Ecology of Species Living on Dead Wood - Lessons for Dead Wood Management

By B. Jonsson, Nicholas Kruys, T. Ranius. 2005

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Dead wood has been identified as a crucial component for forest biodiversity. Recent research has improved our understanding of habitat relations for many species associated with dead wood. However, the consequences for forest management are yet to be explored. In this review we build upon the growing volume of studies on dead wood dependent species, the dynamics of dead wood and ecological theory in order to identify the challenges for forest management at the landscape level. The review has a Fennoscandian focus, but the problems and challenges are similar in many forest ecosystems. We argue that it is necessary to 1) counteract the current shortage in availability of dead wood, 2) concentrate planning at the landscape level in order to minimize isolation and reduce edge effects, 3) create a variety of dead wood types, and 4) utilise available quantitative analytical tools. This calls for new approaches to management that to a large extent includes available knowledge, and to find platforms for planning forested landscapes with diverse holdings.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science

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The effects of stand structure on ground-floor bryophyte assemblages in temperate mixed forests (2009, background): “Plenty of species appear on decaying wood, many of which are obligate epixylic species (Samuelsson et al. 1994; Jonsson et al. 2005).”
The white-backed woodpecker: umbrella species for forest conservation planning? (2008, background): “Dead wood is also recognised as a critical resource for forest biodiversity (de Jong and Almstedt 2005; Jonsson et al. 2005).”
Linking deadwood traits with saproxylic invertebrates and fungi in European forests - a review (2018, background): “Conversely, a reduction of biodiversity may negatively affect the decomposition rates in a given forest environment (Jonsson et al. 2005).”
Forest Naturalness in Northern Europe : Perspectives on Processes, Structures and Species Diversity (2011, background): “The importance of coarse wood debris for many threatened species is well known (Siitonen 2001, Jonsson et al. 2005, Tikkanen et al. 2006).”
Conflict between insect conservation and public safety: the case study of a saproxylic beetle (Osmoderma eremita) in urban parks (2010, background): “Saproxylic beetles are fundamental links in the trophic chains of forest ecosystems (Grove 2002; Jonsson et al. 2005; Hanula et al. 2006; Johansson 2006).”
Wood-decaying fungi in the forest: conservation needs and management options (2007, background): “…recognition that the conservation biology of saproxylic organisms has to be addressed from the perspective of the landscape and not only of the forest stand (e.g. Gu et al. 2002; Berglund et al. 2005; Jonsson et al. 2005; Vanderpoorten et al. 2005; Ekbom et al. 2006; Junninen et al. 2006).”
A Red List of Italian Saproxylic Beetles: taxonomic overview, ecological features and conservation issues (Coleoptera) (2015, background): “Because dead wood is a variable resource in time and space, the saproxylic populations have to face changes in abundance of this resource in different stages of forest dynamics (Jonsson et al. 2005).”
Landscape context affects the success of habitat restoration: large‐scale colonization patterns of saproxylic and fire‐associated species in boreal forests (2012, background): “It is also possible that these groups may have a lower dispersal ability (Edman et al., 2004; Jonsson et al., 2005), thus making them more challenging for restoration-type habitat management (but see also Norden & Appelqvist, 2001).”
Trees dying standing in the northeastern boreal old-growth forests of Quebec: spatial patterns, rates, and temporal variation (2007, background): “2004), knowledge about the mortality processes behind these dynamics is still limited (Franklin et al. 1987; Palik and Pederson 1996; Jonsson et al. 2005).”
Habitat preferences of oak-feeding xylophagous beetles in a temperate woodland: implications for forest history and management (2009, background): “…do not imply that no species benefit from ongoing woodland closure—on the contrary, preference for shaded dead wood is expectable among insects attacking wood in an advanced state of decay (Jonsell et al. 1998) and among those depending on wood of shade-tolerant tree species (Jonsson et al. 2005).”
Silviculture for old-growth attributes (2009, background): “The role of these legacies, or residual structures, for conservation of biological diversity and the recovery of ecosystem functioning following disturbance is well recognized (Jonsson et al., 2005; Vanha-Majamaa et al., 2007).”