Nature Communications (Jul 2024)
The impact of insect herbivory on biogeochemical cycling in broadleaved forests varies with temperature
- Bernice C. Hwang,
- Christian P. Giardina,
- Stephen Adu-Bredu,
- M. Noelia Barrios-Garcia,
- Julio C. Calvo-Alvarado,
- Greta C. Dargie,
- Haoyu Diao,
- Virginia G. Duboscq-Carra,
- Andreas Hemp,
- Claudia Hemp,
- Walter Huaraca Huasco,
- Aleksandr V. Ivanov,
- Nels G. Johnson,
- Dries P. J. Kuijper,
- Simon L. Lewis,
- Paulina Lobos-Catalán,
- Yadvinder Malhi,
- Andrew R. Marshall,
- Levan Mumladze,
- Alain Senghor K. Ngute,
- Ana C. Palma,
- Ion Catalin Petritan,
- Mariano A. Rordriguez-Cabal,
- Ifo A. Suspense,
- Asiia Zagidullina,
- Tommi Andersson,
- Darcy F. Galiano-Cabrera,
- Mylthon Jiménez-Castillo,
- Marcin Churski,
- Shelley A. Gage,
- Nina Filippova,
- Kainana S. Francisco,
- Morgan Gaglianese-Woody,
- Giorgi Iankoshvili,
- Mgeta Adidas Kaswamila,
- Herman Lyatuu,
- Y. E. Mampouya Wenina,
- Brayan Materu,
- M. Mbemba,
- Ruslan Moritz,
- Karma Orang,
- Sergey Plyusnin,
- Beisit L. Puma Vilca,
- Maria Rodríguez-Solís,
- Pavel Šamonil,
- Kinga M. Stępniak,
- Seana K. Walsh,
- Han Xu,
- Daniel B. Metcalfe
Affiliations
- Bernice C. Hwang
- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
- Christian P. Giardina
- Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service
- Stephen Adu-Bredu
- CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana: Kumasi
- M. Noelia Barrios-Garcia
- Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont
- Julio C. Calvo-Alvarado
- Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, Tecnológico de Costa Rica
- Greta C. Dargie
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Haoyu Diao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Virginia G. Duboscq-Carra
- Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA)—CONICET—Universidad Nacional del Comahue
- Andreas Hemp
- Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth
- Claudia Hemp
- Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth
- Walter Huaraca Huasco
- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
- Aleksandr V. Ivanov
- Institute of Geology and Nature Management Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
- Nels G. Johnson
- Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service
- Dries P. J. Kuijper
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Simon L. Lewis
- School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Paulina Lobos-Catalán
- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja
- Yadvinder Malhi
- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
- Andrew R. Marshall
- Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs
- Levan Mumladze
- Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University
- Alain Senghor K. Ngute
- Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs
- Ana C. Palma
- College of Science & Engineering and Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University
- Ion Catalin Petritan
- Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Transilvania University of Brașov
- Mariano A. Rordriguez-Cabal
- Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont
- Ifo A. Suspense
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie et de Foresterie, Université Marien Ngouabi
- Asiia Zagidullina
- Forest Research Institute, University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Tommi Andersson
- Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku
- Darcy F. Galiano-Cabrera
- Asociación Civil Sin Fines De Lucro Para La Biodiversidad, Investigación Y Desarrollo Ambiental En Ecosistemas Tropicales (ABIDA), Urbanización Ucchullo Grande
- Mylthon Jiménez-Castillo
- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja
- Marcin Churski
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Shelley A. Gage
- Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland
- Nina Filippova
- Yugra State University
- Kainana S. Francisco
- Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service
- Morgan Gaglianese-Woody
- Appalchian State University
- Giorgi Iankoshvili
- Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University
- Mgeta Adidas Kaswamila
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
- Herman Lyatuu
- Reforest Africa
- Y. E. Mampouya Wenina
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie et de Foresterie, Université Marien Ngouabi
- Brayan Materu
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
- M. Mbemba
- CongoPeat Project, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie et de Foresterie, Université Marien Ngouabi
- Ruslan Moritz
- Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS
- Karma Orang
- Ugyen Wangchuk Institute for Forest Research and Training, Department of Forests and Park Services, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Lamai Goempa
- Sergey Plyusnin
- Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University
- Beisit L. Puma Vilca
- Asociación Civil Sin Fines De Lucro Para La Biodiversidad, Investigación Y Desarrollo Ambiental En Ecosistemas Tropicales (ABIDA), Urbanización Ucchullo Grande
- Maria Rodríguez-Solís
- Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, Tecnológico de Costa Rica
- Pavel Šamonil
- The Silva Tarouca Research Institute
- Kinga M. Stępniak
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Seana K. Walsh
- Department of Science and Conservation, National Tropical Botanical Garden
- Han Xu
- Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry
- Daniel B. Metcalfe
- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50245-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 15,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Abstract 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.
