standing or retained dead wood

[twigger]

Hi all, my husband is thinking of doing his dissertation (for a wildlife and ecology degree) about standing or retained dead wood as an aid to improving the ecology of woodlands.

 

Can anyone recommend somewhere he could go and research into species present where dead wood is retained? Preferably not too far from where we live in West Yorkshire. Also are there still places where dead wood is cleared, so he could compare species present there?

 

Any help or info sources will be greatly appreciated, thank you. I have already given him the article from the Arb Assoc magazine that recently arrived.

[nepia]

This might help

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/picture-forum/12214-beauty-standing-deadwood.html?highlight=standing

[twigger]

Brilliant thank you!