Million thanks to my supervisors: Per Milberg and Karl-Olof Bergman for their help and support during the study.

I am also grateful to:

• Heidi Paltto for her valuable comments on the manuscript
• Mattias Larsson and his research team from Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet for their great ideas
• Lars Westerberg for helping me with ArgGIS and Nicklas Jansson for sharing his knowledge on saproxylic beetles.
• Brenda Akoto, Henrik Norman and Sofia Nygårds for being very helpful to me.
• Johan Jensen, Klas Andersson, Kristina Bergman and Per Saarinen for helping with the field work.
• Land-owners for granting permissions to use their land
• Wala   och   Folke   Danielssons  fond   and   Stiftelsen  Oscar  och   Lili Lamms   minne  for the financial support
• Family and friends for moral support. 

Thank you so much!