Plots representative of each of the 4 disturbance classes in which woodborer and wood-decay related beetles were sampled on the California Tree Mortality Network: (A) high mortality, high snag fall (>50% tree mortality, >60% snag fall); (B) high mortality, low snag fall (>50% tree mortality, ≤50% snag fall); (C) low mortality (2022; <30% tree mortality, no snag fall restriction); and (D) low mortality (2023; <20% tree mortality, no snag fall restrictions).

#LiteratureNotice Audley et al. Woodborers and wood-decay related beetle responses to a major forest disturbance event in the central and southern Sierra Nevada, California doi.org/10.1093/ee/n... #Beetle #Beetles #DisturbanceEcology

Forget the cookie-cutter! We're learning there's no one-size-fits-all answer to what a Marbled Murrelet nest stand looks like. Keeps things interesting, right? 😉 #Conservation #MarbledMurrelet #DisturbanceEcology

Photos courtesy of Cassidy Ruge

Ignite: Spatially-discrete disturbance overrides inherent environmental heterogeneity in grazed mixed-grass prairie

https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.11195

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