Impact of subterranean fungus-growing termites (Isoptera, Macrotermitiane) on chosen soil properties in a West African savanna

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 365-370

  Jouquet, Pascal ^a,b   Barré, Pierre ^c   Lepage, Michel ^d   Velde, Bruce ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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

^e LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Biogenic structures; Fungus growing termites; Savanna; Soil properties; Subterranean nests

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SAVANNA; SOIL BIOTA; TERMITE;

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

ANCISTROTERMES CAVITHORAX; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; ODONTOTERMES;

EID: 21144441583     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-005-0839-6     Document Type: Article

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