Soil genesis and heterogeneity of phosphorus forms and carbon below mounds inhabited by primary and secondary termites

Geoderma

Volumn 170, Issue , 2012, Pages 239-250

  Rückamp, Daniel ^a   Martius, Christopher ^b,e   Bornemann, Ludger ^a   Kurzatkowski, Dariusz ^c,f   Naval, Liliana Pena ^d   Amelung, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Instituto Ecológica   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

^e Inter American Institute for Global Change Research IAI São José dos Campos   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerrado; Cornitermes silvestrii; Mid infrared spectroscopy (MIRS); Nasutitermes kemneri; Savanna

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CERRADO; CORNITERMES SILVESTRII; MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NASUTITERMES KEMNERI; SAVANNA;

CARBON; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

SOILS;

CALIBRATION; CERRADO; COLONIZATION; HETEROGENEITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEST; ORGANIC CARBON; PEDOGENESIS; PHOSPHORUS; SAVANNA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; TERMITE; TROPICAL REGION;

BRAZIL;

CORNITERMES; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES;

EID: 84155191087     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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