Properties of the structures created by ecological engineers at the soil surface of a Colombian savanna

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 324, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 465-478

  Decaëns, Thibaud ^a   Galvis, Jesus H ^b   Amézquita, Edgar ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Ants; Colombia; Earthworms; Ecological engineers; Savanna; Soil ecology; Soil organic matter; Soil structure; Termites

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS;

ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; DENSITY; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; INVERTEBRATE; MITE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SOIL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; ISOPTERA;

FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CLIMATE; COLOMBIA; ECOLOGY; ISOPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL;

EID: 0037656911     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(01)01313-0     Document Type: Article

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