• Environmental conditions alter successional trajectories on an ephemeral resource: a field experiment with beetles in dead wood 

      Vindstad, Ole Petter Laksforsmo; Birkemoe, Tone; Ims, Rolf Anker; Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-07)
      Successional processes can be observed for many organisms and resources, but most studies of succession have focused on plants. A general framework has been proposed, advocating that successional patterns in species turnover are predominantly driven by competition, dispersal or abiotic limitation, and that the patterning of species accumulation over time gives clues to which process is most influential ...
    • Numerical responses of saproxylic beetles to rapid increases in dead wood availability following geometrid moth outbreaks in sub-arctic mountain birch forest 

      Laksforsmo Vindstad, Ole Petter; Schultze, Sabrina; Jepsen, Jane Uhd; Biuw, Erik Martin; Kapari, Lauri Teemu; Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne; Ims, Rolf Anker (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Saproxylic insects play an important part in decomposing dead wood in healthy forest ecosystems, but little is known about their role in the aftermath of large-scale forest mortality caused by pest insect outbreaks. We used window traps to study short-term changes in the abundance and community structure of saproxylic beetles following extensive mortality of mountain birch in sub-arctic northern ...
    • Tresatt impediment og livsløpstrær av osp på hogstflater. Effektive tiltak for artsmangfoldet i norsk skog? 

      Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne; Ims, Rolf Anker (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2005-07)
      Skogbruket legger ned betydelige ressurser i form av arbeid og kapital for å ta hensyn til biologisk mangfold. Det er av stor betydning for skogbrukets økonomi og konkurranseevne at disse ressursene benyttes slik at man får best mulig bevaring av biologisk mangfold per krone. Rapporten omhandler to ulike delprosjekter som har vært gjennomført i forbindelse med Forskningsrådets prosjekt ...