Wildfire severity reduces richness and alters composition of soil fungal communities in boreal forests of western Canada

Agriculture & Biology

• fire severity 100%
• wildfires 97%
• soil fungi 90%
• boreal forests 90%
• fungal communities 87%
• Canada 63%
• mycorrhizae 39%
• saprotrophs 38%
• community structure 35%
• plant communities 23%
• fungi 22%
• stand composition 19%
• Northwest Territories 18%
• fire regime 18%
• stand age 16%
• botanical composition 15%
• functional diversity 14%
• edaphic factors 14%
• forest stands 14%
• organic soils 14%
• biogeochemical cycles 14%
• understory 12%
• soil pH 12%
• vegetation 9%
• plant growth 9%
• soil 6%
• testing 4%
• sampling 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• wildfire 76%
• boreal forest 76%
• soil 32%
• fungus 16%
• community structure 16%
• plant community 12%
• community composition 11%
• nutrient cycling 6%
• understory 6%
• organic soil 6%
• functional group 6%
• disturbance 4%
• vegetation 3%
• test 2%
• distribution 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Fire 82%
• Soil 63%
• Plant Growth 8%
• pH Value 7%
• Nutrient 6%