Impacts of habitat disturbance on termites and soil water storage in a tropical Australian savanna

Pedobiologia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 241-246

  Dawes, T Z ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Macropores; Soil macrofauna; Soil moisture; Termites; Tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EARTHWORM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPORE; SAVANNA; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERMITE; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; MICROCEROTERMES NERVOSUS;

EID: 77951025296     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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