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2. Upper boundary on tree cover at global drylands
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Biancari, Lucio, primary, Aguiar, Martín R., additional, Saiz, Hugo, additional, Gross, Nicolas, additional, Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Yoann, additional, Eldridge, David J., additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
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- 2024
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3. Pushing the limits of C3 intrinsic water use efficiency in Mediterranean semiarid steppes: Responses of a drought‐avoider perennial grass to climate aridification
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Ren, Wei, primary, García‐Palacios, Pablo, additional, Soliveres, Santiago, additional, Prieto, Iván, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, and Querejeta, José Ignacio, additional
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- 2024
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4. Relative humidity predominantly determines long‐term biocrust‐forming lichen cover in drylands under climate change
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Shurong Zhou, Baldauf, Selina, Porada, Philipp, Maestre, Fernando T., Tietjen, Britta, Raggio Quílez, José, Shurong Zhou, Baldauf, Selina, Porada, Philipp, Maestre, Fernando T., Tietjen, Britta, and Raggio Quílez, José
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Manipulative experiments typically show a decrease in dryland biocrust cover and altered species composition under climate change. Biocrust-forming lichens, such as the globally distributed Diploschistes diacapsis, are particularly affected and show a decrease in cover with simulated climate change. However, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood, and long-term interacting effects of different drivers are largely unknown due to the short-term nature of the experimental studies conducted so far. We addressed this gap and successfully parameterised a process-based model for D. diacapsis to quantify how changing atmospheric CO2, temperature, rainfall amount and relative humidity affect its photosynthetic activity and cover. We also mimicked a long-term manipulative climate change experiment to understand the mechanisms underlying observed patterns in the field. The model reproduced observed experimental findings: warming reduced lichen cover, whereas less rainfall had no effect on lichen performance. This warming effect was caused by the associated decrease in relative humidity and non-rainfall water inputs, which are major water sources for biocrust-forming lichens. Warming alone, however, increased cover because higher temperatures promoted photosynthesis during early morning hours with high lichen activity. When combined, climate variables showed non-additive effects on lichen cover, and effects of increased CO2 levelled off with decreasing levels of relative humidity. Synthesis. Our results show that a decrease in relative humidity, rather than an increase in temperature, may be the key factor for the survival of the lichen D. diacapsis under climate change and that effects of increased CO2 levels might be offset by a reduction in non-rainfall water inputs in the future. Because of a global trend towards warmer and drier air and the widespread global distribution of D. diacapsis, this will affect lichen-dominated dryland biocrust communities an, European Research Council, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Depto. de Farmacología, Farmacognosia y Botánica, Fac. de Farmacia, TRUE, pub
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- 2024
5. Uncovering multiscale effects of aridity and biotic interactions on the functional structure of Mediterranean shrublands
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Susan Schwinning, Gross, Nicolas, Börger, Luca, Soriano‐Morales, Sara I., Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Yoann, Quero, José L., García‐Gómez, Miguel, Valencia Gómez, Enrique, Maestre, Fernando T., Susan Schwinning, Gross, Nicolas, Börger, Luca, Soriano‐Morales, Sara I., Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Yoann, Quero, José L., García‐Gómez, Miguel, Valencia Gómez, Enrique, and Maestre, Fernando T.
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Acknowledgements We thank K. Spellman, S. Schwinning and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on a previous version of the manuscript and the Spanish ‘Guardia Civil’ for their technical assistance during the field work. This research was funded by the European Research Council under the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC Grant agreement no. 242658 (BIOCOM) awarded to FTM. JLQ acknowledges support from the BIOCOM project. FTM acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministerio de Educación (‘Salvador de Madariaga program’, PR2010-0230) during the writing of the manuscript., 1. Habitat filtering (
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6. Warming reduces the cover, richness and evenness of lichen‐dominated biocrusts but promotes moss growth: insights from an 8 yr experiment
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Ladrón de Guevara, Mónica, Gozalo, Beatriz, Lafuente, Angela, Prieto, María, Maestre, Fernando T., Raggio Quílez, José, Ladrón de Guevara, Mónica, Gozalo, Beatriz, Lafuente, Angela, Prieto, María, Maestre, Fernando T., and Raggio Quílez, José
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Summary Despite the important role that biocrust communities play in maintaining ecosystem structure and functioning in drylands world-wide, few studies have evaluated how climate change will affect them. Using data from an 8-yr-old manipulative field experiment located in central Spain, we evaluated how warming, rainfall exclusion and their combination affected the dynamics of biocrust communities in areas that initially had low (< 20%, LIBC plots) and high (> 50%, HIBC plots) biocrust cover. Warming reduced the richness (35 ± 6%), diversity (25 ± 8%) and cover (82 ± 5%) of biocrusts in HIBC plots. The presence and abundance of mosses increased with warming through time in these plots, although their growth rate was much lower than the rate of lichen death, resulting in a net loss of biocrust cover. On average, warming caused a decrease in the abundance (64 ± 7%) and presence (38 ± 24%) of species in the HIBC plots. Over time, lichens and mosses colonized the LIBC plots, but this process was hampered by warming in the case of lichens. The observed reductions in the cover and diversity of lichen-dominated biocrusts with warming will lessen the capacity of drylands such as that studied here to sequester atmospheric CO2 and to provide other key ecosystem services associated to these communities., Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Gobierno de España, European Research Council (ERC), Depto. de Farmacología, Farmacognosia y Botánica, Fac. de Farmacia, TRUE, pub
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7. Invasive earthworms modulate native plant trait expression and competition
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Schwarz, Rike, primary, Eisenhauer, Nico, additional, Ferlian, Olga, additional, Maestre, Fernando. T., additional, Rosenbaum, Benjamin, additional, Uthe, Henriette, additional, and Thouvenot, Lise, additional
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- 2023
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8. Symbiotic status alters fungal eco-evolutionary offspring trajectories
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Aguilar Trigueros, César A., Krah, Franz-Sebastian, Cornwell, William K., Zanne, Amy, Abrego, Nerea, Anderson, Ian C., Andrew, Carrie J., Baldrian, Petr, Bässler, Claus, Bissett, Andrew, Chaudhary, V.B., Chen, Baodong, Chen, Yongliang, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Deveautour, Coline, Egidi, E., Flores-Moreno, Habacuc, Golan, Jacob, Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob, Hempel, Stefan, Hu, Yajun, Kauserud, Håvard, Kivlin, Stephanie N., Kohout, Petr, Lammel, Daniel R., Maestre, Fernando T., Pringle, Anne, Purhonen, Jenna, Singh, Brajesh K., Veresoglou, Stavros, Vetrovský, Tomáš, Zhang, Haiyang, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Australian Research Council, BundesmForschunginisterium für Bildung und, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdiens, Grantová Agentura České Republiky, European Commission, Universities Australia, Aguilar Trigueros, César A., Krah, Franz-Sebastian, Zanne, Amy, Abrego, Nerea, Baldrian, Petr, Bässler, Claus, Bissett, Andrew, Chen, Baodong, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Egidi, E., Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob, Kohout, Petr, Maestre, Fernando T., Singh, Brajesh K., Veresoglou, Stavros, and Zhang, Haiyang
