The aim of this study was to determine effects of clear-cutting and prescribed clear-cut
burning on the abundance and diversity of soil meso-and macrofauna during the early (0–5 …

The post-fire soil faunal communities are formed both by animals having survived the fire
and by colonizers from the surrounding landscape. The relative impact of these processes is …

Forest wildfires can severely affect the soil faunal community. We hypothesised that the
recovery of soil animals after a fire would occur through (1) immigration from the unburnt …

Climate change, unpredictable dry spells and human population growth are expected to
increase the frequency of forest fires. Forest fires induce damage on soil ecosystems and …

We studied how variations in fire severity and the degree of cutting before burning affected
soil invertebrates in a Pinus sylvestris forest in central Sweden. A varied depth of burn in the …

Prescribed burning is commonly used in forests to reduce fuel load, prevent encroachment
of exotic species, maintain biological diversity and improve wildlife habitat. The low intensity …

Fire has always been a driving factor of life on Earth. Now that mankind has definitely joined
the other environmental forces in shaping the planet, lots of species are threatened by …

Fires change physical, chemical and biotic conditions of forest ecosystems. They also
strongly affect soil macrofauna including key soil ecosystem engineers and regulators of soil …

Forest wildfires can dramatically affect soil communities and reduce abundance and
diversity of soil fauna. The recovery of soil animals after a fire depends both on immigration …

Responses of soil decomposer animals (enchytraeids and microarthropods) to wood-ash
fertilisation (1000 and 5000kgha− 1) and a fire treatment mimicking prescribed burning were …