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1. Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands

Author: Díaz-Martínez, Paloma, Maestre, Fernando T., Moreno-Jiménez, Eduardo, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Eldridge, David J., Saiz, Hugo, Gross, Nicolas, Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Gozalo, Beatriz, Ochoa, Victoria, Guirado, Emilio, García-Gómez, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Asensio, Sergio, Berdugo, Miguel, Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime, Mendoza, Betty J., García-Gil, Juan C., Zaccone, Claudio, Panettieri, Marco, García-Palacios, Pablo, Fan, Wei, Benavente-Ferraces, Iria, Rey, Ana, Eisenhauer, Nico, Cesarz, Simone, Abedi, Mehdi, Ahumada, Rodrigo J., Alcántara, Julio M., Amghar, Fateh, Aramayo, Valeria, Arroyo, Antonio I., Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, Ben Salem, Farah, Blaum, Niels, Boldgiv, Bazartseren, Bowker, Matthew A., Bran, Donaldo, Branquinho, Cristina, Bu, Chongfeng, Cáceres, Yonatan, Canessa, Rafaella, Castillo-Monroy, Andrea P., Castro, Ignacio, Castro-Quezada, Patricio, Chibani, Roukaya, Conceição, Abel A., Currier, Courtney M., Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony, Deák, Balázs, Dickman, Christopher R., Donoso, David A., Dougill, Andrew J., Durán, Jorge, Ejtehadi, Hamid, Espinosa, Carlos, Fajardo, Alex, Farzam, Mohammad, Ferrante, Daniela, Fraser, Lauchlan H., Gaitán, Juan J., Gusman Montalván, Elizabeth, Hernández-Hernández, Rosa M., von Hessberg, Andreas, Hölzel, Norbert, Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Hughes, Frederic M., Jadán-Maza, Oswaldo, Geissler, Katja, Jentsch, Anke, Ju, Mengchen, Kaseke, Kudzai F., Kindermann, Liana, Koopman, Jessica E., Le Roux, Peter C., Liancourt, Pierre, Linstädter, Anja, Liu, Jushan, Louw, Michelle A., Maggs-Kölling, Gillian, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Issa, Oumarou Malam, Marais, Eugene, Margerie, Pierre, Mazaneda, Antonio J., McClaran, Mitchel P., Messeder, João Vitor S., Mora, Juan P., Moreno, Gerardo, Munson, Seth M., Nunes, Alice, Oliva, Gabriel, Oñatibia, Gastón R., Osborne, Brooke, Peter, Guadalupe, Pueyo, Yolanda, Quiroga, R. Emiliano, Reed, Sasha C., Reyes, Victor M., Rodríguez, Alexandra, Ruppert, Jan C., Sala, Osvaldo, Salah, Ayman, Sebei, Julius, Sloan, Michael, Solongo, Shijirbaatar, Stavi, Ilan, Stephens, Colton R. A., Teixido, Alberto L., Thomas, Andrew D., Throop, Heather L., Tielbörger, Katja, Travers, Samantha, Val, James, Valko, Orsolya, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Velbert, Frederike, Wamiti, Wanyoike, Wang, Deli, Wang, Lixin, Wardle, Glenda M., Yahdjian, Laura, Zaady, Eli, Zeberio, Juan M., Zhang, Yuanming, Zhou, Xiaobing, and Plaza, César
Published: 2024
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2. Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world

Author: Gross, Nicolas, Maestre, Fernando T., Liancourt, Pierre, Berdugo, Miguel, Martin, Raphaël, Gozalo, Beatriz, Ochoa, Victoria, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Maire, Vincent, Saiz, Hugo, Soliveres, Santiago, Valencia, Enrique, Eldridge, David J., Guirado, Emilio, Jabot, Franck, Asensio, Sergio, Gaitán, Juan J., García-Gómez, Miguel, Martínez, Paloma, Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime, Mendoza, Betty J., Moreno-Jiménez, Eduardo, Pescador, David S., Plaza, César, Pijuan, Ivan Santaolaria, Abedi, Mehdi, Ahumada, Rodrigo J., Amghar, Fateh, Arroyo, Antonio I., Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, Bailey, Lydia, Ben Salem, Farah, Blaum, Niels, Boldgiv, Bazartseren, Bowker, Matthew A., Branquinho, Cristina, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Bu, Chongfeng, Canessa, Rafaella, Castillo-Monroy, Andrea del P., Castro, Helena, Castro, Patricio, Chibani, Roukaya, Conceição, Abel Augusto, Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony, Davila, Yvonne C., Deák, Balázs, Donoso, David A., Durán, Jorge, Espinosa, Carlos, Fajardo, Alex, Farzam, Mohammad, Ferrante, Daniela, Franzese, Jorgelina, Fraser, Lauchlan, Gonzalez, Sofía, Gusman-Montalvan, Elizabeth, Hernández-Hernández, Rosa