I summarize current knowledge about the ecosystem functions of wood decomposition in
forests with a particular focus on the effects of fungal wood decay types (traditionally …

Climate change accompanied by altered natural disturbance regimes threatens the
resilience of boreal and hemiboreal forests. Bryophytes, an important part of plant biomass …

Dead wood is an important microsite for seedling regeneration in forest ecosystems.
Although recent studies have found important associations between fungal wood decay type …

Picea is one of the most dominant conifer genera in the Northern Hemisphere and includes
species which require coarse woody debris (CWD) as a seedbed for regeneration. To …

Wood decomposer basidiomycetes are the major agents of lignocellulose decomposition in
dead wood. As their interspecific interaction affects wood decomposition, difference in …

The effect of a large-scale windfall as a result of the Lionrock typhoon (2016), which caused
complete destruction of forest plantations on the area of 36 000 ha within the Sikhote–Alin …

Field specimens of myxomycetes and substrates were collected seven months after a
typhoon hit Aurora Province and a month after a typhoon hit Quezon Province in Eastern …

Wood-inhabiting fungi are critically important for the decomposition of coarse woody debris
(CWD). To evaluate the relative importance of climate, vegetation, and spatial factors in the …

Hondo spruce (Picea jezoensis var. hondoensis (Mayr) Rehder)) is separately distributed
among several mountainous regions in central Japan as remnant populations of the last …

Cedrus deodara is economically and ethnobotanically an important forest tree and is shown
to be at decline in Northern areas of Pakistan in recent years mainly due to high …