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12 páginas.- 3 figuras.- 1 tablas.- referencias.- Additional supporting information can be found online in the Supporting Information section at the end of this article.https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14271, Despite host-fungal symbiotic interactions being ubiquitous in all ecosystems, understanding how symbiosis has shaped the ecology and evolution of fungal spores that are involved in dispersal and colonization of their hosts has been ignored in life-history studies. We assembled a spore morphology database covering over 26,000 species of free-living to symbiotic fungi of plants, insects and humans and found more than eight orders of variation in spore size. Evolutionary transitions in symbiotic status correlated with shifts in spore size, but the strength of this effect varied widely among phyla. Symbiotic status explained more variation than climatic variables in the current distribution of spore sizes of plant-associated fungi at a global scale while the dispersal potential of their spores is more restricted compared to free-living fungi. Our work advances life-history theory by highlighting how the interaction between symbiosis and offspring morphology shapes the reproductive and dispersal strategies among living forms., Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, grant/Award Number: Feodor-Lynen Fellowship; Australian Research Council, Grant/Award Number: DP190103714 and FT0100590; BundesmForschunginisterium für Bildung und , Grant/Award Number: 01LC1501A; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Grant/Award Number: HE6183; Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst; Division of Environmental Biology, Grant/Award Number: 1623040 and 1655759; Grantová Agentura České Republiky, Grant/Award Number: 21-17749S; H2020 European Research Council, Grant/Award Number: 647038 and 694368; Universities Australia
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- 2023
9. Symbiotic status alters fungal eco‐evolutionary offspring trajectories
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Aguilar‐Trigueros, Carlos A., primary, Krah, Franz‐Sebastian, additional, Cornwell, William K., additional, Zanne, Amy E., additional, Abrego, Nerea, additional, Anderson, Ian C., additional, Andrew, Carrie J., additional, Baldrian, Petr, additional, Bässler, Claus, additional, Bissett, Andrew, additional, Chaudhary, V. Bala, additional, Chen, Baodong, additional, Chen, Yongliang, additional, Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, additional, Deveautour, Coline, additional, Egidi, Eleonora, additional, Flores‐Moreno, Habacuc, additional, Golan, Jacob, additional, Heilmann‐Clausen, Jacob, additional, Hempel, Stefan, additional, Hu, Yajun, additional, Kauserud, Håvard, additional, Kivlin, Stephanie N., additional, Kohout, Petr, additional, Lammel, Daniel R., additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Pringle, Anne, additional, Purhonen, Jenna, additional, Singh, Brajesh K., additional, Veresoglou, Stavros D., additional, Větrovský, Tomáš, additional, Zhang, Haiyang, additional, Rillig, Matthias C., additional, and Powell, Jeff R., additional
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- 2023
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10. The impact of agricultural management on soil aggregation and carbon storage is regulated by climatic thresholds across a 3000 km European gradient
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Edlinger, Anna, primary, Garland, Gina, additional, Banerjee, Samiran, additional, Degrune, Florine, additional, García‐Palacios, Pablo, additional, Herzog, Chantal, additional, Pescador, David Sánchez, additional, Romdhane, Sana, additional, Ryo, Masahiro, additional, Saghaï, Aurélien, additional, Hallin, Sara, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Philippot, Laurent, additional, Rillig, Matthias C., additional, and van der Heijden, Marcel G. A., additional
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- 2023
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11. Symbiotic status alters fungal eco‐evolutionary offspring trajectories
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Aguilar‐Trigueros, Carlos A., Krah, Franz‐Sebastian, Cornwell, William K., Zanne, Amy E., Abrego, Nerea, Anderson, Ian C., Andrew, Carrie J., Baldrian, Petr, Bässler, Claus, Bissett, Andrew, Chaudhary, V. Bala, Chen, Baodong, Chen, Yongliang, Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Deveautour, Coline, Egidi, Eleonora, Flores‐Moreno, Habacuc, Golan, Jacob, Heilmann‐Clausen, Jacob, Hempel, Stefan, Hu, Yajun, Kauserud, Håvard, Kivlin, Stephanie N., Kohout, Petr, Lammel, Daniel R., Maestre, Fernando T., Pringle, Anne, Purhonen, Jenna, Singh, Brajesh K., Veresoglou, Stavros D., Větrovský, Tomáš, Zhang, Haiyang, Rillig, Matthias C., and Powell, Jeff R.
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life-history ,koko ,symbioosi ,fungi ,functional ecology ,offspring size ,sienet ,symbiosis ,itiöt - Abstract
Despite host-fungal symbiotic interactions being ubiquitous in all ecosystems, understanding how symbiosis has shaped the ecology and evolution of fungal spores that are involved in dispersal and colonization of their hosts has been ignored in life-history studies. We assembled a spore morphology database covering over 26,000 species of free-living to symbiotic fungi of plants, insects and humans and found more than eight orders of variation in spore size. Evolutionary transitions in symbiotic status correlated with shifts in spore size, but the strength of this effect varied widely among phyla. Symbiotic status explained more variation than climatic variables in the current distribution of spore sizes of plant-associated fungi at a global scale while the dispersal potential of their spores is more restricted compared to free-living fungi. Our work advances life-history theory by highlighting how the interaction between symbiosis and offspring morphology shapes the reproductive and dispersal strategies among living forms. peerReviewed
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12. Soils in warmer and less developed countries have less micronutrients globally
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Moreno‐Jiménez, Eduardo, primary, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Flagmeier, Maren, additional, Guirado, Emilio, additional, Berdugo, Miguel, additional, Bastida, Felipe, additional, Dacal, Marina, additional, Díaz‐Martínez, Paloma, additional, Ochoa‐Hueso, Raúl, additional, Plaza, César, additional, Rillig, Matthias C., additional, Crowther, Thomas W., additional, and Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, additional
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13. Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi
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Tedersoo, Leho, primary, Mikryukov, Vladimir, additional, Zizka, Alexander, additional, Bahram, Mohammad, additional, Hagh‐Doust, Niloufar, additional, Anslan, Sten, additional, Prylutskyi, Oleh, additional, Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Pärn, Jaan, additional, Öpik, Maarja, additional, Moora, Mari, additional, Zobel, Martin, additional, Espenberg, Mikk, additional, Mander, Ülo, additional, Khalid, Abdul Nasir, additional, Corrales, Adriana, additional, Agan, Ahto, additional, Vasco‐Palacios, Aída‐M., additional, Saitta, Alessandro, additional, Rinaldi, Andrea C., additional, Verbeken, Annemieke, additional, Sulistyo, Bobby P., additional, Tamgnoue, Boris, additional, Furneaux, Brendan, additional, Ritter, Camila Duarte, additional, Nyamukondiwa, Casper, additional, Sharp, Cathy, additional, Marín, César, additional, Gohar, Daniyal, additional, Klavina, Darta, additional, Sharmah, Dipon, additional, Dai, Dong Qin, additional, Nouhra, Eduardo, additional, Biersma, Elisabeth Machteld, additional, Rähn, Elisabeth, additional, Cameron, Erin K., additional, De Crop, Eske, additional, Otsing, Eveli, additional, Davydov, Evgeny A., additional, Albornoz, Felipe E., additional, Brearley, Francis Q., additional, Buegger, Franz, additional, Zahn, Geoffrey, additional, Bonito, Gregory, additional, Hiiesalu, Inga, additional, Barrio, Isabel C., additional, Heilmann‐Clausen, Jacob, additional, Ankuda, Jelena, additional, Kupagme, John Y., additional, Maciá‐Vicente, Jose G., additional, Fovo, Joseph Djeugap, additional, Geml, József, additional, Alatalo, Juha M., additional, Alvarez‐Manjarrez, Julieta, additional, Põldmaa, Kadri, additional, Runnel, Kadri, additional, Adamson, Kalev, additional, Bråthen, Kari Anne, additional, Pritsch, Karin, additional, Tchan, Kassim I., additional, Armolaitis, Kęstutis, additional, Hyde, Kevin D., additional, Newsham, Kevin K., additional, Panksep, Kristel, additional, Lateef, Adebola A., additional, Tiirmann, Liis, additional, Hansson, Linda, additional, Lamit, Louis J., additional, Saba, Malka, additional, Tuomi, Maria, additional, Gryzenhout, Marieka, additional, Bauters, Marijn, additional, Piepenbring, Meike, additional, Wijayawardene, Nalin, additional, Yorou, Nourou S., additional, Kurina, Olavi, additional, Mortimer, Peter E., additional, Meidl, Peter, additional, Kohout, Petr, additional, Nilsson, Rolf Henrik, additional, Puusepp, Rasmus, additional, Drenkhan, Rein, additional, Garibay‐Orijel, Roberto, additional, Godoy, Roberto, additional, Alkahtani, Saad, additional, Rahimlou, Saleh, additional, Dudov, Sergey V., additional, Põlme, Sergei, additional, Ghosh, Soumya, additional, Mundra, Sunil, additional, Ahmed, Talaat, additional, Netherway, Tarquin, additional, Henkel, Terry W., additional, Roslin, Tomas, additional, Nteziryayo, Vincent, additional, Fedosov, Vladimir E., additional, Onipchenko, Vladimir G., additional, Yasanthika, W. A. Erandi, additional, Lim, Young Woon, additional, Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., additional, Antonelli, Alexandre, additional, Kõljalg, Urmas, additional, and Abarenkov, Kessy, additional
