Created substrates do not fully mimic natural substrates in restoration: the occurrence of polypores on spruce logs. Silva Fennica vol. 48 no. 1 article id 980. 12 p. Highlights • Polypore communities were more homogeneous among created than among natural logs. • The old-growth forest indicator Phellinus ferrugineofuscus occurred frequently on natural logs, but occupied only a few created logs. • Results show that created logs do not fully mimic natural logs.

Created substrates do not fully mimic natural substrates in restoration: the occurrence of polypores on spruce logs. Silva Fennica 48 (1): article id 980.