Variable Fire Behavior Causes Greater Bacterial and Fungal Richness
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Results of research in forest health and forest futures in Utah. Key Results 1. Fire reduces microbial richness Nine years after fire, burned soils had 19 - 31% lower richness, compared to unburned refugia. 2. Pathogens like it hot? Pathogens made up a larger proportion of burned communities compared to unburned refugia. 3. Unburned refugia communities are tough Refugia communities had greater resistance to disturbance than burned communities.
DOI: 10.26077/2a55-5109
Authors: Lutz, James A., Birch, Joseph D.
Language: English
Topic: Fire effects on ecosystems
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6945985041
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