Claim · #6493900
Termitidae (family) · facilitation · Plantae (kingdom)
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Earthworms (and termites) move soil particles about, often ingesting them”
- Authors
- Brady N.C., Weil R.R.
- Year
- 2017
- Publication
- Pearson
- Page
- 169
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Termites are well-documented soil engineers; ingestion and casting forming aggregates is biologically consistent with the source quote and standard soil-science literature.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Termites are well-documented soil macroinvertebrates whose ingestion and casting activity forms biogenic aggregates, consistent with soil physical properties literature.”
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