Termite mounds can prevent desertification

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TERMITE MOUNDS CAN PREVENT DESERTIFICATION Corina E. Tarnita

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Termite mounds can prevent desertification. Corina E. Tarnita. Desertification due to: overgrazing; climate change. Decreasing rainfall. Sudden switch to desert; hard to recover. Increasing rainfall. Vegetation biomass (g m -2 ). Rainfall (mm day -1 ). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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TERMITE MOUNDS CAN PREVENT DESERTIFICATION Corina E. Tarnita

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Desertification due to: overgrazing; climate change

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Sudden switch to desert; hard to recover

Decreasing rainfall

Increasing rainfall

Rainfall (mm day-1)

Vege

tatio

n bi

omas

s (g

m-2)

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Termite mounds are islands of fertile vegetation

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In Laikipia: black cotton soil termites

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Termites:

Improve nutrients on mounds

Allow water to infiltrate better

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Decreasing rainfall

Increasing rainfall

Vege

tatio

n bi

omas

s (g

m-2)

Rainfall (mm day-1)

No mounds

With mounds

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TERMITE MOUNDS CAN PREVENT DESERTIFICATION Corina E. Tarnita.

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