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Silent partners: Are earthworms creating pathways for invasive plants?

  • Written by Kathryn M. Flinn, Assistant Professor of Biology, Baldwin Wallace University
imageA National Park Service staffer applies herbicide to invasive honeysuckle along the Natchez Trace Parkway.NPS

Small but mighty, earthworms transform the soil of any ecosystem they inhabit. In farm fields, we appreciate the way they recycle nutrients and aerate soil. But in forests, earthworms’ services can be less welcome.

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