@article{fdi:010092152,
  title = {{U}tilization of {IGN} historical aerial photographs and {G}oogle earth for measuring changes in land use and evolution of termite lenticular mound abundance in paddy fields in {C}ambodia},
  author = {{M}uon, {R}. and {Z}aiss, {R}ainer and {L}ao, {C}hanrithy and {A}nn, {V}. and {J}ouquet, {P}ascal},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his study was conducted to investigate termite mounds' dynamics in paddy fields in {C}ambodia. {H}istorical aerial images collected in the 50s by the {F}rench {I}nstitut {G}{\'e}ographique {N}ational ({IGN}) and recent {G}oogle {E}arth ({GE}) were analysed to study land use changes and mound distribution in 30 plots. {A} significant decrease in the surface covered by scrublands and forests was measured (from 37% in 1953 to less than 2% in 2021). {W}e observed that most mounds seen in the field in 2021 could also be seen in {IGN} and {GE} images (88.6%), indicating that mounds have a long lifespan but also that they can be built in less than 70 years. {M}ound density was neither influenced by the topography nor by the restructuring of the paddy field boundaries during the {K}hmer {R}ouge regime. {H}owever, areas that were more recently converted into paddy fields had more mounds compared to areas that were already paddy fields in 1953 (2.92 vs. 1.53 mounds ha-1, respectively). {T}herefore, deforestation and other environmental changes have turned mounds into remnants of the forests that had almost completely disappeared. {T}his highlights the importance of protecting these specific environments in a changing world facing a major crisis of biodiversity loss.},
  keywords = {{C}ambodia ; {C}hrey {B}ak observatory ; deforestation ; {M}acrotermes gilvus ; paddy fields ; spatial distribution ; {CAMBODGE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}oil {U}se and {M}anagement},
  volume = {40},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {e13128 [12 p.]},
  ISSN = {0266-0032},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.1111/sum.13128},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010092152},
}