Mary, Hölzel, Norbert, Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Jadan, Oswaldo, Jeltsch, Florian, Jentsch, Anke, Ju, Mengchen, Kaseke, Kudzai F., Kindermann, Liana, le Roux, Peter, Linstädter, Anja, Louw, Michelle A., Mabaso, Mancha, Maggs-Kölling, Gillian, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Issa, Oumarou Malam, Manzaneda, Antonio J., Marais, Eugene, Margerie, Pierre, Hughes, Frederic Mendes, Messeder, João Vitor S., Mora, Juan P., Moreno, Gerardo, Munson, Seth M., Nunes, Alice, Oliva, Gabriel, Oñatibia, Gaston R., Peter, Guadalupe, Pueyo, Yolanda, Quiroga, R. Emiliano, Ramírez-Iglesias, Elizabeth, Reed, Sasha C., Rey, Pedro J., Reyes Gómez, Víctor M., Rodríguez, Alexandra, Rolo, Victor, Rubalcaba, Juan G., Ruppert, Jan C., Sala, Osvaldo, Salah, Ayman, Sebei, Phokgedi Julius, Stavi, Ilan, Stephens, Colton, Teixido, Alberto L., Thomas, Andrew D., Throop, Heather L., Tielbörger, Katja, Travers, Samantha, Undrakhbold, Sainbileg, Val, James, Valkó, Orsolya, Velbert, Frederike, Wamiti, Wanyoike, Wang, Lixin, Wang, Deli, Wardle, Glenda M., Wolff, Peter, Yahdjian, Laura, Yari, Reza, Zaady, Eli, Zeberio, Juan Manuel, Zhang, Yuanling, Zhou, Xiaobing, and Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann
Published: 2024
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3. Dominance of particulate organic carbon in top mineral soils in cold regions

Author: García-Palacios, Pablo, Bradford, Mark A., Benavente-Ferraces, Iria, de Celis, Miguel, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, García-Gil, Juan Carlos, Gaitán, Juan J., Goñi-Urtiaga, Asier, Mueller, Carsten W., Panettieri, Marco, Rey, Ana, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Schuur, Edward A. G., Sokol, Noah W., Tedersoo, Leho, and Plaza, César
Published: 2024
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4. Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services

Author: Fundación BBVA, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), European Commission, Junta de Andalucía, Hermon Slade Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing Association for Science and Technology, Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (Chile), National Research Foundation (South Africa), Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Programa de Investimento e Despesas de Desenvolvimento da Administração Central (Portugal), Slovenian Research Agency, Banaras Hindu University, Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Cui, Haiying [0000-0003-4993-2231], Ding, Jingyi [0000-0002-4120-6318], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo [0000-0001-9539-4716], Durán, Jorge [0000-0002-7375-5290], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Blanco-Pastor, José Luis [0000-0002-7708-1342], Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra [0000-0001-5849-8778], Plaza de Carlos, César [0000-0001-8616-7001], Alfaro, Fernando D. [0000-0003-2922-1838], Teixido, Alberto L. [0000-0001-8009-1237], Abades, Sebastián [0000-0001-5704-4037], Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F. [0000-0001-7085-9521], Grebenc, Tine [0000-0003-4035-8587], Nahberger, Tina U. [0000-0001-9808-1643], Liu, Yu-Rong [0000-0003-1112-4255], Makhalanyane, Thulani P. [0000-0002-8173-1678], Rey, Ana [0000-0003-0394-101X], Siebe, Christina [0000-0002-2636-6778], Sun, Wei [0000-0002-1601-2159], Trivedi, Pankaj [0000-0003-0173-2804], Verma, Jay Prakash [0000-0002-2643-9623], Wang, Jianyong [0000-0002-9863-0056], Zaady, Eli [0000-0002-3304-534X], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Eldridge, David J., Cui, Haiying, Ding, Jingyi, Berdugo, Miguel, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Durán, Jorge, Gaitán, Juan J., Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Plaza de Carlos, César, Alfaro, Fernando D, Teixido, Alberto L., Abades, Sebastián, Bamigboye, Adebola R., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Grebenc, Tine, Nahberger, Tina U., Illán, Javier, G., Liu, Yu-Rong, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Rey, Ana, Siebe, Christina, Sun, Wei, Trivedi, Pankaj, Verma, Jay