Die invloed van die neshope van die graanvretende mier Messor capensis op Karoo-plantegroei | Zendy

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Die invloed van die neshope van die graanvretende mier <i>Messor capensis<i/> op Karoo-plantegroei

Author(s) -

W. R. J. Dean

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2222-4173

pISSN - 0254-3486

DOI - 10.4102/satnt.v14i1.601

Subject(s) - nest (protein structural motif) , soil water , shrubland , ecology , arid , phosphorus , germination , biology , forestry , geography , agronomy , ecosystem , chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry

The influence of harvester ant Messor capensis nest-mounds on plants in arid shrubland was investigated at Tierberg, Prince Albert, Cape Province, during 1991. Nest-mound soils contained significantly more phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen and organic matter than surrounding soils. Nest-mound soils also contained more viable seeds than the soil of inter-mound spaces, and more seedlings germinated on nest-mounds than in inter-mound spaces

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