Keywords :
Soil carbon,
Isoptera,
Carbon,
Termite mounds,
Tropical forests
บทคัดย่อ :
Decomposition processes in the soil profi le (L, F, A1 and A2 layer) in a seasonal tropical forest in Thailand wasinvestigated and compared to the epigeal mound of the soil-feeding termite Dicuspiditermes makhamensis byCP/MAS
C NMR. The main characteristics of carbon structural changes during decomposition was the loss ofcarbohydrate and accumulation of recalcitrant aliphatic compounds. In terms of CP/MAS
C NMR, there is noclear diff erence between the carbon composition of the termite mound and that of the surface organic soil layer,suggesting that the eff ect of the soil-feeding termite is not very prominent on soil carbon structure.
เอกสารอ้างอิง :
Hyodo, F., Tayasu, I., Azuma, J. I., Kirtibutr, N., & Abe, T. (2001). Effect of the soil-feeding termite, Dicuspiditermes makhamensis, on soil carbon structure in a seasonal tropical forest as revealed by CP/MAS 13C NMR. Sociobiology, 38(3 A), 487-493.
