Fire Severity Causes Temporal Changes in Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Assemblages of Patagonian <i>Araucaria-Nothofagus</i> Forests

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dc.contributor.authorZuniga, Alfredo H.
dc.contributor.authorRau, Jaime R.
dc.contributor.authorFierro, Andres
dc.contributor.authorVergara, Pablo M.
dc.contributor.authorEncina-Montoya, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorFuentes-Ramirez, Andres
dc.contributor.authorJaksic, Fabian M.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T21:01:40Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T21:01:40Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractFire is one of the main drivers of anthropogenic disturbances in temperate forest ecosystems worldwide, with multiple effects spread across ecological networks. Nevertheless, the biodiversity effects of fire are poorly known for species-diverse groups such as arthropods. In this research, we used a burn gradient generated two and three years after a large fire event to assess how different levels of fire severity affect arthropod diversity in the forest with the main forest forming long-living tree species Araucaria araucana, in southern Chile. The species richness and abundance of arthropods among trophic guilds was estimated annually in four fire-severity levels. We found that arthropods responded differently to fire severity levels, depending on their trophic guilds and years after fire (two and three years after fire). During the second year after fire, zoophages, phytophages, and parasitoids were more diverse in areas with high fire severity within the second year after fire, as compared to those in areas with low severity or unburned stands. In the third year after fire, a change in this trend was observed, where the abundance of all groups dropped significantly, with positive changes in the diversity in zoophages, phytophages, polyphages and saprophages, which is more noticeable in sites with high severity. These results indicate that annual variation in environmental conditions triggers bottom-up cascading effects for arthropods. Forests stands severely impacted by fires support highly fluctuating and possibly unstable arthropod assemblages. Hence, restoration efforts should be focused on recovering microhabitat conditions in these stands to allow the persistence of arthropods.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/fire5050168
dc.identifier.issn2571-6255
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/fire5050168
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/92933
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000874349000001
dc.issue.numero5
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaFire-switzerland
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectAraucaria araucana
dc.subjectdisturbance
dc.subjectepigeic entomofauna
dc.subjectdisturbances
dc.subjectNational Reserve
dc.subjecttrophic guild
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.titleFire Severity Causes Temporal Changes in Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Assemblages of Patagonian <i>Araucaria-Nothofagus</i> Forests
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen5
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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