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Termite mounds can prevent desertification

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 ).

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Termite mounds can prevent desertification

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  1. Termite mounds can prevent desertification Corina E. Tarnita

  2. Desertification due to: overgrazing; climate change

  3. Decreasing rainfall Sudden switch to desert; hard to recover Increasing rainfall Vegetation biomass (g m-2) Rainfall (mm day-1)

  4. Termite mounds are islands of fertile vegetation

  5. In Laikipia: black cotton soil termites

  6. Termites: • Improve nutrients on mounds • Allow water to infiltrate better

  7. No mounds Decreasing rainfall Increasing rainfall Vegetation biomass (g m-2) With mounds Rainfall (mm day-1)

  8. Thank you!

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