SOIL BIOTA IN AN UNGRAZED GRASSLAND: RESPONSE TO ANNUAL GRASS (BROMUS TECTORUM) INVASION

By J. Belnap, S. Phillips. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Ecosystem Impacts of Exotic Annual Invaders in the Genus Bromus (2016, background): “Where Bromus occur with native perennials, they often have inverse relationships to density or cover of natives or may have a patchy distribution among perennial plant, bare interspace, or biological soil crust microsites , as shown for sagebrush steppe in the Northern Basin and Range and Wyoming Ba”
Invasion of Exotic Plant Species in Tallgrass Prairie Fragments (2003, background): “Annual brome grasses have altered ecosystems in the western United States by changing the fire regime (Mack 1989; Knapp 1996) and have altered nutrient cycling and soil biota in western semiarid communities (Belnap & Phillips 2001; Evans et al. 2001).”
Exotic plant influences soil nematode communities through litter input (2007, background): “organisms and fauna, though the effects varied across sites or ecosystems (Belnap and Phillips, 2001; Yeates and Williams, 2001; Kourtev et al., 2002a; Ravit et al., 2003; Chen et al., 2007).”
Disturbance and Recovery of Biological Soil Crusts (2001, background): “Surveys in invaded communities show that rich perennial moss/lichen communities are quickly replaced with only a few species of annual mosses and cyanobacteria (Kaltenecker 1997; Belnap and Phillips 2001 ).”
From peds to paradoxes: linkages between soil biota and their influences on ecological processes. (2008, background): “…activity patterns (Ehrenfeld et al., 2001), to changes in litter quality and lower species richness and numbers of soil invertebrates, and altered percentage ground cover with the invasion of Bromus tectorum in three study sites in the Canyonlands of southeastern Utah (Belnap and Phillips, 2001).”
Biocrusts enhance soil fertility and Bromus tectorum growth, and interact with warming to influence germination (2018, background): “At the same time, B. tectorum establishment in undisturbed areas with high biocrust cover, such as perennial grasslands of the Colorado Plateau, USA, has been reported, (Belnap and Phillips 2001), highlighting other potential invasion drivers.”
Correlates of biological soil crust abundance across a continuum of spatial scales: support for a hierarchical conceptual model (2006, background): “Expansion of exotics may greatly alter the soil environment ( Belnap & Phillips 2001 ), potentially shifting the invaded system past a threshold beyond which it cannot be restored.”
The Invasive Species Assessment Protocol: A Tool for Creating Regional and National Lists of Invasive Nonnative Plants That Negatively Impact Biodiversity (2008, background): “…for some species, although it is readily available for well-studied species such as cheat grass (Bromus tectorum) in the Intermountain West (e.g., Belnap and Phillips 2001; Evans et al. 2001; Melgoza et al. 1990; Whisenant 1990) or Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) in the eastern United States…”
Invasion by Fallopia japonica increases topsoil mineral nutrient concentrations (2007, background): “Their results are thus difficult to generalize since one species can have contrasting impacts depending on site (Belnap & Philips, 2001; Scott, Saggar & McIntosh, 2001).”
Mechanisms underlying the impacts of exotic plant invasions (2003, background): “Belnap & Phillips (2001) found lower richness, fewer fungi and invertebrates, and higher abundances of active bacteria in sites invaded by Bromus tectorum in Utah, a result they attribute to Bromus' effects on nitrogen and carbon availability.”
NEIGHBORHOOD MODELS OF THE EFFECTS OF INVASIVE TREE SPECIES ON ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES (2008, background): “…recent research has shown that invasive species have the potential to modify many soil properties, including soil pH and cation availability (Belnap and Phillips 2001, Ehrenfeld et al. 2001), N and C dynamics (Evans et al. 2001, Hughes and Denslow 2005), and microbial community structure…”
Effects of Exotic Plant Invasions on Soil Nutrient Cycling Processes (2003, background): “I have excluded studies of nutrient-related properties and processes of species in their native ranges (for example, Melaleuca in Australia or Phragmites australis in Europe) (Although P. australis is commonly considered a native species in North America, recent genetic evidence shows that most Phra”