Susceptibility of a northern hardwood forest to exotic earthworm invasion

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1075-1083

  Gundale, Michael J ^a   Jolly, William M ^a   Deluca, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Invasive earthworms; Land use; Ottawa National Forest; Sylvania Wilderness Area

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EARTHWORM; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; OTTAWA NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 27944449163     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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