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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-199-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-199-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Original research article
| 
19 May 2016
Original research article |
| 19 May 2016
Fire affects root decomposition, soil food web structure, and carbon flow in tallgrass prairie
E. Ashley Shaw
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Karolien Denef
Central Instrument Facility, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Cecilia Milano de Tomasel
Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
M. Francesca Cotrufo
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Diana H. Wall
Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- The role of forest fire severity on vegetation recovery after 18 years. Implications for forest management of Quercus suber L. in Iberian Peninsula M. Francos et al. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.07.016
- Interactions of soil nutrients and microbial communities during root decomposition of gramineous and leguminous forages C. Ma et al. 10.1002/ldr.4680
- Stable isotope analysis (δ13C andδ15N) of soil nematodes from four feeding groups C. Melody et al. 10.7717/peerj.2372
- Disruption of Traditional Grazing and Fire Regimes Shape the Fungal Endophyte Assemblages of the Tall-Grass Brachypodium rupestre M. Durán et al. 10.3389/fmicb.2021.679729
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- Nitrogen losses in vineyards under different types of soil groundcover. A field runoff simulator approach in central Spain A. García-Díaz et al. 10.1016/j.agee.2016.12.013
- Forest fire induces short‐term shifts in soil food webs with consequences for carbon cycling K. Gongalsky et al. 10.1111/ele.13657
- Structural fire risk: The case of Portugal J. Parente & M. Pereira 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.164
- Effects of season and interval of prescribed burns on pyrogenic carbon in ponderosa pine stands in the southern Blue Mountains, Oregon, USA L. Matosziuk et al. 10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.04.009
- Below‐ground biological responses to pyrogenic organic matter and litter inputs in grasslands J. Soong et al. 10.1111/1365-2435.12693
- Cooperative effects of field traffic and organic matter treatments on some compaction-related soil properties M. Mujdeci et al. 10.5194/se-8-189-2017
- Annual Burning Enhances Biomass Production and Nutrient Cycling in Degraded Imperata Grasslands K. Pathak et al. 10.1002/ldr.2707
- Agricultural land abandonment in Mediterranean environment provides ecosystem services via soil carbon sequestration A. Novara et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.123
- Ecosystem services of the soil food web after long-term application of agricultural management practices X. Zhang et al. 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.03.017
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Short summary
We investigated fire's effects on root decomposition and carbon (C) flow to the soil food web. We used 13C-labeled dead roots buried in microcosms constructed from two burn treatment soils (annual and infrequent burn). Our results showed greater root decomposition and C flow to the soil food web for the annual burn compared to infrequent burn treatment. Thus, roots are a more important C source for decomposers in annually burned areas where surface plant litter is frequently removed by fire.
We investigated fire's effects on root decomposition and carbon (C) flow to the soil food web....
