Invasive earthworms of North America | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 13/06/2019

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00:00:54 1 Earthworms and migration
00:02:19 2 Influence on nutrient cycles and soil profiles
00:04:15 3 Effects on organisms
00:06:41 4 Origins
00:08:20 5 Asian earthworm invasion
00:09:58 6 Prevention
00:11:50 7 See also



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Invasive species of earthworms from the suborder Lumbricina have been expanding their range in North America. Their introduction can have marked effects on the nutrient cycles in temperate forests. These earthworms increase the cycling and leaching of nutrients by breaking up decaying organic matter and spreading it into the soil. Since plants native to these northern forests are evolutionarily adapted to the presence of thick layers of decaying organic matter, the introduction of worms can lead to loss of biodiversity as young plants face less nutrient-rich conditions. Some species of trees and other plants may be incapable of surviving such changes in available nutrients.  This change in the plant diversity in turn affects other organisms and often leads to increased invasions of other exotic species as well as overall forest decline.