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Biological Invasions Belowground: Earthworms as Invasive Species

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Editors:
  1. Paul F. Hendrit

    1. University of Georgia, Athens, USA

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  • Considers possible strategies for preventing and mitigating earthworm invasions
  • Broadens the discussion on invastion biology and ecology to belowground systems
  • Explores mechanisms and impacts of invasions by an important group of 'ecosystem engineers'

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-iv
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  2. Biological invasions belowground—earthworms as invasive species

    • Paul F. Hendrix
    Pages 1-4

  3. Dispersal and clonal diversity of North-European parthenogenetic earthworms

    • Juhani Terhivuo, Anssi Saura
    Pages 5-18

  4. Lumbricid earthworm invasion in the Carpathian Mountains and some other sites in Romania

    • Victor V. Pop, Adriana Antonia Pop
    Pages 19-22

  5. Invasion patterns of Lumbricidae into the previously earthworm-free areas of northeastern Europe and the western Great Lakes region of North America

    • Alexei V. Tiunov, Cindy M. Hale, Andrew R. Holdsworth, Tamara S. Vsevolodova-Perel
    Pages 23-34

  6. Earthworm invasion into previously earthworm-free temperate and boreal forests

    • Lee E. Frelich, Cindy M. Hale, Peter B. Reich, Andrew R. Holdsworth, Stefan Scheu, Liam Heneghan et al.
    Pages 35-45

  7. Earthworm invasions in the tropics

    • Grizelle González, Ching Yu Huang, Xiaoming Zou, Carlos Rodríguez
    Pages 47-56

  8. Earthworm invasions of ecosystems devoid of earthworms: effects on soil microbes

    • M. A. McLean, S. Migge-Kleian, D. Parkinson
    Pages 57-73

  9. The influence of invasive earthworms on indigenous fauna in ecosystems previously uninhabited by earthworms

    • Sonja Migge-Kleian, Mary Ann McLean, John C. Maerz, Liam Heneghan
    Pages 75-85

  10. Invasion of exotic earthworms into ecosystems inhabited by native earthworms

    • P. F. Hendrix, G. H. Baker, M. A. Callaham Jr, G. A. Damoff, C. Fragoso, G. González et al.
    Pages 87-100

  11. Introduced earthworms in agricultural and reclaimed land: their ecology and influences on soil properties, plant production and other soil biota

    • G. H. Baker, G. Brown, K. Butt, J. P. Curry, J. Scullion
    Pages 101-116

  12. Policy and management responses to earthworm invasions in North America

    • Mac A. Callaham Jr., Grizelle González, Cynthia M. Hale, Liam Heneghan, Sharon L. Lachnicht, Xiaoming Zou
    Pages 117-129
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The most conspicuous biological invasions in terrestrial ecosystems have been by exotic plants, insects and vertebrates. Less conspicuous but possibly of equal importance are invasions by soil invertebrates, which are occurring literally beneath our feet. Familiar examples include the South American fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) which has invaded North America and Australia, and the New Zealand flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus) which has become wide-spread in the United Kingdom; both have caused considerable ecological and economic damage. There is now evidence that exotic earthworm invasions are increasing world-wide and may be having significant impacts on soil processes and plant communities in some regions. Much remains to be learned about these ‘cryptic’ biological invasions. 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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Georgia, Athens, USA

    Paul F. Hendrit

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biological Invasions Belowground: Earthworms as Invasive Species

  • Editors: Paul F. Hendrit

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5429-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5428-0Published: 21 December 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7366-2Published: 22 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5429-7Published: 01 September 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IV, 129

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from Biological Invasions, Volume 8 (6), 2006

  • Topics: Ecology, Terrestial Ecology, Sedimentology, Soil Science & Conservation

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