A review of habitat thresholds for dead wood: a baseline for management recommendations in European forests

摘要: In contemporary forest management, also of commercial forests, threshold values are widely used for consideration biodiversity conservation. Here, we present various aspects dead-wood values. We review published and unpublished data from European lowland beech–oak, mixed-montane, boreo-alpine spruce–pine forests separately to provide managers with a baseline management decisions their specific type. Our revealed 36 critical ranges 10–80 m3 ha−1 boreal 10–150 mixed-montane peak at 20–30 coniferous 30–40 30–50 oak–beech forests. then expand the focus analyses community composition. exemplify two major statistical methods applied in ecological analysis stimulate researchers analyze more own on thresholds. Finally, discuss further directions analysis. anticipate that investigations will comprehensive picture dead wood, which is urgently needed an sustainable forestry.