Old conifer (especially spruce) logs and large aspen logs with branches represented the most important substrates for the red-listed species and the indicator species of old-growth boreal forests. The composition of fungal communities was analysed using a non-metric multidimensional scaling with subsequent environmental fitting. Additionally, we calculated species interaction networks of CWD attributes and fungal species.
The number of species in morphological and functional groups in relation to coarse woody debris (CWD) attributes was estimated with generalized linear models. We examined the diversity of wood-inhabiting fungal communities in an old-growth boreal forest with high substrate availability and continuity based on repeated surveys of fruit bodies. Evidence on habitat associations of threatened wood-inhabiting species in boreal forests may contribute to a better understanding of their ecology and conservation needs.
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