Abstract

Living trees are fundamental for boreal forest biodiversity. They contribute to stand structural diversity, which determines the range of habitat niches available for forest-dwelling species. Specific characteristics of living trees, such as species, age, and presence of microhabitats, determine how species utilize trees for food, as nesting places, or as growing substrates. This chapter explores the associations between living trees and aboveground biodiversity, reviews the factors such as soil productivity, hydrological regime, stand successional stage, and forestry activities that influence the characteristics of living trees and stand structural diversity, and presents the consequences of current and future climate change on boreal biodiversity.

Published in

Advances in Global Change Research
2023, number: 74, pages: 145-166
Title: Boreal Forests in the Face of Climate Change : Sustainable Management
ISBN: 978-3-031-15987-9, eISBN: 978-3-031-15988-6
Publisher: Springer

SLU Authors

• Hämäläinen, Aino

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Runnel, Kadri

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • University of Tartu

• Mikusinski, Grzegorz

  • School for Forest Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Ecology
Forest Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15988-6_5

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/123545