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

• Published in: Oikos Vol. 129; no. 10; pp. 1579 - 1588
• Main Authors: Müller, Jörg, Ulyshen, Mike, Seibold, Sebastian, Cadotte, Marc, Chao, Anne, Bässler, Claus, Vogel, Sebastian, Hagge, Jonas, Weiß, Ingmar, Baldrian, Petr, Tláskal, Vojtěch, Thorn, Simon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2020
• Subjects: Abiotic factors; Angiospermae; Angiosperms; Araneae; Arthropods; bacteria; Beetles; Biological evolution; Canopies; canopy gaps; Climatic conditions; climatic factors; Coleoptera; Community composition; community structure; Dead wood; deadwood experiments; Decay; deterioration; Dispersal; Distance; DNA; exhibitions; Food chains; Food webs; forest management; Fungi; Gymnospermae; Gymnosperms; habitat filter; habitats; lowland forests; Microclimate; Plant cover; Plant species; Plant tissues; Spiders; Taxa; Trees; wood logs; wood-inhabiting fungi

The evolutionary split between gymnosperms and angiosperms has far‐reaching implications for the current communities colonizing trees. The inherent characteristics of dead wood include its role as a spatially scattered habitat of plant tissue, transient in time. Thus, local assemblages in deadwood f...