Nitrogen transformations associated with termite biogenic structures in a dry savanna ecosystem

Plant and Soil

Volumn 265, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 189-196

  Ndiaye, Daouda ^a,b   Lepage, Michel ^c   Sall, Cire Elimane ^d   Brauman, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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

^d Institut Senegalais de Recherches AgrEcoles Dakar   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Biogenic structures; Denitrification; Nitrification; Nitrogen cycle; Soil sheeting; Termites

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; SAVANNA; TERMITE;

ACACIA; BOS TAURUS; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES SUBHYALINUS; ODONTOTERMES NILENSIS;

EID: 14744267579     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-0892-9     Document Type: Article

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