Fire is a critical disturbance process in determining the structure and distribution of the boreal forest. Fire in the boreal forest typically replaces most of the dominant vegetation cover, liberates substantial carbon and other elements to the...
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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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: Sandberg
Created Year: 2000
Resource Group: Document
Source: TTRS
The purpose of this study is to investigate the short and long-term impacts of wildfire in the boreal forests of Interior Alaska. Our working hypothesis is that wildfire affects the short- and long-term ground thermal regime and soil moisture content...
Person: Hinzman, Yoshikawa, Bolton, Petrone, Fukuda
Created Year: 2000
Resource Group: Document
Source: TTRS
This paper outlines a broad and flexible framework for ecological restoration of Southwestern ponderosa pine forests, supporting a diverse range of scientifically viable restoration approaches. Ponderosa pine forests in the region have been radically...
Person: Allen, Falk, Hoffman, Klingel, Morgan, Savage, Schulke, Stacey, Suckling, Swetnam
Created Year: 2000
Resource Group: Document
Source: TTRS
Temperate grasslands are currently among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. In North America, their widespread use for agriculture and livestock grazing, in addition to the effects of urbanization and other human activities, have led to...
Person: Grace, Smith, Collins, Grace, Stohlgren
Created Year: 2000
Resource Group: Document
Source: TTRS
Sustainable forest management in many of Canada*s forest ecosystems requires minimizing the socioeconomic impacts of fire and maximizing its ecological benefits. More specifically, while significant losses of life, property, and natural resources from...
Person: Hirsch, Kafka
Created Year: 2000
Resource Group: Document
Source: TTRS
The Cerro Grande has been called the biggest fire in New Mexico history. The Cerro Grande blaze raged across the hillsides above Los Alamos National Laboratory, then, driven by high winds, the fire raced through the Laboratory and the Los Alamos town...
Person: Mullen
Created Year: 2000
Resource Group: Document
Source: TTRS
Woody debris provides habitat for a great variety of wildlife. Up to 213 of our wildlife species use dead wood structures or woody debris for some portion of their life cycles. Activities during fire suppression such as snag and tree removal eliminates...
Person: Brown
Created Year: 2000
Resource Group: Document
Source: TTRS
The effect of fire season on small mammal and arthropod biodiversity in shortgrass steppe [abstract]
I experimentally analyzed the effect of fire season on small mammal and arthropod biodiversity in shortgrass steppe. Arthropods and mammals play important roles in the functioning of shortgrass steppe, serving as decomposers, pollinators, herbivores,...
Person: Ford
Created Year: 2000
Resource Group: Document
Source: TTRS
The social impact of wildfire is influenced by how journalists report major conflagrations such as this year*s Cerro Grande fire in New Mexico. Wildfire reporting has improved since the 1988 Yellowstone fires but is still influenced by urban...
Person: Smith
Created Year: 2000
Resource Group: Document
Source: TTRS
Wildland fire operation, both suppression and prescribed burning, are hazardous activities under the best of condition. Individual firefighters work long hours, on difficult terrain, under high temperatures, performing extremely arduous work for...
Person: Mangan
Created Year: 2000
Resource Group: Document
Source: TTRS