The impact of fire on soil-dwelling biota: A review

G Certini, D Moya, ME Lucas-Borja… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fire has always been a driving factor of life on Earth. Now that mankind has definitely joined
the other environmental forces in shaping the planet, lots of species are threatened by …

Fire as a driver of fungal diversity—A synthesis of current knowledge

S Fox, BA Sikes, SP Brown, CL Cripps, SI Glassman… - Mycologia, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Fires occur in most terrestrial ecosystems where they drive changes in the traits,
composition, and diversity of fungal communities. Fires range from rare, stand-replacing …

High-severity wildfire reduces richness and alters composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi in low-severity adapted ponderosa pine forests

MF Pulido-Chavez, EC Alvarado, TH DeLuca… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests are increasingly experiencing high-severity,
stand-replacing fires. Whereas alterations to aboveground ecosystems have been …

Effects of stand density on soil microbial community composition and enzyme activities in subtropical Cunninghamia lanceolate (Lamb.) Hook plantations

C Wang, L Xue, Y Dong, R Jiao - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite recent improvements in understanding the composition of microbial communities in
forest soils, fundamental questions regarding how their dynamics and function vary with …

Forest type and site conditions influence the diversity and biomass of edible macrofungal species in Ethiopia

G Kewessa, T Dejene, D Alem, M Tolera… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ethiopian forests are rich in valuable types of non-wood forest products, including
mushrooms. However, despite their nutritional, economic, and ecological importance, wild …

Metabarcoding analysis of the soil fungal community to aid the conservation of underexplored church forests in Ethiopia

D Alem, T Dejene, J Geml, JA Oria-de-Rueda… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Most of the Dry Afromontane forests in the northern part of Ethiopia are located
around church territories and, hence, are called church forests. These forests are …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal diversity and community composition responses to the reintroduction of fire in a non-managed Mediterranean shrubland ecosystem

J Espinosa, T Dejene, M Guijarro, X Cerdá, J Madrigal… - Forest Ecosystems, 2023 - Elsevier
Background More than a decade of fire suppression has changed the structure of fire-
adapted shrubland ecosystems in Spain's National Parks, which are now at extreme risk of …

Drought legacy interacts with wildfire to alter soil microbial communities in a Mediterranean climate-type forest

AJM Hopkins, AJ Brace, JL Bruce, J Hyde… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mediterranean forest ecosystems will be increasingly affected by hotter drought and more
frequent and severe wildfire events in the future. However, little is known about the longer …

[HTML][HTML] Drought mediates the response of soil fungal communities post-wildfire in a Californian grassland and coastal sage scrubland

MT Hacopian, SS Finks, KK Treseder - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
There is a knowledge gap surrounding how drought and wildfire, two increasingly frequent
disturbances, will alter soil fungal communities. Moreover, studies that directly compare …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the potential of forest stands for edible mushrooms productivity as a subsistence ecosystem service in Ethiopia

G Kewessa, T Dejene, P Martín-Pinto - Scientific African, 2023 - Elsevier
Wild edible mushrooms are recognized as a fundamental component of forest management
and rural development initiatives, offering farmers a substantial supplementary source of …