Soil particle accumulation in termite (Macrotermes bellicosus) mounds and the implications for soil particle dynamics in a tropical savanna Ultisol

Ecological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 219-227

  Abe, Susumu S ^a,d   Kotegawa, Takashi ^b   Onishi, Taisuke ^c   Watanabe, Yoshinori ^d   Wakatsuki, Toshiyuki ^d  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clay turnover; Ecosystem engineer; Macrotermes bellicosus; Soil particle redistribution; Termite mounds

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; LAND SURFACE; PARTICLE MOTION; PEDOGENESIS; SAND; SAVANNA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL HORIZON; SUBSOIL; TERMITE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TURNOVER; ULTISOL;

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES BELLICOSUS;

EID: 84856218420     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-011-0893-5     Document Type: Article

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