TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stokland,Jogeir N.
AU  - Siitonen,Juha
AU  - Jonsson,Bengt Gunnar
TI  - Biodiversity in Dead Wood
T2  - Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
SN  - 9781139025843 (ebook)
AV  - QK46.5.D58 S88 2012
U1  - 577.34 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Forest biodiversity
KW  - Forest ecology
KW  - Wood-decaying fungi
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016)
N2  - Fossils document the existence of trees and wood-associated organisms from almost 400 million years ago, and today there are between 400,000 and 1 million wood-inhabiting species in the world. This is the first book to synthesise the natural history and conservation needs of wood-inhabiting organisms. Presenting a thorough introduction to biodiversity in decaying wood, the book studies the rich diversity of fungi, insects and vertebrates that depend upon dead wood. It describes the functional diversity of these organisms and their specific habitat requirements in terms of host trees, decay phases, tree dimensions, microhabitats and the surrounding environment. Recognising the threats posed by timber extraction and forest management, the authors also present management options for protecting and maintaining the diversity of these species in forests as well as in agricultural landscapes and urban parks
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139025843
ER  -