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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Campbell, Dale, Hooper, Ripley, Schulz
This report examines some forest health issues current in West Coast states in 1997, 1998 and 1999. The narrative discusses forest ecosystem disturbance, two significant forest insect and disease problems - Swiss needle cast and spruce beetle - forest fragmentation and…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Arno
Major forest types that are characterized by nonlethal understory fire regimes include those where ponderosa pine or Jeffrey pine has been a major component either as a fire-maintained seral type or as the self-perpetuating climax (table 5-1). This includes extensive areas…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on flora and fuels can assist land managers with ecosystem and fire management planning and in their efforts to inform others about the ecological role of fire. Chapter topics include fire regime classification,…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Fires affect animals mainly through effects on their habitat. Fires often cause short-term increases in wildlife foods that contribute to increases in populations of some animals. These increases are moderated by the animals' ability to thrive in the altered, often simplified,…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
The Fuels Management Analyst Suite of programs facilitates: (1) the viewing of published and locally generated Photo Series and the searching of published and locally generated Photo Series for photos that meet defined criteria; (2) the reduction of fuels inventory data gathered…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stocks, Fosberg, Wotton, Lynham, Ryan
After a decade of speculation and debate, there is now a general scientific consensus that rising greenhouse gas levels in the earth’s atmosphere will result in significant climate change over the next century. The recent statement by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Lyon, Huff, Telfer, Schreiner, Smith
The literature describing animals’ behavioral responses to fire, discussed in chapter 3, is limited. Furthermore, short-term responses do not provide insights about the vigor or sustainability of the species in an area. Studies of animal populations and communities are more…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Lyon, Huff, Smith
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Kasischke
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Brown
This chapter presents a broader, more fundamental view of the ecological principles and shifting fire regimes described in the previous chapters that have important implications for ecosystem management. Also included are strategies and approaches for managing fire in an…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Houghton, Hackler, Lawrence
1 Areas burned annually in the United States between 1700 and 1990 were derived from published estimates of pre-European burning rates and from wildfire statistics of the US Forest Service. Changes in live and dead vegetation following fire and fire exclusion were determined for…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Linking a dynamic vegetation model with the national fuels characterization system [poster abstract]
The Joint Fire Science Program is funding the development of a new fuels characterization system for the contiguous United States and Alaska. The new system, based on Fuel Characteristic Classes (FCCs), will provide a broad range of realistic fuel property values at a level of…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McDonald, Harvey, Tonn
Fire, competition for light and water, and native forest pests have interacted for millennia in western forests to produce a countryside dominated by seral species of conifers. These conifer-dominated ecosystems exist in six kinds of biotic communities. We divided one of these…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Caldwell, Canavan, Bloom
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Li, Flannigan, Corns
Changes in climatic conditions may influence both forest biomass accumulation rates and natural disturbance regimes. While changes in biomass accumulation of forests under various climatic conditions have been described by yield equations, large uncertainties exist with regard…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Campbell, Flannigan
From the Introduction ... 'This chapter reviews the record of past and present North American boreal fire regimes at various time scales and how the relate to both climate and vegetation. From this review, we draw some possible conclusions regarding possible future fire regimes…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cohen
From the text... 'Wildand-urban interface (W-UI) fires are a significant concern for federal, state, and local land management and fire agencies. research using modeling experiments, and W-UI case studies indicates that home ignitability during wildland fires depends on the…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cohen
Wildland-urban interface (W-UI) fires are a significant concern for federal, state, and local land management and fire agencies. Research using modeling, experiments, and W-UI case studies indicates that home ignitability during wildland fires depends on the characteristics of…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES