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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Fires are considered the most important disturbance regime in many ecosystems, including
boreal forest. Fires usually reduce the abundances of soil living animals, but the duration of …

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 …

Soil microbiology is crucial for soil system functioning. Fire can affect soil microbes directly
through heating and indirectly by modifying soil properties. Microbes will also be affected by …

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 …

Background, aim and scope Forest fires can result in severe economic and environmental
consequences, and little is known about the ecological patterns and processes that may …