Earthworm Invasion, Fine-root Distributions, and Soil Respiration in North Temperate Forests

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EXOTIC EUROPEAN EARTHWORM INVASION DYNAMICS IN NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS OF MINNESOTA, USA (2005, background): “…from a mor-moder to mull humus conditions may have significant effects on the nutrient dynamics, microbial biomass and function, and plant root and seedling dynamics of these forests (Scheu and Parkinson 1994, Bohlen et al. 2004b, Fisk et al. 2004, Groffman et al. 2004, Suárez et al. 2004).”
Non‐native invasive earthworms as agents of change in northern temperate forests (2004, background): “In addition to effects on understory herbs, earthworm invasion may influence overstory trees by influencing root distribution and function (Fisk et al. 2004).”
Distribution and impacts of invasive earthworms in Canadian forest ecosystems (2008, background): “The biological impacts of the invading earthworms in soil included altering the distribution of fine roots (Fisk et al. 2004) and the size and activity of microbial biomass (Li et al. 2002; Groffman et al. 2004) and negatively affecting mycorrhizal colonization rates (Lawrence et al. 2003).”
Earthworm invasions of ecosystems devoid of earthworms: effects on soil microbes (2006, background): “In New York maple forests with mixed communities of lumbricids the presence of earthworms did not significantly affect total soil respiration (Fisk et al. 2004).”