Termite activity in relation to natural grassland soil attributes

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 583-588

  Kaschuk, Glaciela ^a,b   Santos, Julio Cesar Pires ^c   Almeida, Jaime Antonio ^c   Sinhorati, Deise Cristina ^c   Berton Jr , João Francisco ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical and physical soil properties; Clay minerals; Soil biology; Termite mounds

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA;

EID: 33846329051     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162006000600013     Document Type: Article

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