Deadwood plays a crucial role in the maintenance of biodiversity in forest ecosystems. Its
quantity and quality are commonly used in ecology and nature conservation as a proxy …

Deadwood is a key component for biodiversity and ecosystem services in boreal forests;
however, the abundance of this critical element is declining worldwide. In natural forests …

Bark protects living trees against environmental influences but may promote wood
decomposition by fungi and bacteria after tree death. However, the mechanisms by which …

Key message In order to preserve the continuity of epiphytic and epixylic cryptogamic flora,
two things are essential: maintaining the near-natural character of a forest community in …

Narrowing the uncertainties in carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) dynamics during decomposition
of coarse woody debris (CWD) can significantly improve our understanding of forest …

We investigated which of the following environmental factors: the number of years since the
windthrow of the tree (the age of dead wood), the phytocenosis (the type of forest …

倒木是森林生态系统维持健康和更新的重要组成部分, 在倒木不同腐解阶段,
倒木上定植的苔藓植物组合的差异尚不清楚. 为深入探讨倒木上苔藓植物组合变化规律及其影响 …

Мертвая древесина является важным элементом лесных экосистем (Jonsson 2005,
Paillet 2009), выполняющим разнообразные экологические функции (Kimmins, 2004) …

The life strategy of Norway spruce allows the recovery of European spruce forests in a
scenario of catastrophic disturbances caused by the European spruce bark beetle. However …

Quantifying the factors influencing wood-inhabiting species in boreal forests is crucial for
better understanding of their ecology and conservation needs. We estimated the influence of …