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Importance of Conserving Large and Old Trees to Continuity of Tree‐related Microhabitats by Daniel Kozák; Marek Svitok; Veronika Zemlerová; Martin Mikoláš; Thibault Lachat; Laurent Larrieu; Yoan Paillet; Arne Buechling; Radek Bače; William S. Keeton; Lucie Vítková; Krešimir Begovič; Vojtěch Čada; Martin Dušátko; Matej Ferenčík; Michal Frankovič; Rhiannon Gloor; Jeňýk Hofmeister; Pavel Janda; Ondrej Kameniar; Tomáš Kníř; Linda Majdanová; Marek Mejstřík; Jakob Pavlin; Dheeraj Ralhan; Ruffy Rodrigo; Catalin‐Constantin Roibu; Michal Synek; Ondřej Vostarek; Miroslav Svoboda is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.

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Protecting structural features, such as tree-related microhabitats (TreMs), is a cost-effective tool crucial for biodiversity conservation applicable to large forested landscapes. Although the development of TreMs is influenced by tree diameter, species, and vitality, the relationships between tree age and TreM profile remain poorly understood. Using a tree-ring-based approach and a large data set of 8038 trees, we modeled the effects of tree age, diameter, and site characteristics on TreM richness and occurrence across some of the most intact primary temperate forests in Europe, including mixed beech and spruce forests. We observed an overall increase in TreM richness on old and large trees in both forest types. The occurrence of specific TreM groups was variably related to tree age and diameter, but some TreM groups (e.g., epiphytes) had a stronger positive relationship with tree species and elevation. Although many TreM groups were positively associated with tree age and diameter, only two TreM groups in spruce stands reacted exclusively to tree age (insect galleries and exposed sapwood) without responding to diameter. Thus, the retention of trees for conservation purposes based

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Author

Daniel Kozák; Marek Svitok; Veronika Zemlerová; Martin Mikoláš; Thibault Lachat; Laurent Larrieu; Yoan Paillet; Arne Buechling; Radek Bače; William S. Keeton; Lucie Vítková; Krešimir Begovič; Vojtěch Čada; Martin Dušátko; Matej Ferenčík; Michal Frankovič; Rhiannon Gloor; Jeňýk Hofmeister; Pavel Janda; Ondrej Kameniar; Tomáš Kníř; Linda Majdanová; Marek Mejstřík; Jakob Pavlin; Dheeraj Ralhan; Ruffy Rodrigo; Catalin‐Constantin Roibu; Michal Synek; Ondřej Vostarek; Miroslav Svoboda

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)