title: Epixylic diversity in an old-growth boreal forest is influenced by dynamic substrate attributes
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Kushnevskaya, Helena
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Borovichev, Eugene
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Shorohova, Ekaterina
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-01-27T12:11:55Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-01-27T12:11:55Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Kushnevskaya, H., Borovichev, E., and Shorohova, E. 2022. Epixylic diversity in an old-growth boreal forest is influenced by dynamic substrate attributes. Bio. Comm. 67(4): 253–265. https://doi. org/10.21638/spbu03.2022.402
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi. org/10.21638/spbu03.2022.402
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38899
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Quantifying the factors influencing wood-inhabiting species in boreal forests is
  crucial for better understanding of their ecology and conservation needs. We
  estimated the influence of substrate attributes on epixylic diversity on logs of
  Picea abies, Betula pubescens, B. pendula, Populus tremula and Pinus sylvestris in
  a mixed European old-growth boreal forest with high substrate availability and
  continuity. The number of species of different taxonomic and substrate groups
  in respect of log attributes was estimated with generalized linear models. The
  composition of epixylic communities was analysed using non-metric multidimensional
  scaling with subsequent environmental fitting. Additionally, we calculated
  species interaction networks of log (tree) species and epixylic plants
  and lichens. Species richness per log decreased with the increasing height
  above the ground and increased with the increasing amount of accumulated
  litter. True epixylics were the most sensitive to a log position above the ground.
  Aspen and conifer logs harbored the highest richness of rare species of lichens
  and liverworts. Birch logs hosted mainly species with wide substrate amplitude.
  The whole epixylic community specialization index decreased in the order lichens,
  liverworts, mosses, vascular plants. Tree species identity and associated
  attributes (bark cover, pH, etc.) as well as ‘dynamic’ attributes (accumulation of
  litter, wood decomposition and time since tree death) influenced the total species
  number, their taxonomic diversity, and the composition of epixylic communities.
  Our results indicate the importance of wood of various age and tree
  species for the conservation of epixylic diversity in boreal forests.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: Data collection and analysis
  were supported by the Russian Science
  Foundation (15-14-10023). The manuscript
  preparation was financed under the State
  Research Programs of Forest Research
  Institute of the Karelian Research Centre,
  Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute
  of North Industrial Ecology Problems of the
  Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of
  Sciences.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Biological Сommunications;Volume 67; Issue 4
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: epixylic community
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: bryophytes
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: lichens
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: dead wood
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: coarse woody debris
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: decomposition
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: bark
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Epixylic diversity in an old-growth boreal forest is influenced by dynamic substrate attributes
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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