Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027073%3A_____%2F22%3AN0000036" target="_blank" >RIV/00027073:_____/22:N0000036 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3856" target="_blank" >https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3856</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abo3856" target="_blank" >10.1126/science.abo3856</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates
Original language description
Deadwood is a large global carbon store with its store size partially determined by biotic decay. Microbial wood decay rates are known to respond to changing temperature and precipitation. Termites are also important decomposers in the tropics but are less well studied. An understanding of their climate sensitivities is needed to estimate climate change effects on wood carbon pools. Using data from 133 sites spanning six continents, we found that termite wood discovery and consumption were highly sensitive to temperature (with decay increasing >6.8 times per 10 degrees C increase in temperature)-even more so than microbes. Termite decay effects were greatest in tropical seasonal forests, tropical savannas, and subtropical deserts. With tropicalization (i.e., warming shifts to tropical climates), termite wood decay will likely increase as termites access more of Earth's surface.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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