Long-Term Effects of Periodical Fires on Archaeal Communities from Brazilian Cerrado Soils

Figure 1

Location of Cerrado sensu stricto sampling sites (indicated in red), at the Reserva Ecológica do IBGE, Brasilia, Brazil. The distribution of the Cerrado biome is indicated in green on the map. The Control area (C, on the left), that has been protected from fires for 20 years, and the Burned area, submitted to a biennial fire regime since 1992 (Q, on the right), are highlighted.