Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

Amy E. Zanne; Habacuc Flores-Moreno; Jeff R. Powell; William K. Cornwell; James W. Dalling; Amy T. Austin; Aimée T. Classen; Paul Eggleton; Kei Ichi Okada; Catherine L. Parr; E. Carol Adair; Stephen Adu-Bredu; Md Azharul Alam; Carolina Alvarez-Garzón; Deborah Apgaua; Roxana Aragón; Marcelo Ardon; Stefan K. Arndt; Louise A. Ashton; Nicholas A. Barber; Jacques Beauchêne; Matty P. Berg; Jason Beringer; Matthias M. Boer; José Antonio Bonet; Katherine Bunney; Tynan J. Burkhardt; Dulcinéia Carvalho; Dennis Castillo-Figueroa; Lucas A. Cernusak; Alexander W. Cheesman; Tainá M. Cirne-Silva; Jamie R. Cleverly; Johannes H.C. Cornelissen; Timothy J. Curran; André M. D’Angioli; Caroline Dallstream; Nico Eisenhauer; Fidele Evouna Ondo; Alex Fajardo; Romina D. Fernandez; Astrid Ferrer; Marco A.L. Fontes; Mark L. Galatowitsch; Grizelle González; Felix Gottschall; Peter R. Grace; Elena Granda; Hannah M. Griffiths; Mariana Guerra Lara; Motohiro Hasegawa; Mariet M. Hefting; Nina Hinko-Najera; Lindsay B. Hutley; Jennifer Jones; Anja Kahl; Mirko Karan; Joost A. Keuskamp; Tim Lardner; Michael Liddell; Craig Macfarlane; Cate Macinnis-Ng; Ravi F. Mariano; M. Soledad Méndez; Wayne S. Meyer; Akira S. Mori; Aloysio S. Moura; Matthew Northwood; Romà Ogaya; Rafael S. Oliveira; Alberto Orgiazzi; Juliana Pardo; Guille Peguero; Josep Penuelas; Luis I. Perez; Juan M. Posada; Cecilia M. Prada; Tomáš Přívětivý; Suzanne M. Prober; Jonathan Prunier; Gabriel W. Quansah; Víctor Resco de Dios; Ronny Richter; Mark P. Robertson; Lucas F. Rocha; Megan A. Rúa; Carolina Sarmiento; Richard P. Silberstein; Mateus C. Silva; Flávia Freire Siqueira; Matthew Glenn Stillwagon; Jacqui Stol; Melanie K. Taylor; François P. Teste; David Y.P. Tng; David Tucker; Manfred Türke; Michael D. Ulyshen; Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes; Eduardo van den Berg; Richard S.P. van Logtestijn; G. F. Ciska Veen; Jason G. Vogel; Timothy J. Wardlaw; Georg Wiehl; Christian Wirth; Michaela J. Woods; Paul Camilo Zalamea

doi:10.1126/science.abo3856

Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

Amy E. Zanne^*
, Habacuc Flores-Moreno
, Jeff R. Powell
, William K. Cornwell
, James W. Dalling
, Amy T. Austin
, Aimée T. Classen
, Paul Eggleton
, Kei Ichi Okada
, Catherine L. Parr
, E. Carol Adair
, Stephen Adu-Bredu
, Md Azharul Alam
, Carolina Alvarez-Garzón
, Deborah Apgaua
, Roxana Aragón
, Marcelo Ardon
, Stefan K. Arndt
, Louise A. Ashton
, Nicholas A. Barber

