Biological control protects carbon sequestration capacity of plantation forests

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationChrysalis Consultingen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Plant Protectionen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Queenslanden
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationDapa Vivaen
cg.contributor.affiliationAlliance of Biodiversity International and CIATen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationCentre for International Forestry Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationTsinghua Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Education Ecological Field Station for East Asian Migratory Birdsen
cg.contributor.affiliationDalian University of Technologyen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Pretoriaen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Commercial Forestry Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationColombian Oil Palm Research Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organizationen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Commissionen
cg.contributor.initiativeLow-Emission Food Systems
cg.creator.identifierWei Zhang: 0000-0002-2933-6275en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2025/3015en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Natural Resources and Resilience Uniten
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0171-8177en
cg.issue2
cg.journalEntomologia Generalisen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.volume45
dc.contributor.authorWyckhuys, Kris A. G.en
dc.contributor.authorGiron, E.en
dc.contributor.authorHyman, G.en
dc.contributor.authorBarona, E.en
dc.contributor.authorCastro-Llanos, F. A.en
dc.contributor.authorSheil, D.en
dc.contributor.authorYu, L.en
dc.contributor.authorDu, Z.en
dc.contributor.authorHurley, B. P.en
dc.contributor.authorSlippers, B.en
dc.contributor.authorGermishuizen, I.en
dc.contributor.authorBojacá, C. R.en
dc.contributor.authorRubiano, M.en
dc.contributor.authorSathyapala, S.en
dc.contributor.authorVerchot, L.en
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Weien
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-28T15:48:09Zen
dc.date.available2025-03-28T15:48:09Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/173931
dc.titleBiological control protects carbon sequestration capacity of plantation forestsen
dcterms.abstractIn many natural and managed forest and tree systems, pest attacks and related dieback events have become a matter of increasing global concern. Although these attacks modify the carbon balance of tree systems, their contribution to climate forcing and the relative impact of nature-based mitigation measures is seldom considered. Here, we assess the extent to which biological control protects or reconstitutes carbon sequestration capacity and storage in monoculture tree plantations globally. Specifically, we draw upon field-level assessments, niche modeling and forest carbon flux maps to quantify potential risk of carbon sequestration loss due to three globally important insect herbivores of pine and eucalyptus. Specifically, herbivory by the tree-feeding insects Sirex noctilio, Leptocybe invasa and Ophelimus maskelli conservatively reduces carbon sink capacity by up to 0.96–4.86% at the country level. For a subset of 30, 11 and nine tree-growing countries, this potentially compromises a respective 4.02%, 0.80% and 0.79% of the carbon sink capacity of their tree hosts. Yet, in the invasive range, released biological control agents can help regain lost sink capacity to considerable extent. Equally, across both the S. noctilio native and invasive range, carbon sequestration capacity is protected by resident biota to the tune of (max.) 0.28–0.39 tons of CO2 equivalent per hectare per year. Our exploratory valuation of pest-induced sequestration losses and their biodiversity-driven mitigation informs climate policy, biosecurity, and management practice.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.available2025-03-27en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationWyckhuys, Kris A. G.; Giron, E.; Hyman, G.; Barona, E.; Castro-Llanos, F. A.; Sheil, D.; Yu, L.; et al. 2025. Biological control protects carbon sequestration capacity of plantation forests. Entomologia Generalis 45(2): 305-318. https://doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2025/3015en
dcterms.extent305-318en
dcterms.issued2025-05-22en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherSchweizerbart Science Publishersen
dcterms.subjectforestryen
dcterms.subjectpestsen
dcterms.subjectbiological controlen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectplantationsen
dcterms.subjectrestorationen
dcterms.subjectecologyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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