The bark beetle (Ips typographus [L.]) outbreak in this region in the last 20 years resulted in regional-scale spruce forest decay.
In this study we attempt to remove some of the confusion surrounding this subject by performing a sensitivity analysis wherein long-term, landscape-wide carbon stocks are simulated under a wide range of treatment efficacy, treatment lifespan, fire impacts, forest recovery rates, forest decay rates, and the longevity of wood products.
The tree, at nearly 17 stories tall and the remnant of a once dense forest, decayed over time despite efforts to save it by filling its cavity with cement and other material.
Brown-rot fungi are important recyclers in coniferous forest ecosystems and cause a highly destructive type of wood decay.
Given the preliminary results of this study and the rather tenuous status of coarse and fine woody debris carbon stocks as either a source or sink of CO2, further research is suggested in the areas of forest detritus decay and production.
Managed forests may also harbor a lower diversity of wood decaying fungi, which may lead to different decay rates (Stenlid et al. 2008; Purahong et al. 2014a, b).
More specifically, in the piedmont forest, large, decaying Calycophyllum multiflorum have a relatively greater probability of having potentially usable cavities, while in the cloud forest potentially usable cavities are disproportionably found in large, decaying Blepharocalyx gigantea.
As adults, long-toed salamanders often go unnoticed because they live a subterranean lifestyle digging, migrating, and feeding on the invertebrates in forest soils, decaying logs, small rodent burrows or rock fissures.
Xylindein, the penetrating blue-green pigment produced by C. aeruginascens, (Mizuki et al. 2003), can be readily found in forests on decaying wood, especially Populus sp. (Blanchette et al. 1992) and Quercus sp. (Dennis 1956).
The High Line, an abandoned elevated railway that once carried freight to, and sometimes inside, warehouses, is already a fanciful forest of industrial decay and native plants, and it has the potential to be the most delightful and unconventional green space in the country.
Slope stability declined as the root systems of the indigenous forest began to decay.
