Nutrient dynamics (C, N and P) in termite mounds of Nasutitermes ephratae from savannas of the Orinoco Llanos (Venezuela)

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 747-753

  Lopez Hernandez D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

32P fractionation; Mineralization; N; Nasusitermes ephratae; P; Savannas; Termite

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INCUBATION; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT NUTRIENT; SAVANNA; TERMITE; TROPICS; VENEZUELA;

NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SAVANNA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TERMITE;

VENEZUELA;

NASUTITERMES EPHRATAE;

EID: 0343396365     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00220-0     Document Type: Article

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