@article{fdi:010070260,
  title = {{W}here do {S}outh-{I}ndian termite mound soils come from ?},
  author = {{J}ouquet, {P}ascal and {C}aner, {L}. and {B}ottinelli, {N}icolas and {C}haudhary, {E}. and {C}heik, {S}. and {R}iotte, {J}ean},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his study investigated the origin of the soil termites used to build their above-ground mounds. {T}ermite mounds were surveyed in a ferralsol and a vertisol in a dry deciduous forest in {K}arnataka, southern {I}ndia. {I}n these environments, two types of above-ground termite mounds are observed which we describe here as {CATHEDRAL} and {LENTICULAR} mounds. {P}artial {L}east {S}quares {R}egression models ({PLSR}) were computed from the physical and chemical properties of the soil sampled down to 4 and 2.5 m in the ferralsol and vertisol, respectively. {S}oils from {CATHEDRAL} mounds had the same signatures as soils collected at approximately 100 and 50 cm deep in the ferralsol and vertisol, respectively. {O}n the other hand, soil from {LENTICULAR} mounds had the same signature as soil sampled at 30 and 60 cm deep in the ferralsol and vertisol, respectively. {I}n conclusion, this study highlighted that the source of the soil termites use to build their mounds can be soil (ferralsol vs vertisol) and species ({CATHEDRAL} vs {LENTICULAR}) specific. {I}n light of these findings, we conclude that the impact of {CATHEDRAL} mounds on soil dynamics appears to be smaller than that of {LENTICULAR} mounds in terms of soil volume at the landscape scale but it is higher in terms of soil translocation from deeper soil layers to the surface.},
  keywords = {{T}ermite mound ; {F}erralsol ; {V}ertisol ; {O}dontotermes obesus ; {PLSR} ; soil origin ; {B}ioturbation ; {INDE} {SUD}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}pplied {S}oil {E}cology},
  volume = {117},
  numero = {},
  pages = {190--195},
  ISSN = {0929-1393},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.05.010},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070260},
}