Long‐term development of species richness in a central European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest affected by windthrow—Support for the intermediate disturbance hypothesis?

Abstract On the basis of long‐term surveys of permanent plots and traps, we examined the communities of saproxylic beetles, fungi, herbs, and trees on an untreated 22 ha large beech forest windthrow and asked whether the results lend support to the intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH). We studi...

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Main Authors: Peter Meyer, Marcus Schmidt, Eike Feldmann, Jürgen Willig, Robert Larkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-09-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8028