The loss of suitable habitats is one of the main causes behind the loss of species and
communities. Habitat fragmentation, that is, the division of the remaining habitat into small …

Abstract Forests in Central Europe have been used since centuries and were systematically
changed by silvicultural practices since the late 1700s. Focusing on possible biodiversity …

In forest ecosystems, deadwood is an important component that provides habitat and
contributes to nutrient cycles, as well as to carbon and water storage. The change of wood …

Introduction Fruit-body production of mushrooms is not well understood to date as many
factors interact with mushroom growth in nature. Weather conditions play a key role, but they …

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 …

Dead wood is considered important in forest conservation, but patterns of fungal diversity on
dead wood have rarely been quantified. We investigated the relative importance of coarse …

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

Mycorrhizal fungi play a critical role in nutrient cycling and ecosystem function. They improve
plant growth and survival through a mutualistic relationship in which photosynthates are …

The fine-scale ecological determinants for wood-inhabiting aphyllophoroid basidiomycetes
were investigated with statistical analyses of the occurrence of fruit bodies on woody debris …

Forestry with short stand generations and simplified forest structures has markedly affected
forest biodiversity. One group of organisms adversely affected by clear‐cutting is …