One of the most well-studied tropical forests on Earth has seen its insect populations crash since the 1970s with effects rippling up the food chain, an alarming new study has found.

Original publication: Potapov, A.M. et al. Rainforest transformation reallocates energy from green to brown food webs. Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07083-y.

Rainforest transformation reallocates energy from green to brown food webs Journal: Nature Published: 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07083-y Affiliations: 13 Authors: 20 Go to article ...

However, studies documenting the full complexity of tropical plant-herbivore food webs are lacking. 2. We describe a complex, species-rich plant-herbivore food web for lowland rain forest in Papua New ...

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