The effects of forest management on species richness and diversity have become important
research interests. The need to maintain biodiversity for forest ecosystem functioning has led …

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 …

The patterns of successional change of decomposer communities is unique in that resource
availability predictably decreases as decomposition proceeds. Saproxylic (ie deadwood …

Retaining trees during harvesting to conserve biodiversity is becoming increasingly common
in forestry. To assess, select and monitor these habitat trees, ecologists and practitioners …

Insects do not live in isolation. They interact with the abiotic environment and are major
components of the terrestrial and freshwater biotic milieus. They are crucial to so many …

Conservation tools to enrich habitat diversity in the widely distributed homogeneous
production forests include stumps as logging residues but also the intentional creation of …

Tree-related microhabitats (TreMs) provide a quantitative indicator of habitat heterogeneity
in forests, including beech (Fagus) forests. However, systematic analyses of the factors …

Snags are an important component of beech forests that promote biodiversity. However,
their occurrence is completely marginal in managed stands. Creating snags in these stands …

Habitat trees, which provide roosting, foraging and nesting for multiple taxa, are retained in
managed forests to support biodiversity conservation. To what extent their spatial distribution …

Natural dynamics in forests play an important role in the lives of many species. In the
landscape of managed forests, natural disturbances are reduced by management activities …