Multi-year ecosystem response to hemlock woolly adelgid infestation in southern New England forests

By David A. Orwig, Richard C. Cobb, A. D’Amato, Matthew L. Kizlinski, David R. Foster. 2008

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Ecosystem Consequences of Biological Invasions (2010, background): “…[hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) and the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)] (Clark et al. 2010, Daley et al. 2007, Eshleman et al. 1998, Ford & Vose 2007, Jenkins et al. 1999, Orwig et al. 2008, Riscassi & Scanlon 2009, Sch?fer et al. 2009, Stadler et al. 2005, Townsend et al. 2004).”
Direct and indirect effects of alien insect herbivores on ecological processes and interactions in forests of eastern North America (2010, background): “For example, hemlock decline and mortality caused by hemlock woolly adelgid increased canopy gaps and levels of light reaching the forest floor (Orwig and Foster 1998), which decreased soil moisture within 3 years (Orwig et al. 2008).”
A foundation tree at the precipice: Tsuga canadensis health after the arrival of Adelges tsugae in central New England (2012, background): “…riparian, and wetland forests; nutrient poor and acidic litter) its loss would lead to major species’ shifts in local abundance and distribution and be a dominant driver of ecosystem processes over future decades (Jenkins et al. 1999, Lovett et al. 2006, Orwig et al. 2008, Nunez et al. 2010).”
Global meta‐analysis of the impacts of terrestrial invertebrate invaders on species, communities and ecosystems (2016, background): “…hemlock woolly adelgids (Adelges tsugae), which appear to strongly affect N pools via a combination of mechanisms including increased decomposition, reduced uptake of N by declining trees, decreased understorey vegetation and N-enriched throughfall from invaded canopies (Orwig et al., 2008).”
Experimentally testing the role of foundation species in forests: the Harvard Forest Hemlock Removal Experiment (2010, background): “Soil respiration should decline dramatically when hemlock roots die, and there should be a short-term pulse of nutrients into the soil as needles are shed (Kizlinski et al. 2002; Orwig et al. 2008).”