The invasive Lespedeza cuneata attracts more insect pollinators than native congeners in tallgrass prairie with variable impacts

Woods, Teresa Marie; Jonas, Jayne L.; Ferguson, Carolyn

doi:10.1007/s10530-011-0138-0

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“…Lespedeza cuneata (common name: Sericea lespedeza) is a legume native to Asia and parts of Australia, and is currently listed as a noxious weed in several states in the United States, including Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma (Colorado Department off Agriculture ; Kansas Department of Agriculture ; Missouri Department of Agriculture ; Nebraska Department of Agriculture ; Oklahoma Department of Agriculture ; USDA 2016, 2019). This perennial herb produces new sprouts arising from root nodes, and the numerous seeds are small, vivid, and can last in the seed bank for several years (Stevens ; Woods et al ).…”

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Long‐term experiment manipulating community assembly results in favorable restoration outcomes for invaded prairies

Wohlwend

Schutzenhofer

Knight

2019

Restoration Ecology

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Invasive species are a common problem in restoration projects. Manipulating soil fertility and species arrival order has the potential to lower their abundance and achieve higher abundances of seeded native species. In a 7‐year experiment in Missouri, United States, we tested how nutrient addition and the timing of arrival of the invasive legume Lespedeza cuneata and seeded native prairie grass and forb species influenced overall community composition. Treatments that involved early arrival of seeded forb and grass species and late arrival of L. cuneata were most successful at creating community structure that fulfilled our restoration goals, displaying high abundance of seeded native forb species, low abundances of L. cuneata, and non‐native species. There were few treatment interactions, with the exception that timing seeded native forbs and timing of L. cuneata arrival interactively influenced the abundance of seeded native forbs. This suggests that the individual treatments are supporting the restoration goals, such as creating a community with low abundance of L. cuneate or high abundance of native seeded species, without restricting each other. This study demonstrates the importance of priority effects in disturbed habitats prone to invasion, the lasting effects of initial seeding on long‐term community composition, and the potential for fertilization to positively benefit restoration of degraded grasslands.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Long‐term experiment manipulating community assembly results in favorable restoration outcomes for invaded prairies

Wohlwend

Schutzenhofer

Knight

2019

Restoration Ecology

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“…; Albornoz et al . ) and resources in many forms to insects (Carmona‐Diaz & Garcia‐Franco ; Woods, Jonas & Ferguson ) to name only a few. These effects are likely mediated by the plant‐facilitation consequences often linked to shrubs.…”

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“…Shrub effects are not, however, limited to other plant species, and these effects do not disappear from systems simply because ecologists examine only the shrub-plant interactions. Shrubs can provide refuges for animals (Milchunas & Noy-Meir 2002), perches for dispersal (Hollander, Wall & Baguley 2010;Bennett et al 2011;Albornoz et al 2013) and resources in many forms to insects (Carmona-Diaz & Garcia-Franco 2009;Woods, Jonas & Ferguson 2012) to name only a few. These effects are likely mediated by the plantfacilitation consequences often linked to shrubs.…”

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Functional assessment of animal interactions with shrub‐facilitation complexes: a formal synthesis and conceptual framework

2015

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Summary1. Facilitation studies focus primarily on plants often neglecting the extended effects that cascade through ecological networks. Plants interact with other organisms through consumptive effects and a myriad of non-trophic effects such as habitat amelioration or pollination. 2. Shrubs are a dominant benefactor species frequent in plant-facilitation studies but can also have direct and indirect interactions with animals. Herein, we use a systematic review to address the following two objectives: (i) to propose a conceptual framework that explores these interactions including the functional roles of the interacting species, and (ii) to quantitatively summarize the current state of this field examining effects beyond plant-plant interactions. 3. To date, a relatively limited number of studies have examined the importance of coupled benefactor-subordinate plant positive interactions with animals (79 studies in total). From this set of studies, 36 studies documented positive plant interactions generating a total of 53 independent instances of either shrub-plant-animal or shrub-animal-plant interactions. 4. These interaction pathways were evenly split between direct (49%) and indirect (51%) interactions of shrubs with animals. Hypotheses frequently tested included seed trapping, herbivore protection, magnet pollination and facilitation-mediated secondary seed dispersal. The most common functional role of shrubs was protection from herbivory, and the most common animal role associated with plant-facilitation complexes was that of a consumer. 5. None of these studies explored bidirectional plant-animal interactions, used a network approach to describe the interaction sets, nor contrasted interaction strengths. Multitrophic, integrated sets of experiments incorporating plant facilitation into community dynamics are thus critical in advancing management of high-stress ecosystems wherein positive interactions are commonly reported.

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“…High tannin levels in old plants can have a negative impact on cattle and horses. Lespedeza cuneata has the potential to disrupt pollination networks as the species has been shown to attract more pollinators than co-occurring native species (Woods et al, 2012). Lespedeza cuneata can alter nutrient cycling and soil microbial communities.…”

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Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.Cours.) G.Don

2019

EPPO Bulletin

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The invasive Lespedeza cuneata attracts more insect pollinators than native congeners in tallgrass prairie with variable impacts

Cited by 19 publications

References 72 publications

Long‐term experiment manipulating community assembly results in favorable restoration outcomes for invaded prairies

Long‐term experiment manipulating community assembly results in favorable restoration outcomes for invaded prairies

Functional assessment of animal interactions with shrub‐facilitation complexes: a formal synthesis and conceptual framework

Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.Cours.) G.Don

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