Water retention and wood density of deadwood varies with decay classes across tree species in Austrian forests
• Water content and carbon storage of deadwood depend on decay class • Both actual and potential water content are inversely related with carbon storage • (Dead-)wood density varies considerably for Picea abies between stems and branches • Deadwood property estimates are highly sensitive to the decay classification used • First national estimates of deadwood water content and carbon storage in Austria
Authors
- Mathias Neumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2472-943X)
- Thomas Gschwantner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9043-6884)
- Tomáš Přívětivý (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4199-5812)
- Sebastián Echeverría-Progulakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0592-9436)
Institutions
- Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK)
- CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (IT)
- Austrian Research Centre for Forests (AT)
- BOKU University (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Published
- 2026-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123893
- Primary Topic
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Austrian Science Fund