Essays about: "Wood decaying fungi"
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1. Impact of forest management on the diversity of wood decaying fungi : A comparison between two closely related forests in southern Sweden
University essay from Linköpings universitet/BiologiAbstract : Modern forestry practices have negative effects on many organisms because they change the forest’s disturbance dynamics, makes the forest’s structure less complex, and fragments old-growth forests. This study examined how commercial forestry practices affect the diversity of wood-decaying fungi, by comparing two closely related forests with different management in Östergötland, Sweden. READ MORE
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2. Community structure of polyporous fungi after wildfire in boreal forest
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : Wildfire is a natural disturbance that creates large amounts dead wood and contribute to a landscape of different successional stages, important for biodiversity. The number of wildfires have declined in boreal Fennoscandia due to effective fire suppression. READ MORE
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3. Wood decaying fungi gain competitive strength through competition
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för naturvetenskapAbstract : .... READ MORE
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4. Extracting fungal DNA from drill- and biofilm samples from wood in logs
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant PathologyAbstract : The fungal kingdom is a large group of eukaryotic organisms consisting of more than 100 000 known and an expected number of more than 1 million species with a wide variety of lifestyles. Among these lifestyles is a symbiotic lifestyle that has been of importance for lichen forming fungi. READ MORE
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5. Clear-cut and substrate characteristics important for the occurrence of the beetle Upis ceramboides
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EcologyAbstract : Disturbances, such as fire and wind, are important for saproxylic beetles (= beetles depending on decaying wood) to gain substrate in boreal forests. Clear-cutting is an example of a man-made disturbance. Measures such as prescribed burning have been made to resemble natural disturbances. READ MORE
