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Deadwood in Italian forests according to National Forest Inventory results

Forest@, 2009
Deadwood plays a key role in the functioning and productivity of forest ecosystem and it is an important feature for assessing and monitoring biodiversity. The third Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) has recognized the
Pignatti G, De Natale F, Gasparini P, Paletto A   +3 more
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Landscape and Geography Determine Saproxylic Beetle Captures in Pheromone‐Baited Traps

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Pheromone‐baited traps at 39 forest sites across southern Sweden captured 58 saproxylic beetle species, including seven Red‐listed taxa. The effect of surrounding forest cover on beetle abundance may depend on latitude and longitude: positive effects were strongest in warmer southern and eastern regions but weakened or reversed in colder northwestern ...
Markus Franzén, Christoffer Fristedt, Olof Persson, Per Milberg, Victor Johansson   +4 more
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A First Indication That Rainforest Vine Proliferation Does Not Enhance Predator–Prey Interactions on the Forest Floor

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Vine proliferation is a widespread consequence of tropical forest disturbance, yet its effects on ground‐level predator–prey interactions remain poorly understood. Using plasticine caterpillars deployed on the rainforest floor in north Queensland, Australia, we show that overall predation rates were unaffected by vine‐to‐tree ratio. Instead, fine‐scale
Charlotte E. Raven, Helen F. Nahrung, Emma J. Mackintosh, Andrew R. Marshall, Andy G. Howe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a systematic sampling method for earthworms in and around deadwood

Forest Ecosystems, 2019
Background The ecological importance of deadwood is widely acknowledged, however popular forestry practices may reduce deadwood from a site, and most European forests now fall below recommended targets, putting deadwood-associated species at risk.
Frank Ashwood, Elena I. Vanguelova, Sue Benham, Kevin R. Butt   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Points vs. passes: A comparison between electric fishing techniques for sampling fish populations in upland headwater streams

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Point‐abundance sampling by electric fishing (PASE) was compared with single‐pass (DF1) and triple‐pass depletion sampling (DF3) electric fishing on the same reaches of four headwater streams sampled over multiple years in the Ribble catchment, UK. Juvenile salmonids, mostly brown trout Salmo trutta with some Atlantic salmon S.
Reagan H. Pearce, Martin R. Perrow, Mark L. Tomlinson, Kirsty A. Turner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-term effects of single-tree selection cutting management on coarse woody debris in natural mixed beech stands in the Caspian forest (Iran)

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2017
Coarse woody debris (CWD) has a wide range of ecological and conservation values such as maintaining biodiversity in forest ecosystems. Each forest management method can have a detrimental effect on stand structure and CWD.
Tavankar F, Nikooy M, Picchio R, Venanzi R, Lo Monaco A   +4 more
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Rest‐site selection by fishers (Martes pennanti) in the eastern deciduous forest

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2013
Information on fisher (Martes pennanti) resource selection in deciduous forests of eastern North America is limited. We studied resting habitat selection in a fisher population that recolonized predominantly deciduous forest in Pennsylvania, USA, during ...
Sean W. Gess, E. Hance Ellington, Matthew R. Dzialak, Joseph E. Duchamp, Matthew Lovallo, Jeffrey L. Larkin   +5 more
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Wood-inhabiting fungi on pedunculate oak coarse woody debris in relation to substratum quantity and forest age

Acta Mycologica, 2013
Wood-inhabiting fungi on pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) coarse woody debris (CWD) was investigated in 50 plots of 0.1 ha in oak stands of different ages in Lithuania.
Reda Iršėnaitė, Ernestas Kutorga
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Differential growth dynamics of common salt marsh species Spartina alterniflora and Juncus roemerianus under varied sediment amendments

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Many coastal wetlands are at high risk of degradation or loss due to sea‐level rise. Restoration techniques for maintaining coastal marshes are paramount, with thin‐layer placement (TLP) emerging as one feasible solution. Despite TLP's utilization, additional research is needed on species‐ and sediment‐specific responses ...
Caitlin Hemphill, Richard P. Hale, Erik S. Yando   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Limited effects of structural restoration on ecosystem functioning in an urban tropical stream

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Hydromorphological restoration through structural interventions is commonly used to mitigate urbanization impacts on lotic freshwater systems, but their effects on ecosystem functioning in urban tropical streams remain unexplored.
João Miguel Merces Bega, Björn Gücker, Davi Gasparini Fernandes Cunha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source