Nonnative earthworms have colonized much of the North American continent ... reduce biodiversity, enable invasive plant takeovers and hurt trees such as the sugar maple. “Because it is virtually ...

They have found a correlation between invasive worms and invasive plants — in particular, grasses — suggesting that worms — known ecosystem engineers — are creating conditions that favor ...

He said European settlers brought the worms to America in their planting sod and nursery plants. Frelich said the worms’ impact on native ecosystems makes room for invasive species like buckthorn, ...

Computer models developed by the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory predict that hotter, drier conditions in North America will limit the growth of a fungus that normally curbs the ...

Do not cut these worms to kill them – they can multiply this way. Instead, either preserve them in rubbing alcohol to submit to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic Lab, or put ...

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