The effect of forest fuel harvesting on the fungal diversity of clear-cuts

Toivanen, Tero; Markkanen, Anni; Kotiaho, Janne S.; Halme, Panu

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.11.016

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“…Recently there have been several studies focusing on the impacts of modern forest management actions (see e.g. Lõhmus 2011;Toivanen et al 2012) as well as restoration measures (Olsson et al 2011) on wood-inhabiting fungi. These studies have, for practical reasons, shown mostly the results on the earliest decay stages.…”

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The effects of habitat degradation on metacommunity structure of wood-inhabiting fungi in European beech forests

Halme

Odór

Christensen³

et al. 2013

Biological Conservation

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+358-40-8204799 AbstractIntensive forest management creates habitat degradation by reducing the variation of forest stands in general, and by removing old trees and dead wood in particular. Nonintervention forest reserves are commonly believed to be the most efficient tool to counteract the negative effects on biodiversity, but actual knowledge of the conservation efficiency is limited, especially for recent reserves. The structure of ecological communities is often described with measures of nestedness, beta diversity and similarity between communities. We studied whether these measures differ among forest reserves with different management histories. For this purpose, we used a large data set of woodinhabiting fungi collected from dead beech trees in European beech-dominated forest reserves. The structure of fungal assemblages showed high beta diversity, while nestedness and similarity was low. During the decomposition process of trees beta diversity between the communities occupying different trees increased in natural, but not in previously managed sites. Effects of management and decay process on nestedness were complex. We argue that the detected differences most likely reflect historical effects 3 which have extirpated specialised species from the local species pools in managed sites, and resulted in more homogeneous communities in managed sites. It is alarming that community structure is affected the most in the latest decay stages where the decay process turns the dead wood into litter, and which is thus the interface between the wood decay and the litter-decaying ecosystem. The effects of simplified communities in late decay stages on soil biodiversity should be studied.

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The effects of habitat degradation on metacommunity structure of wood-inhabiting fungi in European beech forests

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Odór

Christensen³

et al. 2013

Biological Conservation

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“…fungi in areas within clearcuts: Toivanen et al, 2012; beetles per stump: Victorsson and Jonsell, 2013). However, removal of stumps and slash does not imply complete loss of habitat, since species using stumps and slash also use other dead wood types (Brin et al, 2013;H€ am€ al€ ainen et al, 2015).…”

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Consequences of bioenergy wood extraction for landscape-level availability of habitat for dead wood-dependent organisms

Hiron

Jonsell

Kubart

et al. 2017

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…Consequently, especially species associated with large diameter dead wood have suffered from habitat loss (Siitonen 2001). Recently, the growing demand for alternative sources of energy has reached the forests: modern energy-wood harvesting is depleting the forest floor from small diameter dead wood and thus creating a novel threat for associated species (Dahlberg et al 2011, Toivanen et al 2012.…”

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Resource use of wood-inhabiting fungi in different boreal forest types

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Generalist species are usually widespread and abundant, and thrive in heterogeneous environments.Specialists, in turn, are generally more restricted in their range, and benefit from more stable conditions. Therefore, increasing human-induced disturbance can have more negative effects on specialist than generalist species. We assessed the specialization of 77 wood-inhabiting fungal species across seven boreal forest types and different substratum qualities. A significantly higher number of specialist species was associated with herb-rich forests and afforested fields than with managed coniferous forests and wood pastures, the number of specialists associated with natural coniferous forests being intermediate. Also, forest type specialists were indicated to be specialists for their substratum tree species as well, but specialization in substratum diameter was not connected with other kinds of specialization. Species with restricted resource or habitat preferences can less readily respond to environmental change, and therefore are more vulnerable to extinction.

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The effect of forest fuel harvesting on the fungal diversity of clear-cuts

Cited by 56 publications

References 33 publications

The effects of habitat degradation on metacommunity structure of wood-inhabiting fungi in European beech forests

The effects of habitat degradation on metacommunity structure of wood-inhabiting fungi in European beech forests

Consequences of bioenergy wood extraction for landscape-level availability of habitat for dead wood-dependent organisms

Resource use of wood-inhabiting fungi in different boreal forest types

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