Saran Traoré

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed advances in our knowledge of the beneficial influences of termites on ecosystem functioning and services and suggested that ecosystems services provided by termites are not sufficiently appreciated, especially in the context of longterm processes and possible biotechnologies derived from a detailed knowledge of their biology.

TL;DR: The impact of termites on soil properties and water dynamics can be differentiated at four different scales: (i) landscape scale, where termites act as heterogeneity drivers; (ii) at the soil profile scale and (iii) at aggregate scale; (iv) at clay mineral scale; and last, at the clayscale, where they act as weathering agents.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of termitaria on tree community in a state forest of the Sudanian regional centre (Tiogo forest, Burkina Faso), under controlled burning and grazing experiments was assessed.

TL;DR: It can be concluded that Macrotermes termite mounds are favourable sites for the recruitments of woody plants in savannah woodlands.

TL;DR: Evaluating the long–term impacts of herbivore, fire and termite activities on regeneration of trees in Burkina Faso found grazed quadrats had significantly increased species richness and stem density between burnt and unburnt quadrats.