The non-profit project “DWpool: Deadwood estimation through forest ecosystems in Europe” was presented and discussed during the Combined Meeting of the Expert Panels, Eberswalde, March 2014.

In DWpool project, we propose to analyse dead wood volume, decay, type and their diversity in relation to forest parameters across Europe. Results will be necessary to discuss possible explanations of the variation in dead wood volumes among forest types and to provide preliminary estimates of dead wood, which could be used as a reference for sustainable forest management.