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The Făgăraș Mountains in southern Romania are home to one of Europe’s few remaining primary old-growth forests. These forests are still untouched by human activity and boast a rich variety ...

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the understorey due to a lack of light. One reason for this is the absence of ...

At present, however, a new structural shift in forest composition is becoming apparent. The droughts of recent years and the spread of pests in many parts of Europe -- including Leipzig -- have ...

We know they went to Europe many times ... That's what's magnificent about old-growth forest. But we have trees over 100 years old, hundreds and thousands of trees over that.

These are serious threats in Europe, undermining species well-known ... Clear-cutting of old-growth forests is especially destructive, as fungi rely on time-spun networks and do not have time ...

This in particular poses "serious threats" to popular species in Europe like the fibrous waxcap ... "Clear-cutting of old-growth forests is especially damaging, destroying fungi that do not ...