Soil-feeding termites build islands of soil physical and chemical fertility in pastures in Colombian Amazon.

Soil-feeding termite species, such as Patawatermes turricola (Silvestri, 1901), construct mounds that significantly alter soil properties; this species is an abundant mound-builder in the Amazon region. This study evaluated physicochemical changes in termite mounds and in Urochloa decumbens (Stapf)...

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Main Authors: Ervin Humprey Duran-Bautista, Adriana M Silva-Olaya, María P Llanos-Cabrera, Katherin Yalanda-Sepúlveda, Juan Carlos Suárez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322186
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