The impact of insect herbivory on biogeochemical cycling in broadleaved forests varies with temperature

Herbivorous insects alter biogeochemical cycling within forests, but the magnitude of these impacts, their global variation, and drivers of this variation remain poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap and help improve biogeochemical models, we established a global network of 74 plots withi...

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Published in:	Nature communications Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 6011 - 11
Main Authors:	Hwang, Bernice C., Giardina, Christian P., Adu-Bredu, Stephen, Barrios-Garcia, M. Noelia, Calvo-Alvarado, Julio C., Dargie, Greta C., Diao, Haoyu, Duboscq-Carra, Virginia G., Hemp, Andreas, Hemp, Claudia, Huasco, Walter Huaraca, Ivanov, Aleksandr V., Johnson, Nels G., Kuijper, Dries P. J., Lewis, Simon L., Lobos-Catalán, Paulina, Malhi, Yadvinder, Marshall, Andrew R., Mumladze, Levan, Ngute, Alain Senghor K., Palma, Ana C., Petritan, Ion Catalin, Rordriguez-Cabal, Mariano A., Suspense, Ifo A., Zagidullina, Asiia, Andersson, Tommi, Galiano-Cabrera, Darcy F., Jiménez-Castillo, Mylthon, Churski, Marcin, Gage, Shelley A., Filippova, Nina, Francisco, Kainana S., Gaglianese-Woody, Morgan, Iankoshvili, Giorgi, Kaswamila, Mgeta Adidas, Lyatuu, Herman, Mampouya Wenina, Y. E., Materu, Brayan, Mbemba, M., Moritz, Ruslan, Orang, Karma, Plyusnin, Sergey, Puma Vilca, Beisit L., Rodríguez-Solís, Maria, Šamonil, Pavel, Stępniak, Kinga M., Walsh, Seana K., Xu, Han, Metcalfe, Daniel B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 17-07-2024 Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio
Subjects:	631/158/2445 631/158/47/4112 Agricultural Science, Forestry and Fisheries Agricultural Sciences Animals Background levels Biogeochemical cycles Biogeochemistry Boreal forests Carbon Carbon - metabolism Carbon Cycle Ecosystem Fluxes Forest Science Forests Herbivores Herbivory Herbivory - physiology Humanities and Social Sciences Insecta - physiology Insects Lantbruksvetenskap och veterinärmedicin Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske multidisciplinary Natural populations Nitrogen - metabolism Nutrient concentrations Nutrient release Pest outbreaks Phosphorus - metabolism Plant Leaves - metabolism Population studies Science Science (multidisciplinary) Silica Skogsvetenskap Temperature Trees - metabolism Tropical forests
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Summary:	Herbivorous insects alter biogeochemical cycling within forests, but the magnitude of these impacts, their global variation, and drivers of this variation remain poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap and help improve biogeochemical models, we established a global network of 74 plots within 40 mature, undisturbed broadleaved forests. We analyzed freshly senesced and green leaves for carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and silica concentrations, foliar production and herbivory, and stand-level nutrient fluxes. We show more nutrient release by insect herbivores at non-outbreak levels in tropical forests than temperate and boreal forests, that these fluxes increase strongly with mean annual temperature, and that they exceed atmospheric deposition inputs in some localities. Thus, background levels of insect herbivory are sufficiently large to both alter ecosystem element cycling and influence terrestrial carbon cycling. Further, climate can affect interactions between natural populations of plants and herbivores with important consequences for global biogeochemical cycles across broadleaved forests. This study examines the impact of herbivorous insects on biogeochemical cycling within forests. From a global network of 74 plots within 40 mature, undisturbed broadleaved forests, they show that background levels of insect herbivory are sufficiently large to alter both ecosystem element cycling and influence terrestrial carbon cycling.
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ISSN:	2041-1723 2041-1723
DOI:	10.1038/s41467-024-50245-9