Termite mounds can increase the robustness of dryland ecosystems to climatic change

Science

Volumn 347, Issue 6222, 2015, Pages 651-655

  Bonachela, Juan A ^d   Pringle, Robert M ^a,b   Sheffer, Efrat ^a   Coverdale, Tyler C ^a   Guyton, Jennifer A ^a   Caylor, Kelly K ^b,c   Levin, Simon A ^a   Tarnita, Corina E ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; DESERTIFICATION; DRYLAND FARMING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; PLANT; SELF ORGANIZATION; SUBSTRATE; TERMITE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ISOPTERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SOIL;

ISOPTERA;

RAIN; SOIL; WATER;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDBACK; ISOPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RAIN; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84922386427     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1261487     Document Type: Article

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