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Doherty-Bone, Thomas M. and Dunn, Alison M. and Brittain, Joel and Brown, Lee (2017) Data associated with 'Invasive alien shredders clear up invasive alien leaf litter'. University of Leeds. [Dataset] https://doi.org/10.5518/208

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Biological invasions have the potential to alter ecosystem processes. However, interactions between different invasive alien species, and their cumulative impact on ecosystem functioning remain poorly understood. Some invasive riparian plants (e.g. Rhododendron) deposit leaf litter in freshwaters, that may be unconsumed by indigenous species potentially affecting habitat heterogeneity and flow of energy to the food web. Invasive alien decapod crustaceans are effective consumers of leaf litter, and it was hypothesised that they would consume inputs of invasive riparian leaf litter. This study examined decomposition rates of one native and two alien leaf litter species in response to one native and two invasive alien decapod crustaceans. Invasive alien signal crayfish and mitten crabs broke down all types of leaf litter, including invasive alien Rhododendron at a higher rate than did the indigenous white clawed crayfish.Secondary products were more varied, with more fine particulate organic matter generated for less palatable alien leaf litter species.Impacts of riparian invasions on detritus accumulation in freshwaters are thus potentially buffered by invasive alien decapods.

Keywords:	shredding performance, native and invasive decapods
Subjects:	C000 - Biological sciences > C100 - Biology > C180 - Ecology
Divisions:	Faculty of Biological Sciences > School of Biology Faculty of Environment > School of Geography
Related resources:	Location Type https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4430 Publication https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/134557/ Publication
License:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Date deposited:	10 Oct 2018 14:08
URI:	https://archive.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/435
Additional details Additional details Creators or authors: Creators ORCID Other ID Email Primary affiliation Primary affiliation ID Primary affiliation ID type Secondary affiliation Secondary affiliation ID Secondary affiliation ID type Doherty-Bone, Thomas M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8074-5955 University of Leeds https://ror.org/024mrxd33 ror Dunn, Alison M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4855-1077 University of Leeds https://ror.org/024mrxd33 ror Brittain, Joel University of Leeds https://ror.org/024mrxd33 ror Brown, Lee https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2420-0088 University of Leeds https://ror.org/024mrxd33 ror Type of data: Dataset Research funders: Natural Environment Research Council, John Henry Garner Scholarship Grant numbers: NE/G015201/1 Publication date: 2017 Resource language: English Metadata language: English Publisher: University of Leeds Contact email: a.dunn@leeds.ac.uk Last Modified: 03 Oct 2024 10:14

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