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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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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
Backer, Jensen, McPherson
The ecological impacts of wildland fire-suppression activities can be significant and may surpass the impacts of the fire itself. A recent paradigm shift from fire control to fire management has resulted in increased attention to minimizing the negative effects of suppression.…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Awada, Henebry, Redmann, Sulistivowati
We studied Picea glauca dynamics in the boreal forest of Saskatchewan, Canada, using 35 stands ranging from <1 to >200 y after fire. We determined the spatial pattern and the importance of seedbed conditions to the recruitment of P. glauca. Basal area increased along the…
Year: 2004
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
Trowbridge, Holl
An overdense logdepole pine (Pinus contorta) stand was knocked down and the site was prepared by broadcast burn, windrow burn, or mechanical forest floor removal. Inoculated alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) was seeded at 0, 10, 20, and 30 kg/ha for the three different site…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gholz, Cropper
Because of their commercial importance, their widespread occurence and their relatively simple structure, pine forests are some of the most intensively studied ecosystems worldwide, affording unique opportunities for synthesis. We present results from a multi-investigator…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hogg, Lieffers, Wein
Global warming and the resultant increase in evapotranspiration might lead to lowered water tables in peatlands and an increase in fire frequency. The objective of this study was to investigate some of the potential effects of these changes on peat decomposition. Dry mass losses…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Almendros, Gonzalez-Vila, Martin, Frund, Ludemann
Several structural changes were recognized by CPMAS 13C-NMR and resolution-enhanced IR spectroscopy after humic acids (HA) and fulvic acids (FA) were subjected to labratory heating at 350ºC. The NMR results suggested that the HA underwent decarboxylation, selective…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Arens
Palynological sampling around wildfire event horizons was used to reconstruct vegetation replacement in a Carboniferous (c. 325 Ma) forest. The Joggins Section (Nova Scotia, Canada) includes 4,000 m of channel and overbank sandstones interbedded with stacked, immature paleosols…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Riccardi, Prichard, Ottmar, Sandberg
Wildfires are a natural, reoccurring, and essential component of ecological communities worldwide. Decades of fire exclusion and altered fire regimes have had substantial ecological consequences, including increased fuel loads. Fuel loads are diverse in their physical attributes…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Hollingsworth
The boreal forest is the largest terrestrial ecosystem in North America, one of the least disturbed by humans, and most disturbed by fire. This combination makes it an ideal system to explore the environmental controls over species composition, the relative importance of abiotic…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kurz, Apps, Webb, McNamee
An assessment of the contribution of Canadian forest ecosystems and forestry activities to the global carbon budget was undertaken. The first phase of this study consisted of the development of a computer modeling framework and the use of published information to establish the…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Payne, Stocks, Robinson, Wasey, Strapp
Combustion aerosol particles from boreal forest fires were quantified to facilitate investigation of the potential effects of increased fire activity caused by global warming, by providing data inputs for global and regional climate modelling of the direct and indirect effects.…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Krankina, Harmon, Cohen, Oetter, Zyrina, Duane
Forest inventories and remote sensing are the two principal data sources used to estimate carbon (C) stocks and fluxes for large forest regions. National governments have historically relied on forest inventories for assessments but developments in remote sensing technology…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Harden, Neff, Sandberg, Turetsky, Ottmar, Gleixner, Fries, Manies
Wildfires represent one of the most common disturbances in boreal regions, and have the potential to reduce C, N, and Hg stocks in soils while contributing to atmospheric emissions. Organic soil layers of the forest floor were sampled before and after the FROSTFIRE experimental…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bergner, Johnstone, Treseder
Global warming is projected to be greatest in northern regions, where forest fires are also increasing in frequency. Thus, interactions between fire and temperature on soil respiration at high latitudes should be considered in determining feedbacks to climate. We tested the…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Alig
Availability of land is fundamental for sustainable forestry, providing the basis for the production of a wide array of goods and services (for example, biodiversity, forest carbon sequestration). This paper summarizes types of land-related data contained in major U.S. data…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Randerson, Masiello, Rahn, Still, Field
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stefanidou, Athanaselis
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Byram
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS