Authors’ contributions
JN, PH, JS and TS conceived the ideas and designed methodology; JN, JS
and TS designed the data collection; PH, LM and JN analysed the data; OK
wrote the software to simulate deadwood decomposition; AL conducted the
simulations of forest dynamics and management; JN, PH and TS led the
writing of the manuscript. All authors contributed critically to the
drafts and gave final approval for publication.