SOIL CARBON ADDITION CONTROLS WEEDS AND FACILITATES PRAIRIE RESTORATION

By D. Blumenthal, Nicholas R. Jordan, M. Russelle. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Superior performance and nutrient-use efficiency of invasive plants over non-invasive congeners in a resource-limited environment (2011, background): “These observations have given rise to experiments designed to decrease resource availability, particularly soil nutrient availability, as a management strategy to defeat invaders ( Blumenthal et al. 2003; Corbin and D’Antonio 2004 ;T o¨ro ¨k et al. 2000; Blumenthal 2009; Funk and McDaniel 2010).”
Grasses as invasive alien plants in South Africa (2004, background): “In Minnesota, this treatment facilitated the establishment of perennial prairie plants by reducing the growth of annual weeds.(56) In the United States this approach is supplemented by the planting of indigenous plants that will out-compete the annuals, as well as by weeding or burning and grazing i”
Can Carbon Addition Increase Competitiveness of Native Grasses? A Case Study from California (2004, methodology): “They suggested, based on their data and a review of previous studies, that a threshold level of C likely must be added before decreases in soil N or increased competitiveness of native species is detected (Blumenthal et al. 2003).”
Soil recovery after removal of the N2-fixing invasive Acacia longifolia: consequences for ecosystem restoration (2009, background): “The addition of a C source can also be used to reduce N availability because it reduces plant-available N by stimulating microbial uptake of N. This may result in the inhibition of fast growing nitrofilic exotic weeds and facilitation of slower-growing natives ( Blumenthal et al. 2003; Prober et al”
Forb Species Establishment Increases with Decreased Grass Seeding Density and with Increased Forb Seeding Density in a Northeast Kansas, U.S.A., Experimental Prairie Restoration (2009, background): “Competition from certain weeds can dramatically reduce prairie establishment (Blumenthal et al. 2003), and increased bare ground can increase soil erosion (Ellison 1950) and the spread of weeds (Bergelson et al. 1993) while also aiding the establishment of some seeded species (Gross 1984).”
Activated Carbon as a Restoration Tool: Potential for Control of Invasive Plants in Abandoned Agricultural Fields (2006, background): “However, experiments that reduce N availability directly or that attempt to immobilize soil nutrients by adding reduced forms of carbon (e.g., sawdust) have not consistently reduced exotic plant growth (Morghan & Seastedt 1999; Blumenthal et al. 2003; Lowe et al. 2003; Corbin & D’Antonio 2004).”
The ecology of restoration: historical links, emerging issues and unexplored realms (2005, background): “These techniques can work in the short run, but often have limited long-term effects (reviewed in Corbin et al. 2004; see also Blumenthal et al. 2003; Baer et al. 2004; Huddleston & Young 2005).”
Interactive effects of anthropogenic nitrogen enrichment and climate change on terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity (2013, background): “…to reduce N stores and cycling, including increasing N export through harvesting, turf removal, or fire, increasing N leaching through flushing with aqueous solutions, and decreasing N availability through the addition of C (Bakker and Berendse 1999; Blumenthal et al. 2003; Jordan et al. 2003).”
A place for alien species in ecosystem restoration (2004, background): “Nevertheless, large scale applications of carbon would probably be expensive, and success would not be assured; results of experimental additions have been mixed (cf Török et al. 2000; Blumenthal et al. 2003; Corbin and D’Antonio 2004).”
The advantages and disadvantages of being introduced (2006, background): “2004) or nitrogen (Blumenthal et al. 2003; Baer et al. 2004; but see Wilson et al. 2004) can decrease the spread of introduced plants and increase that of natives.”
Integrating plant- and animal-based perspectives for more effective restoration of biodiversity (2016, background): “This involves deciding which species to plant or favor, manipulating resource availability to enhance recovery of vegetation structure and composition, and controlling undesirable species (Figure 3 ; Blumenthal et al. 2003 ).”
Restoring ecological function in temperate grassy woodlands: manipulating soil nutrients, exotic annuals and native perennial grasses through carbon supplements and spring burns (2005, methodology): “A number of studies have used carbon supplements to reduce undesirable species (Reever Morghan & Seastedt 1999; Alpert & Maron 2000) but few have successfully enhanced desirable species (Zink & Allen 1998; Paschke, McLendon & Redente 2000; Blumenthal, Jordan & Ruselle 2003; Perry, Galatowitsch & R”