Sammanfattning

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.

Publicerad i

Advances in Global Change Research
2023, nummer: 74, sidor: 145-166
Titel: Boreal Forests in the Face of Climate Change : Sustainable Management
ISBN: 978-3-031-15987-9, eISBN: 978-3-031-15988-6
Utgivare: Springer

SLU författare

• Hämäläinen, Aino

  • Institutionen för ekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Runnel, Kadri

  • Institutionen för ekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Tartu Ülikool

• Mikusinski, Grzegorz

  • Skogsmästarskolan, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Ekologi
Skogsvetenskap


Publikationens identifierare

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

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