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- 2022
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14. Biocrust‐forming lichens increase soil available phosphorus under simulated climate change
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Concostrina‐Zubiri, Laura, Valencia, Enrique, Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, Mendoza, Betty J., Maestre, Fernando T., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', and Laboratorio de Ecología de Zonas Áridas y Cambio Global (DRYLAB)
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Drylands are important reservoirs of soil phosphorus (P) at the global scale, although large uncertainties remain regarding how climate change will affect P cycling in these ecosystems. Biocrust-forming lichens are important regulators of abiotic and biotic processes occurring in the soil surface, including nutrient availability and redistribution, across global drylands. However, their role as modulators of climate change impacts on soil P cycling is poorly known. We conducted a manipulative microcosm experiment to evaluate how six biocrust-forming lichens (Buellia zoharyi, Diploschistes diacapsis, Fulgensia subbracteata, Psora decipiens, Squamarina lentigera, and Toninia sedifolia) with diverse morphology and chemistry affect soil available P concentration and the activity of acid phosphatase after 50 months of simulated ~2°C warming and 35% rainfall reduction. Lichens increased soil available inorganic and total available P, and the activity of acid phosphatase, although the magnitude of these effects was highly species-specific. Climate change treatments increased available organic P regardless of lichen species. Our findings provide novel experimental evidence on the importance of biocrusts as modulators of P cycling in drylands and highlight the necessity to take into account the identity of biocrust constituents when evaluating their effects on soil fertility. This research was funded by the European Research Council (ERC Grant Agreements 242658 [BIOCOM] and 647038 [BIODESERT] awarded to F.T.M), and by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA Grant Agreement 795380 [INDECRUST] awarded to L.C-Z.). E.V. was supported by the 2017 program for attracting and retaining talent of Comunidad de Madrid (no. 2017‐T2/ AM B‐ 5406). F.T.M . also acknowledges support from Generalitat Valenciana (CIDEGENT/2018/041).
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15. Biocrusts increase the resistance to warming‐induced increases in topsoil P pools
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García‐Velázquez, Laura, primary, Gallardo, Antonio, additional, Ochoa, Victoria, additional, Gozalo, Beatriz, additional, Lázaro, Roberto, additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
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- 2022
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16. What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community
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Weber, Bettina, primary, Belnap, Jayne, additional, Büdel, Burkhard, additional, Antoninka, Anita J., additional, Barger, Nichole N., additional, Chaudhary, V. Bala, additional, Darrouzet‐Nardi, Anthony, additional, Eldridge, David J., additional, Faist, Akasha M., additional, Ferrenberg, Scott, additional, Havrilla, Caroline A., additional, Huber‐Sannwald, Elisabeth, additional, Malam Issa, Oumarou, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Reed, Sasha C., additional, Rodriguez‐Caballero, Emilio, additional, Tucker, Colin, additional, Young, Kristina E., additional, Zhang, Yuanming, additional, Zhao, Yunge, additional, Zhou, Xiaobing, additional, and Bowker, Matthew A., additional
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- 2022
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17. Relative humidity predominantly determines long‐term biocrust‐forming lichen cover in drylands under climate change
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Baldauf, Selina, Porada, Philipp, Raggio, José, Maestre, Fernando T., Tietjen, Britta, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, and Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef'
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0106 biological sciences ,biological soil crusts ,dew ,Climate change ,Plant Science ,Diploschistes diacapsis ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,German ,Political science ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,2. Zero hunger ,drylands ,Ecology ,simulation model ,European research ,Drylands ,Biological soil crusts ,Dew ,Forestry ,Ecología ,15. Life on land ,language.human_language ,climate change ,13. Climate action ,Research centre ,language ,Simulation model ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
1. Manipulative experiments typically show a decrease in dryland biocrust cover and altered species composition under climate change. Biocrust‐forming lichens, such as the globally distributed Diploschistes diacapsis, are particularly affected and show a decrease in cover with simulated climate change. However, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood, and long‐term interacting effects of different drivers are largely unknown due to the short‐term nature of the experimental studies conducted so far. 2. We addressed this gap and successfully parameterised a process‐based model for D. diacapsis to quantify how changing atmospheric CO2, temperature, rainfall amount and relative humidity affect its photosynthetic activity and cover. We also mimicked a long‐term manipulative climate change experiment to understand the mechanisms underlying observed patterns in the field. 3. The model reproduced observed experimental findings: warming reduced lichen cover, whereas less rainfall had no effect on lichen performance. This warming effect was caused by the associated decrease in relative humidity and non‐rainfall water inputs, which are major water sources for biocrust‐forming lichens. Warming alone, however, increased cover because higher temperatures promoted photosynthesis during early morning hours with high lichen activity. When combined, climate variables showed non‐additive effects on lichen cover, and effects of increased CO2 levelled off with decreasing levels of relative humidity. 4. Synthesis. Our results show that a decrease in relative humidity, rather than an increase in temperature, may be the key factor for the survival of the lichen D. diacapsis under climate change and that effects of increased CO2 levels might be offset by a reduction in non‐rainfall water inputs in the future. Because of a global trend towards warmer and drier air and the widespread global distribution of D. diacapsis, this will affect lichen‐dominated dryland biocrust communities and their role in regulating ecosystem functions worldwide. This research was supported by the Collaborative Research Centre 973 (www.sfb973.de) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and by the European Research Council (grant agreement no. 647038 (BIODESERT)). P. Porada appreciates funding by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)—408092731. F.T. Maestre acknowledges support from Generalitat Valenciana (CIDEGENT/2018/041) and the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation. J. Raggio acknowledges the ERA-Net BiodivERsA program as Soil Crust InterNational (SCIN) and The Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) project numbers PRI-PIMBDV-2011-0874 and CRYPTOCOVER, CTM2015-64728-C21-R.
