Exotic earthworm effects on hardwood forest floor, nutrient availability and native plants: A mesocosm study

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 509-518

  Hale, Cindy M ^a,b   Frelich, Lee E ^a   Reich, Peter B ^a   Pastor, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

European earthworms; Invasive species; Lumbricidae; Northern hardwood forests; Plant mortality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EARTHWORM; FOREST FLOOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ACER; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; AQUILEGIA; ARALIA; ARTICLE; CYPERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

ACER; ANIMALS; AQUILEGIA; ARALIA; CAREX PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; AQUILEGIA; AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS; ARALIA; ARALIA RACEMOSA; CAREX PENSYLVANICA; DENDROBAENA OCTAEDRA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 41149152522     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0925-6     Document Type: Article

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