Prakash, Wang, Jianyong, Wang, Tianxue, Zaady, Eli, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhou, Xin-Quan, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Fundación BBVA, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), European Commission, Junta de Andalucía, Hermon Slade Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing Association for Science and Technology, Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (Chile), National Research Foundation (South Africa), Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Programa de Investimento e Despesas de Desenvolvimento da Administração Central (Portugal), Slovenian Research Agency, Banaras Hindu University, Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Cui, Haiying [0000-0003-4993-2231], Ding, Jingyi [0000-0002-4120-6318], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo [0000-0001-9539-4716], Durán, Jorge [0000-0002-7375-5290], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Blanco-Pastor, José Luis [0000-0002-7708-1342], Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra [0000-0001-5849-8778], Plaza de Carlos, César [0000-0001-8616-7001], Alfaro, Fernando D. [0000-0003-2922-1838], Teixido, Alberto L. [0000-0001-8009-1237], Abades, Sebastián [0000-0001-5704-4037], Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F. [0000-0001-7085-9521], Grebenc, Tine [0000-0003-4035-8587], Nahberger, Tina U. [0000-0001-9808-1643], Liu, Yu-Rong [0000-0003-1112-4255], Makhalanyane, Thulani P. [0000-0002-8173-1678], Rey, Ana [0000-0003-0394-101X], Siebe, Christina [0000-0002-2636-6778], Sun, Wei [0000-0002-1601-2159], Trivedi, Pankaj [0000-0003-0173-2804], Verma, Jay Prakash [0000-0002-2643-9623], Wang, Jianyong [0000-0002-9863-0056], Zaady, Eli [0000-0002-3304-534X], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Eldridge, David J., Cui, Haiying, Ding, Jingyi, Berdugo, Miguel, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Durán, Jorge, Gaitán, Juan J., Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Plaza de Carlos, César, Alfaro, Fernando D, Teixido, Alberto L., Abades, Sebastián, Bamigboye, Adebola R., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Grebenc, Tine, Nahberger, Tina U., Illán, Javier, G., Liu, Yu-Rong, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Rey, Ana, Siebe, Christina, Sun, Wei, Trivedi, Pankaj, Verma, Jay Prakash, Wang, Jianyong, Wang, Tianxue, Zaady, Eli, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhou, Xin-Quan, and Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel
Abstract: Greenspaces are important for sustaining healthy urban environments and their human populations. Yet their capacity to support multiple ecosystem services simultaneously (multiservices) compared with nearby natural ecosystems remains virtually unknown. We conducted a global field survey in 56 urban areas to investigate the influence of urban greenspaces on 23 soil and plant attributes and compared them with nearby natural environments. We show that, in general, urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil multiservices, with only six of 23 attributes (available phosphorus, water holding capacity, water respiration, plant cover, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), and arachnid richness) significantly greater in greenspaces, and one (available ammonium) greater in natural areas. Further analyses showed that, although natural areas and urban greenspaces delivered a similar number of services at low (>25% threshold) and moderate (>50%) levels of functioning, natural systems supported significantly more functions at high (>75%) levels of functioning. Management practices (mowing) played an important role in explaining urban ecosystem services, but there were no effects of fertilisation or irrigation. Some services declined with increasing site size, for both greenspaces and natural areas. Our work highlights the fact that urban greenspaces are more similar to natural environments than previously reported and underscores the importance of managing urban greenspaces not only for their social and recreational values, but for supporting multiple ecosystem services on which soils and human well-being depends.
