The forest canopy is fundamentally important in biodiversity conservation and ecosystem
function. Cryptogamic epiphytes are dominant tree bole and canopy elements in temperate …

This review aims at summarizing literature on epiphytic lichens in relation with forest
management in temperate deciduous forests of Europe, including suggestions for mitigating …

The conservation of forest ecosystems and the enhancement of carbon sequestration
capacity play a crucial role in maintaining ecological balance and human development …

We recorded and reviewed densities and basal areas of large living and dead trees in old-
growth forest in Europe. Recorded densities were similar to those reported from old-growth …

Epiphytic lichen biomass accumulates slowly in forest canopies. We evaluated three
alternative hypotheses for the slow accumulation of epiphytic lichens, using two experiments …

Induction of the pigments parietin and melanin by specific wavelength ranges of solar
radiation was studied in two widespread foliose lichens: the ubiquitous sun‐tolerant …

Lichens are a bottleneck resource for circumpolar populations of reindeer, and as such, for
reindeer husbandry as an indigenous Sami land-use tradition in northern Sweden. This …

We studied the effect of forest fragmentation on the insect community inhabiting an old‐
growth forest specialist bracket fungus, Fomitopsis rosea, in eastern Finland. Samples of the …

As compared to natural forests, managed boreal forests are younger, more homogeneous in
terms of tree age and species composition, and consist of smaller fragments. Here we …

We investigated whether dispersal limitation is an important factor for the low abundance of
epiphytic lichens in young boreal forests. The number of lichen thalli on branch sections of …