Influence of butt rot on beetle diversity in artificially created high-stumps of Norway spruce

The making of high-stumps to benefit wood living organisms is a common practice in Scandinavian forestry. To minimise the cost of this action trees of low quality, e.g. rotten trees, are chosen if possible. In this study we investigated if the wood decay fungi Heterobasidion spp. affects saproxylic beetles assemblages in Norway spruce (Picea abies) high-stumps. In total we caught 43 species of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) of which one was...