Published: 2024

5. Dominance of particulate organic carbon in top mineral soils in cold regions

Author: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), European Commission, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Comunidad de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), García-Palacios, Pablo [0000-0002-6367-4761], Bradford, Mark A. [0000-0002-2022-8331], Benavente Ferraces, Iria [0000-0002-2817-5537], Celis, Miguel de [0000-0002-3653-3031], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], García-Gil, Juan C. [0000-0003-2308-7260], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Goñi-Urtiaga, Asier [0000-0002-3428-2304], Mueller, Carsten W. [0000-0003-4119-0544], Panettieri, Marco [0000-0003-4769-8955], Rey, Ana [0000-0003-0394-101X], Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo [0000-0001-9539-4716], Schuur, Edward A. G. [0000-0002-1096-2436], Sokol, Noah [0000-0003-0239-1976], Tedersoo, Leho [0000-0002-1635-1249], Plaza de Carlos, César [0000-0001-8616-7001], García-Palacios, Pablo, Bradford, Mark A., Benavente-Ferraces, Iria, Celis, Miguel de, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, García-Gil, Juan C., Gaitán, Juan J., Goñi-Urtiaga, Asier, Mueller, Carsten W., Panettieri, Marco, Rey, Ana, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Schuur, Edward A. G., Sokol, Noah, Tedersoo, Leho, Plaza de Carlos, César, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), European Commission, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Comunidad de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), García-Palacios, Pablo [0000-0002-6367-4761], Bradford, Mark A. [0000-0002-2022-8331], Benavente Ferraces, Iria [0000-0002-2817-5537], Celis, Miguel de [0000-0002-3653-3031], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], García-Gil, Juan C. [0000-0003-2308-7260], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Goñi-Urtiaga, Asier [0000-0002-3428-2304], Mueller, Carsten W. [0000-0003-4119-0544], Panettieri, Marco [0000-0003-4769-8955], Rey, Ana [0000-0003-0394-101X], Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo [0000-0001-9539-4716], Schuur, Edward A. G. [0000-0002-1096-2436], Sokol, Noah [0000-0003-0239-1976], Tedersoo, Leho [0000-0002-1635-1249], Plaza de Carlos, César [0000-0001-8616-7001], García-Palacios, Pablo, Bradford, Mark A., Benavente-Ferraces, Iria, Celis, Miguel de, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, García-Gil, Juan C., Gaitán, Juan J., Goñi-Urtiaga, Asier, Mueller, Carsten W., Panettieri, Marco, Rey, Ana, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Schuur, Edward A. G., Sokol, Noah, Tedersoo, Leho, and Plaza de Carlos, César
Abstract: The largest stocks of soil organic carbon can be found in cold regions such as Arctic, subarctic and alpine biomes, which are warming faster than the global average. Discriminating between particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon can constrain the uncertainty of projected changes in global soil organic carbon stocks. Yet carbon fractions are not considered when assessing the contribution of cold regions to land carbon–climate feedbacks. Here we synthesize field paired observations of particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon in the mineral layer, along with experimental warming data, to investigate whether the particulate fraction dominates in cold regions and whether this relates to higher soil organic carbon losses with warming than in other (milder) biomes. We show that soil organic carbon in the first 30 cm of mineral soil is dominated or co-dominated by particulate carbon in both permafrost and non-permafrost soils, and in Arctic and alpine ecosystems but not in subarctic environments. Our findings indicate that soil organic carbon is most vulnerable to warming in cold regions compared with milder biomes, with this vulnerability mediated by higher warming-induced losses of particulate carbon. The massive soil carbon accumulation in cold regions appears distributed predominantly in the more vulnerable particulate fraction rather than in the more persistent mineral-associated fraction, supporting the likelihood of a strong, positive land carbon–climate feedback.
