Threatened habitats of dead and decaying wood

As woods and forests become more comercialised with single species predominating with ideals of economic efficiency little wood is left to rot. Contracters will attempt to use as much of the wood as possible and do not want dead wood to get in the way of machinery.

From what we know of northern Canada, Russia and Poland, at any time up to 60% of the forest trees and bushes would have been dead or dying, providing a habitat for thousands of different kinds of fungi, ferns, flowering plants, insects and other invertebrates, mammals and birds.

1. Dead and dying timber may now be the rarest habitat in Britain.

1. Threatened woodland habitats
2. Threatened forest habitats

1. Threatened tropical habitats
2. Threatened temperate habitats
3. Threatened subtropical habitats
4. Threatened mountain habitats
5. Threatened boreal habitats

1. Creating wildlife habitats
2. Conserving wildlife habitat