Learning to live with novelty: Implications of exotic earthworms and their interactions with seeds, mulch, and wood ash for ecological restoration
Michael James McTavish
University of Waterloo
2019
The Principles of Restoration Ecology at Population Scales
Stephen D. Murphy , Heather A. Cray , Michael J. McTavish
Routledge Handbooks Online
2017
Field and laboratory responses of earthworms to use of wood ash as a forest soil amendment
Michael J. McTavish , Adam Gorgolewski , Stephen D. Murphy , Nathan Basiliko
Forest Ecology and Management 474 118376
2020
Consistent seed ingestion preferences of earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) between no-choice and choice feeding experiments
Sara Burilo , Michael J. McTavish , Stephen D. Murphy
Pedobiologia 80 150643
2020
Effects of earthworms and warming on tree seedling growth: a small-scale microcosm experiment
Justin M. Gaudon , Michael J. McTavish , Sivajanani Sivarajah , Emmett H.U. Snyder
Canadian Journal of Forest Research 50 ( 11) 1253 -1257
2020
Environmental factors influencing immigration behaviour of the invasive earthworm Lumbricus terrestris
Michael J. McTavish , Nathan Basiliko , Tara E. Sackett
Canadian Journal of Zoology 91 ( 12) 859 -865
8
2013
Anecic earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) facilitate the burial of surface-applied wood ash
Michael J. McTavish , Adam Gorgolewski , Stephen D. Murphy , Nathan Basiliko
Biology and Fertility of Soils 56 ( 2) 195 -203
3
2020
Seed density and previous egestion affect earthworm seed ingestion: Preliminary observations using granivory of Alliaria petiolata by Lumbricus terrestris
Michael J. McTavish , Stephen D. Murphy
Applied Soil Ecology 139 29 -31
2
2019
Insect Defoliators in Recovering Industrial Landscapes: Effects of Landscape Degradation and Remediation Near an Abandoned Metal Smelter on Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) Feeding, Frass Production, and Frass Properties
Michael J McTavish , Emily Smenderovac , John Gunn , Stephen D Murphy
Environmental Entomology 48 ( 5) 1187 -1196
1
2019
Field tests of egg and larval release methods of biological control agents (Archanara neurica, Lenisa geminipuncta) for introduced Phragmites australis australis (Cav.) trin. Ex Steud
Michael J McTavish , Ian M Jones , Patrick Häfliger , Sandy M Smith
Biological Control 188 105414 -105414
2024
Noise attenuation varies by interactions of land cover and season in an urban/peri-urban landscape
Justin M Gaudon , Michael J McTavish , Jonas Hamberg , Heather A Cray
Urban Ecosystems 1 -8
10
2022
Morphological traits for rapid and simple separation of native and introduced common reed (Phragmites australis)
Michael J McTavish , Tyler Smith , Subbaiah Mechanda , Sandy M Smith
Invasive Plant Science and Management 16 ( 2) 110 -118
2023
Soil grit influences the effects of earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) on seed damage
Shu Han Gan , Michael J McTavish , Robert S Bourchier , Sandy M Smith
Applied Soil Ecology 185 104807 -104807
2023
Quantifying seeds egested by field-collected earthworms: a dynamic and overlooked pool in forest soil seed banks
Michael J McTavish , Alexandra Rossi , Robert S Bourchier , Sandy M Smith
The Canadian Field-Naturalist 262 -262
2022
Morphological traits for rapid and simple separation of native and introduced Phragmites australis
Michael J McTavish , Tyler Smith , Subbaiah Mechanda , Sandy M Smith
Rapid redistribution and long-term aggregation of mulch residues by earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris)
Michael J McTavish , Stephen D Murphy
Applied Soil Ecology 169 104195 -104195
8
2022
NEW ASIAN PHERETIMOID" JUMPING EARTHWORM" RECORDS (CLITELLATA: OLIGOCHAETA: MEGASCOLECIDAE) IN CANADA.
John Warren Reynolds , Michael J McTavish
Megadrilogica 26 ( 7)
8
2021
Three-dimensional mapping of earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) seed transport
Michael J McTavish , Stephen D Murphy
Pedobiologia 87 150752 -150752
7
2021
Restoration at population scales cannot be done in isolation
Stephen D Murphy , Michael J McTavish , Heather A Cray
Routledge Handbook of Ecological and Environmental Restoration
2017
Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieberstein) Cavara & Grande, Garlic Mustard/Alliaire officinale (Brassicaceae)
Michael J McTavish , Elizabeth J Katovich , Roger L Becker , Ghislaine Cortat
CABI 428 -436
2024