Published: 2024

6. Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands

Author: European Commission, Generalitat Valenciana, Hermon Slade Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (China), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), National Science Foundation (US), National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Asia Foundation, Northern Arizona University, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Ministerio de Universidades (España), Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Ding, Jingyi [0000-0002-4120-6318], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Gross, Nicolas [0000-0001-9730-3240], Mallen-Cooper, Max [0000-0002-8799-8728], Ochoa, Victoria [0000-0002-2055-2094], Gozalo, Beatriz [0000-0003-3082-4695], Guirado, Emilio [0000-0001-5348-7391], García-Gómez, Miguel [0000-0003-3148-1495], Valencia, Enrique [0000-0003-3359-0759], Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime [0000-0001-5859-5674], Plaza de Carlos, César [0000-0001-8616-7001], Abedi, Mehdi [0000-0002-1499-0119], Ahmadian , Negar [0000-0003-1191-3019], Ahumada, Rodrigo J. [0000-0002-7246-4459], Alcántara, Julio M. [0000-0002-8003-7844], Amghar, Fateh [0000-0003-0379-7273], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Blaum, Niels [0000-0001-6807-5162], Boldgiv, Bazartseren [0000-0003-0015-8142], Browker, Matthew A. [0000-0002-5891-0264], Bran, Donaldo [0000-0001-7749-2726], Bu, Chongfeng [0000-0002-5839-7229], Canessa, Rafaella [0000-0002-6979-9880], Castro, Ignacio [0000-0002-7594-6824], Castro-Quezada, Patricio [0000-0002-2366-2256], Cesarz, Simone [0000-0003-2334-5119], Conceição, Abel A. [0000-0001-7461-0133], Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony [0000-0002-2825-7962], Davila, Yvonne C. [0000-0002-5144-5742], Deák, Balázs [0000-0001-6938-1997], Donoso, David [0000-0002-3408-1457], Dougill, Andrew [0000-0002-3422-8228], Eisenhauer, Nico [0000-0002-0371-6720], Espinosa, Carlos Iván [0000-0002-5330-4505], Fajardo, Alex [0000-0002-2202-6207], Farzam, Mohammad [0000-0003-1947-0187], Fraser, L. H. [0000-0003-3998-5540], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Hernández, Rosa M. [0000-0003-0689-8862], Jadán, Oswaldo. [0000-0002-7865-2418], Jentsch, Anke [0000-0002-2345-8300], Kaseke, Kudzai Farai [0000-0002-3856-0711], Köbel, Melanie [0000-0001-8272-7999], Lehmann, Anika [0000-0002-9101-9297], Liancourt, Pierre [0000-0002-3109-8755], Linstädter, Anja [0000-0003-0038-9557], Low, Michelle A. [0000-0002-2148-9752], Maggs Kölling, Gillian [0000-0003-3296-8553], Makhalanyane, Thulani P. [0000-0002-8173-1678], Malam Issa, Oumarou [0000-0001-8357-914X], Marais, Eugene [0000-0001-7155-9942], Mendoza, Betty [0000-0003-1149-7801], Mora, Juan P. [0000-0002-6335-0150], Moreno, Gerardo [0000-0001-8053-2696], Munson, Seth M. [0000-0002-2736-6374], Nunes, Alice [0000-0002-6900-3838], Oliva, Gabriel [0000-0002-7839-8851], Oñatibia, Gastón [0000-0003-2329-6601], Peter, Guadalupe [0000-0002-7792-7045], Pueyo, Yolanda [0000-0001-6970-7790], Quiroga, R Emiliano [0000-0001-9785-451X], Reed, Sasha C. [0000-0002-8597-8619], Rey, Ana [0000-0003-0394-101X], Rey, P.J. [0000-0001-5550-0393], Rolo, Víctor [0000-0001-5854-9512], Rillig, Matthias C. [0000-0003-3541-7853], Le Roux, Peter C. [0000-0002-7941-7444], Salah, Ayman [0000-0003-0596-1292], Stavi, Ilan [0000-0001-9725-0003], Stephens, Colton R. A. [0000-0002-8744-6405], Teixido, Alberto L. [0000-0001-8009-1237], Thomas, Andrew [0000-0002-1360-1687], Travers, Samantha [0000-0002-6252-1667], Valkó, Orsolya [0000-0001-7919-6293], van den Brink, Liesbeth [0000-0003-0313-8147], Velbert, Frederike [0000-0003-0499-3807], von Heßberg, Andreas [0009-0007-0303-3624], Wamiti, Wanyoike [0000-0001-7300-2101], Wang, Deli [0000-0001-6576-9193], Wang, Lixin [0000-0003-0968-1247], Wardle, Glenda M. [0000-0003-0189-1899], Yahdjian, Laura [0000-0002-9635-1221], Zaady, Eli [0000-0002-3304-534X], Yuanming, Zhang [0000-0003-1370-4181], Maestre, Fernando T. [0000-0002-7434-4856], Eldridge, David