Dead Wood in Floodplain Forests - Biodiversity Multiplier or Forest Pest Breeding-Ground?

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Authors

SCHLAGHAMERSKÝ Jiří

Year of publication 2001
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Proceedings of the International Conference Management of Floodplain Forests in Southern Moravia, Židlochovice, May 13-16, 2000
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Ecology
Keywords Coleoptera; Brachycera; Formicidae; saproxylic; dead wood; floodplain forest; forest pest; biodiversity
Description The importance of dead wood for biodiversity is discussed based on estimates of resource abundance and analysis of saproxylic communities of Coleoptera, Diptera-Brachycera, and Formicidae. Attention is paid to lying oak trunks and forest pests. The communities include many threatened and rare species, even such new to science. Lying oak trunks are shown to host few potential pests accompanied by substantial populations of antagonists. Species presenting higher risk were found in low numbers.
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