week3 - deadwood and genetic diversity

pdf of the power point presentation - week 3 (abridged)

What is deadwood and why is it important for biodiversity? Why has deadwood become rare/is deadwood rarer than in the past? How can genetic diversity be important for future adaptation to environmental change? What do we know about geographical variation in genetic diversity?

• Alistair S. Jump, Rob Marchant & Josep Peñuelas (2009) Environmental change and the option value of genetic diversity. Trends in Plant Science 14, 1: 51-58 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2008.10.002
• Linda Laikre et al. (2010) Neglect of genetic diversity in implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Conservation Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01425.x
• Sarah J. Richardson, Duane A. Peltzer, Jennifer M. Hurst, Robert B. Allen, Peter J. Bellingham, Fiona E. Carswell, Peter W. Clinton, Alan D. Griffiths, Susan K. Wiser & Elaine F. Wright (2009) Deadwood in New Zealand's indigenous forests. Forest Ecology and Management, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.022
• Verkerk PJ, Lindner M, Zanchi G & Zudin S (2009) Assessing impacts of intensified biomass removal on deadwood in European forests. Ecological Indicators, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.04.004

Links

• Deadwood habitat action plan (Wildlife Trust, UK)
• Deadwood - living forests (WWF)
• Decaying wood - overview for the UK and Europe (USDA, FS)
• Totholz und alte Baeume (WSL, CH - German and French only)

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