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Single and interactive effects of deer and earthworms on non-native plants.
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Deer access and earthworm density synergistically interacted resulting in highest B. thunbergii ring-growth in open plots at sites with higher earthworms density, indicating successful long-term control of invasive plants may require a reduction in deer abundance, rather than just removing invasive plant species.About:
This article is published in Forest Ecology and Management.The article was published on 2015-09-01. It has received 49 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Odocoileus & Alliaria petiolata.read more
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The unseen invaders: introduced earthworms as drivers of change in plant communities in North American forests (a meta-analysis)
Dylan Craven,Madhav P. Thakur,Erin K. Cameron,Erin K. Cameron,Lee E. Frelich,Robin Beauséjour,Robert B. Blair,Bernd Blossey,James C. Burtis,Amy Choi,Andrea Dávalos,Timothy J. Fahey,Nicholas A. Fisichelli,Kevin D. Gibson,I. Tanya Handa,Kristine N. Hopfensperger,Scott R. Loss,Victoria Nuzzo,John C. Maerz,Tara E. Sackett,Bryant C. Scharenbroch,Sandy M. Smith,Mark Vellend,Lauren Umek,Nico Eisenhauer +24 more
TL;DR: It is found that plant diversity significantly declined with increasing richness of introduced earthworm ecological groups, and there is evidence that introduced earthworms are associated with declines in plant diversity in North American forests.
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A regional assessment of white-tailed deer effects on plant invasion
Kristine M. Averill,David A. Mortensen,Erica A. H. Smithwick,Susan Kalisz,William J. McShea,Norman A. Bourg,John D. Parker,Alejandro A. Royo,Marc D. Abrams,David K Apsley,Bernd Blossey,Douglas H. Boucher,Kai L Caraher,Antonio DiTommaso,Sarah E. Johnson,Robert Masson,Victoria Nuzzo +16 more
TL;DR: Analysis of data from 23 research sites across the northeastern and east central US reveals that white-tailed deer lower native plant diversity and increase the fraction of the plant community made up of non-native species.
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Side‐swiped: ecological cascades emanating from earthworm invasions
Lee E. Frelich,Bernd Blossey,Erin K. Cameron,Erin K. Cameron,Andrea Dávalos,Andrea Dávalos,Nico Eisenhauer,Timothy J. Fahey,Olga Ferlian,Peter M. Groffman,Peter M. Groffman,Evan R. Larson,Scott R. Loss,John C. Maerz,Victoria Nuzzo,Kyungsoo Yoo,Peter B. Reich,Peter B. Reich +17 more
TL;DR: The diversity of cascade effects, combined with the vast area invaded by earthworms, lead to regionally important changes in ecological functioning, which create cascade complexes that interact with climate change and other environmental changes.
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Deer, wolves, and people: costs, benefits and challenges of living together
TL;DR: After revisiting the ecological roles deer and wolves play in contemporary ecosystems, this work explores how they interact, directly and indirectly, with human groups including farmers, foresters, shepherds, and hunters.
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Deer-mediated changes in environment compound the direct impacts of herbivory on understorey plant communities
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that deer effects on the environment have important implications for forest composition and a re-examination of the common assumption that understorey community shifts stem primarily from tissue removal is suggested.
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