The role of pocket gophers as subterranean ecosystem engineers

By O. Reichman, Eric W. Seabloom. 2002

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The Concept of Organisms as Ecosystem Engineers Ten Years On: Progress, Limitations, and Challenges (2006, background): “The first category includes papers that mention ecosystem engineering as a potentially important interaction, while focusing on other processes, interactions, or topics (Rietkerk et al. 2004, Soulé et al. 2005).”
Soil invertebrates as ecosystem engineers: Intended and accidental effects on soil and feedback loops (2006, background): “However, recently, Reichman and Seabloom (2002a) , taking the example of pocket gophers, discussed the validity of the ‘‘ecosystem engineers’’ concept and concluded that it could be considered as trivial since almost all organisms influence their environment in one way or another.”
Ecosystem engineering in space and time. (2007, background): “As some critics of the concept have noted (e.g. Reichman & Seabloom 2002), all organisms affect (and are affected by) their physical environment.”
Hermit crab biocoenoses: a worldwide review of the diversity and natural history of hermit crab associates (2004, background): “…and Rowden, 2003) and while hermit crabs are not engineers on the same scale as some other species [e.g., beavers (Wright et al., 2002) and gophers (Reichman and Seabloom, 2002)], hermit crabs on a world-wide basis influence whole communities of associates in a range of habitats from terrestrial…”
Marine Birds on Land: A Review of Plant Biomass, Species Richness, and Community Composition in Seabird Colonies (2005, background): “1998; Reichman and Seabloom 2002). Recently, seabirds have attracted much interest because of their capacity to introduce large Plant Ecology (2005) 181: 227–241 Springer 2005 DOI 10.”
Small mammalian herbivores as mediators of plant community dynamics in the high-altitude arid rangelands of Trans-himalaya (2006, background): “However as mentioned earlier, unlike other parts of the world such as North America; there is a lack of field data to evaluate these aspects for central Asian rangelands.”
Population dynamics and responses to management of plateau pikas Ochotona curzoniae (2007, background): “However, small mammals have the potential to provide beneficial ecosystem services through trophic interactions and direct physical impacts (Brown & Heske 1990; Jones, Lawton & Shachak 1994, 1997; Dickman 1999; Reichman & Seabloom 2002).”
ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING BY CATERPILLARS INCREASES INSECT HERBIVORE DIVERSITY ON WHITE OAK (2003, background): “682 Key words: ecosystem engineering; leaf shelter; Lepidoptera; oak herbivore community; Ozark plateau, Missouri; Quercus alba; species richness; white oak.”
Is the loss of Australian digging mammals contributing to a deterioration in ecosystem function (2014, background): “…of soil by living organisms; Whitford & Kay 1999) is a mechanical form of ecosystem engineering that alters physical and biotic processes (Reichman & Seabloom 2002, James et al. 2009), increases soil mixing (Zhang et al. 2003) and has been associated with promoting species diversity…”