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18. Effects of vegetation on soil cyanobacterial communities through time and space
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Cano-Díaz, Concha, Maestre, Fernando T., Wang, Juntao, Li, Jing, Singh, Brajesh, Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Cano-Díaz, Concha, Maestre, Fernando T., Wang, Juntao, Li, Jing, Singh, Brajesh, Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, and Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel
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Photoautotrophic soil cyanobacteria play essential ecological roles and are known to experience large changes in their diversity and abundance throughout early succession. However, much less is known about how and why soil cyanobacterial communities change as soil develops from centuries to millennia, and the effects of vegetation on them. We combined an extensive field survey including 16 global soil chronosequences across contrasting ecosystems (from deserts to tropical forests) with molecular analyses to investigate how the diversity and abundance of photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic soil cyanobacteria under vegetation change during soil development from hundreds to thousands of years. We show that, in most chronosequences, the abundance, species richness and community composition of soil cyanobacteria were relatively stable as soil develops (from centuries to millennia). Regardless of soil age, forest chronosequences were consistently dominated by non-photosynthetic cyanobacteria (Vampirovibrionia), while grasslands and shrublands were dominated by photosynthetic cyanobacteria. Chronosequences undergoing drastic vegetation shifts (e.g. transitions from grasslands to forests) experienced significant changes in the composition of soil cyanobacteria communities. Our results advance our understanding of the ecology of cyanobacterial classes, specially the understudied non-photosynthetic ones and highlight the key role of vegetation as a major driver of their temporal dynamics as soil develops.
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- 2022
19. Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi
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Tedersoo, Leho, Mikryukov, Vladimir, Zizka, Alexander, Bahram, Mohammad, Hagh-Doust, Niloufar, Anslan, Sten, Prylutskyi, Oleh, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Maestre, Fernando T., Pärn, Jaan, Öpik, Maarja, Moora, Mari, Zobel, Martin, Espenberg, Mikk, Mander, Ülo, Khalid, Abdul Nasir, Corrales, Adriana, Agan, Ahto, Vasco-Palacios, Aída-M., Saitta, Alessandro, Rinaldi, Andrea C., Verbeken, Annemieke, Sulistyo, Bobby P., Tamgnoue, Boris, Furneaux, Brendan, Ritter, Camila Duarte, Nyamukondiwa, Casper, Sharp, Cathy, Marín, César, Gohar, Daniyal, Klavina, Darta, Sharmah, Dipon, Dai, Dong Qin, Nouhra, Eduardo, Biersma, Elisabeth Machteld, Rähn, Elisabeth, Cameron, Erin K., De Crop, Eske, Otsing, Eveli, Davydov, Evgeny A., Albornoz, Felipe E., Brearley, Francis Q., Buegger, Franz, Zahn, Geoffrey, Bonito, Gregory, Hiiesalu, Inga, Barrio, Isabel C., Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob, Ankuda, Jelena, Kupagme, John Y., Maciá-Vicente, Jose G., Djeugap Fovo, Joseph, Geml, József, Alatalo, Juha M., Alvarez-Manjarrez, Julieta, Põldmaa, Kadri, Runnel, Kadri, Adamson, Kalev, Bråthen, Kari Anne, Pritsch, Karin, Tchan, Kassim I., Armolaitis, Kęstutis, Hyde, Kevin D., Newsham, Kevin K., Panksep, Kristel, Lateef, Adebola A., Tiirmann, Liis, Hansson, Linda, Lamit, Louis J., Saba, Malka, Tuomi, Maria, Gryzenhout, Marieka, Bauters, Marijn, Piepenbring, Meike, Wijayawardene, Nalin, Yorou, Nourou S., Kurina, Olavi, Mortimer, Peter E., Meidl, Peter, Kohout, Petr, Nilsson, R. Henrik, Puusepp, Rasmus, Drenkhan, Rein, Garibay-Orijel, Roberto, Godoy, Roberto, Alkahtani, Saad, Rahimlou, Saleh, Dudov, Sergey V., Põlme, Sergei, Ghosh, Soumya, Mundra, Sunil, Ahmed, Talaat, Netherway, Tarquin, Henkel, Terry W., Roslin, Tomas, Nteziryayo, Vincent, Fedosov, Vladimir E., Onipchenko, Vladimir G., Yasanthika, W.A. Erandi, Lim, Young Woon, Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Antonelli, Alexandre, Kõljalg, Urmas, Abarenkov, Kessy, Tedersoo, Leho, Mikryukov, Vladimir, Zizka, Alexander, Bahram, Mohammad, Hagh-Doust, Niloufar, Anslan, Sten, Prylutskyi, Oleh, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Maestre, Fernando T., Pärn, Jaan, Öpik, Maarja, Moora, Mari, Zobel, Martin, Espenberg, Mikk, Mander, Ülo, Khalid, Abdul Nasir, Corrales, Adriana, Agan, Ahto, Vasco-Palacios, Aída-M., Saitta, Alessandro, Rinaldi, Andrea C., Verbeken, Annemieke, Sulistyo, Bobby P., Tamgnoue, Boris, Furneaux, Brendan, Ritter, Camila Duarte, Nyamukondiwa, Casper, Sharp, Cathy, Marín, César, Gohar, Daniyal, Klavina, Darta, Sharmah, Dipon, Dai, Dong Qin, Nouhra, Eduardo, Biersma, Elisabeth Machteld, Rähn, Elisabeth, Cameron, Erin K., De Crop, Eske, Otsing, Eveli, Davydov, Evgeny A., Albornoz, Felipe E., Brearley, Francis Q., Buegger, Franz, Zahn, Geoffrey, Bonito, Gregory, Hiiesalu, Inga, Barrio, Isabel C., Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob, Ankuda, Jelena, Kupagme, John Y., Maciá-Vicente, Jose G., Djeugap Fovo, Joseph, Geml, József, Alatalo, Juha M., Alvarez-Manjarrez, Julieta, Põldmaa, Kadri, Runnel, Kadri, Adamson, Kalev, Bråthen, Kari Anne, Pritsch, Karin, Tchan, Kassim I., Armolaitis, Kęstutis, Hyde, Kevin D., Newsham, Kevin K., Panksep, Kristel, Lateef, Adebola A., Tiirmann, Liis, Hansson, Linda, Lamit, Louis J., Saba, Malka, Tuomi, Maria, Gryzenhout, Marieka, Bauters, Marijn, Piepenbring, Meike, Wijayawardene, Nalin, Yorou, Nourou S., Kurina, Olavi, Mortimer, Peter E., Meidl, Peter, Kohout, Petr, Nilsson, R. Henrik, Puusepp, Rasmus, Drenkhan, Rein, Garibay-Orijel, Roberto, Godoy, Roberto, Alkahtani, Saad, Rahimlou, Saleh, Dudov, Sergey V., Põlme, Sergei, Ghosh, Soumya, Mundra, Sunil, Ahmed, Talaat, Netherway, Tarquin, Henkel, Terry W., Roslin, Tomas, Nteziryayo, Vincent, Fedosov, Vladimir E., Onipchenko, Vladimir G., Yasanthika, W.A. Erandi, Lim, Young Woon, Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Antonelli, Alexandre, Kõljalg, Urmas, and Abarenkov, Kessy
