flora and fauna in functional forest ecosystems Tutors: Michal Sawoniewicz, Lukasz Skalski, Marek Wolkowycki Katya Krasovskaya and Fyodor Saevich (Belarus) Jakub Kowejsza and Paul Kozlowski (Poland) Julia Weier and Sybille Strehle (Germany)
Plot for data capture Strictly protected area State forest
What did we focus on? • Deadwood and living trees • Fungi • Invertebrates
Deadwood in Białowieża Forest • What is deadwood? • The importance of deadwood • Functions of deadwood - More life in dead trees than in living trees - Better habitats - Dead trees are places of feeding • Some extra information - Amount of dead wood: averagely 123 m³/ha
Types of wood we measured • Living trees with dead elements • Deadwood standing • Deadwood lying
Deadwood and living trees OUR RESULTS
Fungi in Białowieża Primeval Forest • 5000 fungi species in BPF • 1800 macro fungi species • 1380 species in a single compartment covering 1, 5 km 2 • Most of fungi species connected with the woody debris
Different types of fungi • • • Form of a hat Mushroom hub Meaty mushroom Fuzz-ball Other permanent
Fungi Diversity
Forest invertebrates • Importance: - Decomposition of litter and deadwood - Basic food resource for other animals - Majority of (forest) species • Threats (to forest management): - Pests, calamities - Illnesses from parasites • >11. 700 species in Białowieża Forest
Different types of invertebrates • • Earthworms Snails Spiders Myriapoda Phytopagous and saprophagous insects Mycphagous insects Zoophagous insects Insects seeking refuge
Invertebrates on living trees
Invertebrates on standing dead trees • 180 specimen • Higher diversity • 86 specimen • Higher share of phytophagous insects • Less hiding places
Invertebrates living in the deadwood
Final conclusions and results
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