Biological Invasions Belowground: Earthworms as Invasive Species

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

The papers in this book are based on efforts by an international group of soil ecologists to assess the biological and ecological mechanisms of earthworm invasions, their geographic extent and impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, and possible means by which earthworm invasions might be mitigated.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-11-22
Mått:195 x 260 x 8 mm
Vikt:304 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:129
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789048173662

Utforska kategorier

Geovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Agronomi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

Biological invasions belowground—earthworms as invasive species.- Dispersal and clonal diversity of North-European parthenogenetic earthworms.- Lumbricid earthworm invasion in the Carpathian Mountains and some other sites in Romania.- Invasion patterns of Lumbricidae into the previously earthworm-free areas of northeastern Europe and the western Great Lakes region of North America.- Earthworm invasion into previously earthworm-free temperate and boreal forests.- Earthworm invasions in the tropics.- Earthworm invasions of ecosystems devoid of earthworms: effects on soil microbes.- The influence of invasive earthworms on indigenous fauna in ecosystems previously uninhabited by earthworms.- Invasion of exotic earthworms into ecosystems inhabited by native earthworms.- Introduced earthworms in agricultural and reclaimed land: their ecology and influences on soil properties, plant production and other soil biota.- Policy and management responses to earthworm invasions in North America.