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 and Daniel B. Metcalfe
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Bernice C. Hwang: Lund University
Christian P. Giardina: Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service
Stephen Adu-Bredu: CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana: Kumasi
M. Noelia Barrios-Garcia: University of Vermont
Julio C. Calvo-Alvarado: Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Greta C. Dargie: University of Leeds
Haoyu Diao: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Virginia G. Duboscq-Carra: Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA)—CONICET—Universidad Nacional del Comahue
Andreas Hemp: University of Bayreuth
Claudia Hemp: University of Bayreuth
Walter Huaraca Huasco: University of Oxford
Aleksandr V. Ivanov: Institute of Geology and Nature Management Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Nels G. Johnson: USDA Forest Service
Dries P. J. Kuijper: Polish Academy of Sciences
Simon L. Lewis: University of Leeds
Paulina Lobos-Catalán: Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja
Yadvinder Malhi: University of Oxford
Andrew R. Marshall: University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs
Levan Mumladze: Ilia State University
Alain Senghor K. Ngute: University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs
Ana C. Palma: James Cook University
Ion Catalin Petritan: Transilvania University of Brașov
Mariano A. Rordriguez-Cabal: University of Vermont
Ifo A. Suspense: Université Marien Ngouabi
Asiia Zagidullina: University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Tommi Andersson: Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku
Darcy F. Galiano-Cabrera: Urbanización Ucchullo Grande
Mylthon Jiménez-Castillo: Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja
Marcin Churski: Polish Academy of Sciences
Shelley A. Gage: The University of Queensland
Nina Filippova: Yugra State University
Kainana S. Francisco: Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service
Morgan Gaglianese-Woody: Appalchian State University
Giorgi Iankoshvili: Ilia State University
Mgeta Adidas Kaswamila: Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Herman Lyatuu: Reforest Africa
Y. E. Mampouya Wenina: Université Marien Ngouabi
Brayan Materu: Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
M. Mbemba: Université Marien Ngouabi
Ruslan Moritz: Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS
Karma Orang: Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Lamai Goempa
Sergey Plyusnin: Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University
Beisit L. Puma Vilca: Urbanización Ucchullo Grande
Maria Rodríguez-Solís: Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Pavel Šamonil: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute
Kinga M. Stępniak: Polish Academy of Sciences
Seana K. Walsh: National Tropical Botanical Garden
Han Xu: Chinese Academy of Forestry
Daniel B. Metcalfe: Lund University

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 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.

Date: 2024
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