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TERMITE MOUNDS
CAN PREVENT
DESERTIFICATION
Corina E. Tarnita
Desertification due to: overgrazing; climate
change
Sudden switch to desert; hard to
recover
Decreasing rainfall
Increasing rainfall
Rainfall (mm day-1)
Vegetationbiomass(gm-2)
Termite mounds are islands of fertile
vegetation
In Laikipia: black cotton soil
termites
Termites:
 Improve nutrients on mounds
 Allow water to infiltrate better
Decreasing rainfall
Increasing rainfall
Vegetationbiomass(gm-2)
Rainfall (mm day-1)
No mounds
With mounds
Thank you!

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