Senior forest researcher in forest ecology, active as change agent in forest monitoring, collaboration and innovation.
Interesting study by my collegues Anne-Maarit Hekkala, Mari Jönsson, Simon Kärvemo, Joachim Strengbom och Jörgen Sjögren showing the value of assessing forest structures and habitats. The amount and quality of ecologically important structural variables (deadwood volume, basal area of living trees, proportion of broadleaved trees, and the age of the oldest tree in the stand) predicts both number and abundance of all species of conservation concern, regardless of the region. Habitat heterogeneity was the best predictor of red-listed species number and abundance in the south, while volume of deadwood and the age of the oldest tree performed best in the north. Deadwood (CWD) volume was the single best resource amount predictor of species of conservation concern.
