TY  - JOUR
A1  - Thorn, Simon
A1  - Seibold, Sebastian
A1  - Leverkus, Alexandro B
A1  - Michler, Thomas
A1  - Müller, Jörg
A1  - Noss, Reed F
A1  - Stork, Nigel
A1  - Vogel, Sebastian
A1  - Lindenmayer, David B
T1  - The living dead: acknowledging life after tree death to stop forest degradation
T2  - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
N2  - Global sustainability agendas focus primarily on halting deforestation, yet the biodiversity crisis resulting from the degradation of remaining forests is going largely unnoticed. Forest degradation occurs through the loss of key ecological structures, such as dying trees and deadwood, even in the absence of deforestation. One of the main drivers of forest degradation is limited awareness by policy makers and the public on the importance of these structures for supporting forest biodiversity and ecosystem function. Here, we outline management strategies to protect forest health and biodiversity by maintaining and promoting deadwood, and propose environmental education initiatives to improve the general awareness of the importance of deadwood. Finally, we call for major reforms to forest management to maintain and restore deadwood; large, old trees; and other key ecological structures.
KW  - forest degradation
KW  - biodiversity
KW  - deadwood
Y1  - 2020
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/21857
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-218575
VL  - 18
IS  - 9
SP  - 505
EP  - 512
ER  -