhouts
ANNOTATION: Wildland fire has been an integral part of the landscape of the conterminous United States for millennia. Analysis of contemporary and pre-industrial (~ 200 - 500 yr BP) conditions, using potential natural vegetation, satellite imagery, and ecological fire regime…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Kocher, Toman, Trainor, Wright, Briggs, Goebel, MontBlanc, Oxarart, Peppin, Steelman, Thode, Waldrop
In 2009, the federal Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) initiated a national network of boundary organizations, known as regional fire science consortia, to accelerate the awareness, understanding, and use of wildland fire science. Needs assessments conducted by consortia in…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Black, Saveland, Thomas, Ziegler
The US wildland fire community has been interested in cultivating organizational learning to improve safety and overall performance for a number of years. A key focus has been on understanding the difference between culpability (to be guilty) and accountability (to explain) and…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
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