Cmic and Nmic were not significantly different between the
burned and unburned soils (Fig. 1c and d). The mean Cmic was
753.36 mg C g1 in the burned soils and 735.31 mg C g1 in the
unburned soils. The mean Nmic was 86.74 mg N g1 in the burned
soils and 103.14 mg N g1 in the unburned soils. Cmic had a
significant positive relationship with Corg and Ntot (Table 2). The
Cmic:Corg and Nmic:Ntot percentages were significantly lower in the
burned site than the unburned site (Table 3). Fire had a significant
effect on the Cmic/Nmic ratio (Table 3). This ratio was high in burned
soils and low in unburned soils. The Cmic/Nmic ratio increased
linearly when EC increased. The positive relationship between the
Cmic/Nmic ratio and EC was very significant (r = 0.768; Table 2).