The afterlife of a tree
2005
Gutowski, Jerzy M. |
Zub, Karol |
Pawlaczyk, Paweł |
Laudenslayer, William F. |
The present book is devoted to dead wood, mainly in forests subjected to minimal management. Despite the focus of the book on sem-natural forests, dead wood is also necessary in managed forests and amounts generally found there ought to be increased. Dead wood and old, hollow trees are essential to a functioning forest ecosystem and necessary for the conservation of a myriad of species including some that are endangered.