Tree rings detect earthworm invasions and their effects in northern hardwood forests

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1053-1066

  Larson, Evan R ^a,b   Kipfmueller, Kurt F ^a   Hale, Cindy M ^c   Frelich, Lee E ^a   Reich, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Climate tree growth relationship; Dendroecology; Earthworm invasion; European earthworms; Northern Minnesota

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; EARTHWORM; FOREST FLOOR; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OVERSTORY; TREE RING;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 77952288597     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9523-3     Document Type: Article

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