Worm Research Studies around the Nation
Effects on Plants
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Assessing the impacts of European earthworm invasions in beech-maple hardwood and aspen-fir boreal forests of the western Great Lakes region
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Exotic earthworm abundance in west central Minnesota
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Greenhouse microcosm
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Influence of Exotic Earthworms on the Soil Organic Horizon and the Rare Fern Botrychium mormo
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Effects of leaf litter depth on the emergence and seedling growth of deciduous forest tree species in relation to seed size
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Effects on Animals
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Restoration & recovery potential (deer, slugs, worm removal)
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Effects on Forest Floor, Soils, and Nutrients
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Redistribution and Retention of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen in Northern Temperate Forests
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Effects on Mycorrhizal Fungi
We currently do not have any examples of studies examining the relationship of worms to mycorrhizal fungi. If you are aware of any research that would be appropriate for this section, please contact us.
Distribution and Invasion Patterns
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Changes In Hardwood Forest Understory Plant Communities In Response To European Earthworm Invasions
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Patterns of earthworm invasion and understory plant composition in lakeside northern hardwood forests.
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Susceptibility of a Northern Hardwood Forest to Exotic Earthworm Invasion
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Earthworms on Long Island
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