Primary determinants of communities in deadwood vary among taxa but are regionally consistent

Congruent patterns of functional diversity in saproxylic beetles and fungi across European beech forests

(2019) Jonas Hagge et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Importance of spatial configuration of deadwood habitats in species conservation

(2019) Thomas Ranius et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Fungi associated with beetles dispersing from dead wood – Let's take the beetle bus!

(2019) Sebastian Seibold et al.   Fungal Ecology

European mushroom assemblages are darker in cold climates

(2019) Franz-Sebastian Krah et al.   Nature Communications

Bark coverage shifts assembly processes of microbial decomposer communities in dead wood

(2019) Jonas Hagge et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rare species, functional groups, and evolutionary lineages drive successional trajectories in disturbed forests

(2019) Simon Thorn et al.   ECOLOGY

Dispersal limitation of saproxylic insects in a managed forest? A population genetics approach

(2018) Bastian Schauer et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Dispersal ecology of deadwood organisms and connectivity conservation

(2018) Atte Komonen et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Experiments with dead wood reveal the importance of dead branches in the canopy for saproxylic beetle conservation

(2018) Sebastian Seibold et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Give me a sample of air and I will tell which species are found from your region: Molecular identification of fungi from airborne spore samples

(2018) Nerea Abrego et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Community Assembly Theory as a Framework for Biological Invasions

(2018) Dean E. Pearson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Necrobiome framework for bridging decomposition ecology of autotrophically and heterotrophically derived organic matter

(2018) M. Eric Benbow et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Exclusion of invertebrates influences saprotrophic fungal community and wood decay rate in an experimental field study

(2018) Rannveig M. Jacobsen et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Phylogeography of the endangered saproxylic beetle Rosalia longicorn, Rosalia alpina (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), corresponds with its main host, the European beech (Fagus sylvatica , Fagaceae)

(2018) Lukas Drag et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

How does the richness of wood-decaying fungi relate to wood microclimate?

(2017) Václav Pouska et al.   Fungal Ecology

The Red-belted Bracket ( Fomitopsis pinicola ) colonizes spruce trees early after bark beetle attack and persists

(2017) Sebastian Vogel et al.   Fungal Ecology

Molecular evidence strongly supports deadwood-inhabiting fungi exhibiting unexpected tree species preferences in temperate forests

(2017) Witoon Purahong et al.   ISME Journal

Trophic level, successional age and trait matching determine specialization of deadwood-based interaction networks of saproxylic beetles

(2017) Beate Wende et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Community structure follows simple assembly rules in microbial microcosms

(2017) Jonathan Friedman et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Dead-wood addition promotes non-saproxylic epigeal arthropods but effects are mediated by canopy openness

(2016) Sebastian Seibold et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Convergence and divergence in a long-term old-field succession: the importance of spatial scale and species abundance

(2016) Shao-peng Li et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Disentangling the effects of forest-stand type and dead-wood origin of the early successional stage on the diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi

(2016) Kristin Baber et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Retention forestry and prescribed burning result in functionally different saproxylic beetle assemblages than clear-cutting

(2016) Osmo Heikkala et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The relation of fungal communities to wood microclimate in a mountain spruce forest

(2016) Václav Pouska et al.   Fungal Ecology

Fungi associated with decomposing deadwood in a natural beech-dominated forest

(2016) Petr Baldrian et al.   Fungal Ecology

Citizen science data reveal ecological, historical and evolutionary factors shaping interactions between woody hosts and wood-inhabiting fungi

(2016) Jacob Heilmann-Clausen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Experimental studies of dead-wood biodiversity — A review identifying global gaps in knowledge

(2015) Sebastian Seibold et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Host abundance, durability, basidiome form and phylogenetic isolation determine fungivore species richness

(2015) Simon Thorn et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Unifying Species Diversity, Phylogenetic Diversity, Functional Diversity, and Related Similarity and Differentiation Measures Through Hill Numbers

(2014) Anne Chao et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Association of extinction risk of saproxylic beetles with ecological degradation of forests in Europe

(2014) Sebastian Seibold et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Increasing temperature may compensate for lower amounts of dead wood in driving richness of saproxylic beetles

(2014) Jörg Müller et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Assemblage Time Series Reveal Biodiversity Change but Not Systematic Loss

(2014) M. Dornelas et al.   SCIENCE

Rarefaction and extrapolation with Hill numbers: a framework for sampling and estimation in species diversity studies

(2013) Anne Chao et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Phylogenetic beta diversity, similarity, and differentiation measures based on Hill numbers

(2013) Chun-Huo Chiu et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Combining high-throughput sequencing with fruit body surveys reveals contrasting life-history strategies in fungi

(2013) Otso Ovaskainen et al.   ISME Journal

Specialist species of wood-inhabiting fungi struggle while generalists thrive in fragmented boreal forests

(2013) Jenni Nordén et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Spores do travel

(2013) Nico Dam   MYCOLOGIA

Rising temperatures explain past immigration of the thermophilic oak-inhabiting beetle Coraebus florentinus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in south-west Germany

(2012) Jörn Buse et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Daphne: a dated phylogeny of a large European flora for phylogenetically informed ecological analyses

(2012) Walter Durka et al.   ECOLOGY

Implications from large-scale spatial diversity patterns of saproxylic beetles for the conservation of European Beech forests

(2012) JÖRG MÜLLER et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

The Paleozoic Origin of Enzymatic Lignin Decomposition Reconstructed from 31 Fungal Genomes

(2012) D. Floudas et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2011) Jan Weslien et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Learning from a “benign neglect strategy” in a national park: Response of saproxylic beetles to dead wood accumulation

(2010) Jörg Müller et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Partitioning diversity1

(2010) Aaron M. Ellison   ECOLOGY

Assembly history dictates ecosystem functioning: evidence from wood decomposer communities

(2010) Tadashi Fukami et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Exploring the “last biotic frontier”: Are temperate forest canopies special for saproxylic beetles?

(2010) Christophe Bouget et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Resilience of tropical rain forests: tree community reassembly in secondary forests

(2009) Natalia Norden et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

An Endangered Longhorn Beetle Associated with Old Oaks and Its Possible Role as an Ecosystem Engineer

(2008) J. BUSE et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Habitat preferences of oak-feeding xylophagous beetles in a temperate woodland: implications for forest history and management

(2008) Stepan Vodka et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION