Daniel Kraus

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What are typical Tree related Microhabitats after windthrow in your region?

I am looking for typical storm related microhabitats on trees after windthrow/windbreak such as large root plates, splintered tree trunks, broken limbs or forks etc. Currently I work in a...

17 February 2019 6,157 9 View

Can someone provide studies on costs of salvage logging?

I am looking for studies on costs and benefits of salvage logged forests (preferrably after windthrow /-break) to compare with the effort of salvage logging with different intensities in a recent...

05 February 2019 1,722 5 View

Can someone provide documented cases where defoliation by European gipsy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar) has led to die-back of oak on larger area?

I am interested in documented cases where defoliation by European giypsy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar) has led to die-back of oak on larger area (preferrably Europe). There is an on-going debate...

17 January 2019 3,361 5 View

Can someone help to find a sound ecological explanation why the distribution of Abies does not extend to Hyrcanian forests along the Caspian sea?

On an excursion to Hyrcanian beech forests along the southern coast of the Caspian sea the question came up why there are no conifers such as Abies species as components of these forests. We...

19 September 2016 7,189 3 View