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PUBLICATIONS

2026

  1. Rahmanian, S., Eisenhauer, N., Huang, Y., Hejda, M., Pyšek, P., Feilhauer, H., . . . Maestre, F. T. (2026). Abiotic and biotic controls of non-native perennial plant success in drylands.. Nat Ecol Evol. doi:10.1038/s41559-025-02971-6

  2. Biancari, L., Oñatibia, G. R., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Gross, N., Yahdjian, L., Aguiar, M. R., . . . Maestre, F. T. (2026). Plant diversity enhances ecosystem resistance to increasing grazing pressure in global drylands. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1038/s41559-025-02952-9

  3. Shilula, K. N., Saiz, H., Guirado, E., Gross, N., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Biancari, L., . . . Maestre, F. T. (2026). Drivers of plant phenolic concentration across global drylands. Journal of Ecology, 114(1). doi:10.1111/1365-2745.70222

  4. Vernon, M., & Eldridge, D. J. (2025). Limited effects of woody debris on soil function a decade after placement. Restoration Ecology. doi:10.1111/rec.70276

  5. Fu, B., Eldridge, D. J., & Ding, J. (2025). The second phase of Global Dryland Ecosystem Program—Focusing on dryland social-ecological system and sustainability. Geography and Sustainability, 6(6). doi:10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100379

  6. Eldridge, D. J. (2025). Dryland Social-Ecological Systems in Changing Environments: By Bojie Fu and Mark Stafford Smith, 2024, Springer, Singapore. 424 pages, Open Access. ISBN 978-981-99-9374-1 Bojie Fu Mark Stafford-Smith Dryland Social-Ecological Systems in Changing Environments 2024 Springer Singapore 424 ISBN 978-981-99-9374-1. Geography and Sustainability, 6(6), 100378. doi:10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100378

  7. Smit, I. C., le Roux, P. C., Soliveres, S., Gross, N., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Saiz, H., . . . Maestre, F. T. (2025). Plant Trait Matching Occurs in Facilitative Interactions Across Global Drylands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(11). doi:10.1111/geb.70158

  8. Ding, J., Han, Y., Zhao, W., Hu, J., Gao, X., Yan, Y., . . . Eldridge, D. (2026). Response of ecosystem structure to shrub encroachment varies with the degree of encroachment. Cambridge Prisms Drylands, 3. doi:10.1017/dry.2025.10010

  9. Macintosh, A., Evans, M. C., Butler, D., Larraondo, P., Waschka, M., Eldridge, D., . . . Ansell, D. (2025). Reply to: National-scale datasets underestimate vegetation recovery in Australian human-induced native forest regeneration carbon sequestration projects. Communications Earth and Environment, 6(1). doi:10.1038/s43247-025-02726-y

  10. Kempel, A., Adamidis, G. C., Anadón, J. D., Atkinson, J., Auge, H., Avtzis, D., . . . Allan, E. (2025). The Bug-Network (BugNet): A Global Experimental Network Testing the Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens on Plant Communities and Ecosystem Function in Open Ecosystems. Ecology and Evolution, 15(10). doi:10.1002/ece3.72111

  11. Luxton, S. J., Dorrough, J., Eldridge, D., Furlaud, J., Richards, A. E., Szetey, K., . . . Prober, S. M. (2025). State-and-transition models as a contextual framework for leading indicators of restoration trajectories. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.70164

  12. Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Feng, Y., Zhang, J., & Guirado, E. (2025). Highly protected areas buffer against aridity thresholds in global drylands. Nature Plants, 11(10), 2041-2049. doi:10.1038/s41477-025-02099-2

  13. Zhao, Y., Kéfi, S., Guirado, E., Berdugo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Gross, N., . . . Maestre, F. T. (2025). The Relationship Between Grazing Pressure and Environmental Factors Drives Vegetation Fragmentation Across Global Drylands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(8). doi:10.1111/geb.70098

  14. Doyle, C. A. T., Hemmings, F., Le Breton, T. D., Taseski, G. M., Eldridge, D. J., & Ooi, M. K. J. (2025). We Need a Process for Managing and Reassessing Rediscovered Species: A Case Study With the ‘Extinct’ Atriplex acutiloba. Austral Ecology, 50(7). doi:10.1111/aec.70101

  15. Pichon, B., Kéfi, S., Gounand, I., Gross, N., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Guerber, J., . . . Maestre, F. T. (2025). Grazing Modulates the Multiscale Spatial Structure of Dryland Vegetation. Global Change Biology, 31(7). doi:10.1111/gcb.70345

  16. Eldridge, D. J., Soliveres, S., Gibb, H., & Wang, J. T. (2025). Limited impacts of simulated soil disturbance by rewilded vertebrates on above- and below-ground biodiversity. Oikos, 2025(11). doi:10.1002/oik.11320

  17. Luo, Y., Guo, Z., Chen, J., Ruan, W., Xu, X., Li, L., . . . Yan, Y. (2025). Hygroscopic stem reshaping promotes long-distance plant dispersal. New Phytologist, 247(2), 916-928. doi:10.1111/nph.70225

  1. Sutton, A., Fisher, A. G., Eldridge, D. J., & Metternicht, G. (2025). Multi-temporal remote sensing of ground cover reveals beneficial effects of soil carbon farming in a semi-arid landscape. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 234, 110278. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2025.110278

  2. Stewart, J., Francis, R. J., Eldridge, D. J., Kingsford, R. T., & de Lima, N. M. (2025). Advancing remote sensing of biocrusts with drone imagery and machine learning. Geoderma, 458. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117315

  3. Stewart, J., de Lima, N. M., Eldridge, D. J., West, R., & Kingsford, R. T. (2025). Restoring aboveground trophic diversity contributes to belowground microbial diversity in drylands. Biological Conservation, 305. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111056

  4. Malavasi, V., Beltran-Sanz, N., Catelan-Carphio, E., Grapputo, A., Eldridge, D. J., Travers, S., . . . Grande, F. D. (2025). De novo assembly and annotation of Tetradesmus sp. strain 198, a green algal from dryland soil. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 14(5). doi:10.1128/mra.01015-24

  5. Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Liu, Y. R., Liu, Z. W., Coleine, C., & Trivedi, P. (2025). Soil biodiversity and function under global change. PLoS Biology, 23(3 March). doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3003093

  6. Rosentreter, R., & Eldridge, D. J. (2025). Biocrust research in North America with a focus on drylands: history, insights and opportunities. Cambridge Prisms Drylands, 2. doi:10.1017/dry.2025.3

  7. Niu, W., Ding, J., Fu, B., Zhao, W., & Eldridge, D. (2025). Global effects of livestock grazing on ecosystem functions vary with grazing management and environment. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 378. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2024.109296

  8. Eldridge, D. J., Sáez-Sandino, T., Maestre, F. T., Ding, J., Guirado, E., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2025). Dung predicts the global distribution of herbivore grazing pressure in drylands. Nature Food, 6(3), 253-259. doi:10.1038/s43016-024-01112-9

  9. Wei, Y., Ju, M., Zou, Y., Wu, S., Eldridge, D., & Bu, C. (2024). Regional-scale environmental drivers and thresholds of under-canopy biocrusts in the Sandland. Plant and Soil. doi:10.1007/s11104-024-07131-6

  10. Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2024). Trees support functional soils in a dryland agricultural area. Geography and Sustainability, 5(4), 588-596. doi:10.1016/j.geosus.2024.08.001

  11. Fitzpatrick, C., Stewart, J., Sutton, A., & Eldridge, D. J. (2024). The fertile island effect is stronger for larger plants irrespective of ecosystem productivity. Cambridge Prisms Drylands, 1. doi:10.1017/dry.2024.4

  12. Biancari, L., Aguiar, M. R., Eldridge, D. J., Oñatibia, G. R., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Saiz, H., . . . Wang, L. (2024). Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands. Science Advances, 10(41). doi:10.1126/sciadv.adn6007

  13. Eldridge, D. J., Wang, C., Liu, Y., Ding, J., Li, Y., Wu, X., & Li, C. (2024). Nature’s contribution to people in drylands. Cambridge Prisms Drylands, 1. doi:10.1017/dry.2024.2

  14. Eldridge, D. J., & Sala, O. (2025). Prisms Drylands : Synthesising multiple disciplines, themes and management practices across Earth’s drylands. Cambridge Prisms Drylands, 2. doi:10.1017/dry.2024.3

2025A

2025

2024

  1. Wei, Y., Ju, M., Zou, Y., Wu, S., Eldridge, D., & Bu, C. (2024). Regional-scale environmental drivers and thresholds of under-canopy biocrusts in the Sandland. Plant and Soil. doi:10.1007/s11104-024-07131-6

  2. Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2024). Trees support functional soils in a dryland agricultural area. Geography and Sustainability, 5(4), 588-596. doi:10.1016/j.geosus.2024.08.001

  3. Fitzpatrick, C., Stewart, J., Sutton, A., & Eldridge, D. J. (2024). The fertile island effect is stronger for larger plants irrespective of ecosystem productivity. Cambridge Prisms Drylands, 1. doi:10.1017/dry.2024.4

  4. Biancari, L., Aguiar, M. R., Eldridge, D. J., Oñatibia, G. R., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Saiz, H., . . . Wang, L. (2024). Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands. Science Advances, 10(41). doi:10.1126/sciadv.adn6007

  5. Eldridge, D. J., Wang, C., Liu, Y., Ding, J., Li, Y., Wu, X., & Li, C. (2024). Nature’s contribution to people in drylands. Cambridge Prisms Drylands, 1. doi:10.1017/dry.2024.2

  6. Eldridge, D. J., & Sala, O. (2025). Prisms Drylands : Synthesising multiple disciplines, themes and management practices across Earth’s drylands. Cambridge Prisms Drylands, 2. doi:10.1017/dry.2024.3

  7. Liao, H., Liu, C., Zhou, S., Liu, C., Eldridge, D. J., Ai, C., . . . Zhu, Y. G. (2024). Prophage-encoded antibiotic resistance genes are enriched in human-impacted environments. Nature Communications, 15(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-024-52450-y

  8. Niu, W., Ding, J., Fu, B., Zhao, W., Han, Y., Zhou, A., . . . Eldridge, D. (2024). Ecosystem multifunctionality is more related to the indirect effects than to the direct effects of human management in China's drylands. Journal of Environmental Management, 368. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122259

  9. Zhou, G., Eisenhauer, N., Terrer, C., Eldridge, D. J., Duan, H., Guirado, E., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2024). Resistance of ecosystem services to global change weakened by increasing number of environmental stressors. Nature Geoscience, 17(9), 882-888. doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01518-x

  10. Gross, N., Maestre, F. T., Liancourt, P., Berdugo, M., Martin, R., Gozalo, B., . . . Stephens, C. (2024). Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world. Nature, 632(8026), 808-814. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07731-3

  11. Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. (2024). Intensifying aridity induces tradeoffs among biodiversity and ecosystem services supported by trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(10). doi:10.1111/geb.13894

  12. Díaz-Martínez, P., Maestre, F. T., Moreno-Jiménez, E., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Saiz, H., . . . Rodríguez, A. (2024). Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands. Nature Climate Change, 14(9), 976-982. doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02087-y

  13. Török, P., Lindborg, R., Eldridge, D., & Pakeman, R. (2024). Grazing effects on vegetation: Biodiversity, management, and restoration. Applied Vegetation Science, 27(3). doi:10.1111/avsc.12794

  14. Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2024). Woody encroachment: social–ecological impacts and sustainable management. Biological Reviews, 99(6), 1909-1926. doi:10.1111/brv.13104

  15. Ochoa-Hueso, R., Eldridge, D. J., Berdugo, M., Trivedi, P., Sokoya, B., Cano-Díaz, C., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2024). Unearthing the soil-borne microbiome of land plants. Global Change Biology, 30(5). doi:10.1111/gcb.17295

  16. Feng, J., Liu, Y. R., Eldridge, D., Huang, Q., Tan, W., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2024). Geologically younger ecosystems are more dependent on soil biodiversity for supporting function. Nature Communications, 15(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-024-48289-y

  17. Eldridge, D. J., Ding, J., Dorrough, J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Sala, O., Gross, N., . . . Stavi, I. (2024). Correction to: Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands (Nature Plants, (2024), 10, 5, (760-770), 10.1038/s41477-024-01670-7). Nature Plants, 10(5), 829. doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01708-w

  18. Eldridge, D. J., Ding, J., Dorrough, J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Sala, O., Gross, N., . . . Stavi, I. (2024). Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands. Nature Plants. doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01670-7

  19. Tu, Y., Zhu, Y., Yang, X., & Eldridge, D. J. (2024). Predicted changes in distribution and grazing value of Stipa-based plant communities across the Eurasian steppe. Journal of Environmental Management, 356. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120757

  20. Macintosh, A., Butler, D., Larraondo, P., Evans, M. C., Ansell, D., Waschka, M., . . . Summerfield, P. (2024). Australian human-induced native forest regeneration carbon offset projects have limited impact on changes in woody vegetation cover and carbon removals. Communications Earth and Environment, 5(1). doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01313-x

  21. Ma, T., Maestre, F. T., Eldridge, D. J., Ke, W., Hu, T., & Ye, J. S. (2024). Fertile island effects across soil depths in drylands of the Tibetan Plateau. Plant and Soil, 503(1-2), 385-396. doi:10.1007/s11104-024-06591-0

  22. Eldridge, D. J., Cui, H., Ding, J., Berdugo, M., Sáez-Sandino, T., Duran, J., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2024). Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services. npj Urban Sustainability, 4(1). doi:10.1038/s42949-024-00154-z

  23. Biancari, L., Aguiar, M. R., Saiz, H., Gross, N., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Eldridge, D. J., & Maestre, F. T. (2024). Upper boundary on tree cover at global drylands. New Phytologist, 242(3), 836-840. doi:10.1111/nph.19598

  24. Szejgis, J., Carrillo, Y., Jeffries, T. C., Dijkstra, F. A., Chieppa, J., Horn, S., . . . Nielsen, U. N. (2024). Altered rainfall greatly affects enzyme activity but has limited effect on microbial biomass in Australian dryland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 189. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109277

  25. Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2024). Ecosystem service trade-offs resulting from woody plant removal vary with biome, encroachment stage and removal method. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61(2), 236-248. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.14551

  26. Eldridge, D. J., & Sala, O. (2023). Australia’s carbon plan disregards evidence. Science, 382(6673), 893-895. doi:10.1126/science.adm7310

  27. Maisnam, P., Jeffries, T. C., Szejgis, J., Bristol, D., Singh, B. K., Eldridge, D. J., . . . Nielsen, U. N. (2023). Severe Prolonged Drought Favours Stress-Tolerant Microbes in Australian Drylands. Microbial Ecology, 86(4), 3097-3110. doi:10.1007/s00248-023-02303-w

  28. Sáez-Sandino, T., Gallardo, A., Eldridge, D. J., Berhe, A. A., Doetterl, S., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2024). Plant footprint decreases the functional diversity of molecules in topsoil organic matter after millions of years of ecosystem development. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(1), 162-172. doi:10.1111/geb.13770

  29. Rahimi, F., Farzam, M., Dastorani, M. T., Ahmadpour, A., & Eldridge, D. J. (2024). Effects of soil mulches and conditioners on seedling emergence and survival of Astragalus nigricans Barneby in an arid steppe rangeland. Restoration Ecology, 32(2). doi:10.1111/rec.14009

2024A

2023

  1. Dorrough, J., Val, J., Travers, S. K., Wilson, B., Eldridge, D. J., Carrillo, Y., . . . Oliver, I. (2023). Integrated analysis of aboveground and belowground indicators support a comprehensive evaluation of ecosystem recovery. Restoration Ecology, 31(8). doi:10.1111/rec.13987

  2. Mallen-Cooper, M., Cornwell, W. K., Slavich, E., Sabot, M. E. B., Xirocostas, Z. A., & Eldridge, D. J. (2023). Limited range shifting in biocrusts despite climate warming: A 25-year resurvey. Journal of Ecology, 111(10), 2194-2207. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14169

  3. Tian, C., Ju, M., Eldridge, D. J., Bu, C., Bai, X., Li, Y., & Guo, Q. (2023). Exogenous microorganisms promote moss biocrust restoration and shape microbiomes in a sandy desert. Plant and Soil, 491(1-2), 421-437. doi:10.1007/s11104-023-06124-1

  4. Conti, L., Valencia, E., Galland, T., Götzenberger, L., Lepš, J., E-Vojtkó, A., . . . De Bello, F. (2023). Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(2001). doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.0344

  5. Flores-Moreno, H., Dalrymple, R. L., Cornwell, W. K., Popovic, G., Nakagawa, S., Atkinson, J., . . . Moles, A. T. (2023). Is Australia weird? A cross-continental comparison of biological, geological and climatological features. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11. doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1073842

  6. Eldridge, D. J., & Ding, J. (2023). Pitting fails to sustain increases in ecosystem structure in arid rangelands. Restoration Ecology, 31(6). doi:10.1111/rec.13929

  7. Eldridge, D. J., Guirado, E., Reich, P. B., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Berdugo, M., Sáez-Sandino, T., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023). The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services. Nature Geoscience, 16(5), 430-438. doi:10.1038/s41561-023-01170-x

  8. Liu, Y. R., van der Heijden, M. G. A., Riedo, J., Sanz-Lazaro, C., Eldridge, D. J., Bastida, F., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023). Publisher Correction: Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide (Nature Communications, (2023), 14, 1, (1706), 10.1038/s41467-023-37428-6). Nature Communications, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37920-z

  9. Eldridge, D. J., & Soliveres, S. (2023). Rewilding soil-disturbing vertebrates to rehabilitate degraded landscapes: benefits and risks. Biology Letters, 19(4). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2022.0544

  10. Liu, Y. R., van der Heijden, M. G. A., Riedo, J., Sanz-Lazaro, C., Eldridge, D. J., Bastida, F., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023). Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide. Nature Communications, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37428-6

  11. Delgado-Baquerizo, M., García-Palacios, P., Bradford, M. A., Eldridge, D. J., Berdugo, M., Sáez-Sandino, T., . . . Plaza, C. (2023). Biogenic factors explain soil carbon in paired urban and natural ecosystems worldwide. Nature Climate Change, 13(5), 450-455. doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01646-z

  12. Eldridge, D. J., Ding, J., & Val, J. (2023). Foraging pit location provides valuable insights into critical habitat requirements of soil engineers. Landscape Ecology, 38(5), 1209-1220. doi:10.1007/s10980-023-01610-4

  13. Fan, K., Chu, H., Eldridge, D. J., Gaitan, J. J., Liu, Y. R., Sokoya, B., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2023). Soil biodiversity supports the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 7(1), 113-126. doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01935-4

  14. Jouquet, P., Harit, A., Bottinelli, N., & Eldridge, D. J. (2023). Termite bioturbation: Fungal versus non-fungal building strategies lead to different soil sheeting stability. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 176. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108868

  15. Mallen-Cooper, M., Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2022). Contrasting effects of vegetation cover and site condition on biocrust communities in subhumid drylands. Journal of Vegetation Science, 33(6). doi:10.1111/jvs.13161

  16. Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. (2023). The success of woody plant removal depends on encroachment stage and plant traits. Nature Plants, 9(1), 58-67. doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01307-7

  17. Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Hu, H. W., Maestre, F. T., Guerra, C. A., Eisenhauer, N., Eldridge, D. J., . . . He, J. Z. (2022). The global distribution and environmental drivers of the soil antibiotic resistome. Microbiome, 10(1). doi:10.1186/s40168-022-01405-w

  18. Mallen-Cooper, M., Rodríguez-Caballero, E., Eldridge, D. J., Weber, B., Büdel, B., Höhne, H., & Cornwell, W. K. (2023). Towards an understanding of future range shifts in lichens and mosses under climate change. Journal of Biogeography, 50(2), 406-417. doi:10.1111/jbi.14542

2023A

2022

  1. Maestre, F. T., Eldridge, D. J., Gross, N., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Saiz, H., Gozalo, B., . . . Gaitán, J. J. (2022). The BIODESERT survey: Assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands. Web Ecology, 22(2), 75-96. doi:10.5194/we-22-75-2022

  2. Maestre, F. T., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Saiz, H., Berdugo, M., . . . Rey, P. J. (2022). Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands. Science, 378(6622), 915-920. doi:10.1126/science.abq4062

  3. Guerra, C. A., Berdugo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Eisenhauer, N., Singh, B. K., Cui, H., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2022). Global hotspots for soil nature conservation. Nature, 610(7933), 693-698. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05292-x

  4. Zhou, G., Lucas-Borja, M. E., Eisenhauer, N., Eldridge, D. J., Liu, S., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2022). Understorey biodiversity supports multiple ecosystem services in mature Mediterranean forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 172. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108774

  5. Weber, B., Belnap, J., Büdel, B., Antoninka, A. J., Barger, N. N., Chaudhary, V. B., . . . Bowker, M. A. (2022). What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community. Biological Reviews, 97(5), 1768-1785. doi:10.1111/brv.12862

  6. Val, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2022). Invasion of an exotic annual forb affects grass-feeding termites in a semi-arid woodland. Austral Ecology, 47(5), 997-1005. doi:10.1111/aec.13184

  7. Mallen-Cooper, M., Atkinson, J., Xirocostas, Z. A., Wijas, B., Chiarenza, G. M., Dadzie, F. A., & Eldridge, D. J. (2022). Global synthesis reveals strong multifaceted effects of eucalypts on soils. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31(8), 1667-1678. doi:10.1111/geb.13522

  8. Zhou, G., Zhou, X., Eldridge, D. J., Han, X., Song, Y., Liu, R., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2022). Temperature and Rainfall Patterns Constrain the Multidimensional Rewilding of Global Forests. Advanced Science, 9(18). doi:10.1002/advs.202201144

  9. Eldridge, D. J., Oliver, I., Powell, J. R., Dorrough, J., Carrillo, Y., Nielsen, U. N., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2022). Temporal dynamics in biotic and functional recovery following mining. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59(6), 1632-1643. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.14172

  10. Jouquet, P., Harit, A., Hervé, V., Moger, H., Carrijo, T., Donoso, D. A., . . . Bottinelli, N. (2022). The impact of termites on soil sheeting properties is better explained by environmental factors than by their feeding and building strategies. Geoderma, 412. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115706

  11. Neilly, H., Cale, P., & Eldridge, D. J. (2022). Incubation mound building by the Australian megapode (malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata) creates novel, resource-rich patches in a semi-arid woodland. Journal of Ecology, 110(6), 1432-1441. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13883

  12. Eldridge, D. J., Ding, J., & Travers, S. K. (2022). A Global Synthesis of the Effects of Livestock Activity on Hydrological Processes. Ecosystems, 25(8), 1780-1791. doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00746-9

  13. Sperandii, M. G., de Bello, F., Valencia, E., Götzenberger, L., Bazzichetto, M., Galland, T., . . . Lepš, J. (2022). LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots. Journal of Vegetation Science, 33(2). doi:10.1111/jvs.13115

  14. Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2022). Roadside verges support greater ecosystem functions than adjacent agricultural land in a grassy woodland. Journal of Environmental Management, 308. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114625

  15. Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2022). Drivers of soil biodiversity vary with organism type along an extensive aridity gradient. Applied Soil Ecology, 170. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104271

  16. Ding, J., Travers, S. K., & Eldridge, D. J. (2022). Microbial communities are associated with indicators of soil surface condition across a continental gradient. Geoderma, 405. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115439

2022A

2021

  1. Kakeh, J., Gorji, M., Mohammadi, M. H., Asadi, H., Khormali, F., Sohrabi, M., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Biocrust islands enhance infiltration, and reduce runoff and sediment yield on a heavily salinized dryland soil. Geoderma, 404. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115329

  2. Cai, Y., Yan, Y., Wang, C., Xu, D., Wang, X., Xin, X., . . . Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Effect of shrubs on soil saturated hydraulic conductivity depends on the grazing regime in a semi-arid shrub-encroached grassland. Catena, 207. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2021.105680

  3. Ding, J., Travers, S. K., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Occurrence of Australian woody species is driven by soil moisture and available phosphorus across a climatic gradient. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(6). doi:10.1111/jvs.13095

  4. Ding, J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Wang, J. T., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Ecosystem functions are related to tree diversity in forests but soil biodiversity in open woodlands and shrublands. Journal of Ecology, 109(12), 4158-4170. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13788

  5. Eldridge, D. J., Mallen-Cooper, M., & Ding, J. (2021). Biocrust functional traits reinforce runon-runoff patchiness in drylands. Geoderma, 400. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115152

  6. Bastida, F., Jehmlich, N., Starke, R., Schallert, K., Benndorf, D., López-Mondéjar, R., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2021). Structure and function of bacterial metaproteomes across biomes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 160. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108331

  7. Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Liu, Y. R., Sokoya, B., Wang, J. T., Hu, H. W., . . . Fierer, N. (2021). Global homogenization of the structure and function in the soil microbiome of urban greenspaces. Science Advances, 7(28). doi:10.1126/sciadv.abg5809

  8. Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Climate and plants regulate the spatial variation in soil multifunctionality across a climatic gradient. Catena, 201. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2021.105233

  9. Liu, Y. R., Eldridge, D. J., Zeng, X. M., Wang, J., Singh, B. K., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2021). Global diversity and ecological drivers of lichenised soil fungi. New Phytologist, 231(3), 1210-1219. doi:10.1111/nph.17433

  10. Maestre, F. T., Benito, B. M., Berdugo, M., Concostrina-Zubiri, L., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., . . . Soliveres, S. (2021). Biogeography of global drylands. New Phytologist, 231(2), 540-558. doi:10.1111/nph.17395

  11. Eldridge, D. J., & Koen, T. B. (2021). Temporal changes in soil function in a wooded dryland following simulated disturbance by a vertebrate engineer. Catena, 200. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2021.105166

  12. Zhu, Y., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Shan, D., Yang, X., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Grazing impacts on ecosystem functions exceed those from mowing. Plant and Soil, 464(1-2), 579-591. doi:10.1007/s11104-021-04970-5

  13. Eldridge, D. J., Travers, S. K., Val, J., Ding, J., Wang, J. T., Singh, B. K., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2021). Experimental evidence of strong relationships between soil microbial communities and plant germination. Journal of Ecology, 109(6), 2488-2498. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13660

  14. Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Community-level responses to increasing dryness vary with plant growth form across an extensive aridity gradient. Journal of Biogeography, 48(7), 1788-1796. doi:10.1111/jbi.14114

  15. Eldridge, D. J., Ding, J., & Travers, S. K. (2021). Low-intensity kangaroo grazing has largely benign effects on soil health. Ecological Management and Restoration, 22(S1), 58-63. doi:10.1111/emr.12439

  16. Eldridge, D. J., & Ding, J. (2021). Remove or retain: ecosystem effects of woody encroachment and removal are linked to plant structural and functional traits. New Phytologist, 229(5), 2637-2646. doi:10.1111/nph.17045

  17. Bastida, F., Eldridge, D. J., García, C., Kenny Png, G., Bardgett, R. D., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2021). Soil microbial diversity–biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes. ISME Journal, 15(7), 2081-2091. doi:10.1038/s41396-021-00906-0

  18. Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). The fertile island effect varies with aridity and plant patch type across an extensive continental gradient. Plant and Soil, 459(1-2), 173-183. doi:10.1007/s11104-020-04731-w

  19. Eldridge, D. J., Benham, M., Singh, B. K., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2021). Ecosystem properties in urban areas vary with habitat type and settlement age. Plant and Soil, 461(1-2), 489-500. doi:10.1007/s11104-021-04836-w

  20. Eldridge, D. J., & Ding, J. (2021). Limited long-term effectiveness of roller-chopping for managing woody encroachment. Restoration Ecology, 29(1). doi:10.1111/rec.13274

  21. Ding, J., Travers, S. K., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Grow wider canopies or thicker stems: Variable response of woody plants to increasing dryness. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(1), 183-195. doi:10.1111/geb.13212

  22. Gibb, H., Silvey, C. J., Robinson, C., L'Hotellier, F. A., & Eldridge, D. J. (2021). Experimental evidence for ecological cascades following threatened mammal reintroduction. Ecology, 102(1). doi:10.1002/ecy.3191

2021A
2020A

2020

  1. Eldridge, D. J., Oliver, I., Val, J., Travers, S. K., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2020). Grazing and aridity have contrasting effects on the functional and taxonomic diversity of ants. Basic and Applied Ecology, 48, 73-82. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2020.07.003

  2. Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Reich, P. B., Bardgett, R. D., Eldridge, D. J., Lambers, H., Wardle, D. A., . . . Fierer, N. (2020). The influence of soil age on ecosystem structure and function across biomes. Nature Communications, 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18451-3

  3. Cano-Díaz, C., Maestre, F. T., Eldridge, D. J., Singh, B. K., Bardgett, R. D., Fierer, N., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2020). Contrasting environmental preferences of photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic soil cyanobacteria across the globe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(11), 2025-2038. doi:10.1111/geb.13173

  4. Valencia, E., de Bello, F., Galland, T., Adler, P. B., Lepš, J., E-Vojtkó, A., . . . Götzenberger, L. (2020). Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(39), 24345-24351. doi:10.1073/pnas.1920405117

  5. Eldridge, D. J., Reed, S., Travers, S. K., Bowker, M. A., Maestre, F. T., Ding, J., . . . Zhao, Y. (2020). The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands. Global Change Biology, 26(10), 6003-6014. doi:10.1111/gcb.15232

  6. Valencia, E., de Bello, F., Lepš, J., Galland, T., E-Vojtkó, A., Conti, L., . . . Götzenberger, L. (2020). Directional trends in species composition over time can lead to a widespread overemphasis of year-to-year asynchrony. Journal of Vegetation Science, 31(5), 792-802. doi:10.1111/jvs.12916

