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.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, design och hållbar utveckling (2023-) 2024
• Subjects: boreal forest; coarse woody debris; Fennoscandia; forest management; standing dead tree; Forest Science; Skogsvetenskap; Snag; Fennoscandian
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-52204; 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...