The wood-inhabiting fungal community on standing dead birches : a comparison of ring-barked and naturally dead trees

• Main Author: Persson, Samuel
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning 2022
• Subjects: Wood-inhabiting fungi; ring-barking; community ecology; Ecology; Ekologi; Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Other Biological Topics; Annan biologi; Deadwood; Fennoscandian
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-474736

Dead wood is an important part of forest ecosystems, especially since so many organisms depend on it for nutrients or as substrate for breeding or foraging. Since forestry intensified in northern Europe during the mid 1900s, the amount of dead wood in Fennoscandian forests has drastically decreased....