Dead wood is a source of life as it provides habitat and substrate for a wide range of fungal
species. A growing number of studies show an important role of wood quality for fungal …

Dead wood quantity and quality is important for forest biodiversity, by determining wood‐
inhabiting fungal assemblages. We therefore evaluated how fungal communities were …

Land use and land use change affect deadwood amount, quality and associated biodiversity
in forest ecosystems. Old growth or virgin forests, which are exceptionally rare in temperate …

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 …

Deadwood decay is an important ecosystem process in forest ecosystems, but the relative
contribution of specific wood properties of tree species, activities of wood-degrading …

Deadwood represents an important carbon stock and contributes to climate change
mitigation. Wood decomposition is mainly driven by fungal communities. Their composition …

Deadwood plays a crucial role in the maintenance of biodiversity in forest ecosystems. Its
quantity and quality are commonly used in ecology and nature conservation as a proxy …

Different types of dead wood in forest ecosystems contribute to an increase of habitats for
decomposer fungi. This may have a positive effect on fungal diversity but may also increase …

Commercial forestry increasingly aims at both optimizing timber production and maintaining
species diversity. To maintain the diversity of the species-rich group of wood-inhabiting …

Dead wood represents an important pool of carbon and nitrogen in forest ecosystems. This
source of soil organic matter has diverse ecosystem functions that include, among others …