Reduced functionality of soil food webs in burnt boreal forests: a case study in Central Russia

A. S. Zaitsev; K. B. Gongalsky; D. I. Korobushkin; K. O. Butenko; I. A. Gorshkova; A. A. Rakhleeva; R. A. Saifutdinov; N. V. Kostina; S. V. Shakhab; T. E. Yazrikova

doi:10.1134/S199542551703012X

Reduced functionality of soil food webs in burnt boreal forests: a case study in Central Russia

Authors: Zaitsev A.S.¹^,2, Gongalsky K.B.¹, Korobushkin D.I.¹, Butenko K.O.¹^,3, Gorshkova I.A.¹, Rakhleeva A.A.³, Saifutdinov R.A.¹^,4, Kostina N.V.³, Shakhab S.V.¹, Yazrikova T.E.¹^,3
Affiliations:
1. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
2. Institute of Animal Ecology
3. Moscow State University
4. Kazan Federal University
Issue: Vol 10, No 3 (2017)
Pages: 277-285
Section: Article
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1995-4255/article/view/201876
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S199542551703012X
ID: 201876

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We compared rates of carbon mobilization by soil food webs in burnt and unburnt boreal forests in Central Russia. Despite of only slight decrease in soil animal biomass, consumption rate of carbon in the soil food webs after fire was considerably lower and mainly associated with soil bacteria instead of fungi.