Ancient human agricultural practices can promote activities of contemporary non-human soil ecosystem engineers: A case study in coastal savannas of French Guiana

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-56

  Renard, Delphine ^a,b   Birk, Jago Jonathan ^c,g   Zangerlé, Anne ^d   Lavelle, Patrick ^d,e   Glaser, Bruno ^c   Blatrix, Rumsaïs ^a   McKey, Doyle ^a,b,f  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^f INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^g MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthrosol; Humid tropical ecosystem; Legacy effect; Raised field agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ANTHROSOL; DRY AND WET SEASONS; ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES; LEGACY EFFECT; SOIL MACROINVERTEBRATES; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FORESTRY; MAINTENANCE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANT; COASTAL ZONE; COLONY; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HUMID TROPICS; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PORE SPACE; SAVANNA; SOCIAL INSECT; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TEXTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERMITE;

FRENCH GUIANA;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 84875761766     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.02.021     Document Type: Article

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