La contribución de los insectos a la descomposición global de la madera muerta del bosque

Sebastian Seibold1,2,3,4, Werner Rammer5, Torsten Hothorn6

  • 1Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Group, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany. sebastian.seibold@tum.de.

Nature
|September 2, 2021
PubMed
Resumen

Los insectos aceleran significativamente la descomposición de la madera muerta, especialmente en los bosques tropicales. Esta actividad de los insectos libera una cantidad sustancial de carbono a nivel mundial, lo que pone de relieve su papel crucial en el ciclo del carbono en los bosques.

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