Beetles, woodpeckers, beetles, woodlice, fungi and many other species love dead trees. They can survive better on dead trees, because a living tree has an immune system to stay healthy. If this defense decreases or disappears completely, the fungi and animals take over the tree. “Some species depend on dead wood and if we don’t provide that, they actually have no room to live,” says Rook.
Utrecht leaves dead trees more often, more space for mushrooms and insects