J., Ding, Jingyi, Dorrough, Josh, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Sala, O., Gross, Nicolas, Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Mallen-Cooper, Max, Sáiz, Hugo, Asensio, Sergio, Ochoa, Victoria, Teixido, Alberto L., Thomas, Andrew, Tielbörger, Katja, Torres Robles, Silvia, Travers, Samantha, Valkó, Orsolya, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Velbert, Frederike, von Heßberg, Andreas, Wamiti, Wanyoike, Gozalo, Beatriz, Wang, Deli, Wang, Lixin, Wardle, Glenda M., Yahdjian, Laura, Zaady, Eli, Yuanming, Zhang, Zhou, Xiaobing, Maestre, Fernando T., Guirado, Emilio, García-Gómez, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime, Plaza de Carlos, César, Abedi, Mehdi, Ahmadian , Negar, Ahumada, Rodrigo J., Alcántara, Julio M., Amghar, Fateh, Azevedo, Luísa, Ben Salem, Farah, Berdugo, Miguel, Blaum, Niels, Boldgiv, Bazartseren, Browker, Matthew A., Bran, Donaldo, Bu, Chongfeng, Canessa, Rafaella, Castillo-Monroy, Andrea P., Castro, Ignacio, Castro-Quezada, Patricio, Cesarz, Simone, Chibani, Roukaya, Conceição, Abel A., Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony, Davila, Yvonne C., Deák, Balázs, Díaz-Martínez, Paloma, Donoso, David, Dougill, Andrew, Durán, Jorge, Eisenhauer, Nico, Ejtehadi, Hamid, Espinosa, Carlos Iván, Fajardo, Alex, Farzam, Mohammad, Foronda, Ana, Franzese, Jorgelina, Fraser, L. H., Gaitán, Juan J., Geissler, Katja, Gonzalez, Sofía Laura, Gusman-Montalvan, Elizabeth, Hölzel, Norbert, Mendes Hughes, Frederic, Jadán, Oswaldo, Jentsch, Anke, Ju, Mengchen, Kaseke, Kudzai Farai, Köbel, Melanie, Lehmann, Anika, Liancourt, Pierre, Linstädter, Anja, Low, Michelle A., Ma, Quanhui, Mabaso, Mancha, Maggs Kölling, Gillian, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Malam Issa, Oumarou, Marais, Eugene, McClaran, Mitchel, Mendoza, Betty, Mokoka, Vincent, Mora, Juan P., Moreno, Gerardo, Munson, Seth M., Nunes, Alice, Oliva, Gabriel, Oñatibia, Gastón, Osborne, Brooke, Peter, Guadalupe, Pierre, Margerie, Pueyo, Yolanda, Quiroga, R Emiliano, Reed, Sasha C., Rey, Ana, Rey, P.J., Reyes Gómez, Víctor Manuel, Rolo, Víctor, Rillig, Matthias C., Le Roux, Peter C., Ruppert, Jan C., Salah, Ayman, Sebei, Phokgedi Julius, Sharkhuu, Anarmaa, Stavi, Ilan, Stephens, Colton R. A., European Commission, Generalitat Valenciana, Hermon Slade Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (China), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), National Science Foundation (US), National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Asia Foundation, Northern Arizona University, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Ministerio de Universidades (España), Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Ding, Jingyi [0000-0002-4120-6318], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Gross, Nicolas [0000-0001-9730-3240], Mallen-Cooper, Max [0000-0002-8799-8728], Ochoa, Victoria [0000-0002-2055-2094], Gozalo, Beatriz [0000-0003-3082-4695], Guirado, Emilio [0000-0001-5348-7391], García-Gómez, Miguel [0000-0003-3148-1495], Valencia, Enrique [0000-0003-3359-0759], Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime [0000-0001-5859-5674], Plaza de Carlos, César [0000-0001-8616-7001], Abedi, Mehdi [0000-0002-1499-0119], Ahmadian , Negar [0000-0003-1191-3019], Ahumada, Rodrigo J. [0000-0002-7246-4459], Alcántara, Julio M. [0000-0002-8003-7844], Amghar, Fateh [0000-0003-0379-7273], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Blaum, Niels [0000-0001-6807-5162], Boldgiv, Bazartseren [0000-0003-0015-8142], Browker, Matthew A. [0000-0002-5891-0264], Bran, Donaldo [0000-0001-7749-2726], Bu, Chongfeng [0000-0002-5839-7229], Canessa, Rafaella [0000-0002-6979-9880], Castro, Ignacio [0000-0002-7594-6824], Castro-Quezada, Patricio [0000-0002-2366-2256], Cesarz, Simone [0000-0003-2334-5119], Conceição, Abel A. [0000-0001-7461-0133], Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony [0000-0002-2825-7962], Davila, Yvonne C. [0000-0002-5144-5742], Deák, Balázs [0000-0001-6938-1997], Donoso, David [0000-0002-3408-1457], Dougill, Andrew [0000-0002-3422-8228], Eisenhauer, Nico [0000-0002-0371-6720], Espinosa, Carlos Iván [0000-0002-5330-4505], Fajardo, Alex [0000-0002-2202-6207], Farzam, Mohammad [0000-0003-1947-0187], Fraser, L. H. [0000-0003-3998-5540], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Hernández, Rosa M. [0000-0003-0689-8862], Jadán, Oswaldo. [0000-0002-7865-2418], Jentsch, Anke [0000-0002-2345-8300], Kaseke, Kudzai Farai [0000-0002-3856-0711], Köbel, Melanie [0000-0001-8272-7999], Lehmann, Anika [0000-0002-9101-9297], Liancourt, Pierre [0000-0002-3109-8755], Linstädter, Anja [0000-0003-0038-9557], Low, Michelle A. [0000-0002-2148-9752], Maggs Kölling, Gillian [0000-0003-3296-8553], Makhalanyane, Thulani P. [0000-0002-8173-1678], Malam Issa, Oumarou [0000-0001-8357-914X], Marais, Eugene [0000-0001-7155-9942], Mendoza, Betty [0000-0003-1149-7801], Mora, Juan P. [0000-0002-6335-0150], Moreno, Gerardo [0000-0001-8053-2696], Munson, Seth M. [0000-0002-2736-6374], Nunes, Alice [0000-0002-6900-3838], Oliva, Gabriel [0000-0002-7839-8851], Oñatibia, Gastón [0000-0003-2329-6601], Peter, Guadalupe [0000-0002-7792-7045], Pueyo, Yolanda [0000-0001-6970-7790], Quiroga, R Emiliano [0000-0001-9785-451X], Reed, Sasha C. [0000-0002-8597-8619], Rey, Ana [0000-0003-0394-101X], Rey, P.J. [0000-0001-5550-0393], Rolo, Víctor [0000-0001-5854-9512], Rillig, Matthias C. [0000-0003-3541-7853], Le Roux, Peter C. [0000-0002-7941-7444], Salah, Ayman [0000-0003-0596-1292], Stavi, Ilan [0000-0001-9725-0003], Stephens, Colton R. A. [0000-0002-8744-6405], Teixido, Alberto L. [0000-0001-8009-1237], Thomas, Andrew [0000-0002-1360-1687], Travers, Samantha [0000-0002-6252-1667], Valkó, Orsolya [0000-0001-7919-6293], van den Brink, Liesbeth [0000-0003-0313-8147], Velbert, Frederike [0000-0003-0499-3807], von Heßberg, Andreas [0009-0007-0303-3624], Wamiti, Wanyoike [0000-0001-7300-2101], Wang, Deli [0000-0001-6576-9193], Wang, Lixin [0000-0003-0968-1247], Wardle, Glenda M. [0000-0003-0189-1899], Yahdjian, Laura [0000-0002-9635-1221], Zaady, Eli [0000-0002-3304-534X], Yuanming, Zhang [0000-0003-1370-4181], Maestre, Fernando T. [0000-0002-7434-4856], Eldridge, David J., Ding, Jingyi, Dorrough, Josh, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Sala, O., Gross, Nicolas, Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Mallen-Cooper, Max, Sáiz, Hugo, Asensio, Sergio, Ochoa, Victoria, Teixido, Alberto L., Thomas, Andrew, Tielbörger, Katja, Torres Robles, Silvia, Travers, Samantha, Valkó, Orsolya, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Velbert, Frederike, von Heßberg, Andreas, Wamiti, Wanyoike, Gozalo, Beatriz, Wang, Deli, Wang, Lixin, Wardle, Glenda M., Yahdjian, Laura, Zaady, Eli, Yuanming, Zhang, Zhou, Xiaobing, Maestre, Fernando T., Guirado, Emilio, García-Gómez, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime, Plaza de Carlos, César, Abedi, Mehdi, Ahmadian , Negar, Ahumada, Rodrigo J., Alcántara, Julio M., Amghar, Fateh, Azevedo, Luísa, Ben Salem, Farah, Berdugo, Miguel, Blaum, Niels, Boldgiv, Bazartseren, Browker, Matthew A., Bran, Donaldo, Bu, Chongfeng, Canessa, Rafaella, Castillo-Monroy, Andrea P., Castro, Ignacio, Castro-Quezada, Patricio, Cesarz, Simone, Chibani, Roukaya, Conceição, Abel A., Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony, Davila, Yvonne C., Deák, Balázs, Díaz-Martínez, Paloma, Donoso, David, Dougill, Andrew, Durán, Jorge, Eisenhauer, Nico, Ejtehadi, Hamid, Espinosa, Carlos Iván, Fajardo, Alex, Farzam, Mohammad, Foronda, Ana, Franzese, Jorgelina, Fraser, L. H., Gaitán, Juan J., Geissler, Katja, Gonzalez, Sofía Laura, Gusman-Montalvan, Elizabeth, Hölzel, Norbert, Mendes Hughes, Frederic, Jadán, Oswaldo, Jentsch, Anke, Ju, Mengchen, Kaseke, Kudzai Farai, Köbel, Melanie, Lehmann, Anika, Liancourt, Pierre, Linstädter, Anja, Low, Michelle A., Ma, Quanhui, Mabaso, Mancha, Maggs Kölling, Gillian, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Malam Issa, Oumarou, Marais, Eugene, McClaran, Mitchel, Mendoza, Betty, Mokoka, Vincent, Mora, Juan P., Moreno, Gerardo, Munson, Seth M., Nunes, Alice, Oliva, Gabriel, Oñatibia, Gastón, Osborne, Brooke, Peter, Guadalupe, Pierre, Margerie, Pueyo, Yolanda, Quiroga, R Emiliano, Reed, Sasha C., Rey, Ana, Rey, P.J., Reyes Gómez, Víctor Manuel, Rolo, Víctor, Rillig, Matthias C., Le Roux, Peter C., Ruppert, Jan C., Salah, Ayman, Sebei, Phokgedi Julius, Sharkhuu, Anarmaa, Stavi, Ilan, and Stephens, Colton R. A.
