Earthworm invasion will change northern forests.

Life Science Weekly | August 25, 2003 | Copyright

2003 AUG 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- From the East Coast to the Rockies, forests in northern U.S. states and adjacent Canadian provinces are being invaded by animals that have never lived there: earthworms.

A boon to gardeners, earthworms from Europe wreak destruction on the leaf litter that supports tree seedlings, salamanders, spiders, mice, voles, and other species. A new survey by University of Minnesota researchers implicates human activity in the spread of earthworms and strengthens the idea that earthworms significantly change northern hardwood forest ...

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