Global Decomposition Study

The project studies the role of insects and microbes in decomposition of dead wood, in a global climate gradient. NOR: "Insekter og nedbrytning av død ved i ulike klima"

01. Jan 2015 - 11. Mar 2017
Research Group
Background

Our research group is part of a network of more than 35 research groups who have installed more than 50 sites worldwide, in order to study the role of insects and microbes relative to global climate gradients. Dead wood is exposed unprotected and in cages that exclude insects to study their role in the decomposition process. The sites are distributed along a temperature gradient from the boreal zone to the tropics and a precipitation gradient from subdesert to rainforest.

For a popular description and updates, see our blogposts (in Norwegian):

http://blogg.nmbu.no/insektokologene/2016/05/besoksdag-i-pinne-teltleiren/

http://blogg.nmbu.no/insektokologene/2015/06/pinner-pa-telttur-50-steder-pa-kloden/

Participants

External partners:

More than 35 research groups worldwide

Link: www.toek.wzw.tum.de/index.php?id=226 (home page of project leader Sebastian Seibold)

Participating NMBU-researchers

Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Professor
Project leader
Tone Birkemoe
Tone Birkemoe
Professor
Participating researcher