@article{fdi:010042625,
  title = {{E}ffects of controlled livestock grazing and annual prescribed fire on epigeal termite mounds in a savannah woodland in {B}urkina {F}aso},
  author = {{T}raore, {S}. and {L}e {P}age, {M}ichel},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he diversity and abundance of epigeal termite mounds were investigated in response to controlled livestock grazing and annual prescribed fire in a {S}udanian savannah-woodland in {T}iogo {S}tate {F}orest. {S}ampling of termite mounds was carried out in 4x4 subplots of 0.25 ha in a split-plot experimental design during the rainy season in 2002. {T}here were two main plots of which one was fenced to exclude livestock grazing and the second exposed to grazing. {E}ach of the main plots included 4 subplots with annual prescribed fire since 1992 and 4 subplots without fire. {D}ata were collected on the number and characteristics of termite mounds. {A} mean density of 698 mounds ha(-1) was recorded. {M}ounds built by {T}rinervitermes spp. were the most abundant followed by {C}ubitermes spp., {M}acrotermes subhyalinus and {M}. bellicosus. {T}he large mound-builders {M}acrotermes spp. dominated the community interms of basal area (96% of the total) and above-ground volume (99%). {T}he diversity of mound types was not affected by livestock grazing and annual early prescribed fire ({P} > 0.05). {T}here was no statistical effect of livestock grazing on mound density, whereas a strong depressive effect of annual fire was observed for {T}rinervitermes spp. mound density ({P}=0.012). {I}n this ecosystem, annual prescribed fire appeared to be the major determinant for termite mound abundance.},
  keywords = {{C}ubitermes spp. ; fire ; grazing ; {M}acrotermes spp. ; {T}rinervitermes spp.},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{I}nsectes {S}ociaux},
  volume = {55},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {183--189},
  ISSN = {0020-1812},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1007/s00040-008-0998-1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042625},
}