Effect of underground fungus-growing termites on carbon dioxide emission at the point- and landscape-scales in an African savanna

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-314

  Konate S ^a,c   Le Roux, X ^b   Verdier, B ^a   Lepage, M ^a,d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Institut de recherche pour le developpement Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; C te d'Ivoire; Guinean savanna; Macrotermitinae

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; RESPIRATION; SAVANNA; SOIL EMISSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERMITE;

COTE D'IVOIRE; LAMTO;

ANCISTROTERMES; ANCISTROTERMES CAVITHORAX; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; ODONTOTERMES; ODONTOTERMES PAUPERANS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0038081024     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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