Recovery of soil macrofauna after wildfires in boreal forests

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-191

  Gongalsky, Konstantin B ^a,b   Persson, Tryggve ^c  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Edge effect; Forest fire; Recovery; Soil macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; BURNT AREAS; DEEP SOIL LAYER; EDGE EFFECT; FAUNAL COMMUNITIES; FIRE AREAS; FOREST EDGE; FOREST FIRES; FOREST PLOTS; FOREST WILDFIRES; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROFAUNA; MACROINVERTEBRATES; POST-FIRE; RECOVERY FACTORS; SOIL ANIMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; DEFORESTATION; RECOVERY; SOILS;

FIRES;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DETRITIVORY; EDGE EFFECT; FOOD LIMITATION; FOREST EDGE; FOREST SOIL; IMMIGRATION; LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; WILDFIRE;

ANIMALS; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; RECOVERY; SOIL;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; CICADELLIDAE; DIPLOPODA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84869861781     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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