All boreal forest successional stages needed to maintain the full suite of soil biodiversity, community composition, and function following wildfire
T. M. Porter, E. Smenderovac, D. Morris, L. Venier
The paper examines soil biodiversity recovery after wildfire using DNA metabarcoding across successional stages, finding that fungi and arthropods require diverse stages for full biodiversity maintenance.
bioRxiv · Nov 18, 2022Ecology