In this review we compare stand-scale patterns of biodiversity in managed and unmanaged
European beech Fagus sylvatica forests and discuss the implications for sustainable forest …

Data were analysed on the volume of dead wood in 86 beech forest reserves, covering most
of the range of European beech forests. The mean volume was 130m3/ha and the variation …

Most European forests are used for timber production. Given the limited extent of
unmanaged (and especially primary) forests, it is essential to include commercial forests in …

In Europe, forest management has controlled forest dynamics to sustain commodity
production over multiple centuries. Yet over‐regulation for growth and yield diminishes …

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

Saproxylic organisms are among the most threatened species in Europe and constitute a
major conservation problem because they depend on the most important forestry product …

The accumulation of dead wood and its characteristics are analysed in forests that have
been withdrawn from regular silvicultural management and left unmanaged between 10 and …

Tree-related microhabitats (TreMs) are important features for the conservation of biodiversity
in forest ecosystems. Although other structural indicators of forest biodiversity have been …

The predator satiation and predator dispersal hypotheses provide alternative explanations
for masting. Both assume satiation of seed-eating vertebrates. They differ in whether …

Deadwood is a fundamental forest habitat component and highly important for biodiversity
conservation. Its availability, composition, size, categories and distribution depend on …