@article{fdi:010070072,
  title = {{A}bundance and impact on soil properties of cathedral and lenticular termite mounds in {S}outhern {I}ndian woodlands},
  author = {{J}ouquet, {P}ascal and {A}irola, {E}. and {G}uilleux, {N}. and {H}arit, {A}. and {C}haudhary, {E}. and {G}rellier, {S}. and {R}iotte, {J}ean},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}espite the acknowledged roles of termites in tropical ecosystems, the majority of published studies of epigeal mounds still address the {A}frican fauna and are principally concerned with spatial patterns and putative inter-colony competition, rather than the links between parent soil properties and mound establishment. {F}urther, information about the effects of habitat disturbance, and especially fragmentation, is lacking. {T}his study assessed the abundance and distribution of the cathedral- and lenticular-type aboveground mounds of fungus-growing termites ({M}acrotermitinae), which are a common feature of {S}outh {I}ndian woodlands, in relation to soil properties (vertisol vs. ferralsol) and habitat fragmentation (forest vs. highway margins). {M}ound abundance averaged 3.5 (standard error, {SE} 0.8) ha(-1) (cathedral) and 12.9 ({SE} 2.1) ha(-1) (lenticular), but was not influenced either by soil properties or disturbance. {H}owever, the volume of soil stored in the mounds varied between 27 ({SE} 8) m(3) ha(-1) (ferralsol) and 47 ({SE} 6) m(3) ha(-1) (vertisol). {A}t the watershed scale, such volumes are equivalent to a 3.1-mm layer of soil if spread evenly across the landscape, roughly the same as the estimated erosion over the life of a typical mound. {S}ignificantly more nutrients were stored in lenticular mounds, especially on the vertisol, but the significance of these at the ecosystem level was considered small. {I}n conclusion, this study suggests that termite mounds, and especially lenticular mounds, have a significant impact on soil dynamics at the watershed scale but a limited impact on the distribution of {C} and nutrients.},
  keywords = {spatial distribution ; termite mound ; {C} and nutrient stocks ; ferralsol ; vertisol ; habitat fragmentation ; {I}ndia ; {INDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cosystems},
  volume = {20},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {769--780},
  ISSN = {1432-9840},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10021-016-0060-5},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070072},
}