Five-year numerical response of saproxylic beetles following a dead wood pulse left by moth outbreaks in northern Scandinavia

• Main Author: Carlsen, Petter Bernhard
• Other Authors: Birkemoe, Tone, Laksforsmo Vindstad, Ole Petter, Jepsen, Jane, Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2017
• Subjects: Resource pulses; Wood decomposition; Insect outbreaks; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400; Norway; Løp; Finnmark; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2450835

Saproxylic insects are important for the decomposition of dead wood, and therefore crucial for maintaining healthy forest ecosystems. There is, however, little knowledge about their ability to respond to massive resource pulses of dead wood caused by outbreaks of defoliating insects. This study inve...