Central European temperate oak woodlands are highly valued for their rich biodiversity.
They are also of great economic importance and forest management aims to produce high …

Sentinel prey can provide a direct, quantitative measure of predation under field conditions.
Live sentinel prey provides more realistic data but rarely allows the partitioning of the total …

Harmonization of timber production and forest conservation is a major challenge of modern
silviculture. For the establishment of ecologically sustainable forest management, the …

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

Insectivorous birds are increasingly recognized for the crucial pest control services they
provide to agroecosystems. While both the foraging activity and functional diversity of birds …

Ecosystem services (ES) are the benefits that people receive from ecosystems.
Understanding the impact of forest management on their supply can inform policy and …

Forest loss threatens biodiversity, but its potential effects on multitrophic ecological
interactions are poorly understood. Insect herbivory depends on complex bottom‐up (eg …

The enemies hypothesis states that reduced insect herbivory in mixed-species stands can
be attributed to more effective top–down control by predators with increasing plant diversity …

Forest transformation has major impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Identifying the influence of forest habitat structure and composition on avian functional …

The occurrence of the pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa, hereafter PPM)
in Mediterranean pine forests and plantations is of increasing concern as processes such as …