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Downed Logs as a Bridge: Connecting Subdisciplines and Geographic Regions with Saproxylic Insects On-Demand Presentations

Wood-feeding termites as carbon cyclers: Where in the world are they important contributors?

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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. I present results from a recently published study comparing the relative role of wood-dwelling microbes and wood-feeding termites in decomposing wood around. I also additionaly projects from Australia and Brazil with graduate student and postdoc collaborators exploring the importance of wood feeding termites in affecting carbon stores in living trees, downed deadwood and termite mounds.