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Restoration of degraded habitat is frequently used in ecological compensation. However, ecological restoration suffers from innate problems of long delivery times of features shown to be good proxies for biodiversity, e.g., large dead trees. We tested a possible way to circumvent this problem; the translocation of hard-to-come deadwood substrates from an impact area to a compensation area. Following translocation, deadwood density in the compensation area was locally equivalent to the impact area, around 20 m3 ha−1, a threshold for supporting high biodiversity of rare and red-listed species. However, deadwood composition differed between the impact and compensation area, showing a need to include more deadwood types, e.g., late decomposition deadwood, in the translocation scheme. To guide future compensation efforts, the cost for translocation at different spatial scales was calculated. We conclude that translocation of deadwood could provide a cost-efficient new tool for ecological compensation/restoration but that the method needs refinement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This document is a correction notice for an article titled "Translocation of deadwood in ecological compensation: A novel way to compensate for habitat loss." The correction addresses an error in one of the equations presented in the article, specifically related to the calculation of the geometrical form of a truncated cone. The correct version of the equation is provided in the correction notice. The original article has been corrected. The correction notice is authored by Olov Tranberg, Anne-Maarit Hekkala, Ola Lindroos, Therese Löfroth, Mari Jönsson, Jörgen Sjögren, and Joakim Hjältén. [Extracted from the article]