Aim Fungi are drivers of wood decay in forested ecosystem, while bryophytes use dead
wood as a platform for their autotrophic lifestyle. We tested the hypothesis that fungal …

Intensive forest management creates habitat degradation by reducing the variation of forest
stands in general, and by removing old trees and dead wood in particular. Non-intervention …

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 …

Macrofungal diversity was investigated on 281 decaying beech trees distributed across 14
forests in Denmark, based on sporocarp inventories. Two aspects of diversity were …

Evidence on habitat associations of threatened wood-inhabiting species in boreal forests
may contribute to a better understanding of their ecology and conservation needs. We …

Decaying wood plays an important role in forest biodiversity, nutrient cycling and carbon
balance. Community structure of wood-inhabiting fungi changes with mass loss of wood, but …

Fungi play a crucial role in dead wood decay, being the major decomposers of wood and
affecting microbiota associated with dead wood. We sampled dead wood from five …

Species richness and composition of bryophyte communities on two species of trees at
different stages of decay were studied on 57 logs of Abies alba and Fagus sylvatica in the …

Severe natural disturbances are common in many forest ecosystems, particularly in the
Northern Hemisphere. Attempts to minimize their effects through forest management include …

We assessed how environmental drivers influence the occurrences of wood-inhabiting
macrofungi in European beech forests, using an extensive dataset of fruit body records …