Diversity of dead wood inhabiting fungi and bryophytes in semi-natural beech forests in Europe

Odór, Péter; Heilmann‐Clausen, Jacob; Christensen, Morten; Aude, Erik; Dort, K.W. van; Piltaver, Andrej; Siller, Irén; Veerkamp, M.T.; Walleyn, Ruben; Standovár, Tibor; Hees, A.F.M. van; Kosec, Jože; Matočec, Neven; Kraigher, Hojka; Grebenc, Tine

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2006.02.004

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“…There is not an official European red-list for fungi (Dahlberg et al 2010, Dahlberg andMueller 2011), but according to an unofficial list on wood-inhabiting fungi compiled by Odor et al (2006) Gloeoporus pannocinctus is considered to be "very rare and severely threatened everywhere in Europe", Cerrena unicolor is "rare all over Europe and threatened in several countries" and also Lenzites betulinus is considered to be "threatened in one or several European countries". All of these species were relatively common in our study.…”

Section: Polypore Communitymentioning

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Polypore communities in broadleaved boreal forests

Markkanen¹,

Halme²

2012

Silva Fenn.

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The cover and extent of boreal broadleaved forests have been decreasing due to modern forest management practices and fire suppression. As decomposers of woody material, polypores are ecologically important ecosystem engineers. The ecology and conservation biology of polypores have been studied intensively in boreal coniferous forests. However, only a few studies have focused on the species living on broadleaved trees. To increase knowledge on this species group we conducted polypore surveys in 27 broadleaved forests and 303 forest compartments (539 ha) on the southern boreal zone in Finland and measured dead wood and forest characteristics. We detected altogether 98 polypore species, of which 13 are red-listed in Finland. 60% of the recorded species are primarily associated with broadleaved trees. The number of species in a local community present in a broadleaved forest covered approximately 50 species, of which 30-40 were primarily associated with broadleaved trees. The size of the inventoried area explained 67% of the variation in the species richness, but unlike in previous studies conducted in coniferous forests, dead wood variables as well as forest structure had very limited power in explaining polypore species richness on forest stand level. The compartments occupied by red listed Protomerulius caryae had an especially high volume of living birch, but otherwise the occurrences of red-listed species could not be predicted based on the forest structure.

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Section: Polypore Communitymentioning

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Polypore communities in broadleaved boreal forests

Markkanen¹,

Halme²

2012

Silva Fenn.

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“…Apart from its importance for biogeochemical cycling, dead wood in the forest is also a great source of biodiversity (Harmon et al 1986;Jonsson and Jonsson 2007;Wirth et al 2009). Northern forests in cool and cold biomes, for instance, support a wealth of wood-rot fungi (Odor et al 2006;Schmidt 2006;Hottola et al 2009), vertebrates (Bunnell and Houde 2010), diverse taxa of invertebrates (Grosser 1985;Grove 2002;Castro and Wise 2010;Dechene and Buddle 2010;Janssen et al 2011;Ulyshen et al 2011), lichens (Humphrey et al 2002) and bryophytes (Andersson and Hytteborn 1991;Humphrey et al 2002). Bacteria are among the first organisms to colonise dead wood and metabolise especially the easily degradable and accessible substrates (Schmidt 2006;De Boer and Van der Wal 2008).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Controls on Coarse Wood Decay in Temperate Tree Species: Birth of the LOGLIFE Experiment

Cornelissen¹,

Sass‐Klaassen

Poorter

et al. 2012

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Dead wood provides a huge terrestrial carbon stock and a habitat to wide-ranging organisms during its decay. Our brief review highlights that, in order to understand environmental change impacts on these functions, we need to quantify the contributions of different interacting biotic and abiotic drivers to wood decomposition. LOG-LIFE is a new long-term 'common-garden' experiment to disentangle the effects of species' wood traits and siterelated environmental drivers on wood decomposition dynamics and its associated diversity of microbial and invertebrate communities. This experiment is firmly rooted in pioneering experiments under the directorship of Terry Callaghan at Abisko Research Station, Sweden. LOGLIFE features two contrasting forest sites in the Netherlands, each hosting a similar set of coarse logs and branches of 10 tree species. LOGLIFE welcomes other researchers to test further questions concerning coarse wood decay that will also help to optimise forest management in view of carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation.

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“…Decomposing logs are considered the most species rich and important type of CWD for wood-inhabiting fungi (Rydin et al 1997;Sippola, Renvall 1999). On the other hand, management history and substrate abundance influence fungal diversity at a site level (Høiland, Bendiksen 1996;Lindblad 1997;Stokland et al 1997;Sippola, Renvall 1999;Lumley et al 2000;Norden, Paltto 2001;Edman et al 2004;Penttilä et al 2004;Berglund, Jonsson 2005;Heilmann-Clausen, Christensen 2005;Schmit 2005;Sippola et al 2005;Similä et al 2006;Ódor et al 2006). Fungi and bryophytes have their highest diversity connected to fallen logs in certain decay classes (Ódor, Standovár 2002;Heilmann-Clausen, Christensen 2003.…”

Section: Quality Of Deadwoodmentioning

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Structure of coarse woody debris in Lange-Leitn Natural Forest Reserve, Austria

Rahman¹,

Frank²,

Ruprecht³

et al. 2008

J. For. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:The amount, variability and quality of coarse woody debris (CWD) in an oak-dominated natural forest reserve in Austria were studied in 2006. The average volume of CWD (snags and logs) was 107.3 m 3 /ha, which accounted for 39% of the total living volume. Among the CWD, on average, 23.4 m 3 /ha (22%) were snags and 83.9 m 3 /ha (78%) were logs. According to quality aspects the CWD displayed a wide range of variation in tree species, tree size, stage of decay, and structural characteristics, creating a high diversity of CWD habitats for microorganisms. Among the three forest associations, the highest amount of CWD was found in the mesic Galio sylvatici-Carpinetum association. The results of this study are discussed as reference values for a close-to-nature management of oak-dominated broadleaved submontane forests emphasizing conservation management.

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Diversity of dead wood inhabiting fungi and bryophytes in semi-natural beech forests in Europe

Cited by 202 publications

References 43 publications

Polypore communities in broadleaved boreal forests

Polypore communities in broadleaved boreal forests

Controls on Coarse Wood Decay in Temperate Tree Species: Birth of the LOGLIFE Experiment

Structure of coarse woody debris in Lange-Leitn Natural Forest Reserve, Austria

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