Membres du comité d'organisation scientifique. XVII. Congress of the European Society for Agronomy

Fostering deadwood enrichment in managed forests – The importance of tree species and sun exposure for saproxylic species

Central European forests have been shaped by more than 2000 years of human exploitation. During this time, the increasing requirement of timber led to significant structural changes within the ecosystem. Because of declining deadwood amounts, numerous saproxylic species become extinct or threatened. Yet, various strategies of deadwood enrichment have been developed since the 1990th mainly focused on a quantitative increase. As recently shown, also microclimate and tree species are important drivers of saproxylic communities. However, it remains unclear how active forest management can increase deadwood most efficiently. For this study, we exposed a total of 108 logs of six common tree speci…