Vegetation dynamics in declining eastern hemlock stands: 9 years of forest response to hemlock woolly adelgid infestation

By Anne K. Eschtruth, N. Cleavitt, John J. Battles, R. Evans, T. Fahey. 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Endocrinology

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Understory vegetation in old-growth and second-growth Tsuga canadensis forests in western Massachusetts (2009, background): “As a result, studies characterizing the floristic composition of the understory layer prior to HWA infestation will serve as an important baseline for monitoring the response of these ecosystems to this novel disturbance (Small et al., 2005; Eschtruth et al., 2006; Cleavitt et al., 2008).”
A foundation tree at the precipice: Tsuga canadensis health after the arrival of Adelges tsugae in central New England (2012, background): “…hardwood species have already begun to replace hemlock in southern New England and the mid-Atlantic region (Orwig et al. 2002, Small et al. 2005, Eschtruth et al. 2006) and are predicted to replace hemlock across much of the eastern U.S. (Kincaid 2007, Albani et al. 2010, Spaulding and Rieske…”
Ecological effects of invasive alien insects (2008, background): “The dramatic mortality observed in Fraser fir and Eastern hemlock due to Adelges spp. has totally altered forest plant communities in these forest ecosystems (Jenkins 2003; Eschtruth et al. 2006; Weckel et al. 2006).”
Restoring forest herb communities through landscape-level deer herd reductions: Is recovery limited by legacy effects? (2010, background): “Alternatively, native and exotic canopy defoliators may indirectly alter understory plant dynamics by increasing resource availability at the forest floor (e.g., Eschtruth et al., 2006); however, we found no evidence of any major defoliation events during the study period (PA DCNR, 2010).”
Direct and indirect effects of alien insect herbivores on ecological processes and interactions in forests of eastern North America (2010, background): “…widespread potential for alien insects to facilitate the establishment and spread of exotic plants by altering resource availability and competitive interactions (e.g. Eschtruth et al. 2006; Eschtruth and Battles 2009), thereby unleashing an ‘‘invasional meltdown’’ (Simberloff and Von Holle 1999).”
Effects of biological invasions on forest carbon sequestration (2010, background): “…may get a double dose of invasive species, as opening of the canopies due to invasion by the hemlock woolly adelgid facilitates invasion by exotic plants (Eschtruth et al., 2006), which in turn interact with native herbivores to control plant community composition (e.g. Baiser et al., 2008).”
Classical biological control for the protection of natural ecosystems (2010, background): “In the Delaware River Basin, hemlock deaths affected stream insects (Snyder et al., 2002), brook trout (Ross et al., 2003), and various understory plants (Eschtruth et al., 2006), with species requiring cooler temperatures being replaced by ones adapted to warmer habitats.”
Ecology of forest insect invasions (2017, result): “Similar observations were made regarding the effects of hemlock woolly adelgid, a sap-feeding insect, which causes a more dramatic decline of its host tree, eastern hemlock (T. canadensis) (Small et al. 2005; Eschtruth et al. 2006).”