Vegetation structural complexity (VSC)—the three‐dimensional distribution of plants within
an ecosystem—is an important ecological trait. To date, research has focused primarily on …

Dead wood (DW) provides critical habitat for thousands of species in forests, but its amount,
quality and diversity have been heavily reduced by forestry. Therefore, interventions aiming …

The habitat heterogeneity hypothesis predicts that biodiversity increases with increasing
habitat heterogeneity due to greater niche dimensionality. However, recent studies have …

Retention forestry implies that biological legacies like dead and living trees are deliberately
selected and retained beyond harvesting cycles to benefit biodiversity and ecosystem …

The effects of forest management on species richness and diversity have become important
research interests. The need to maintain biodiversity for forest ecosystem functioning has led …

Microclimate is a crucial driver of saproxylic beetle assemblages, with more species often
found in sunny forests than in shady ones. Whether this pattern is caused by a higher …

More frequent and severe disturbances increasingly open the forest canopy and initiate tree
regeneration. Simultaneously, increasing weather extremes, such as drought and heat, are …

Key message Authors have analyzed the possible correlation between measurements/
indicators of forest structure and species richness of many taxonomic or functional groups …

National and international forest biodiversity assessments largely rely on indirect indicators,
based on elements of forest structure that are used as surrogates for species diversity …

The patterns of successional change of decomposer communities is unique in that resource
availability predictably decreases as decomposition proceeds. Saproxylic (ie deadwood …