@article{article_384802, title={The Effects of Fire on Surface-Dwelling Arthropod Communities in Pinus brutia Forests of Southwestern Anatolia}, journal={Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology}, volume={6}, pages={33–39}, year={2016}, author={Kaynaş, Burçin Yenisey}, keywords={Arthropods,East Mediterranean,Forest Fires,Insects,Recovery}, abstract={<p> <span class="fontstyle0">This study aimed at exploring the response of surface-active arthropod communities to fre and <br>fre-induced habitat alteration in a </span> <span class="fontstyle2">Pinus brutia </span> <span class="fontstyle0">Ten. forests in southwestern Turkey. Samplings were carried on in <br>twelve study sites by using 36 pitfall traps in burned and unburned sites during two months immediately after fre <br>occurred in August 2004. According to results obtained in two sampling terms, the abundances of all arthropods, <br>insects and ants were higher on the burned site than on the unburned site. The other community parameters such as <br>species richness, diversity and evenness were found higher in the burned site for insects and ants. Diptera that was <br>represented mostly by one species, the syrphid fly </span> <span class="fontstyle2">Eumerus strigatus </span> <span class="fontstyle0">(Fallen, 1817) was caught in great abundance <br>in the burned site. Colonizing of </span> <span class="fontstyle2">Orthotomicus erosus </span> <span class="fontstyle0">(Wollaston, 1857) at burned site in two months after fre <br>increased abundance of bark beetles in the burned site rapidly. Consequently, it was not determined destructive <br>effects of fre on abundance of arthropods in spite there were changes in community structures depending on rapid <br>habitat alterations. </span>   <br style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-size-adjust: auto;"> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Igdir University}