Publication:
Effect of Fungus-Growing Termite on Soil CO2 Emission at Termitaria Scale in Dry Evergreen Forest, Thailand

dc.contributor.authorWarin Boonriamen_US
dc.contributor.authorPongthep Suwanwareeen_US
dc.contributor.authorSasitorn Hasinen_US
dc.contributor.authorPhuvasa Chanonmuangen_US
dc.contributor.authorTaksin Archawakomen_US
dc.contributor.authorAkinori Yamadaen_US
dc.contributor.otherMahidol University. Faculty of Environment and Resource Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.otherSuranaree University of Technology. Institute of Science. School of Biologyen_US
dc.contributor.otherValaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University under the Royal Patronage. College of Innovative Management. Innovation of Environmental Managementen_US
dc.contributor.otherThailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research. Expert Centre of Innovation Clean Energy and Environmenten_US
dc.contributor.otherRoyal Forest Department. Sakaerat Environmental Research Stationen_US
dc.contributor.otherTokyo Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Sciencesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-24T03:38:45Z
dc.date.available2021-12-24T03:38:45Z
dc.date.created2021-12-24
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractTermites are one of the major contributors to high spatial variability in soil respiration. Although epigeal termite mounds are considered as a point of high CO2 effluxes, the patterns of mound CO2 effluxes are different, especially the mound of fungus-growing termites in a tropical forest. This study quantified the effects of a fungus-growing termite (Macrotermes carbonarius) associated with soil CO2 emission by considering their nesting pattern in dry evergreen forest, Thailand. A total of six mounds of M. carbonarius were measured for CO2 efflux rates on their mounds and surrounding soils in dry and wet seasons. Also, measurement points were investigated for the active underground passages at the top 10% of among efflux rates. The mean rate of CO2 emission from termitaria of M. carbonarius was 7.66 µmol CO2/m2/s, consisting of 2.94 and 9.11 µmol CO2/m2/s from their above mound and underground passages (the rate reached up to 50.00 µmol CO2/m2/s), respectively. While the CO2 emission rate from the surrounding soil alone was 6.86 µmol CO2/m2/s. The results showed that the termitaria of M. carbonarius contributed 8.4% to soil respiration at the termitaria scale. The study suggests that fungus-growing termites cause a local and strong variation in soil respiration through underground passages radiating out from the mounds in dry evergreen forest.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEnvironment and Natural Resources Journal. Vol. 19, No. 6 (Nov-Dec 2021), 503-513en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/63931
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsMahidol Universityen_US
dc.rights.holderFaculty of Environment and Resource Studies Mahidol Universityen_US
dc.subjectCO2 effluxen_US
dc.subjectMacrotermes carbonariusen_US
dc.subjectTermite mounden_US
dc.subjectSoil respirationen_US
dc.subjectSpatial variationen_US
dc.subjectDry evergreen foresten_US
dc.subjectEnvironment and Natural Resources Journalen_US
dc.subjectวารสารสิ่งแวดล้อมและทรัพยากรธรรมชาติen_US
dc.titleEffect of Fungus-Growing Termite on Soil CO2 Emission at Termitaria Scale in Dry Evergreen Forest, Thailanden_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
mods.location.urlhttps://ph02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ennrj/article/view/245082

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
en-ar-warin-2021.pdf
Size:
676.27 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format

License bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:

Collections