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Fungi are highly diverse organisms, which provide multiple ecosystem services. However, compared with charismatic animals and plants, the distribution patterns and conservation needs of fungi have been little explored. Here we used high-resolution sequencing to assess endemicity patterns, global change vulnerability and conservation priority areas for functional groups of soil fungi based on six global surveys using a high-resolution, long-read metabarcoding approach. We found that the endemicity of all fungi and most functional groups peaks in tropical habitats, including Amazonia, Yucatan, West-Central Africa, Sri Lanka and New Caledonia, with a negligible island effect compared with plants and animals. We also found that fungi are predominantly vulnerable to drought, heat and land cover change, particularly in dry tropical regions with high human population density. Fungal conservation areas of highest priority include herbaceous wetlands, tropical forests and woodlands. We stress that more attention should be focused on the conservation of fungi, especially root symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungi in tropical regions as well as unicellular early-diverging groups and macrofungi in general. Given the low overlap between the endemicity of fungi and macroorganisms, but high conservation needs in both groups, detailed analyses on distribution and conservation requirements are warranted for other microorganisms and soil organisms.
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20. Biocrust-forming lichens increase soil available phosphorus under simulated climate change
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Concostrina-Zubiri, Laura, Valencia, Enrique, Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, Mendoza, Betty J., Maestre, Fernando T., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Concostrina-Zubiri, Laura, Valencia, Enrique, Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, Mendoza, Betty J., and Maestre, Fernando T.
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Drylands are important reservoirs of soil phosphorus (P) at the global scale, although large uncertainties remain regarding how climate change will affect P cycling in these ecosystems. Biocrust-forming lichens are important regulators of abiotic and biotic processes occurring in the soil surface, including nutrient availability and redistribution, across global drylands. However, their role as modulators of climate change impacts on soil P cycling is poorly known. We conducted a manipulative microcosm experiment to evaluate how six biocrust-forming lichens (Buellia zoharyi, Diploschistes diacapsis, Fulgensia subbracteata, Psora decipiens, Squamarina lentigera, and Toninia sedifolia) with diverse morphology and chemistry affect soil available P concentration and the activity of acid phosphatase after 50 months of simulated ~2°C warming and 35% rainfall reduction. Lichens increased soil available inorganic and total available P, and the activity of acid phosphatase, although the magnitude of these effects was highly species-specific. Climate change treatments increased available organic P regardless of lichen species. Our findings provide novel experimental evidence on the importance of biocrusts as modulators of P cycling in drylands and highlight the necessity to take into account the identity of biocrust constituents when evaluating their effects on soil fertility.
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21. Effects of vegetation on soil cyanobacterial communities through time and space
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Cano‐Díaz, Concha, primary, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Wang, Juntao, additional, Li, Jing, additional, Singh, Brajesh K., additional, Ochoa, Victoria, additional, Gozalo, Beatriz, additional, and Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, additional
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22. Climate change legacies contrastingly affect the resistance and resilience of soil microbial communities and multifunctionality to extreme drought
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Dacal, Marina, primary, García‐Palacios, Pablo, additional, Asensio, Sergio, additional, Wang, Juntao, additional, Singh, Brajesh K., additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
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23. Diversity of archaea and niche preferences among putative ammonia‐oxidizing Nitrososphaeria dominating across European arable soils
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Saghaï, Aurélien, primary, Banjeree, Samiran, additional, Degrune, Florine, additional, Edlinger, Anna, additional, García‐Palacios, Pablo, additional, Garland, Gina, additional, van der Heijden, Marcel G. A., additional, Herzog, Chantal, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Pescador, David S., additional, Philippot, Laurent, additional, Rillig, Matthias C., additional, Romdhane, Sana, additional, and Hallin, Sara, additional
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24. Ecological mechanisms underlying aridity thresholds in global drylands
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Berdugo, Miguel, primary, Vidiella, Blai, additional, Solé, Ricard V., additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
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25. Biogeography of global drylands
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Maestre, Fernando T., primary, Benito, Blas M., additional, Berdugo, Miguel, additional, Concostrina‐Zubiri, Laura, additional, Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, additional, Eldridge, David J., additional, Guirado, Emilio, additional, Gross, Nicolas, additional, Kéfi, Sonia, additional, Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Yoann, additional, Ochoa‐Hueso, Raúl, additional, and Soliveres, Santiago, additional
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26. Ecological mechanisms underlying aridity thresholds in global drylands
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Berdugo, Miguel, Vidiella, Blai, Solé, Ricard V., Maestre, Fernando T., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Berdugo, Miguel, Vidiella, Blai, Solé, Ricard V., and Maestre, Fernando T.
