• 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 ...
    • Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands 

      Eldridge, David John; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Quero, José Luis; Ochoa, Victoria; Gozalo, Beatriz; García-Palacios, Pablo; Escolar, Cristina; García-Gómez, Miguel; Prina, Anibal; Bowker, Mathew Alan; Bran, Donaldo Eduardo; Castro, Ignacio; Cea, Alex; Derak, Mchich; Espinosa, Carlos Ivan; Florentino, Adriana; Gaitan, Juan Jose; Gatica, Gabriel; Gómez-González, Susana; Ghiloufi, Wahida; Gutierrez, Julio Roberto; Gusmán-Montalván, Elizabeth; Hernández, Rosa Mary; Hughes, Frederic Mendes; Muiño, Walter; Monerris, Jorge; Ospina, Abelardo; Ramirez, David A.; Ribas-Fernández, Yanina Antonia; Lisboa Romão, Roberto; Torres-Díaz, Cristian; Koen, Terrance B.; Maestre Gil, Fernando Tomás (Wiley, 2020-02)
      1. Multiple ecosystem functions need to be considered simultaneously to manage and protect the several ecosystem services that are essential to people and their environments. Despite this, cost effective, tangible, relatively ...