The biomass distribution on Earth

• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1711842115
• Publication Date: 2018-05-21T19:17:32Z
• Authors: Yinon M. Bar-On; Rob Phillips; Ron Milo
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; biosphere; 570; Earth, Planet; bats; bat; 03 medical and health sciences; Chiroptera; Animals; Humans; Animalia; Biomass; Chordata; Ecosystem; biomass; Bacteria; quantitative biology; Biodiversity; Biological Sciences; Plants; 15. Life on land; Archaea; Biota; Carbon; 13. Climate action; Mammalia; ecology

Significance The composition of the biosphere is a fundamental question in biology, yet global quantitative account biomass each taxon still lacking. We assemble census all kingdoms life. This analysis provides holistic view and allows us to observe broad patterns over taxonomic categories, geographic locations, trophic modes.