their discussion, the authors refer to studies that showed that the decay rate of standing dead wood is slower than dead wood in contact with the forest floor. This contributes to explain the absence of clear differences in properties in classes 1-3. The same argument might potentially be used to explain the differences in decay rates of larch and spruce. Assessing the time elapsed standing of ...

The evaluation of wood durability enables the definition of reliable parameters to predict the servicelife of wood-based products. This study aimed to evaluate the wood deterioration of four fast-growing eucalypts species (Eucalyptus botryoides, Corymbia citriodora, Eucalyptus paniculata e Eucalyptus tereticornis) exposed to three field tests (outdoor, flooded site and forest canopy) during 540...

1 Patterns of insect succession in dead wood remain unclear, particularly beyond the first several years of decay. In the present study, saproxylic beetles were sampled from loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) logs aged between 1 month and 9 years old using both emergence traps attached to logs in the field and rearing bags in the laboratory. 2 Species richness peaked within the first year as a resu...