Summer fire in steppe habitats: long-term effects on vegetation and autumnal assemblages of cursorial arthropods

Summer fire in steppe habitats: long-term effects on vegetation and autumnal assemblages of cursorial arthropods

Being an essential driving factor in dry grassland ecosystems, uncontrolled fires can cause damage to isolated natural areas. We investigated a case of a small-scale mid-summer fire in an abandoned steppe pasture in northeastern Ukraine and focused on the post-fire recovery of arthropod assemblages...

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Main Authors: Polchaninova Nina, Savchenko Galina, Ronkin Vladimir, Drogvalenko Aleksandr, Putchkov Alexandr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-12-01
Series:Hacquetia
Subjects:
assemblage structure
beetles
dry grasslands
post-fire recovery
spiders
northeast ukraine
vegetation characteristics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0006

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