Ecosystem Consequences of Exotic Earthworm Invasion of North Temperate Forests

By P. Bohlen, Peter M. Groffman, T. Fahey, M. Fisk, E. Suárez, Derek M. Pelletier, R. Fahey. Ecosystems, 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Soil Science

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• EXOTIC EUROPEAN EARTHWORM INVASION DYNAMICS IN NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS OF MINNESOTA, USA (2005, background): “…composition of earthworm populations, and therefore the effects exotic earthworms have on a particular forest, will be dependent upon soil texture, moisture conditions, and the palatability and quantity of litter (Ponge and Delhaye 1995, Dymond et al. 1997, Lavelle 1997, Bohlen et al. 2004a).”
• 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).”
• Invasion of exotic earthworms into ecosystems inhabited by native earthworms (2006, background): “Most of these cases are in areas that have been disturbed (e.g., agricultural systems) or were previously devoid of earthworms (e.g., north of Pleistocene glacial margins).”
• 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.”
• A distinct urban biogeochemistry? (2006, background): “Furthermore, the exotic species that are common in the urban environment can alter nitrogen cycling, primary productivity and other biogeochemical processes [ 63 ,64], but these effects are often species-specific and difficult to predict.”
• 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): “…types) from other studies that invasive earthworms can negatively affect leaf litter and forest floor characteristics (McLean and Parkinson 1997; Bohlen et al. 2004a; Hale et al. 2005; Suárez et al. 2006), as well as the type and distribution of soil aggregates (Bossuyt et al. 2006; Haynes et…”
• Earthworm abundance and functional group diversity regulate plant litter decay and soil organic carbon level: A global meta-analysis (2020, background): “For example, invasive earthworms have been found to reduce forest floor mass considerably in North America (Bohlen et al., 2004a; Hendrix, 2006).”
• Earthworm invasions of ecosystems devoid of earthworms: effects on soil microbes (2006, background): “…of lumbricids significantly reduced the forest floor in the previously uncultivated site, mixing the forest floor into the upper mineral horizon (Bohlen et al. 2004b) resulting in significantly lower forest floor microbial biomass C and N, increased readily mineralizable C and significantly…”
• Interactions of an introduced shrub and introduced earthworms in an Illinois urban woodland: impact on leaf litter decomposition. (2007, background): “The presence of earthworms accelerates the mineralization of nitrogen (Robinson et al., 1992; Saetre, 1998), and invasive earthworms are implicated in modifying key aspects of soil functioning (James, 1991; Lavelle et al., 1997; Lachnicht et al., 2002; Bohlen et al., 2004).”
• Tree Species Identity Shapes Earthworm Communities (2017, background): “Other studies have reported good correlations between forest floor decomposition rates and earthworm populations, because of the positive influence of leaf litter quality on earthworm populations [26,27,31,33,54].”
• 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…”
• 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…”
• Earthworm invasion into previously earthworm-free temperate and boreal forests (2006, background): “Earthworm-free forest soils that have not been previously plowed by humans tend to have very low bulk densities, due to the presence of a thick litter layer and the burrowing action of many species of native invertebrates (McLean and Parkinson 1997a; Bohlen et al. 2004a).”