A perfect storm: two ecosystem engineers interact to degrade deciduous forests of New Jersey

Baiser, Benjamin; Lockwood, Julie L.; Puma, David La; Aronson, Myla F. J.

doi:10.1007/s10530-008-9247-9

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“…Following disturbance of the upper canopy, M. vimineum biomass production had a strong negative relationship to mean red oak seedling height and had a significant negative impact on forest regeneration (Oswalt et al 2004). The combined effect of M. vimineum and deer browsing can shift midstory canopy composition and negatively affect subcanopy bird abundance (Baiser et al 2008). …”

Section: Study Species: Microstegium Vimineummentioning

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Slow spread of the aggressive invader, Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass)

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Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass) is a non-native weed whose rapid invasion threatens native diversity and regeneration in forests. Using data from a 4 year experiment tracking new invasions in different habitats, we developed a spatial model of patch growth, using maximum likelihood techniques to estimate dispersal and population growth parameters. The patches expanded surprisingly slowly: in the final year, the majority of new seedlings were still within 1 m of the original patch. The influence of habitat was not as strong as anticipated, although patches created in roadside and wet meadow habitats tended to expand more rapidly and had greater reproductive ratios. The long-term projections of the patch growth model suggest much slower spread than has typically been observed for M. vimineum. The small scale of natural dispersal suggests that human-mediated dispersal, likely influenced by forest road management, is responsible for the rapid spread of this invasive species.

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Section: Study Species: Microstegium Vimineummentioning

confidence: 99%

Slow spread of the aggressive invader, Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass)

et al. 2009

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“…This behavior favors the continued spread of alien species that have spines and poisons (Waller and Alverson 1997 ). This is the "perfect storm" of habitat damage (Baiser et al 2008 ). Consequently, many of our public parks have canopy trees, but denuded understories.…”

Section: Loss Of Historic Speciesmentioning

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Restoration Ecology in an Urbanizing World

Handel

Saito

Takeuchi

2013

Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities

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As the world becomes more urbanized, the need for ecosystem services in our population centers has become a priority. The restoration of functioning habitats within cities is being successfully attempted throughout the world. Urban sites available for restoration ecology progress are usually small, surrounded by urban infrastructure, and isolated one from another. This fragmentation constrains the quality of natural communities that are pragmatic ecological targets. Defi ning restoration goals also must deal with urban abiotic stresses, including the heat island effect, disturbed soils, modifi ed local hydrology, and chemical pollutants in the air, water, and substrate. Existing biodiversity in cities also has atypical taxonomic structure, driven by the loss of many plant and animal species from the original site communities compounded by the addition of non-native plants and animals with high reproductive rates that invade the native remnants. These invasives can further

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“…Originally introduced to the North America as packing material, M. vimineum is unpalatable to most forest herbivores, including generalist species such as O. virginianus showing again how an invasive species may overtake a habitat due to exclusion from browsing, In areas where large populations of O. virginianus and M. vimineum exist, the herbivore prefers to browse other native grasses [64], reducing native plant species and in turn increasing M. vimineum populations [51,65]. In a study of invasive plant ecology in southern Appalachia, Webster et al [1] reported heavy foraging by O. virginianus reduced the ability of native plant species to recover during times of drought, when M. vimineum is susceptible of being overtopped, resulting in continued dominance of M. vimineum.…”

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Relationship between Invasive Plant Species and Forest Fauna in Eastern North America

Hayes

Holzmueller

2012

Forests

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Invasive plant species have long been known to cause extensive damage, both economically and ecologically, to native ecosystems. They have historically been introduced by the public, both intentional and not, for a variety of reasons. Many of the woody shrubs, such as Lonicera maackii and Rosa multiflora were introduced for wildlife cover, forage, and ornamental value. These invasives have quickly out-competed native flora, in many cases drastically impacting and changing the environment they inhabit. In this review, chosen species characteristics have been described, their pathway to invasion explained, and their impacts to native wildlife highlighted. Based on a review of the scientific literature, we determined that not all effects by invasive plants are negative. Many positive impacts can be seen throughout the literature, such as native frogs utilizing Microstegium vimineum for cover and nesting habitat. However, some important invasive plant species were not included in this review due to a lack of literature on the subject of the effects on fauna. While much is known about their economic impact and the impact on native plant species, additional work needs to be done in the field of wildlife research to determine current impacts and future implications of non-native, invasive plants on native fauna.

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A perfect storm: two ecosystem engineers interact to degrade deciduous forests of New Jersey

Cited by 79 publications

References 66 publications

Slow spread of the aggressive invader, Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass)

Slow spread of the aggressive invader, Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass)

Restoration Ecology in an Urbanizing World

Relationship between Invasive Plant Species and Forest Fauna in Eastern North America

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