The role of termites in soil formation in the tropical semi-deciduous forest zone, Ghana

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Awadzi, Theodore W ^a   Cobblah, M A ^a   Breuning Madsen, Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forest catena; Ghana; Soil profile development; Termites

Indexed keywords

CATENA; FOREST SOIL; PEDOGENESIS; TERMITE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13244264962     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2004.10649516     Document Type: Article

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