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Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/we-24-97-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/we-24-97-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
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28 Nov 2024
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Low-intensity insect herbivory could have large effects on ecosystem productivity through reduced canopy photosynthesis

Kristiina Visakorpi, Sofia Gripenberg, Yadvinder Malhi, and Terhi Riutta

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Plant-feeding insects can have large impacts on the photosynthetic rate of their host plants. Through reducing photosynthesis, and thus carbon assimilation by the plant, these impacts might have large-scale influences on ecosystem carbon cycling. Nevertheless, these effects are rarely considered in ecosystem-level studies. Here we propose an approach to incorporating these changes in plant physiology into estimates of ecosystem productivity.
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