La biodiversidad del consumidor aumenta la disponibilidad de nutrientes orgánicos en los ecosistemas acuáticos y

J Ryan Shipley1,2,3, Rebecca Oester4,5,6, Margaux Mathieu-Resuge7,8

  • 1Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 17, 2024
PubMed
Resumen

La protección de la biodiversidad de insectos y arañas es crucial para la salud del ecosistema. Una mayor biodiversidad en ambientes acuáticos y terrestres conduce a una mayor acumulación de biomasa y nutrientes esenciales, en particular de ácidos grasos poliinsaturados (AGPI).

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