Long-term post-fire recovery of oribatid mites depends on the recovery of soil properties in a fire-adapted pine forest
Fire is a highly important factor affecting the forest structure as well as its functions. The understanding of the post-fire recovery mechanisms could be especially useful in the face of globally increasing fire frequencies. Fire-adapted forests in Minnesota provide a unique opportunity to study th...
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| author | Jitka Farská Veronika Jílková Lee E. Frelich Josef Starý Miloslav Devetter |
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| description | Fire is a highly important factor affecting the forest structure as well as its functions. The understanding of the post-fire recovery mechanisms could be especially useful in the face of globally increasing fire frequencies. Fire-adapted forests in Minnesota provide a unique opportunity to study these recovery mechanisms due to their long and well-documented history of prescribed burnings and wildfires. We investigated oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) assemblages along a 126-year post-fire chronosequence, together with soil physical, chemical and microbial properties (e.g. bulk density, organic matter content, C, N and P content, microbial biomass). Whereas the effect of prescribed burning was negligible, the wildfire decreased oribatid density (–86 %) and diversity (–38 %) for at least 13 years. The recovery of oribatid mites corresponded to the changes in soil properties, being correlated negatively to bulk density and positively to organic matter content, water holding capacity and microbial activity and biomass. The recovery did not depend simply on the time elapsed since fire, but it was rather a complex response to long-term (15–20 years), fire-induced changes in the soil environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e1a87a687854cfe929630c4cf676d242024-06-17T05:58:41ZengElsevierTrees, Forests and People2666-71932024-06-0116100536Long-term post-fire recovery of oribatid mites depends on the recovery of soil properties in a fire-adapted pine forestJitka Farská0Veronika Jílková1Lee E. Frelich2Josef Starý3Miloslav Devetter4Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry, Na Sádkách 7, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic; Corresponding author.Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry, Na Sádkách 7, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech RepublicUniversity of Minnesota, Center for Forest Ecology, St. Paul, MN 55108, USABiology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry, Na Sádkách 7, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech RepublicBiology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry, Na Sádkách 7, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech RepublicFire is a highly important factor affecting the forest structure as well as its functions. The understanding of the post-fire recovery mechanisms could be especially useful in the face of globally increasing fire frequencies. Fire-adapted forests in Minnesota provide a unique opportunity to study these recovery mechanisms due to their long and well-documented history of prescribed burnings and wildfires. We investigated oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) assemblages along a 126-year post-fire chronosequence, together with soil physical, chemical and microbial properties (e.g. bulk density, organic matter content, C, N and P content, microbial biomass). Whereas the effect of prescribed burning was negligible, the wildfire decreased oribatid density (–86 %) and diversity (–38 %) for at least 13 years. The recovery of oribatid mites corresponded to the changes in soil properties, being correlated negatively to bulk density and positively to organic matter content, water holding capacity and microbial activity and biomass. The recovery did not depend simply on the time elapsed since fire, but it was rather a complex response to long-term (15–20 years), fire-induced changes in the soil environment.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666719324000438ChronosequencePrescribed burningMinnesotaOribatidaFunctional traits |
| spellingShingle | Jitka Farská Veronika Jílková Lee E. Frelich Josef Starý Miloslav Devetter Long-term post-fire recovery of oribatid mites depends on the recovery of soil properties in a fire-adapted pine forest Trees, Forests and People Chronosequence Prescribed burning Minnesota Oribatida Functional traits |
| title | Long-term post-fire recovery of oribatid mites depends on the recovery of soil properties in a fire-adapted pine forest |
| title_full | Long-term post-fire recovery of oribatid mites depends on the recovery of soil properties in a fire-adapted pine forest |
| title_fullStr | Long-term post-fire recovery of oribatid mites depends on the recovery of soil properties in a fire-adapted pine forest |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-term post-fire recovery of oribatid mites depends on the recovery of soil properties in a fire-adapted pine forest |
| title_short | Long-term post-fire recovery of oribatid mites depends on the recovery of soil properties in a fire-adapted pine forest |
| title_sort | long term post fire recovery of oribatid mites depends on the recovery of soil properties in a fire adapted pine forest |
| topic | Chronosequence Prescribed burning Minnesota Oribatida Functional traits |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666719324000438 |
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