A unified measure of the number, volume and diversity of dead trees and the response of fungal communities

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1320-1328

  Hottola, Jenni ^a   Ovaskainen, Otso ^a   Hanski, Ilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Common species; Community composition; Connectivity; Dead wood; Ecological requirements; Resource availability; Saproxylics; Species richness; Threatened species; Wood decaying fungi

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONNECTIVITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DECLINE; RED LIST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

FUNGI; POLYPOROUS;

EID: 70349909324     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01583.x     Document Type: Article

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