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

Biological Conservation

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-71

  Odor P ^a   Heilmann Clausen, J ^b   Christensen, M ^c   Aude, E ^b   van Dort, K W ^d   Piltaver, A ^e   Siller, I ^f   Veerkamp, M T ^d   Walleyn, R ^g   Standovar T ^a   van Hees, A F M ^d   Kosec, J ^e   Matocec N ⁱ   Kraigher, H ^h   Grebenc, T ^h  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Habitat Vision   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Institute for the Systematics of Higher Fungi   (Slovenia)

^f SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^h SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

ⁱ RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Coarse woody debris; Dead wood; Diversity; Fagus sylvatica; Fungi

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; DEAD WOOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST PRODUCT; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HOT SPOT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAPROXYLIC ORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI;

EID: 33748104035     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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