Abstract
Background: While the effects of prescribed burning on tree regeneration and on pyrophilous and/or saproxylic
species are relatively well known, effects on other organisms are less clear. The primary aim of this systematic review
was to clarify how biodiversity is affected by prescribed burning in temperate and boreal forests, and whether burning
may be useful as a means of conserving or restoring biodiversity, beyond that of pyrophilous and saproxylic
species...