Role of the fungus-growing termite Pseudacanthotermes spiniger (Isoptera, Macrotermitinae) in the dynamic of clay and soil organic matter content. An experimental analysis

Geoderma

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 127-133

  Jouquet, Pascal ^a   Bottinelli, Nicolas ^a   Lata, Jean Christophe ^b   Mora, Philippe ^c   Caquineau, Sandrine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Clay selection; Clay weathering; PCI; SOM content; Termites; WCI

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNGI; GROWTH KINETICS; SAND; WEATHERING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BIOTURBATORS; CLAY WEATHERING; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; PSEUDACANTHOTERMES SPINIGER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM); TERMITE;

ANIMALS;

BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING; BIOTURBATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; ILLITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SALIVA; SMECTITE; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TERMITE;

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; PSEUDACANTHOTERMES SPINIGER;

EID: 33947720259     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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