CHANGES IN SOIL FUNCTIONS FOLLOWING INVASIONS OF EXOTIC UNDERSTORY PLANTS IN DECIDUOUS FORESTS

By J. Ehrenfeld, P. Kourtev, Weize Huang. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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A perfect storm: two ecosystem engineers interact to degrade deciduous forests of New Jersey (2008, background): “Engineering invasive plants show the ability to alter soil-based ecosystem processes, water availability, and vegetative structure of communities (Vitousek 1990; Sala et al. 1996; Ehrenfeld et al. 2001).”
Landscape‐scale positive feedbacks between fire and expansion of the large tussock grass, Ampelodesmos mauritanica in Catalan shrublands (2005, background): “Lenz et al., 2003; Hoffman et al., 2004), only few direct assessments of decomposition rates have been carried out (van Vuuren et al., 1993; Ehrenfeld et al., 2001; Mack et al., 2001; Ehrenfeld, 2003; Mack & D’Antonio, 2003).”
Non-native grass invasion alters native plant composition in experimental communities (2010, background): “In addition to the physical effects of litter on native plant species, Microstegium can alter soil microbial conditions and nutrient cycling processes (Ehrenfeld et al. 2001).”
Urban ecological systems: scientific foundations and a decade of progress. (2011, background): “, 1999), soil hydrophobicity (White and McDonnell, 1988; Craul, 1992), introductions of exotic plant and animal species (Steinberg et al., 1997; Ehrenfeld et al., 2001), and atmospheric deposition of pollutants such as N (e.”
Ecosystem Consequences of Biological Invasions (2010, background): “2007), Aegilops triuncalis (Drenovsky & Batten 2007), Microstegium vimineum (Ehrenfeld et al. 2001), Bromus tectorum (Ogle et al.”
Light limitation creates patchy distribution of an invasive grass in eastern deciduous forests (2005, positive): “Its rapid expansion of range since its introduction, and its tendency to become the dominant understory plant species in many invaded habitats, has raised concerns about its potential to displace native plant species and change ecosystem properties (Kourtev et al. 1999; Ehrenfeld et al. 2001).”
Impacts of the exotic, nitrogen-fixing black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) on nitrogen-cycling in a pine–oak ecosystem (2004, background): “Invasive species threaten the ecological integrity of natural areas by influencing community structure and function and by altering ecosystem processes D’Antonio and Vitousek 1992; Mack and D’Antonio 1998; Mack et al. 2000; Ehrenfeld et al. 2001; Evans et al. 2001.”
Effects of the invasive plant Mikania micrantha H.B.K. on soil nitrogen availability through allelopathy in South China (2009, background): “Successful invasive species have a profound effect on the composition of plant communities and soil properties of invaded ecosystems (Vitousek et al. 1987; Ehrenfeld et al. 2001; Callaway and Ridenour 2004; Callaway et al. 2004; Caldwell 2006).”