1. Impacts of wildfire on soil microbiome in Boreal environments
- Author
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Kajar Köster, Egle Köster, Jukka Pumpanen, Hui Sun, Jussi Heinonsalo, Frank Berninger, Leho Tedersoo, Caius Ribeiro-Kumara, Heidi Aaltonen, Xuan Zhou, Department of Forest Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), Forest Soil Science and Biogeochemistry, Ecosystem processes (INAR Forest Sciences), Forest Ecology and Management, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR community), Department of Food and Nutrition, Jussi Heinonsalo / Principal Investigator, and Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources more...
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Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,0208 environmental biotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,Soil fungi ,010501 environmental sciences ,Permafrost ,01 natural sciences ,complex mixtures ,Environmental Chemistry ,Soil properties ,Microbiome ,Boreal forest ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Biomass (ecology) ,4112 Forestry ,Ecology ,Soil bacteria ,fungi ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,15. Life on land ,Future climate ,020801 environmental engineering ,Microbial population biology ,Boreal ,Arctic ,13. Climate action ,1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology ,Environmental science ,sense organs ,Fire disturbance - Abstract
The temperature changes for the future climate are predicted to be the most pronounced in boreal and arctic regions, affecting the stability of permafrost and fire dynamics of these areas. Fires can affect soil microbiome (archaea, bacteria, fungi, and protists) directly via generated heat, whereas fire-altered soil properties have an indirect effect on soil microbiome. Fires usually decrease microbial biomass and alter microbial community composition. These changes can take decades to recover to prefire states. As the fire occurrence times are expected to change in the future, and the fire return intervals, intensity, and severity are expected to increase in boreal environments, the fire-related changes in the soil microbiome, including its recovery and resilience, are inevitable. more...
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- 2021