Nutrient storage in soils and nests of mound-building Trinervitermes termites in Central Burkina Faso: Consequences for soil fertility

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-447

  Brossard, Michel ^a   López Hernández, Danilo ^b   Lepage, Michel ^c,d   Leprun, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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

Author keywords

Clay; Exchangeable cations; Organic matter; Savannas; Soil fertility; Termite nests

Indexed keywords

ION EXCHANGE; NEST STRUCTURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SAVANNA; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURFACE; TERMITE; TOPOSEQUENCE;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ISOPTERA; TRINERVITERMES;

EID: 33846996824     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0121-6     Document Type: Article

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