期刊
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
卷 13, 期 5, 页码 1165-1182出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-9959-0
关键词
Invasive earthworms; Leaf litter decay; Soil respiration; Microbial activity; Seedling growth
资金
- United States Department of Agriculture [NRI 2007-35320-18375]
- National Science Foundation [EAR-0748442, EEC-0540832 ERC-MIRTHE]
- Microsoft Research
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Earth Sciences [0748574] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Earth Sciences [0748442, 0748746] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
In many mid-Atlantic forests where both native and non-native earthworms exist, it is the non-native species that are the dominant component of the soil macrofauna. Few earthworm ecology studies, however, focus attention on these forest systems in order to determine the relative ecological roles and potential interactions of the native and non-native earthworms. In a series of field samplings and experimental manipulations we collected data on the effects of earthworms on below-and aboveground ecosystem processes. Earthworm abundance and the ecological processes measured were dynamic in space and time across the range of study sites. Leaf litter decay rates doubled at sites that had abundant non-native earthworms. Earthworms also altered the abundance of soil fungi, the activity of extracellular enzymes, soil respiration, and the growth of tree seedlings but the effects varied among sites depending on differences in land-use history and forest age. Red oak seedling growth was less at sites that had abundant earthworms but tulip poplar and red maple seedlings grew equally well with and without abundant earthworms. These preliminary results suggest that non-native earthworms have significant ecosystem effects, even in forests where native earthworms still occur. Land use history, however, plays an important role in determining what those effects will be, and these effects are likely to be dynamic, depending on the abundance of non-native earthworms.
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