Forest restoration for biodiversity conservation: some case studies from Sweden

t deciduous trees (originally intended to benefit white-backed woodpeckers) on saproxylic beetles, a group of insects severely threatened by modern forestry. Beetles were collected with 3-5 window traps per stand. As predicted, saproxylic species known to be fire favoured increased dramatically after burning. The immediate response shows that, initially, fire favoured species are attracted from the surrounding landscape and not produced on site....