Extended Data Table 3 Comparison of global carbon stock estimates and results for each biome

From: The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition

  1. a, Global estimates of total live carbon and carbon in deadwood (>10 cm) from Pan et al.1 compared with estimates obtained in this study (>2 cm) in Pg. Numbers in parentheses indicate the difference as a percentage. Note that Pan et al.1 defined biomes at the country level whereas we define biomes here using the FAO Global Ecological Zones. Differences between these biome definitions are especially marked for the temperate biome, as temperate parts of Russia and Canada are included in the boreal biome in Pan et al.1, whereas we divide Russia and Canada into boreal and temperate regions in our study. Furthermore, missing and unrealistic deadwood carbon stocks for a number of areas (specifically Japan, South Korea, China, Australia and Alaska) in Pan et al.1 were complemented with data from the FAO Forest Assessment Report57 in this study, which contributes to higher deadwood carbon estimates relative to Pan et al.1. b, Annual deadwood carbon release and net insect effect per biome (in Pg) and calculated residence time of deadwood carbon (years).
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