Effects of Exotic Plant Invasions on Soil Nutrient Cycling Processes

By J. Ehrenfeld. Ecosystems, 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science

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Mediterranean annual grasses in western North America: kids in a candy store (2007, background): “Invasive annual grasses are equipped to thrive in mineralizing environments; and once established, they perpetuate and enhance mineralization-driven nutrient cycles (Ehrenfeld 2003; Sperry et al. 2006).”
Breaking New Ground: Soil Communities and Exotic Plant Invasion (2005, background): “…often differ from native communities in organismal composition and may have altered ecosystem functions compared with native communities, including the rates and dynamics of biogeochemical processes (Ehrenfeld 2003) and the suitability of habitat for other organisms (Levine et al. 2003).”
Soil recovery after removal of the N2-fixing invasive Acacia longifolia: consequences for ecosystem restoration (2009, background): “Although not well confirmed, this kind of feedback is probably important in facilitating invasive species (Corbin and D’Antonio 2004; Ehrenfeld 2003; Vinton and Goergen 2006).”
Non‐native grass alters growth of native tree species via leaf and soil microbes (2009, positive): “Accumulating evidence suggests that invasive, non-native plants can alter both native microbial communities and associated ecosystem processes (Ehrenfeld 2003; Wolfe & Klironomos 2005; van der Putten et al. 2007).”
Tree invasion in naturally treeless environments: impacts of quinine (Cinchona pubescens) trees on native vegetation in Galápagos. (2007, background): “Changes in nutrient availability are a further driver of species displacement (Ehrenfeld, 2003; Siemann and Rogers, 2003) and may cause far-reaching impacts on the ecosystem (e.g. Vitousek and Walker, 1989).”
Novel forests maintain ecosystem processes after the decline of native tree species (2012, background): “Introduced species can alter the biogeochemistry of ecosystems in a similar way (Ehrenfeld 2003), particularly when they possess plant functional traits not represented in the native flora (Versfeld and van Wilgen 1986, Vitousek et al. 1987).”
Effects of biological invasions on forest carbon sequestration (2010, background): “Invasive species can cause dramatic landscape-level transformations of forests by altering disturbance regimes, nutrient cycling and both above- and belowground ecosystem properties (e.g. Mack et al., 2000; Ehrenfeld, 2003; van der Putten et al., 2007).”
Shading by invasive shrub reduces seed production and pollinator services in a native herb (2010, background): “Invaders directly reduce success of native plants via competition for soil resources and light but also indirectly affect native plant success via altering ecosystem processes, such as fire frequency and soil nutrient cycling (Vitousek 1990; Ehrenfeld 2003), or ecosystem services, such as pollinatio”
Niche construction by the invasive Asian knotweeds (species complex Fallopia): impact on activity, abundance and community structure of denitrifiers and nitrifiers (2011, neutral): “…the niche construction Impact on potential denitrification and nitrification enzyme activity Several studies shown that some invasive plants increase (Ehrenfeld et al. 2001; Windham and Ehrenfeld 2003) or decrease (Evans et al. 2001; Scott et al. 2001) nitrification or denitrification activities.”
Local and regional assessments of the impacts of plant invaders on vegetation structure and soil properties of Mediterranean islands (2006, background): “Assessments of invasive plant impacts on ecosystem processes have tended to be biased towards species possessing specific traits, such as nitrogen fixation (Ehrenfeld, 2003; Levine et al., 2003).”
Invasion by Fallopia japonica increases topsoil mineral nutrient concentrations (2007, background): “Given that alien invasive species can have different impacts depending on site (Scott, Saggar & McIntosh, 2001; Ehrenfeld, 2003), 6 sites with contrasting resident vegetation have been sampled.”
Invasive plants as drivers of regime shifts: identifying high‐priority invaders that alter feedback relationships (2014, background): “Some invasive plants can accumulate nitrogen through nitrogen fixation and/or through increased biomass and net primary production leading to production of litter with higher decomposition rates than that produced by native species (Ehrenfeld, 2003).”
Biodiversity, phenology and temporal niche differences between native- and novel exotic-dominated grasslands (2011, background): “Research on rainfall variability has found that subordinate species are more strongly affected by variability (Knapp et al., 2002) than dominant grass species (Williams et al., 1998; Fay et al., 2003).”
The invasive Sorghum halepense harbors endophytic N2-fixing bacteria and alters soil biogeochemistry (2009, background): “The modification of resource availability (here broadly considered as nutrient cycling) by invasive plants is well documented (Vitousek and Walker 1989; Evans et al. 2001; Kourtev et al. 2002; Ehrenfeld 2003; Reinhart and Callaway 2006) and considerable attention has been focused on nitrogen (N) cyc”
Two Invasive Plants Alter Soil Microbial Community Composition in Serpentine Grasslands (2006, background): “Plant invasions have been shown to alter soil carbon, nitrogen, salinity, moisture, and pH (Ehrenfeld 2003), all of which can impact soil microbial community composition.”