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Rethinking Invasion Impacts Across Multiple Field Sites Using European Swallowwort (Vincetoxicum Rossicum) As A Model Invader, Grant L. Thompson, Terrence H. Bell, Jenny Kao-Kniffin
Rethinking Invasion Impacts Across Multiple Field Sites Using European Swallowwort (Vincetoxicum Rossicum) As A Model Invader, Grant L. Thompson, Terrence H. Bell, Jenny Kao-Kniffin
Grant Thompson
European swallowwort [Vincetoxicum rossicum (Kleopow) Barbarich] is found in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. It forms dense growth patterns that reduce plant and insect biodiversity, and lab assays show that it produces allelopathic compounds that affect microbial activity. Consequently, we hypothesized that V. rossicum alters soil microbiome composition and activity in invaded habitats, which may impact
ecosystem properties and processes. We sampled soil from a similar time point within a growing season at each of five sites in New York State where V. rossicum was both present and absent. We measured bacterial and fungal microbiome composition, available soil …