Termites can decompose more than half of deadwood in tropical rainforest.

Animals Borneo Carbon Cycle Isoptera / physiology Malaysia Rainforest Wood

Journal

Current biology : CB
ISSN: 1879-0445
Titre abrégé: Curr Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9107782

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 02 2019
Historique:
entrez: 20 2 2019
pubmed: 20 2 2019
medline: 4 3 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Termite-mediated decomposition is an important, but often overlooked, component of the carbon cycle. Using a large-scale suppression experiment in Borneo, Griffiths et al. found that termites contribute between 58 and 64% of mass loss from dead wood.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.012 PMID: 30779897
pubmed: 30779897
pii: S0960-9822(19)30014-4
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.012
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Letter

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

R118-R119

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Hannah M Griffiths (HM)

School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK.

Louise A Ashton (LA)

School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK; Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Electronic address: lashton@hku.hk.

Theodore A Evans (TA)

Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

Catherine L Parr (CL)

School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK; School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa.

Paul Eggleton (P)

Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK.

Articles similaires

Evaluating the efficacy of telesurgery with dual console SSI Mantra Surgical Robotic System: experiment on animal model and clinical trials.

Sudhir Prem Srivastava, Vishwajyoti Pascual Srivastava, Avinesh Singh et al.
1.00
Robotic Surgical Procedures Animals Humans Telemedicine Models, Animal

Odour generalisation and detection dog training.

Lyn Caldicott, Thomas W Pike, Helen E Zulch et al.
1.00
Animals Odorants Dogs Generalization, Psychological Smell

Atomic view of photosynthetic metabolite permeability pathways and confinement in synthetic carboxysome shells.

Daipayan Sarkar, Christopher Maffeo, Markus Sutter et al.
1.00
Photosynthesis Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase Carbon Dioxide Molecular Dynamics Simulation Cyanobacteria

FBXO22 inhibits colitis and colorectal carcinogenesis by regulating the degradation of the S2448-phosphorylated form of mTOR.

Minle Li, Xuan Chen, Pengfei Qu et al.
1.00
Animals TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases Colorectal Neoplasms Colitis Mice

Classifications MeSH

questionsmedicales.fr › Eucaryotes › Animaux › Termites can decompose more than half of...
questionsmedicales.fr › Régions géographiques › Iles › Bornéo › Termites can decompose more than half of...
questionsmedicales.fr › Phénomènes biologiques › Phénomènes écologiques et environnementaux › Cycle du carbone › Termites can decompose more than half of...
questionsmedicales.fr › Eucaryotes › Animaux › Invertébrés › Arthropodes › Insectes › Isoptera › Termites can decompose more than half of...
questionsmedicales.fr › Régions géographiques › Asie › Asie du Sud-Est › Malaisie › Termites can decompose more than half of...
questionsmedicales.fr › Environnement et santé publique › Environnement › Écosystème › Forêts › Forêt pluviale › Termites can decompose more than half of...
questionsmedicales.fr › Technologie, industrie et agriculture › Produits manufacturés › Matériaux de construction › Bois › Termites can decompose more than half of...