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Research article2011Peer reviewedOpen access

Long-term priority effects among insects and fungi colonizing decaying wood

Weslien, Jan; Djupström, Line B.; Schroeder, Martin; Widenfalk, Olof

Abstract

5. The study shows that variable priority effects may have long-lasting impact on community assembly in decaying wood. The study also exemplifies new possibilities for managing populations of threatened species by exploring links between early, well-understood species guilds and late, more poorly understood species guilds.

Keywords

biodiversity; competition; coarse woody debris; facilitation; saproxylic; stochastic; succession

Published in

Journal of Animal Ecology
2011, Volume: 80, number: 6, pages: 1155-1162
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL