• Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands 

      Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl; Eldridge, David J.; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Soliveres, Santiago; Bowker, Matthew A.; Gross, Nicolás; Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann; Quero, José L.; García-Gómez, Miguel; Valencia, Enrique; Arredondo, Tulio; Beinticinco, Laura; Bran, Donaldo Eduardo; Cea, Alex; Coaguila, Daniel; Dougill, Andrew J.; Espinosa, Carlos I.; Gaitan, Juan Jose; Guuroh, Reginald T.; Guzmán, Elizabeth; Gutiérrez, Julio R.; Hernández, Rosa M.; Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth; Jeffries, Thomas; Linstädter, Anja; Mau, Rebecca L.; Monerris, Jorge; Prina, Anibal; Pucheta, Eduardo; Stavi, Ilan; Thomas, Andrew; Zaady, Eli; Singh, Brajesh K.; Maestre, Fernando Tomás (2018)
      Dryland vegetation is characterized by discrete plant patches that accumulate and capture soil resources under their canopies. These “fertile islands” are major drivers of dryland ecosystem structure and functioning, yet ...
    • Wood trait trade-offs in desert plants: A triangular model to understand intra- and interspecific variations along an aridity gradient 

      Melián, Edgardo; Gatica, Mario Gabriel; Pucheta, Eduardo (Wiley, 2023-03-20)
      The hydraulic architecture of woody plants may show intra- and interspecific variations along aridity gradients as a result of wood trait trade-offs, which depend on species-specific abilities to withstand or evade drought. ...