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1. With ongoing climate change, the probability of crossing environmental thresholds promoting abrupt changes in ecosystem structure and functioning is higher than ever. In drylands (areas where it rains less than 65% of what could be potentially evaporated), recent research has shown how the crossing of three aridity thresholds (at aridity [1-Aridity Index] values of 0.54, 0.70 and 0.80) leads to abrupt changes on ecosystem structural and functional attributes. Despite the importance of these findings and their implications to develop effective monitoring and adaptation actions to combat climate change and desertification, we lack a proper understanding of the mechanisms unleashing these abrupt shifts. 2. Here we review multiple mechanisms that may explain the existence of aridity thresholds observed across global drylands, and discuss the potential amplification mechanisms that may underpin hypothetical abrupt temporal shifts with climate change. 3. We propose that each aridity threshold is caused by different and specific mechanisms. The first threshold is mainly caused by physiological mechanisms of plant adaptation to water shortages. The second threshold is unleashed by different mechanisms involving soil processes and plant-soil interactions such as soil erosion, plant community shifts and nutrient cycling and circulation. The collapse of vegetation observed once the third aridity threshold (0.8) is crossed is caused by mechanisms related to the survival limits of plants that may cause sudden cover and diversity losses and plant-atmospheric feedbacks that link vegetation collapse with further climate aridification. 4. By identifying, revising, and linking relevant mechanisms to each aridity threshold observed, we provide a set of specific hypotheses and identify knowledge gaps concerning the study of threshold emergence in drylands. We also were able to establish plausible factors that are context dependent and may influence the occurrence of abrupt ecosystem
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27. Biogeography of global drylands
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Maestre, Fernando T., Benito, Blas M., Berdugo, Miguel, Concostrina-Zubiri, Laura, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Eldridge, David J., Guirado, Emilio, Gross, Nicolas, Kéfi, Sonia, Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Soliveres, Santiago, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Maestre, Fernando T., Benito, Blas M., Berdugo, Miguel, Concostrina-Zubiri, Laura, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Eldridge, David J., Guirado, Emilio, Gross, Nicolas, Kéfi, Sonia, Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, and Soliveres, Santiago
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Despite their extent and socio-ecological importance, a comprehensive biogeographical synthesis of drylands is lacking. Here we synthesize the biogeography of key organisms (vascular and nonvascular vegetation and soil microorganisms), attributes (functional traits, spatial patterns, plant–plant and plant–soil interactions) and processes (productivity and land cover) across global drylands. These areas have a long evolutionary history, are centers of diversification for many plant lineages and include important plant diversity hotspots. This diversity captures a strikingly high portion of the variation in leaf functional diversity observed globally. Part of this functional diversity is associated with the large variation in response and effect traits in the shrubs encroaching dryland grasslands. Aridity and its interplay with the traits of interacting plant species largely shape biogeographical patterns in plant–plant and plant–soil interactions, and in plant spatial patterns. Aridity also drives the composition of biocrust communities and vegetation productivity, which shows large geographical variation. We finish our review by discussing major research gaps, which include: studying regular vegetation spatial patterns; establishing large-scale plant and biocrust field surveys assessing individual-level trait measurements; knowing whether the impacts of plant–plant and plant–soil interactions on biodiversity are predictable; and assessing how elevated CO2 modulates future aridity conditions and plant productivity.
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28. A closer look at the functions behind ecosystem multifunctionality: A review
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Garland, Gina, Banerjee, Samiran, Edlinger, Anna, Oliveira, Emily Miranda, Herzog, Chantal, Wittwer, Raphaël, Philippot, Laurent, Maestre, Fernando T., van der Heijden, Marcel G.A., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Garland, Gina, Banerjee, Samiran, Edlinger, Anna, Oliveira, Emily Miranda, Herzog, Chantal, Wittwer, Raphaël, Philippot, Laurent, Maestre, Fernando T., and van der Heijden, Marcel G.A.
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1. In recent years there has been an upsurge of studies on ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF), or the ability of ecosystems to simultaneously provide multiple functions and/or services. The concept of EMF itself, the analytical approaches used to calculate it, and its implications depending on the spatial scale and field of study have been discussed in detail. However, to date there has been little dialogue concerning the basis of EMF studies: what should or should not be considered appropriate measures for ecosystem functions. 2. To begin this discussion, we performed an in‐depth review of EMF studies across four major terrestrial ecosystems (agroecosystems, drylands, forests and grasslands) by analysing 82 studies, which together have assessed 775 ecosystem functions from a variety of field and greenhouse experiments across the globe. 3. The number of ecosystem functions analysed varied from two to 82 per study and we found large differences in the distribution of functions across ecosystem types and ecosystem service categories. Furthermore, there was little explanation of why certain variables were included in the EMF calculation or how they relate to ecosystem functioning. 4. Synthesis. Based on the literature analysis, it is clear that there is no general agreement regarding which measurements should or should not be considered functions in the field of ecology. To address this issue, we propose a general guideline for determining and measuring appropriate functions.
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29. Global projections of the soil microbiome in the Anthropocene
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Guerra, Carlos A., primary, Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, additional, Duarte, Eliana, additional, Marigliano, Orlando, additional, Görgen, Christiane, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, and Eisenhauer, Nico, additional
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30. Climate and soil micro‐organisms drive soil phosphorus fractions in coastal dune systems
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", García‐Velázquez, Laura, Rodríguez, Alexandra, Gallardo, Antonio, Maestre, Fernando T., Dos Santos, Everaldo, Lafuente, Angela, Fernández‐Alonso, María José, Singh, Brajesh K., Wang, Jun‐Tao, Durán, Jorge, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", García‐Velázquez, Laura, Rodríguez, Alexandra, Gallardo, Antonio, Maestre, Fernando T., Dos Santos, Everaldo, Lafuente, Angela, Fernández‐Alonso, María José, Singh, Brajesh K., Wang, Jun‐Tao, and Durán, Jorge
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1. The importance of soil phosphorus (P) is likely to increase in coming decades due to the growing atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition originated by industrial and agricultural activities. We currently lack a proper understanding of the main drivers of soil P pools in coastal dunes, which rank among the most valued priority conservation areas worldwide. 2. Here, we evaluated the joint effects of biotic (i.e. microbial abundance and richness, vegetation and cryptogams cover) and abiotic (i.e. pH and aridity) factors on labile, medium‐lability and recalcitrant soil P pools across a wide aridity gradient in the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula. 3. Climate determined the availability of medium‐lability, recalcitrant and total P, but had a minor net effect on labile P, which was positively and significantly related to the presence of plants, mosses and lichens. Medium‐lability P was significantly influenced by soil bacterial richness and abundance (positively and negatively, respectively). 4. Our results suggest that micro‐organisms transfer P from medium‐lability pool to more labile one. At the same time, increases in bacterial richness associated to biofilms might be involved in the thickening of the medium‐lability P pool in our climosequence. 5. These bacterial‐mediated transfers would confer resistance to the labile P pool under future climate change and uncover an important role of soil micro‐organisms as modulators of the geochemical P cycle.
