How do environmental conditions affect the deadwood decomposition of European beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.)?

European beech is one of the most important European trees, not only because of its expected role in the face of climate change, but also as a frequent species in forest reserves, national parks and the NATURA 2000 network. For such areas, naturalness and biodiversity conservation are significant issues, in which the presence of deadwood plays an important role. To manage deadwood in forests, one needs to know how the residence time of coarse...