Impact of Invasive Earthworms on Forest Soil Microbial Communities in Vermont
Duva, Eleanor
Duva, Eleanor
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Earthworms enjoy a positive popular reputation earned by their effects in agricultural systems. However, earthworms are non-native invasives in formerly glaciated North American forests. North American forests were initially invaded by European lumbricid species that arrived with the European colonists, and now are experiencing a “second wave” of earthworm invasion by species from Asia. As “ecosystem engineers,” earthworms have dramatic effects on forested landscapes. Our understanding of these effects is developing. This study used a community-level physiological profiling (CLPP) technique to look at the differences in soil microbial communities invaded by lumbricid and pheretimoid species in northern Vermont, USA.
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Undergraduate
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2022-01-01