Due to traditional forest management, the primary goal of which is the production of raw
wood material, commercial forest stands are characterized by low biodiversity. At the same …

Standing deadwood is an important structural component of forest ecosystems. Its
occurrence and dynamics influence both carbon fluxes and the availability of habitats for …

In forest management policy, deadwood is regarded as an indicator of sustainable forest
management. Dead trees are a key habitat feature for a wide range of organisms. In this …

Background Forests are an important component of the global carbon (C) cycle and can be
net sources or sinks of CO 2, thus mitigating or exacerbating the effects of anthropogenic …

Outbreaks of bark beetles, for example Ips typographus L. in Eurasia or Dendroctonus
ponderosae Hopkins in North America, have serious impacts on forest resources …

Retention of habitat trees is a common biodiversity conservation practice in continuous
cover forests of temperate Europe. Commonly, living habitat trees are selected on the basis …

Tree-related microhabitats (TreM) and deadwood are two forest attributes providing
essential resources for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services. Old-growth forests …

Fine woody debris (FWD) represents the majority of the deadwood stock in managed forests
and serves as an important biodiversity hotspot and refuge for many organisms, including …

Deadwood is a resource of water, nutrients, and carbon, as well as an important driving
factor of spatial pedocomplexity and hillslope processes in forested landscapes. The …

The reintroduction of fire to landscapes where it was once common is considered a priority
to restore historical forest dynamics, including reducing tree density and decreasing levels of …