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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Alexander, Cruz
A 3-m between crown spacing is a commonly cited criterion found in the wildland-urban interface fire literature for minimizing the likelihood of a fully-developed crown fire from occurring in a conifer forest on level terrain. The validity of this general recommendation is…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Boerker
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Year: 1945
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alberston, Weaver
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Year: 1945
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lizundia-Loiola, Otón, Ramo, Chuvieco
This paper presents the generation of a global burned area mapping algorithm using MODIS hotspots and near-infrared reflectance within ESA's Fire_cci project. The algorithm is based on a hybrid approach that combines MODIS highest resolution (250 m) near-infrared band and active…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chen, Loboda, Hall
Satellite imagery has been widely used for the assessment of wildfire burn severity within the scientific community and fire management agencies. Multiple indices have been proposed to assess burn severity, among which the differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR) is arguably the…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Tymstra, Stocks, Cai, Flannigan
Wildfire management agencies in Canada are at a tipping point. Presuppression and suppression costs are increasing but program budgets are not. Climate change impacts and increasing interface values-at-risk are challenging suppression effectiveness and resulting in more wildfire…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kelly, Fussell
Since air pollutants are difficult and expensive to control, a strong scientific underpinning to policies is needed to guide mitigation aimed at reducing the current burden on public health. Much of the evidence concerning hazard identification and risk quantification related to…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McFadzen, Hejl
Abstract only...'Practices of wildfire suppression and salvage logging of burned forests have prompted concern among biologists for fire-associated bird species in the northern Rocky Mountains. Therefore, in May 1997, we initiated a five-year study to examine the responses of…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bartos
From the text...'Bartos and Campbell (1998) have identified five risk factors to help resource managers prioritize critical areas in need of treatment. If any of these factors exist, it is incumbent on the manager to consider treatment - particularly if their objective is to…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stuart
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sole, Keyser
From the text ... 'The following information described what is considered to be the single biggest problem facing bobwhite quail and other grassland birds throughout a major portion of their range. This is an area encompassing from southern Maryland to northern South Carolina,…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hawkes
From the text ... 'In the past, fire suppression was seen as a standard method for dealing with forest fires. Today, foresters view fire as an essential instrument of forest regeneration, contributing to a greater diversity of flora and fauna. 'Fire plays a natural role and we'…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Forest species regeneration and management options in the Melajo Nature Reserve, Trinidad and Tobago
Tropical moist forests are declining rapidly world-wide. Reforestation efforts in Trinidad have generally been insufficient and focused on non-native species. Some of these species (e.g. Pinus caribaea), however, appear ecologically inappropriate but have been used extensively…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mantero, Morresi, Marzano, Motta, Mladenoff, Garbarino
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Since the nineteenth century, rural areas have experienced progressive abandonment mostly due to socioeconomic changes, with direct and indirect effects on forest disturbance regimes occurring in these human-dominated landscapes. The role of land abandonment in modifying…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Butler, Johnsson, Tang
Fences and mulch contribute to the spread of wildland-urban interface fires, acting both as ignition targets and as sources that may ignite nearby objects through direct flame contact and firebrand generation. This paper presents the findings from outdoor experiments that…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Riley, Steelman, Perez-Salicrup, Brown
Inclusivity and diversity are being increasingly recognized as important factors in the production of scientific knowledge, not only for the sake of equal opportunity, but as necessary to the best quality research (e.g. Feliú-Mójer et al 2018; Poster 2018; Smith et al 2018).…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Carter, Heald, Jimenez, Campuzano-Jost, Kondo, Moteki, Schwarz, Wiedinmyer, Darmenov, da Silva, Kaiser
Fires and the aerosols that they emit impact air quality, health, and climate, but the abundance and properties of carbonaceous aerosol (both black carbon and organic carbon) from biomass burning (BB) remain uncertain and poorly constrained. We aim to explore the uncertainties…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
A tool that is part of the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) providing fire danger forecast up to 10 days in advance, 1-day lightning forecast and near-real time information on active fires, burnt areas and emissions worldwide.
Year: 2020
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Heilman, Potter, Zerbe
From the Summary (p.697-698) ... 'Given the importance of wildfires in the south-central and southeastern United States, as reflected in the yearly totals of wildfire numbers and hectares burned, there is a need to better understand the potential ramifications of a changed…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Talley
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Staddon, Duchesne, Trevors
Acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase and arylsulfatase activities were determined from organic and mineral soils of a jack pine (Pinus banksiana L.) community 4 years after clear-cutting alone, clear-cutting followed by prescribed burning and clear-cutting followed by…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Thompson, Flannigan, Wotton, Suffling
The predicted increase in climate warming will have profound impacts on forest ecosystems and landscapes in Canada because of increased temperature, and altered disturbance regimes. Climate change is predicted to be variable within Canada, and to cause considerable weather…
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bunting, Robberecht, Defosse
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS