Patterns of litter disappearance in a northern hardwood forest invaded by exotic earthworms

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 154-165

  Suárez, Esteban R ^a,d   Fahey, Timothy J ^a   Yavitt, Joseph B ^a   Groffman, Peter M ^b   Bohlen, Patrick J ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^d Wildlife Conservation Society Ecuador   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea tuberculata; Earthworm functional groups; Exotic earthworm invasion; Litter disappearance; Litter quality; Lumbricus rubellus; Lumbricus terrestris; Northern hardwood forests; Octolasion tyrtaeum; Red oak; South central New York, USA; Sugar maple

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; GEOGRAPHY; NEW YORK; OLIGOCHAETA; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER SACCHARUM; APORRECTODEA TUBERCULATA; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OCTOLASION TYRTAEUM; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 33645097924     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0788     Document Type: Article

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