Jacques Beauchêne, Matty P. Berg, Jason Beringer, Matthias M. Boer, José Antonio Bonet, Katherine Bunney, Tynan J. Burkhardt, Dulcinéia Carvalho, Dennis Castillo-Figueroa, Lucas A. Cernusak, Alexander W. Cheesman, Tainá M. Cirne-Silva, Jamie R. Cleverly, Johannes H.C. Cornelissen, Timothy J. Curran, André M. D’Angioli, Caroline Dallstream, Nico Eisenhauer, Fidele Evouna Ondo, Alex Fajardo, Romina D. Fernandez, Astrid Ferrer, Marco A.L. Fontes, Mark L. Galatowitsch, Grizelle González, Felix Gottschall, Peter R. Grace, Elena Granda, Hannah M. Griffiths, Mariana Guerra Lara, Motohiro Hasegawa, Mariet M. Hefting, Nina Hinko-Najera, Lindsay B. Hutley, Jennifer Jones, Anja Kahl, Mirko Karan, Joost A. Keuskamp, Tim Lardner, Michael Liddell, Craig Macfarlane, Cate Macinnis-Ng, Ravi F. Mariano, M. Soledad Méndez, Wayne S. Meyer, Akira S. Mori, Aloysio S. Moura, Matthew Northwood, Romà Ogaya, Rafael S. Oliveira, Alberto Orgiazzi, Juliana Pardo, Guille Peguero, Josep Penuelas, Luis I. Perez, Juan M. Posada, Cecilia M. Prada, Tomáš Přívětivý, Suzanne M. Prober, Jonathan Prunier, Gabriel W. Quansah, Víctor Resco de Dios, Ronny Richter, Mark P. Robertson, Lucas F. Rocha, Megan A. Rúa, Carolina Sarmiento, Richard P. Silberstein, Mateus C. Silva, Flávia Freire Siqueira, Matthew Glenn Stillwagon, Jacqui Stol, Melanie K. Taylor, François P. Teste, David Y.P. Tng, David Tucker, Manfred Türke, Michael D. Ulyshen, Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes, Eduardo van den Berg, Richard S.P. van Logtestijn, G. F. Ciska Veen, Jason G. Vogel, Timothy J. Wardlaw, Georg Wiehl, Christian Wirth, Michaela J. Woods, Paul Camilo Zalamea

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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°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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1440-1444
Number of pages	5
Journal	Science
Volume	377
Issue number	6613
Early online date	22 Sept 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo3856
Publication status	Published - 23 Sept 2022

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Natural Environment Research Council	NE/K01613X/1, NE/R012342/1
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	1831952, 1713435, 1713502, 677232
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Zanne, A. E., Flores-Moreno, H., Powell, J. R., Cornwell, W. K., Dalling, J. W., Austin, A. T., Classen, A. T., Eggleton, P., Okada, K. I., Parr, C. L., Carol Adair, E., Adu-Bredu, S., Alam, M. A., Alvarez-Garzón, C., Apgaua, D., Aragón, R., Ardon, M., Arndt, S. K., Ashton, L. A., ... Zalamea, P. C. (2022). Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates. Science, 377(6613), 1440-1444. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo3856

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AU - Dalling, James W.

AU - Austin, Amy T.

AU - Classen, Aimée T.

AU - Eggleton, Paul

AU - Okada, Kei Ichi

AU - Parr, Catherine L.

AU - Carol Adair, E.

AU - Adu-Bredu, Stephen

AU - Alam, Md Azharul

AU - Alvarez-Garzón, Carolina

AU - Apgaua, Deborah

AU - Aragón, Roxana

AU - Ardon, Marcelo

AU - Arndt, Stefan K.

AU - Ashton, Louise A.

AU - Barber, Nicholas A.

AU - Beauchêne, Jacques

AU - Berg, Matty P.

AU - Beringer, Jason

AU - Boer, Matthias M.

AU - Bonet, José Antonio

AU - Bunney, Katherine

AU - Burkhardt, Tynan J.

AU - Carvalho, Dulcinéia

AU - Castillo-Figueroa, Dennis

AU - Cernusak, Lucas A.

AU - Cheesman, Alexander W.

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AU - Peguero, Guille

AU - Penuelas, Josep

AU - Perez, Luis I.

AU - Posada, Juan M.

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AU - Prober, Suzanne M.

AU - Prunier, Jonathan

AU - Quansah, Gabriel W.

AU - de Dios, Víctor Resco

AU - Richter, Ronny

AU - Robertson, Mark P.

AU - Rocha, Lucas F.

AU - Rúa, Megan A.

AU - Sarmiento, Carolina

AU - Silberstein, Richard P.

AU - Silva, Mateus C.

AU - Siqueira, Flávia Freire

AU - Stillwagon, Matthew Glenn

AU - Stol, Jacqui

AU - Taylor, Melanie K.

AU - Teste, François P.

AU - Tng, David Y.P.

AU - Tucker, David

AU - Türke, Manfred

AU - Ulyshen, Michael D.

AU - Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar J.

AU - van den Berg, Eduardo

AU - van Logtestijn, Richard S.P.

AU - Ciska Veen, G. F.

AU - Vogel, Jason G.

AU - Wardlaw, Timothy J.

AU - Wiehl, Georg

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Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

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