| Summary: | This commentary is devoted to the article by V. G. Gorshkov and A. M. Makaryeva (2020), in which the
division of biota in forest ecosystems is considered using the concepts of both "immotile life" and "locomotive life".
The article presents well-known arguments to prove the erroneousness of using such concepts, because motion
is a fundamental property of living creatures and is realised at all levels of living system organisation. Representatives
of all the kingdoms are widely distributed in space at different stages of the life cycle. In opposite the view by
Gorshkov and Makarieva (2020), which the large herbivorous are destroyers of terrestrial ecosystems emphasizes, in
the current commentary is considered the importance of mammals in forests, for the circulation of matter and energy
flow in forest ecosystems to maintain biodiversity and the efficiency of trophic systems.
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