Predictors and consequences of earthworm invasion in a coastal archipelago

P Arcese, AD Rodewald - Biological Invasions, 2019 - Springer
Non-native earthworms can drive ecosystem change, simplify native plant communities, and
promote invasion by non-native plants, but we know little about their pathways into island …

Disturbance intensity overwhelms propagule pressure and litter resource in controlling the success of Pontoscolex corethrurus invasion in the tropics

X He, S Liu, J Wang, J Gan, Z Li, T Liu, W Zhang… - Biological …, 2020 - Springer
The mechanisms by which exotic earthworms invade new habitats are largely unknown.
Previous research concluded that factors including habitat disturbance, propagule pressure …

Effects of native and non-native earthworms on grassland plant communities and abundance of associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Y Malyutina, GWT Wilson, EB Duell, SR Loss - Biological Invasions, 2023 - Springer
Non-native earthworm invasions can greatly alter plant communities directly through root
consumption, or indirectly, including through effects on arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi …

First Short-Term Study of the Relationship between Native and Invasive Earthworms in the Zone of Soil Freezing in Western Siberia—Experiments in Mesocosms

EV Golovanova, SY Kniazev, K Karaban, KA Babiy… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Earthworm invasions often reduce biodiversity and affect the ability of ecosystems to perform
ecosystem functions. Over the past few decades, European lumbricid species have spread …

Introduced earthworms (Lumbricidae) in restored and remnant tallgrass prairies of southern Ontario

H Cray, J Gaudon, S Murphy - The Canadian Field …, 2021 - canadianfieldnaturalist.ca
Introduced earthworms alter the trajectory and composition of plant communities, for
example, through their feeding, burrowing behaviour, and interactions with seeds. High …

Evaluating Above-and Belowground Effects of Native and Non-native Earthworms in Grasslands

Y Malyutina - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Previous research has shown non-native earthworms can alter ecosystem function and
structure by altering plant communities, soil dynamics, and soil microbial functional groups …

[LIBRO][B] Earthworm Invasions on the Galapagos: Patterns, Processes and Threats

JDO Pachar - 2019 - search.proquest.com
The Galapagos forest ecosystems are facing profound alterations as a result of plant and
animal introductions. Historically the forests of Santa Cruz have been dominated by Scalesia …

[PDF][PDF] EARTHWORM INVASIONS ON THE GALAPAGOS: PATTERNS, PROCESSES AND THREATS

JD Ortiz - 2019 - ecommons.cornell.edu
The Galapagos forest ecosystems are facing profound alterations as a result of plant and
animal introductions. Historically the forests of Santa Cruz have been dominated by Scalesia …

Rethinking restoration ecology of tallgrass prairie: considering belowground components of tallgrass restoration in southern Ontario

HA Cray - 2019 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
Agriculture, urban development, and woody encroachment have reduced the North
American tallgrass prairie ecosystem to less than 1% of its historical extent. The remnants of …