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31. Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Quero Pérez, José Luis, Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, García‐Palacios, Pablo, Escolar, Cristina, García‐Gómez, Miguel, Prina, Aníbal O., Bowker, Mathew A., Bran, Donaldo E., Castro, Ignacio, Cea, Alex, Derak, Mchich, Espinosa, Carlos Iván, Florentino, Adriana, Gaitán, Juan J., Gatica, Gabriel, Gómez‐González, Susana, Ghiloufi, Wahida, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Gusmán-Montalván, Elizabeth, Hernández, Rosa M., Hughes, Frederic M., Muiño, Walter, Monerris, Jorge, Ospina, Abelardo, Ramírez, David A., Ribas‐Fernández, Yanina A., Romão, Roberto L., Torres‐Díaz, Cristian, Koen, Terrance B., Maestre, Fernando T., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Quero Pérez, José Luis, Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, García‐Palacios, Pablo, Escolar, Cristina, García‐Gómez, Miguel, Prina, Aníbal O., Bowker, Mathew A., Bran, Donaldo E., Castro, Ignacio, Cea, Alex, Derak, Mchich, Espinosa, Carlos Iván, Florentino, Adriana, Gaitán, Juan J., Gatica, Gabriel, Gómez‐González, Susana, Ghiloufi, Wahida, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Gusmán-Montalván, Elizabeth, Hernández, Rosa M., Hughes, Frederic M., Muiño, Walter, Monerris, Jorge, Ospina, Abelardo, Ramírez, David A., Ribas‐Fernández, Yanina A., Romão, Roberto L., Torres‐Díaz, Cristian, Koen, Terrance B., and Maestre, Fernando T.
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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 simple and globally relevant methodologies to monitor in situ soil multifunctionality, that is, the provision of multiple ecosystem functions by soils, have not been tested at the global scale. 2. We combined correlation analysis and structural equation modelling to explore whether we could find easily measured, field‐based indicators of soil multifunctionality (measured using functions linked to the cycling and storage of soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus). To do this, we gathered soil data from 120 dryland ecosystems from five continents. 3. Two soil surface attributes measured in situ (litter incorporation and surface aggregate stability) were the most strongly associated with soil multifunctionality, even after accounting for geographic location and other drivers such as climate, woody cover, soil pH and soil electric conductivity. The positive relationships between surface stability and litter incorporation on soil multifunctionality were greater beneath the canopy of perennial vegetation than in adjacent, open areas devoid of vascular plants. The positive associations between surface aggregate stability and soil functions increased with increasing mean annual temperature. 4. Synthesis and applications. Our findings demonstrate that a reduced suite of easily measured in situ soil surface attributes can be used as potential indicators of soil multifunctionality in drylands world‐wide. These attributes, which relate to plant litter (origin, incorporation, cover), and surface stability, are relatively cheap and easy to assess with minimal training, allowing operators to sample many sites across widely varying climatic areas and soil types. The correlations of these variables are comparable to the influence of climate or soil, and would all
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32. Compensatory Thermal Adaptation of Soil Microbial Respiration Rates in Global Croplands
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Ye, Jian‐Sheng, Bradford, Mark A., Maestre, Fernando T., Li, Feng‐Min, García‐Palacios, Pablo, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Ye, Jian‐Sheng, Bradford, Mark A., Maestre, Fernando T., Li, Feng‐Min, and García‐Palacios, Pablo
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Understanding whether soil microbial respiration adapts to the ambient thermal climate with an enhanced or compensatory response, hence potentially stimulating or slowing down soil carbon losses with warming, is key to accurately forecast and model climate change impacts on the global carbon cycle. Despite the interest in this topic and the plethora of recent studies in natural ecosystems, it has been seldom explored in croplands. Using two recently published independent datasets of soil microbial metabolic quotient (MMQ; microbial respiration rate per unit biomass) and carbon use efficiency (CUE; partitioning of C to microbial growth vs. respiration), we find a compensatory thermal adaptive response for MMQ in global croplands. That is, mean annual temperature (MAT) has a negative effect on MMQ. However, this compensatory thermal adaptation is only half or less of that found in previous studies for noncultivated ecosystems. In contrast to the negative MMQ‐MAT pattern, microbial CUE increases with MAT across global croplands. By incorporating this positive CUE‐MAT relationship (greater C partitioning into microbial growth rather than respiration with increasing temperature) into a microbial‐explicit soil organic carbon model, we successfully predict the thermal compensation of MMQ observed in croplands. Our model‐data integration and database cross‐validation suggest that a warmer climate may select for microbial communities with higher CUE, providing a plausible mechanism for their compensatory metabolic response. By helping to identify appropriate representations of microbial physiological processes in soil biogeochemical models, our work will help build confidence in model projections of cropland C dynamics under a changing climate.
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33. Altered leaf elemental composition with climate change is linked to reductions in photosynthesis, growth and survival in a semi‐arid shrubland
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Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", León‐Sánchez, Lupe, Nicolás, Emilio, Prieto, Iván, Nortes, Pedro, Maestre, Fernando T., Querejeta, José Ignacio, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", León‐Sánchez, Lupe, Nicolás, Emilio, Prieto, Iván, Nortes, Pedro, Maestre, Fernando T., and Querejeta, José Ignacio
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1. Climate change will increase heat and drought stress in many dryland areas, which could reduce soil nutrient availability for plants and aggravate nutrient limitation of primary productivity. Any negative impacts of climate change on foliar nutrient contents would be expected to negatively affect the photosynthetic capacity, water use efficiency and overall fitness of dryland vegetation. 2. We conducted a 4‐year manipulative experiment using open top chambers and rainout shelters to assess the impacts of warming (~2°C, W), rainfall reduction (~30%, RR) and their combination (W + RR) on the nutrient status and ecophysiological performance of six native shrub species of contrasting phylogeny in a semi‐arid ecosystem. Leaf nutrient status and gas exchange were assessed yearly, whereas biomass production and survival were measured at the end of the study. 3. Warming (W and W + RR) advanced shoot growth phenology and reduced foliar macro‐ (N, P, K) and micronutrient (Cu, Fe, Zn) concentrations (by 8%–18% and 14%–56% respectively), net photosynthetic rate (32%), above‐ground biomass production (28%–39%) and survival (23%–46%). Decreased photosynthesis and growth in W and W + RR plants were primarily linked to enhanced nutritional constraints on carbon fixation. Poor leaf nutrient status in W and W + RR plants partly decoupled carbon assimilation from water flux and led to drastic reductions in water use efficiency (WUEi; ~41%) across species. The RR treatment moderately decreased foliar macro‐ and micronutrients (6%–17%, except for Zn) and biomass production (22%). The interactive impacts of warming and rainfall reduction (W + RR treatment) on plant performance were generally smaller than expected from additive single‐factor effects. 4. Synthesis. Large decreases in plant nutrient pool size and productivity combined with increased mortality during hotter droughts will reduce vegetation cover and nutrient retention capacity, thereby disrupting biogeochemical processes a
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34. Species‐specific effects of biocrust‐forming lichens on soil properties under simulated climate change are driven by functional traits
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Concostrina‐Zubiri, Laura, primary, Valencia, Enrique, additional, Ochoa, Victoria, additional, Gozalo, Beatriz, additional, Mendoza, Betty J., additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
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35. A closer look at the functions behind ecosystem multifunctionality: A review
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Garland, Gina, primary, Banerjee, Samiran, additional, Edlinger, Anna, additional, Miranda Oliveira, Emily, additional, Herzog, Chantal, additional, Wittwer, Raphaël, additional, Philippot, Laurent, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, and van der Heijden, Marcel G. A., additional
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36. Contrasting environmental preferences of photosynthetic and non‐photosynthetic soil cyanobacteria across the globe
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Cano‐Díaz, Concha, primary, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Eldridge, David J., additional, Singh, Brajesh K., additional, Bardgett, Richard D., additional, Fierer, Noah, additional, and Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, additional
