All boreal forest successional stages needed to maintain the full suite of soil biodiversity, community composition, and function following wildfire

Abstract Wildfire is a natural disturbance in boreal forest systems that has been predicted to increase in frequency, intensity, and extent due to climate change. Most studies tend to assess the recovery of one component of the community at a time but here we use DNA metabarcoding to simultaneously...

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Main Authors: Teresita M. Porter, Emily Smenderovac, Dave Morris, Lisa Venier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30732-7