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Deadwood carbon pool and uncertainty estimates: effects of decay status and vegetation types

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Deadwood carbon pool is a crucial component of forest ecosystems and the global carbon cycle. Assessing of deadwood carbon is challenging due to variability in decay status, species and disturbances in tropical forests.
Sarafina N. Masanja, Deo D. Shirima, Eliakimu M. Zahabu, Belachew Z. Gizachew   +3 more
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Management and tree dieback alter beetle assemblage structure and body size distribution in a temperate German forest

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
Forest management and climate‐induced tree dieback alter the structural characteristics of forests, which could subsequently lead to changes in the structure of beetle assemblages. Beetle assemblages in more open forests exhibited less even abundance distributions, with fewer, more dominant species (higher rates of decline (r), higher dominance (d ...
Julian Lunow, Katja Wehner, Matteo Trevisan, Nico Blüthgen, Michael Heethoff, Jörg Müller, Nadja K. Simons   +6 more
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Increased deadwood carbon stocks through planted forestry practices: insights from a Forest Inventory Survey in Japan

Carbon Management
Deadwood, a vital component of forest ecosystems, constitutes a quintessential carbon reservoir that must be disclosed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Ayumi Kawanishi, Yoshimi Sakai, Shigehiro Ishizuka, Shoji Hashimoto, Masabumi Komatsu, Akihiro Imaya, Naoyuki Yamashita, Keizo Hirai, Hitomi Furusawa, Shuhei Aizawa   +9 more
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Taxonomic and methodological biases in saproxylic beetles: Body size, trophic group and detection probability

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Smaller saproxylic beetle species are described later and appear later in georeferenced databases, demonstrating a persistent body‐size bias that contributes to Linnean and Wallacean shortfalls. Trophic group, not body size, is the primary driver of detection probability in standardised flight‐trap surveys, with sapro‐xylophagous species detected most ...
Markus Franzén, Nicklas Jansson, Mustafa Avci, Antoine Brin, Hervé Brustel, Jan Budka, Jörn Buse, Giuseppe Carpaneto, Stefano Chiari, Lukáš Čížek, Mustafa Coskun, Jeremy Dagley, Peter M. Hammond, Estefanía Micó, Tuğba Öncül Abacıgil, Tomáš Pavlíček, Jiří Schlaghamerský, Pavel Šebek, Anne Sverdrup‐Thygeson, Sakin Vural Varli, Lars Westerberg, Inge Wilde, Agnese Zauli, Per Milberg   +23 more
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Enhancing deadwood reporting for forest ecosystems: Bridge equations to convert deadwood measured at any diameter threshold to reference diameters

Ecological Indicators
National as well as international requirements have led to an increased need to quantify deadwood stocks in forest ecosystems given their important role not only in terms of carbon storage and regulation of the carbon cycle but also as biodiversity ...
Daniel Moreno-Fernández, Isabel Cañellas, Laura Hernández, Patricia Adame, Iciar Alberdi   +4 more
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Fire‐driven forest degradation enhances termite activity and accelerates litter decomposition in the Amazonia rainforest

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Forest degradation increased termite‐mediated litter decomposition, whereas no such effect was detected in undisturbed forests. Reduced ant predation and altered forest conditions were associated with higher termite abundance and faster litter decomposition.
Vanessa S. Ribeiro, José Henrique Schoereder, Tathiana G. Sobrinho, Paulo M. Brando, Filipe Viegas de Arruda, Ludmila Rattis, Og DeSouza, Márcia N. Macedo, Leonardo Maracahipes‐Santos, Lucas Navarro Paolucci   +9 more
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Small birches matter: Beetle diversity on burned birch and pine in boreal forests

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Burned birch hosted higher beetle richness than burned pine. Higher beetle richness on birch was associated with its greater post‐fire mortality, with charred, dead birches attracting more specialized beetles. Retaining burned birch alongside pine can enhance saproxylic and pyrophilous beetle diversity after prescribed burning.
Katja Frostgård, Emelie Fredriksson, Anne‐Maarit Hekkala   +2 more
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Climate Variables Outstrip Deadwood Amount: Desiccation as the Main Trigger for Buxbaumia viridis Occurrence

Plants, 2020
Deadwood is a biodiversity hotspot and habitat for numerous highly endangered species. Buxbaumia viridis has been assessed as a flagship species for deadwood-rich forests and is subject to monitoring under the Habitats Directive, yet we lack a solid ...
Michaela Kropik, Harald G. Zechmeister, Dietmar Moser   +2 more
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Distribution of deadwood and other forest structural indicators relevant for bird conservation in Natura 2000 special protection areas in Poland

Scientific Reports, 2021
Numerous bird species, often rare or endangered, rely on the presence of standing and downed deadwood for shelter, nesting, and foraging. Habitat quality was evaluated on the basis of deadwood volume, the density of large standing deadwood, and the space
Leszek Bujoczek, Małgorzata Bujoczek, Stanisław Zięba   +2 more
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Linking EU habitat and species protection through favourable reference areas: Evidence from threatened saproxylic beetles

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Threatened saproxylic beetles occurred significantly more often within EU forest habitats and in landscapes with high habitat density. Achieving Favourable Reference Areas substantially increased habitat availability and improved the projected conservation status of threatened saproxylic beetles.
Jānis Ozols, Guntis Brūmelis, Dmitry Telnov, Sandra Ikauniece   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source