The effect of a soil-feeding termite, Cubitermes fungifaber (Isoptera: Termitidae) on soil properties: Termites may be an important source of soil microhabitat heterogeneity in tropical forests

Pedobiologia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Donovan, Sarah Elizabeth ^a   Eggleton, Paul ^a   Dubbin, William Edmond ^b   Batchelder, Meryl ^b   Dibog, Luc ^c  

^a Termite Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c IITA Cameroon   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Soil quality; Termites; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; TERMITE; TROPICAL FOREST;

(SOUTH); CAMEROON;

CUBITERMES; CUBITERMES FUNGIFABER; ISOPTERA; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0035127883     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00063     Document Type: Article

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