Work package 6: Coarse Woody Debris (CWD) and plant/fungal biodiversity

Field data will be collected using the same methodology in NW (Denmark and The Netherlands) and SE (Hungary and Slovenia) Europe. Each participating country will sample approximately 200 pieces of beech-CWD covering a range of sizes, decay stages, and environmental conditions. Resident herbs, ferns, mosses and selected groups of fungi will be identified. Sampling will occur in the same season. The data will be combined in a common database to develop a species probability matrix based on log size, decay stage, environmental conditions and (optional) geographical region. An ecological succession model will be developed based on the analysis of species-response functions and relation to beech-CWD physical-chemical (gathered in WP7). The information will be used to evaluate beech-CWD as a habitat for wildlife, i.e. biodiversity. The probability matrix will be input toWP 13 and used to assess biodiversity in different forest landscapes in accordance with the the output from the landscape level model in WP 9.

Work-package leader:

Ad van Hees, Partner 9. Institute of Forestry and Nature Research (IBN-DLO)
Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6700 AA, Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS , Fax: (+31) 317 424 9988, phone: (+31) 317 47 7892 , e-mail:  

NatMan Work-package 6: Reports
Deliverable 9	Biodiversity on coarse woody debris, model description and parametrisation
Deliverable 10	Diversity and composition of dead wood inhabiting fungal and bryophyte communities in semi-natural beech forests in Europe
Deliverable 16	Ecological succession of bryophytes, vascular plants and fungi on beech coarse woody debris in Europe