Author: Sackett Tara E. Smith Sandy M. Basiliko Nathan
Publisher: NRC Research Press
ISSN: 1208-6037
Source: Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Vol.42, Iss.2, 2012-02, pp. : 375-381
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Abstract
The impacts of invasive earthworms in northern North American forests include mixing of soil and litter horizons, changes to nutrient availability, and shifts in understory plant communities. Multi-use forests, with concomitant commercial logging and recreational activities, may have high rates of earthworm dispersal from human activities. Here, we investigated if soil physical and chemical properties, in addition to disturbance type, influence the success of earthworm establishment. We characterized the distribution of earthworms in a multi-use forested area in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence forest region of central Ontario and related earthworm presence and community structure to human influences (i.e., disturbance type, age of development) and edaphic properties. Although soil texture correlated significantly with
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