Habitat models of wood-inhabiting fungi along a decay gradient of Norway spruce logs

Loss of diversity in wood-inhabiting fungal communities affects decomposition activity in Norway spruce wood

Hundreds of wood-inhabiting fungal species are now threatened, principally due to a lack of dead wood in intensively managed forests, but the consequences of reduced fungal diversity on ecosystem functioning are not known. Several experiments have shown that primary productivity is negatively affected by a loss of species, but the effects of microbial diversity on decomposition are less studied...

The effect of lignin content and lignin modification on Norway spruce wood properties and decay resistance

This thesis describes studies with three different Norway spruce cutting clones in three growing environments differing in soil and climatic conditions within the boreal zone. The main aim was to follow variation in the radial growth rate, wood properties and lignin content and to modify wood lignin with a natural monolignol, coniferyl alcohol, by making use of inherent wood peroxidases. In add...

Inhibition of Cellulases of Wood - Decay Fungi

Dispersal Ecology of Insects Inhabiting Wood-Decaying Fungi

Fungal community dynamics in relation to substrate quality of decaying Norway spruce ( Picea abies [L.] Karst.) logs in boreal forests.

Decaying wood plays an important role in forest biodiversity, nutrient cycling and carbon balance. Community structure of wood-inhabiting fungi changes with mass loss of wood, but the relationship between substrate quality and decomposers is poorly understood. This limits the extent to which these ecosystem services can be effectively managed. We studied the fungal community and physico-chemica...