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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Reinhardt, Keane, Brown
A First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) was developed to predict the direct consequences of prescribed fire and wildfire. FOFEM computes duff and woody fuel consumption, smoke production, and fire-caused tree mortality for most forest and rangeland types in the United States.…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Chapin, Walker, Hobbs, Hooper, Lawton, Sala, Tilman
Changes in the abundance of species - especially those that influence water and nutrient dynamics, trophic interactions, or disturbance regime - affect the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Diversity is also functionally important, both because it increases the…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Perrings, Walker
The loss of resilience in systems characterised by multiple equilibria is indicated by a discontinuous change in the state of the system, or the transition from one locally stable state corresponding to a particular mix of species to another state corresponding to a different…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Holsten, Burnside
This magazine article provides an update of forest health in Alaska in 1997. Major forest insect pests and diseases are discussed in light of their impacts on the forest. A brief overview of current research is offered.
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zepp, Miller, Tarr, Burke, Stocks
Soil atmosphere fluxes of carbon monoxide (CO) were investigated during BOREAS 1994 (June to September 1994) in forest sites near the northern study area (NSA) of the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS). Fluxes and related ancillary data were measured for both upland…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Whittle, Duchesne, Needham
Regeneration of plant communities in post-disturbance boreal and sub-boreal ecosystems is discussed with particular reference to current knowledge of buried seeds (soil seed banks) and vegetative propagation, and the importance of the fire regime on plant regeneration. Fire…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pruitt
The conservation of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou, in Manitoba) is discussed. Arboreal and forest floor lichens are major components of caribou diet in the boreal forests (taiga). The major threats to caribou habitat are wild fires and clear felling. Wild fires…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Paragi, Johnson, Katnik
Knowledge of lynx (Lynx canadensis) use of burned areas is desirable to anticipate the effects of fire management in the taiga. During 1991 to 1994 we tested whether L. canadensis and snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) selectively used post-fire seres during winter in the Alaskan…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Packee
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Niemela
Logging has ecological effects on invertebrates in Fennoscandian boreal forest. Especially affected are species associated with micro-habitats of natural old-growth forest, such as coarse woody debris, large deciduous trees, and patches of wet swamp-forest. Furthermore, the…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Roessler
The forests of Tanana River Basin in Interior Alaska have a history of disturbance. Four issues reflecting forest disturbance, important to include in current management strategies for these lands, were researched: (1) disturbance history of the Tanana Valley; (2) Alaska…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rees
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Saperstein
Plant cover and biomass data were collected on 4 permanent transects on Galena Mountain herd winter range in late summer 1994. Point intercept method was used to determine ground cover; preliminary results showed lichens comprised 39-56% of total ground cover. Point-intercept…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Quinlan, Lehnhausen
From introduction: 'During bird surveys in the spring of 1995 Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) were observed in the silt blanket-floodway habitat of the Chena Lakes Flood Control Project (Quinlan and Lehnhausen 1995) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel have…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Potkin
Forests in the vicinity of the Kenai Peninsula portion of the Chugach National Forest are of special ecological interest because of their transitional nature between coastal and interior forest types. The Continental Interior boreal forest and Maritime Pacific coast ecological…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Holsten
The spruce bark beetle Denaroctonus rutipennis activity levels in sc Alaska have increased to nearly a million acres of 'active' infestation. There have been many questions about the fire danger associated with the different phases of the spruce bark beetle's attack on a forest…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hennon, Harris
Some 680 citations from literature treating Chamaecyparis nootkatensis are listed alphabetically by author in this bibliography. Most citations are followed by a short summary. A subject index is included.
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Collins
Willow treatments within exclosures in Tyone Creek and Oshetna River drainages were clipped at 30, 60, and 90 percent to simulate light, medium, and heavy rates of utilizations by moose. Diameter, length, and weight characteristics of feltleaf willow were determined outside…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This paper provides action plans for the following issues with regard to the spruce beetle-impacted forests of southcentral Alaska: 1) fire hazard/fuels buildup; 2) forest resource inventory; 3) reforestation; 4) provide incentives to develop a viable forest industry; 5) protect…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This report explains how the potential for fire hazard increases as a result of spruce bark beetle infestations. Changes in cover type and forest structure as a result of bark beetle-induced tree mortality are discussed.
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Oechel, Callaghan, Gilmanov, Holten, Maxwell, Molau, Sveinbjörnsson
Global warming is likely to have the greatest impact at high latitudes, making the Arctic an important region both for detecting global climate change and for studying its effects on terrestrial ecosystems. The chapters in this volume address current and anticipated impacts of…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dubois, Stephenson
Plains bison were transplanted from Montana to Alaska in 1928 to establish the Delta bison herd. The initial herd increased steadily and a hunting season was first established in 1950. Fall population size has ranged from 356 to 496 since 1983. Bison began relying on…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chowns, Gates, Lepine
Semi-open prairie preferred by wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) diminishes as vegetation succession progresses from meadow to shrubland and forest. Prescribed burning has been adopted to renew habitat in the Hook Lake and Mackenzie bison ranges in the Northwest Territories (…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Oechel, Vourlitis
The concentration of radiatively active gases such as CO2 and CH4 have increased substantially since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Atmospheric CO2 has increased from the preindustrial level of 270 ppm to the current level of 355 ppm, and is expected to double over…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Gorshkov, Bakkal, Stavrova
The effects of potential climatic warming on the relaxation (ability to return to the initial intact state after disturbance) of boreal pine (Pinus sylvestris) communities was studied by comparing the recovery of the forest floor after fire in 2 geographically different regions…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES