The impact of mound-building termites on surface soil properties in a secondary forest of Central Amazonia

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-276

  Ackerman, Ilse L ^a   Teixeira, Wenceslau G ^b   Riha, Susan J ^c   Lehmann, Johannes ^a   Fernandes, Erick C M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Oxisol; Succession; Termite; Termite mounds

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA;

EID: 34848869335     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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