Behavior in a wide range of choices: substrate preferences of threatened wood-inhabiting species in a mixed old-growth boreal forest

When everything is available: substrate preferences of threatened wood-inhabiting species in a mixed old-growth boreal forest In intensively managed forests, many wood-inhabiting species became threatened because of the lack of their habitat - deadwood, especially coarse woody debris (CWD). We examined a multi-taxon diversity of species associated with fallen logs of Picea abies (22), Betula pubescens, B. pendula (14), Pinus sylvestris (19) and Populus tremula (19) in a chronosequence of decomposition in the old-growth (OG) forest located in the State Strict Nature Reserve 'Kivach', Russia. We hypothesized dynamic and log (tree) species specific patterns for threatened (red-listed and regio…