The effects of windthrow on forest insect communities: a literature review
Biological ConservationPublished 15 November 2003
Christophe Bouget, Peter Duelli
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In the current context of shady and CWD-deprived managed forests, windthrow gaps act as regional biodiversity hotspots by maintaining habitat continuity in a mosaic landscape, and by facilitating the breeding and population growth of clearing specialists and saproxylic species.
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Durch diese Bekampfungsmasnahmen konnte das Schadausmas auf etwa ⅙ des erfahrungsgemas zu erwartenden eingedammt werden.
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Results from correlation and cluster analyses show these beetles attacked a distinct area of bark and there was little or no overlap among areas attacked by cambiophagous bark beetles.
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