Tree-related microhabitats are similar in mountain forests of Europe and North America and their occurrence may be explained by tree functional groups

T Asbeck, M Basile, J Stitt, J Bauhus, I Storch… - Trees, 2020 - Springer
Key message Drivers of the abundance and richness of tree-related microhabitats are
similar in mountain forests of Europe and North America and their occurrence may be …

[HTML][HTML] Testing an expanded set of sustainable forest management indicators in Mediterranean coppice area

A Cutini, M Ferretti, G Bertini, G Brunialti, S Bagella… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although coppice forests represent a significant part of the European forest area, especially
across southern Countries, they received little attention within the Sustainable Forest …

Forest history and epiphytic lichens: Testing indicators for assessing forest autochthony in Switzerland

L Dymytrova, UB Brändli, C Ginzler, C Scheidegger - Ecological Indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
Epiphytic lichens are widely used to indicate old undisturbed forest stands with a long forest
history that are of outstanding interest for biodiversity conservation. Swiss forest stands …

Lichen species richness is highest in non-intensively used grasslands promoting suitable microhabitats and low vascular plant competition

S Boch, D Prati, I Schöning, M Fischer - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2016 - Springer
Lichens are very sensitive to habitat changes and their species richness is likely to decline
under intensive land use. Currently, a comprehensive study analyzing lichen species …

Using lichen communities as indicators of forest stand age and conservation value

JED Miller, J Villella, D Stone, A Hardman - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Evaluating the conservation value of ecological communities is critical for forest
management but can be challenging because it is difficult to survey all taxonomic groups of …

Vitality and Growth of the Threatened Lichen Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. in Response to Logging and Implications for Its Conservation in Mediterranean Oak …

E Bianchi, R Benesperi, G Brunialti, L Di Nuzzo… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Forest logging can be detrimental for non-vascular epiphytes, determining the loss of key
components for ecosystem functioning. Legal logging in a Mediterranean mixed oak forest …

Factors influencing epiphytic moss and lichen distribution within Killarney National Park

K Sales, L Kerr, J Gardner - Bioscience Horizons: The …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The niches of epiphytes are widely studied and have been shown to be complex involving
interspecific competition, succession and predation. This study is unique in that it applies the …

Coarse woody debris variability due to human accessibility to forest

FK Behjou, A Lo Monaco, F Tavankar, R Venanzi… - Forests, 2018 - mdpi.com
Coarse woody debris (CWD) plays an important role in supporting biodiversity and assisting
ecological processes. Sometimes local people intervene modifying the expected distribution …

Microclimatic Alteration after Logging Affects the Growth of the Endangered Lichen Lobaria pulmonaria

L Di Nuzzo, P Giordani, R Benesperi, G Brunialti… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microclimatic conditions are important in determining lichen distribution at small scale, and
may determine whether the species persist when the surrounding environmental conditions …

[图书][B] Routledge handbook of forest ecology

SHP Kelvin, TC Richard, B Yves - 2015 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Introduction sheer complexity in the engineering of the forests as whole systems that provide
an essential foundation supporting all life. The chapters in Part V examine the ecology …