The contribution of termites to the microgranular structure of soils on the Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya

Catena

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 349-363

  Jungerius, P D ^a   Van Den Ancker, J A M ^a   Mucher H J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fecal pellets; Microaggregates; Micromorphology; Pseudo sand; Termites

Indexed keywords

KENYA; TERMITE;

SOIL; TERMITE;

EID: 0032987685     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(98)00106-4     Document Type: Article

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