Fire in black spruce ecosystem of northern Canada and Alaska is characterized by large and frequent fires that usually kill the overstory trees and most, if not all, of the vegetation above ground. Most species within the black spruce ecosystem show...
Alaska Reference Database
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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Person: Wein, MacLean, Viereck
Created Year: 1983
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Plants are assumed to adapt to fire regime. The recurrence intervals and spatial patterns of fires in the boreal forest, plus the ubiquitousness of most plants, render it unlikely that species-wide adaptations to burning regimes of particular sizes,...
Person: Wein, MacLean, Rowe
Created Year: 1983
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Patterns of undisturbed nutrient cycling in northern ecosystems and the impact of fire on nutrient cycling are reviewed and discussed. The various effects of fire on ecosystem nutrient cycling may be broadly subdivided into (1) nutrient redistribution...
Person: Wein, MacLean, MacLean, Woodley, Weber, Wein
Created Year: 1983
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Abies-dominated forests have a relatively low fire hazard when compared with vegetation types dominated by Pinus or Picea species. Although large quantities of fuel are present, the humid climate of Abies-dominated areas reduces the probability of fire...
Person: Wein, MacLean, Furyaev, Wein, MacLean
Created Year: 1983
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Changes in the ecology of small-mammal and bird communities during post-fire succession are reviewed for the North American boreal forest and tundra. Data from the literature are summarized systematically, emphasizing comparison of the community...
Person: Wein, MacLean, Fox
Created Year: 1983
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Discontinuous permafrost occurs widely in the boreal forest, while throughout the tundra region permafrost is continuous and may be hundreds of metres deep. Until recent years few investigations have been conducted on the effects of fire on the...
Person: Wein, MacLean, Brown
Created Year: 1983
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fire characteristics and fire suppression techniques are described for undisturbed peatlands, fields being harvested for peat, and peat stockpiles in northwestern USSR. In undisturbed peatland or peatfields, fires are most commonly caused by forest...
Person: Wein, MacLean, Chistjakov, Kuprijanov, Gorshkov, Artsybashev
Created Year: 1983
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Boreal forests are fire-dependent systems that would lose their vigour and faunal and floral diversity in the absence of fire. The objectives of natural area preservation imply maintaining the original character of the land and perpetuation of those...
Person: Wein, MacLean, Alexander, Dube
Created Year: 1983
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
From introduction and back cover: 'The north Pacific coast of North America contains some of the most fascinating and distinctive ecosystems on earth - from majestic ancient forests to lush alpine meadows, sodden muskegs, open woodlands, dry...
Person: Pojar, MacKinnon
Created Year: 1994
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
A book based on a conference of the same name held 22-24 October, 1979 at the University of New Brunswick. There are 15 chapters, including an introduction by the editors. The remaining 14 chapters are divided into 5 sections: Past and present fire...
Person: Wein, MacLean
Created Year: 1983
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS