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Hwang BC, Giardina CP, Adu-Bredu S, Barrios-Garcia MN, Calvo-Alvarado JC, Dargie GC, Diao H, Duboscq-Carra VG, Hemp A, Hemp C, Huasco WH, Ivanov AV, Johnson NG, Kuijper DPJ, Lewis SL, Lobos-Catalán P, Malhi Y, Marshall AR, Mumladze L, Ngute ASK, Palma AC, Petritan IC, Rordriguez-Cabal MA, Suspense IA, Zagidullina A, Andersson T, Galiano-Cabrera DF, Jiménez-Castillo M, Churski M, Gage SA, Filippova N, Francisco KS, Gaglianese-Woody M, Iankoshvili G, Kaswamila MA, Lyatuu H, Mampouya Wenina YE, Materu B, Mbemba M, Moritz R, Orang K, Plyusnin S, Puma Vilca BL, Rodríguez-Solís M, Šamonil P, Stępniak KM, Walsh SK, Xu H, Metcalfe DB. The impact of insect herbivory on biogeochemical cycling in broadleaved forests varies with temperature. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6011. [PMID: 39019847 PMCID: PMC11254921 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50245-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024] Open
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.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bernice C Hwang
- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Linnaeus väg 6, Umeå, Sweden.
- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Sterwartestraße 15, Innsbruck, Austria.
| | - Christian P Giardina
- Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Hilo, HI, USA
| | - Stephen Adu-Bredu
- CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana: Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
- Department of Natural Resources Management, CSIR College of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
| | - M Noelia Barrios-Garcia
- Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
- CONICET, CENAC-APN, Universidad Nacional del Comahue (CRUB), Bariloche (8400), Argentina
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
| | - Virginia G Duboscq-Carra
- Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA)-CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina
| | - Andreas Hemp
- Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
| | - Claudia Hemp
- Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - Walter Huaraca Huasco
- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK
- Asociación Civil Sin Fines De Lucro Para La Biodiversidad, Investigación Y Desarrollo Ambiental En Ecosistemas Tropicales (ABIDA), Urbanización Ucchullo Grande, Avenida Argentina F-9, Cusco, Perú
| | - Aleksandr V Ivanov
- Institute of Geology and Nature Management Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Relochny lane, 1, Blagoveshchensk, 675000, Russia
| | - Nels G Johnson
- Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Hilo, Hawai'i, USA
| | - Dries P J Kuijper
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ul. Stoczek 1, 17‑230, Białowieża, Poland
| | - Simon L Lewis
- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK
| | - Paulina Lobos-Catalán
- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile
| | - Yadvinder Malhi
- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK
| | - Andrew R Marshall
- Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia
- Reforest Africa, PO Box 5, Mang'ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania
| | - Levan Mumladze
- Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University, 3/5 Cholokashvili Ave, 0169, Tbilisi, Georgia
| | - Alain Senghor K Ngute
- Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia
| | - Ana C Palma
- College of Science & Engineering and Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University, Qld, Australia
| | - Ion Catalin Petritan
- Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Transilvania University of Brașov, Șirul Beethoven 1, 500123, Brașov, Romania
| | - Mariano A Rordriguez-Cabal
- Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
- Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA)-CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina
| | - Ifo A Suspense
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et de Foresterie, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, République du Congo
- Laboratoire de Biodiversité, de Gestion des Ecosystèmes et de l'Environnement, Faculté des Sciences et techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, République du Congo
| | - Asiia Zagidullina
- Forest Research Institute, University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, QC, Canada
- Department of Physical Geography and Environmental Management Problems, Institute of Geography, Russian Science Academy, Moscow, Russia
| | - Tommi Andersson
- Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
| | - Darcy F Galiano-Cabrera
- Asociación Civil Sin Fines De Lucro Para La Biodiversidad, Investigación Y Desarrollo Ambiental En Ecosistemas Tropicales (ABIDA), Urbanización Ucchullo Grande, Avenida Argentina F-9, Cusco, Perú
- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Av. de La Cultura 773, Cusco, Cusco Province, 08000, Peru
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile
| | - Marcin Churski
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ul. Stoczek 1, 17‑230, Białowieża, Poland
| | - Shelley A Gage
- Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, 47 Mayers Road, Nambour, 4056, Australia
| | - Nina Filippova
- Yugra State University, 628012, Chekhova street, 16, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
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- Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Hilo, HI, USA
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- Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, 3/5 Cholokashvili Ave, 0169, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Reforest Africa, PO Box 5, Mang'ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania
| | - Y E Mampouya Wenina
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et de Foresterie, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, République du Congo
- Laboratoire de Biodiversité, de Gestion des Ecosystèmes et de l'Environnement, Faculté des Sciences et techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, République du Congo
| | - Brayan Materu
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Mbemba
- CongoPeat Project, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et de Foresterie, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, République du Congo
| | - Ruslan Moritz
- Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS, 664033, Irkutsk, Lermontova str., 132, Russia
| | - Karma Orang
- Ugyen Wangchuk Institute for Forest Research and Training, Department of Forests and Park Services, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Lamai Goempa, Bumthang, Bhutan
| | - Sergey Plyusnin
- Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University, 455 Oktyabrsky prosp., 167001, Syktyvkar, Russia
| | - Beisit L Puma Vilca
- Asociación Civil Sin Fines De Lucro Para La Biodiversidad, Investigación Y Desarrollo Ambiental En Ecosistemas Tropicales (ABIDA), Urbanización Ucchullo Grande, Avenida Argentina F-9, Cusco, Perú
- Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
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- The Silva Tarouca Research Institute, Květnové náměstí 391, Průhonice, 252 43, Czech Republic
| | - Kinga M Stępniak
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ul. Stoczek 1, 17‑230, Białowieża, Poland
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-086, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Science and Conservation, National Tropical Botanical Garden, 3530 Papalina Road, Kalāheo, HI, 96741, USA
| | - Han Xu
- Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, 510520, China
| | - Daniel B Metcalfe
- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Linnaeus väg 6, Umeå, Sweden
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