Interactions of an introduced shrub and introduced earthworms in an Illinois urban woodland: Impact on leaf litter decomposition

Pedobiologia

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 543-551

  Heneghan, Liam ^a   Steffen, James ^b   Fagen, Kristen ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckthorn; Invasional meltdown; Invasive earthworms; Invasive plant; Midwestern woodland; Rhamnus cathartica

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTER; SHRUB; WOODLAND;

GLENCOE [ILLINOIS]; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA; RHAMNACEAE; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS CATHARTICA;

EID: 33845222073     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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