Dataset describing soil sheeting properties produced by termites sampled in 21 countries from 2015 to 2020

Dataset describing sheeting properties made by termites (names, and feeding and building categories are given) sampled in 34 study sites, including M-Tropics observatories, from 19 countries. Data coming from 15 published studies are also given, for a total of 49 sites and 21 countries. The dataset include the locations (site names, countries, GPS coordinates, mean annual precipitations ‚MAP‘) and soil properties (electrical conductivity in µS cm-1, pH, C content in %, soil aggregate stability (in % aggregates > 200 µm) and sand, silt and clay contents in %) of termite sheetings and the surrounding topsoil. The Response ratio (R = Value of termite sheeting / Value oft he bulk soil) is also given for each variable. Files include the whole dataset (n = 249 observations) and the average per species and study site (n = 84 observations).