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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Using Forest Health Monitoring to assess aspen forest cover change in the southern Rockies ecoregion
Long-term qualitative observations suggest a marked decline in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) primarily due to advancing succession and fire suppression. This study presents an ecoregional coarse-grid analysis of the current aspen situation using Forest Health…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Pilz, Molina
Widespread commercial harvesting of wild edible mushrooms from the forests of the Pacific Northwest United States (PNW-US) began 10-15 years ago. A large proportion of suitable forest habitat in this region is managed by the Forest Service (US Department of Agriculture) and…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Miyanishi, Johnson
Postfire tree recruitment in the boreal forest is restricted to patches from which the duff (organic layer) has been removed by fire. Duff consumption occurs by smoldering combustion, propagation of which is determined by bulk density, moisture content, and depth. This study…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McDaniel, Ross
Snakeweeds (broom, Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt & Rusby); and threadleaf, G. microcephala (DC.) Gray) fall into that class of poisonous weeds that seldom cause direct livestock losses because they are highly unpalatable and animals rarely consume large quantities of…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wierzchowski, Heathcott, Flannigan
This study examines the influences of fuel, weather and topography on lightning-caused forest fires in portions of southern British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. The results show a significant difference in lightning and ligntning-caused fires east and west of the Continental…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lussier, Morin, Gagnon
The mortality pattern of 14 black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) stands from the Saguenay region (Quebec), originating from fire or clear-cutting in the early 20th century, was reconstructed based on the dendrochronological dating of dead trees. Most of the spruces died…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gutsell, Johnson
1 We examined the validity of classifying tree species as early, mid-, or late-successional based on age and height-growth rates, by comparing the age and height-growth rates of trees in the boreal forest. 2 Age was first examined using the traditional method of coring 30 cm…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Podur, Martell, Knight
Statistical quality-control methods were used to detect significant changes in the mean and variance of the annual fire occurrence and area burned in Canada (1918-2000), Ontario (1917-2000), and northwestern Ontario (1917- 2000). The quality-control chart method employed uses…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Chipman, Johnson
One of the goals of ecosystem management has been to maintain plant specie diversity. Emulating the "natural” (pre-European) fire regime is often proposed as a means of accomplishing this goal in fire-influenced boreal forest ecosystems. Here we examine this hypothesis as it…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Zipperer
The urban-wildland intermix is a zone of urbanization that significatnly affects the biophysical components of ecosystmes in rural landscapes. To sustain ecosystem goods and services, ecosystem based-management of natural resources recognizes the importance of maintaining…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Reichard
Non-native invasive species (NIS) are introduced species which are able to spread into native or managed systems, develop self-sustaining populations, and become dominant or disruptive to those systems. These species may be very harmful to the systems they invade, competing with…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Nilon
Wildlife management at the urban-wildland interface requires an understanding of the two broad goals of wildlife conservation in cities: management to retain biodiversity at a regional scale; and management to provide all residents with contacts with wildlife as part of their…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Moore, Chapman
Nearly 50% of US forestland is owned by non-industrial private landowners (N11PFs). While the rights of landowners are codified by government and generally respected in our society, forest landowners* responsibilities seem to be increasing. People are demanding greater…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Korhnak, Vince
Water supports, defines, and integrates the biological and physical worlds around us and in turn, the biological and physical worlds change water. The forested landscape serves as a critical linkage in the water cycle and it is a landscape that is intensely manipulated by humans…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kundell, Myszewski, DeMeo
Natural resources management and conservation in the wildland-urban interface ate complicated by current land-related public policies. These challenges are related to both the amount of land being developed in the interface and the speed with which this development is taking…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Moffat, Greene
Economic conditions and tax policies affect land-use decisions everywhere, but their effects on the rate of change in land use are particularly large in the wildland-urban interface. Efforts to improve the southern economy as a whole have resulted in the rapid growth of urban…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hull, Stewart
Forest fragmentation is redefining natural resource management. The social consequences of these changes are at least as profound as its environmental effects. This chapter of the Assessment reviews three major social changes: (1) economic reevaluation of the forest, (2)…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Zabinski
From the text ... 'On May 29, 2000, just 3 weeks after the Cerro Grande Fire was ignited in northern New Mexico's Bandelier National Monument, the Viveash Fire erupted some 30 miles (48 km) to the east, on the Santa Fe National Forest. A human-caused blaze, Viveash grew to 2,000…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Greenlee, Greenlee
From the text ... 'Like similar fires elsewhere, the Cerro Grande Fire burned hotter than historical fires because of fuel buildups from years of fire suppression.'
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Purdy, Macdonald, Dale
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Paterson, Morimoto, Cumming, Smol, Szeicz
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lefort, Harvey, Parton, Smith
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lee, Alexander, Hawkes, Lynham, Stocks, Englefield
This paper provides an overview of four national forest fire management information systems currently used in Canada. The Canadian forest fire danger rating system (CFFDRS) is a non-spatial system, which provides the science framework for fire danger rating in Canada. The…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Li
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sutton, Staniforth, Tardif
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS