Forest fire is a maj or disturbance of forest ecosystems,leads to the changes of soil carbon storage.After fire,the balance of forest ecosystems would be broken and the climate would be changed because of the material cycle,energy flow and information transmission were destroyed as the release of the carbonic gases.Soil is a main biosphere for carbon pool.Soil carbon release into atmosphere mainly through soil respiration,and small changes in soil respiration can have a great effect on CO2 atmospheric concentrations as the tremendous storage of soil carbon.In this paper,we expounded and compared the various methods of measuring soil respiration,summarized the effects of forest fire disturbance on soil respiration and measuring methods,and reviewed the conditions of soil respiration after forest fire.And we also suggested and prospected emphases of further study in forest fire and soil respiration of forest ecosystems.