  7. Travers, S. K., Eldridge, D. J., Koen, T. B., Val, J., & Oliver, I. (2020). Livestock and kangaroo grazing have little effect on biomass and fuel hazard in semi-arid woodlands. Forest Ecology and Management, 467. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118165

  8. Felde, V. J. M. N. L., Rodriguez-Caballero, E., Chamizo, S., Rossi, F., Uteau, D., Peth, S., . . . Eldridge, D. J. (2020). Comment on ‘Kidron, G. J. (2018). Biocrust research: A critical view on eight common hydrological-related paradigms and dubious theses. Ecohydrology, e2061’. Ecohydrology, 13(6). doi:10.1002/eco.2215

  9. Eldridge, D. J., Oliver, I., Val, J., & Travers, S. K. (2020). Limited evidence for the use of livestock for the conservation management of exotic plant cover. Australian Journal of Botany, 68(2), 137-145. doi:10.1071/BT19183

  10. Zhu, Y., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Shan, D., Yang, X., Liu, Y., & Eldridge, D. J. (2020). Diversity-productivity relationships vary in response to increasing land-use intensity. Plant and Soil, 450(1-2), 511-520. doi:10.1007/s11104-020-04516-1

  11. Ding, J., & Eldridge, D. J. (2020). Biotic and abiotic effects on biocrust cover vary with microsite along an extensive aridity gradient. Plant and Soil, 450(1-2), 429-441. doi:10.1007/s11104-020-04517-0

  12. Marquart, A., Eldridge, D. J., Geissler, K., Lobas, C., & Blaum, N. (2020). Interconnected effects of shrubs, invertebrate-derived macropores and soil texture on water infiltration in a semi-arid savanna rangeland. Land Degradation and Development, 31(16), 2307-2318. doi:10.1002/ldr.3598

  13. Val, J., Travers, S. K., Oliver, I., & Eldridge, D. J. (2020). Perennial plant patches are sinks for seeds in semi-arid woodlands in varying condition. Applied Vegetation Science, 23(3), 377-385. doi:10.1111/avsc.12486

  14. Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Reich, P. B., Trivedi, C., Eldridge, D. J., Abades, S., Alfaro, F. D., . . . Singh, B. K. (2020). Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4(2), 210-220. doi:10.1038/s41559-019-1084-y

  15. Eldridge, D. J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Quero, J. L., Ochoa, V., Gozalo, B., García-Palacios, P., . . . Maestre, F. T. (2020). Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57(2), 424-435. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13540

  16. Cai, Y., Yan, Y., Xu, D., Xu, X., Wang, C., Wang, X., . . . Eldridge, D. J. (2020). The fertile island effect collapses under extreme overgrazing: evidence from a shrub-encroached grassland. Plant and Soil, 448(1-2), 201-212. doi:10.1007/s11104-020-04426-2

  17. Soliveres, S., & Eldridge, D. J. (2020). Dual community assembly processes in dryland biocrust communities. Functional Ecology, 34(4), 877-887. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13521

  18. Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Doulcier, G., Eldridge, D. J., Stouffer, D. B., Maestre, F. T., Wang, J., . . . Singh, B. K. (2020). Increases in aridity lead to drastic shifts in the assembly of dryland complex microbial networks. Land Degradation & Development. doi:10.1002/ldr.3453

  19. Eldridge, D. J., Ding, J., & Travers, S. K. (2020). Feral horse activity reduces environmental quality in ecosystems globally. Biological Conservation, 241. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108367

  20. Bastida, F., Eldridge, D. J., Abades, S., Alfaro, F. D., Gallardo, A., García-Velázquez, L., . . . Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2020). Climatic vulnerabilities and ecological preferences of soil invertebrates across biomes. Molecular Ecology, 29(4), 752-761. doi:10.1111/mec.15299

  21. Ding, J., Travers, S. K., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., & Eldridge, D. J. (2020). Multiple trade-offs regulate the effects of woody plant removal on biodiversity and ecosystem functions in global rangelands. Global Change Biology, 26(2), 709-720. doi:10.1111/gcb.14839

  22. Eldridge, D. J., Travers, S. K., Val, J., Wang, J. T., Liu, H., Singh, B. K., & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2020). Grazing Regulates the Spatial Heterogeneity of Soil Microbial Communities Within Ecological Networks. Ecosystems, 23(5), 932-942. doi:10.1007/s10021-019-00448-9

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