Drivers of snag fall rates in Fennoscandian boreal forests

• Published in: Journal of Applied Ecology
• Main Authors: Aakala, Tuomas, Storaunet, Ken Olaf, Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar, Korhonen, Kari T.
• Other Authors: 4100310510, Luonnonvarakeskus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: boreal forests; coarse woody debris; Fennoscandia; forest management; standing dead tree; Snag; Fennoscandian
• Online Access: https://jukuri.luke.fi/handle/10024/556032; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14729

Persistence of standing dead trees (snags) is an important determinant for their role for biodiversity and dead wood associated carbon fluxes. How fast snags fall varies widely among species and regions and is further influenced by a variety of stand- and tree-level factors. However, our understandi...