Non‐native invasive earthworms as agents of change in northern temperate forests

By P. Bohlen, S. Scheu, C. Hale, M. Mclean, S. Migge, Peter M. Groffman, Dennis Parkinson. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science

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From peds to paradoxes: linkages between soil biota and their influences on ecological processes. (2008, background): “For a summary of the impacts of non-native earthworms on temperate forests, see the review by Bohlen et al. (2004c).”
The spread of invasive species and infectious disease as drivers of ecosystem change (2008, background): “…spp) in northern temperate forests have accelerated decomposition and C flux from soil, altered N and phosphorus (P) cycling, changed soil micro-organisms and invertebrates, and even facilitated the invasion of understory plants (eg garlic mustard, Alliaria petioloata; Bohlen et al. 2004).”
Soil fauna responses to natural disturbances, invasive species, and global climate change: Current state of the science and a call to action (2017, background): “In parts of the Great Lakes Region of North America, several species of invasive root-feeding weevils were numerically dominant, accounting for >99% of all weevils, and >74% of all root-feeding fauna (Coyle et al., 2012; Pinski et al., 2005); these data suggest possible displacement of native rhizop”
Impacts of invasive biota in forest ecosystems in an aboveground–belowground context (2017, background): “While most species introduced to new regions do not establish viable populations, a proportion of these do, and of those that become established in their new location, a small subset become highly invasive in their new environment (Thompson et al. 1995; Richardson and Pyšek 2012).”
Effects of biological invasions on forest carbon sequestration (2010, background): “…invasive earthworms are well known to increase rates of nutrient cycling (notably r 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Global Change Biology, 16, 732–746 N and Ca) and depress the abundance and diversity of microarthropods (Scheu & Parkinson, 1994; Bohlen et al., 2004a, b, c; Frelich et al., 2006).”
Spatial variability of an invasive earthworm (Amynthas agrestis) population and potential impacts on soil characteristics and millipedes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA (2011, background): “Although it is not possible to use our observations from this field study to demonstrate direct causal relationships between the earthworm and the differences documented in soil characteristics, there is ample evidence (albeit using other earthworm species and in different soil types) from other stu”
Distribution and impacts of invasive earthworms in Canadian forest ecosystems (2008, background): “Several studies in the US reported changes in the distribution of carbon and nitrogen following earthworm invasion (e.g., Bohlen et al. 2004a), and in Quebec, Wironen and Moore (2006) have documented earthworm-related changes in the distribution of organic matter, carbon and nitrogen in a…”
Exotic, peregrine, and invasive earthworms in Brazil: diversity, distribution, and effects on soils and plants. (2006, background): “In Eastern USA, various Amynthas spp. have invaded native deciduous forests, formerly devoid of earthworms, causing major pedoturbation (Burtelow et al. 1998) and changes to the local plant and animal communities (Bohlen et al. 2004).”
Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes. (2008, positive): “…on the complementarity of the traits of soil fauna and vegetation, as illustrated by the sharp decline in soil carbon pools caused by the invasive earthworms in North-American temperate forests that resulted in much faster litter decomposition than in noninvaded forests (Bohlen et al. 2004).”
The influence of invasive earthworms on indigenous fauna in ecosystems previously uninhabited by earthworms (2006, background): “…by exotic earthworms has taken place since the first European settlers landed on the continent (Gates 1982) and has had similar dramatic effects on soil processes (Scheu and Parkinson 1994; Bohlen et al. 2004b); however, this invasion has worked underground and out of the sight of public interest.”
Invasion of exotic earthworms into ecosystems inhabited by native earthworms (2006, background): “While these effects are usually considered desirable in agricultural soils, recent interest has focused on detrimental impacts of invasive, exotic earthworms on soil processes in wildland ecosystems (Hendrix and Bohlen 2002; Bohlen et al. 2004a,b; James and Hendrix 2004).”
The Ecological Significance of the Herbaceous Layer in Temperate Forest Ecosystems (2007, background): “…of exotic earthworm species began with the first European settlers and continue at an increasing rate as a result of human activities such as logging, road construction, relocation of used soil material (horticultural and fill), and release of unused bait by anglers (Bohlen et al. 2004).”
Invasion Patterns of Lumbricidae Into the Previously Earthworm-free Areas of Northeastern Europe and the Western Great Lakes Region of North America (2006, background): “…55811, USA T. S. Vsevolodova-Perel Institute of Forest Sciences, Laboratory of Zoology, 143030 Uspenskoe, Moscow oblast, Russia and Parkinson 1997; Bohlen et al. 2004a; Hale et al. 2005) has increased interest in understanding the patterns and factors controlling invasion dynamics, particularly…”
Pandora's Box Contained Bait : The Global Problem of Introduced Earthworms (2008, background): “The potential impacts of earthworms on ecosystem function can also be evaluated by their regulation of soil nutrient dynamics, especially in the case of earthworm invasions (Bohlen et al. 2004).”
Grass invasion of a hardwood forest is associated with declines in belowground carbon pools (2010, background): “…is often associated with altered N availability and mineralization in soils (Scheu, 1987; Kourtev et al., 1999; Eriksen-Hamel & Whalen, 2008) and may have contributed to changes in N pools in invaded northeastern US forests (Bohlen et al., 2004; Marhan & Scheu, 2006; Eisenhauer et al., 2007).”