Ecosystem consequences of biological invasions

JG Ehrenfeld - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Exotic species affect the biogeochemical pools and fluxes of materials and energy, thereby
altering the fundamental structure and function of their ecosystems. Rapidly accumulating …

Ecological effects of invasive alien insects

M Kenis, MA Auger-Rozenberg, A Roques, L Timms… - Biological …, 2009 - Springer
A literature survey identified 403 primary research publications that investigated the
ecological effects of invasive alien insects and/or the mechanisms underlying these effects …

Forest ecosystem responses to exotic pests and pathogens in eastern North America

GM Lovett, CD Canham, MA Arthur, KC Weathers… - …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The forests of eastern North America have been subjected to repeated introductions of
exotic insect pests and pathogens over the last century, and several new pests are currently …

Vegetation dynamics in declining eastern hemlock stands: 9 years of forest response to hemlock woolly adelgid infestation

AK Eschtruth, NL Cleavitt, JJ Battles… - Canadian Journal of …, 2006 - cdnsciencepub.com
Les infestations du puceron lanigère de la pruche (Adelges tsugae Annand) sont
responsables du dépérissement graduel de la pruche du Canada (Tsuga canadensis (L.) …

Forest dynamics following eastern hemlock mortality in the southern Appalachians

CR Ford, KJ Elliott, BD Clinton, BD Kloeppel, JM Vose - Oikos, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding changes in community composition caused by invasive species is critical for
predicting effects on ecosystem function, particularly when the invasive threatens a …

Hemlock declines rapidly with hemlock woolly adelgid infestation: impacts on the carbon cycle of southern Appalachian forests

AE Nuckolls, N Wurzburger, CR Ford, RL Hendrick… - Ecosystems, 2009 - Springer
The recent infestation of southern Appalachian eastern hemlock stands by hemlock woolly
adelgid (HWA) is expected to have dramatic and lasting effects on forest structure and …

[HTML][HTML] Foundation species loss affects vegetation structure more than ecosystem function in a northeastern USA forest

DA Orwig, AAB Plotkin, EA Davidson, H Lux… - PeerJ, 2013 - peerj.com
Loss of foundation tree species rapidly alters ecological processes in forested ecosystems.
Tsuga canadensis, an hypothesized foundation species of eastern North American forests …

Impacts of exotic pests on forest ecosystems: an update

Q Guo, KM Potter, H Ren, P Zhang - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pests (eg, insects, pathogens) affect forest communities through complex interactions with
plants, other animals, and the environment. While the effects of exotic (non-native) pests on …

Vegetation responses to simulated emerald ash borer infestation in Fraxinus nigra dominated wetlands of Upper Michigan, USA

JC Davis, JP Shannon, NW Bolton… - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
The invasive emerald ash borer (EAB)(Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera:
Buprestidae)) is a significant threat to biodiversity and ecosystem processes in North …