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Forests Under Threat from Exotic Earthworm Invasion

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avatar Forests Under Threat from Exotic Earthworm Invasion
September 01, 2011 12:50PM
ScienceDaily (Sep. 1, 2011) — It is widely acknowledged that human beings are largely responsible for the widespread alteration of ecosystems on the planet. A recent study by Dara Seidl and Peter Klepeis of Colgate University in New York traces the ways in which humans are the principal agents of dispersal of exotic earthworms in the forests of Northern America.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110901104930.htm
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