Garlic Mustard's Effect on Forest & Species

Garlic mustard is a cool season biennial herb posing an ecological threat. In the May 2 issue of The New York Times, Henry Fountain addresses three recent studies pertaining to garlic mustard in an article entitled, "Garlic Mustard Casts a Pall on the Forest": http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/science/02observ.html.

For more information on garlic mustard:
National Park Service:
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/alpe1.htm

Rothman, JM, Van Soest Peter J, Pell Alice N. (2006) Decaying wood is a sodiuum source for mountain gorillas. Biology Letters (early publication online): http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0480

Stinson KA, Campbell SA, Powell JR, Wolfe BE, Callaway RM, et al. (2006) Invasive plant suppresses the growth of native tree seedlings by disrupting belowground mutualisms.
PLoS Biol 4(5): e140:
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040140