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

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50245-9

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

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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

Year:

2024

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Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50245-9

Source:

Nature Communications. 15(1): 142.

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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.

Citation

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. 2024. The impact of insect herbivory on biogeochemical cycling in broadleaved forests varies with temperature. Nature Communications. 15(1): 142. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50245-9.