Forest floor mesofauna communities respond to a gradient of biomass removal and soil disturbance in a boreal jack pine (Pinus banksiana) stand of northeastern Ontario (Canada)

•Forest floor mesofauna was strongly modified by short-term intense biomass removal.•Collembola and Oribatida showed somewhat diverging responses.•The loss of mosses and organic soil reduced suitable microhabitats.•Stem-only and whole-tree biomass harvesting did not change mesofaunal communities.