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37. The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands
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Eldridge, David J., primary, Reed, Sasha, additional, Travers, Samantha K., additional, Bowker, Matthew A., additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Ding, Jingyi, additional, Havrilla, Caroline, additional, Rodriguez‐Caballero, Emilio, additional, Barger, Nichole, additional, Weber, Bettina, additional, Antoninka, Anita, additional, Belnap, Jayne, additional, Chaudhary, Bala, additional, Faist, Akasha, additional, Ferrenberg, Scott, additional, Huber‐Sannwald, Elisabeth, additional, Malam Issa, Oumarou, additional, and Zhao, Yunge, additional
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38. Contrasting mechanisms underlie short‐ and longer‐term soil respiration responses to experimental warming in a dryland ecosystem
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Dacal, Marina, primary, García‐Palacios, Pablo, additional, Asensio, Sergio, additional, Cano‐Díaz, Concha, additional, Gozalo, Beatriz, additional, Ochoa, Victoria, additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
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39. Long‐term nitrogen loading alleviates phosphorus limitation in terrestrial ecosystems
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Chen, Ji, primary, van Groenigen, Kees J., additional, Hungate, Bruce A., additional, Terrer, César, additional, van Groenigen, Jan‐Willem, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Ying, Samantha C., additional, Luo, Yiqi, additional, Jørgensen, Uffe, additional, Sinsabaugh, Robert L., additional, Olesen, Jørgen E., additional, and Elsgaard, Lars, additional
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- 2020
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40. Climate and soil micro‐organisms drive soil phosphorus fractions in coastal dune systems
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García‐Velázquez, Laura, primary, Rodríguez, Alexandra, additional, Gallardo, Antonio, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Dos Santos, Everaldo, additional, Lafuente, Angela, additional, Fernández‐Alonso, María José, additional, Singh, Brajesh K., additional, Wang, Jun‐Tao, additional, and Durán, Jorge, additional
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41. Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands
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Eldridge, David J., primary, Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, additional, Quero, José L., additional, Ochoa, Victoria, additional, Gozalo, Beatriz, additional, García‐Palacios, Pablo, additional, Escolar, Cristina, additional, García‐Gómez, Miguel, additional, Prina, Aníbal, additional, Bowker, Mathew A., additional, Bran, Donaldo E., additional, Castro, Ignacio, additional, Cea, Alex, additional, Derak, Mchich, additional, Espinosa, Carlos I., additional, Florentino, Adriana, additional, Gaitán, Juan J., additional, Gatica, Gabriel, additional, Gómez‐González, Susana, additional, Ghiloufi, Wahida, additional, Gutierrez, Julio R., additional, Gusmán-Montalván, Elizabeth, additional, Hernández, Rosa M., additional, Hughes, Frederic M., additional, Muiño, Walter, additional, Monerris, Jorge, additional, Ospina, Abelardo, additional, Ramírez, David A., additional, Ribas‐Fernández, Yanina A., additional, Romão, Roberto L., additional, Torres‐Díaz, Cristian, additional, Koen, Terrance B., additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
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42. Grazing pressure interacts with aridity to determine the development and diversity of biological soil crusts in Patagonian rangelands
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Velasco Ayuso, Sergio, primary, Oñatibia, Gastón R., additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, and Yahdjian, Laura, additional
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- 2019
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43. Increases in aridity lead to drastic shifts in the assembly of dryland complex microbial networks
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Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, primary, Doulcier, Guilhem, additional, Eldridge, David J., additional, Stouffer, Daniel B., additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Wang, Juntao, additional, Powell, Jeff R., additional, Jeffries, Thomas C., additional, and Singh, Brajesh K., additional
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44. The interplay between facilitation and habitat type drives spatial vegetation patterns in global drylands
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Berdugo, Miguel, Soliveres, Santiago, Kéfi, Sonia, Maestre, Fernando T., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Berdugo, Miguel, Soliveres, Santiago, Kéfi, Sonia, and Maestre, Fernando T.
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The spatial configuration of vascular vegetation has been linked to variations in land degradation and ecosystem functioning in drylands. However, most studies on spatial patterns conducted to date have focused on a single or a few study sites within a particular region, specific vegetation types, or in landscapes characterized by a certain type of spatial patterns. Therefore, little is known on the general typology and distribution of plant spatial patterns in drylands worldwide, and on the relative importance of biotic and abiotic factors as predictors of their variations across geographical regions and habitat types. We analyzed 115 dryland plant communities from all continents except Antarctica to: 1) investigate the general typology of spatial patterns, and 2) assess the relative importance of biotic (plant cover, frequency of facilitation, soil amelioration, height of the dominant species) and abiotic (aridity, rainfall seasonality and sand content) factors as predictors of spatial patterns (median patch size, shape of patch‐size distribution and regularity) across contrasting habitat types (shrublands and grasslands). Precipitation during the warmest period and sand content were particularly strong predictors of plant spatial patterns in grasslands and shrublands, respectively. Facilitation associated with power‐law like and irregular spatial patterns in both shrublands and grasslands, although it was mediated by different mechanisms (respectively soil ammelioration and percentage of facilitated species). The importance of biotic attributes as predictors of the shape of patch‐size distributions declined with aridity in both habitats, leading to the emergence of more regular patterns under the most arid conditions. Our results expand our knowledge about patch formation in drylands and the habitat‐dependency of their drivers. They also highlight different ways in which facilitation affects ecosystem structure through the formation of plant spatial patterns.
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45. Altered leaf elemental composition with climate change is linked to reductions in photosynthesis, growth and survival in a semi‐arid shrubland
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León‐Sánchez, Lupe, primary, Nicolás, Emilio, additional, Prieto, Iván, additional, Nortes, Pedro, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, and Querejeta, José Ignacio, additional
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46. Increasing microbial carbon use efficiency with warming predicts soil heterotrophic respiration globally
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Ye, Jian‐Sheng, primary, Bradford, Mark A., additional, Dacal, Marina, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, and García‐Palacios, Pablo, additional
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47. Remotely sensed albedo allows the identification of two ecosystem states along aridity gradients in Africa
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Zhao, Yanchuang, primary, Wang, Xinyuan, additional, Novillo, Carlos J., additional, Arrogante‐Funes, Patricia, additional, Vázquez‐Jiménez, René, additional, Berdugo, Miguel, additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
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48. Global drivers of methane oxidation and denitrifying gene distribution in drylands
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Lafuente, Angela, primary, Bowker, Matthew A., additional, Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, additional, Durán, Jorge, additional, Singh, Brajesh K., additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
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49. Multifunctionality debt in global drylands linked to past biome and climate
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Ye, Jian‐Sheng, primary, Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, additional, Soliveres, Santiago, additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
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50. Plant species–area relationships are determined by evenness, cover and aggregation in drylands worldwide
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DeMalach, Niv, primary, Saiz, Hugo, additional, Zaady, Eli, additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
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