Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris

Termites play a crucial role in forming major tropical soils: insights from a deep Ferralsol

Abstract Soil bioturbation is increasingly recognized as a key driver of pedogenesis in tropical ecosystems, influencing above- and below-ground biodiversity, nutrient cycling, and aggregate stability across different spatial and temporal scales. This ecological process may play...

Agronomic and socio-economic assessments of the roles of earthworms and termite mounds in paddy fields

Bioturbation, the physical disturbance and mixing of soil layers caused by the activity of living organisms, such as earthworms and termites, plays a critical role in shaping soil structure, enhancing nutrient cycling, and regulating ecosystem dynamics. In paddy fields, earthworm...