01050nas a2200133   4500008004100000245008200041210006900123300001300192490000800205520055200213653002200765100001900787856011000806       1984                        eng d00aBelowground macroarthropods of annually burned and unburned tallgrass prairie0 aBelowground macroarthropods of annually burned and unburned tall  a405 -4080 v1113 a<p>Biomass of macroarthopods averaged 4.2 g/m2 in the top 20 cm of soil from annually burned tallgrass prairie vs. 2.7 g/m2 from unburned sites. Change in scarab beetle larvae and adult biomass (mostly Phyllophaga spp.) was responsible for this difference and averaged 3.4 g/m2 on burned sites vs. 1.7 g/m2 on unburned sites. Causal relationships between burning and increased scarab abundance remain speculative. The standing crop of belowground arthropod biomass of tallgrass prairie is 2- 10 times larger than that of aboveground arthropods</p>10atallgrass prairie1 aSeastedt, T.R.  uhttp://knz.lternet.edu/content/belowground-macroarthropods-annually-burned-and-unburned-tallgrass-prairie