Abstract: Perennial plants create productive and biodiverse hotspots, known as fertile islands, beneath their canopies. These hotspots largely determine the structure and functioning of drylands worldwide. Despite their ubiquity, the factors controlling fertile islands under conditions of contrasting grazing by livestock, the most prevalent land use in drylands, remain virtually unknown. Here we evaluated the relative importance of grazing pressure and herbivore type, climate and plant functional traits on 24 soil physical and chemical attributes that represent proxies of key ecosystem services related to decomposition, soil fertility, and soil and water conservation. To do this, we conducted a standardized global survey of 288 plots at 88 sites in 25 countries worldwide. We show that aridity and plant traits are the major factors associated with the magnitude of plant effects on fertile islands in grazed drylands worldwide. Grazing pressure had little influence on the capacity of plants to support fertile islands. Taller and wider shrubs and grasses supported stronger island effects. Stable and functional soils tended to be linked to species-rich sites with taller plants. Together, our findings dispel the notion that grazing pressure or herbivore type are linked to the formation or intensification of fertile islands in drylands. Rather, our study suggests that changes in aridity, and processes that alter island identity and therefore plant traits, will have marked effects on how perennial plants support and maintain the functioning of drylands in a more arid and grazed world.
Published: 2024

7. Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Topsoil Organic Carbon Concentration in Drylands Have Similar Effects at Regional and Global Scales

Author: Gaitán, Juan J., Maestre, Fernando T., Bran, Donaldo E., Buono, Gustavo G., Dougill, Andrew J., Martínez, Guillermo García, Ferrante, Daniela, Guuroh, Reginald T., Linstädter, Anja, Massara, Virginia, Thomas, Andrew D., and Oliva, Gabriel E.
Published: 2019

8. Soil biodiversity supports the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces

Author: Fundación BBVA, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), European Commission, Junta de Andalucía, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (Chile), Banaras Hindu University, Slovenian Research Agency, Fan, Kunkun [0000-0002-2922-269X], Chu, Haiyan [0000-0001-9004-8750], Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Liu, Yu-Rong [0000-0003-1112-4255], Wang, Jun-Tao [0000-0002-1822-2176], Hu, Hang-Wei [0000-0002-3294-102X], He, Ji-Zheng [0000-0002-9169-8058], Sun, Wei [0000-0002-1601-2159], Cui, Haiying [0000-0003-4993-2231], Alfaro, Fernando D. [0000-0003-2922-1838], Abades, Sebastián [0000-0001-5704-4037], Bastida, F. [0000-0001-9958-7099], Díaz-López, Marta [0000-0002-4178-8047], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Blanco-Pastor, José Luis [0000-0002-7708-1342], Grebenc, Tine [0000-0003-4035-8587], Durán, Jorge [0000-0002-7375-5290], Makhalanyane, Thulani P. [0000-0002-8173-1678], Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F. [0000-0001-7085-9521], Plaza de Carlos, César [0000-0001-8616-7001], Verma, Jay Prakash [0000-0002-2643-9623], Rey, Ana [0000-0003-0394-101X], Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra [0000-0001-5849-8778], Siebe, Christina [0000-0002-2636-6778], Teixido, Alberto L. [0000-0001-8009-1237], Trivedi, Pankaj [0000-0003-0173-2804], Wang, Jianyong [0000-0002-9863-0056], Zaady, Eli [0000-0002-3304-534X], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Fan, Kunkun, Chu, Haiyan, Eldridge, David J., Gaitán, Juan J., Liu, Yu-Rong, Sokoya, Blessing, Wang, Jun-Tao, Hu, Hang-Wei, He, Ji-Zheng, Sun, Wei, Cui, Haiying, Alfaro, Fernando D., Abades, Sebastián, Bastida, F., Díaz-López, Marta, Bamigboye, Adebola R., Berdugo, Miguel, Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Grebenc, Tine, Durán, Jorge, Illán, Javier, G., Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Mukherjee, Arpan, Nahberger, Tina U., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Plaza de Carlos, César, Verma, Jay Prakash, Rey, Ana, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Trivedi, Pankaj, Wang, Ling, Wang, Jianyong, Wang, Tianxue, Zhou, Xin-Quan, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zaady, Eli, Tedersoo, Leho, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Fundación BBVA, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), European Commission, Junta de Andalucía, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (Chile), Banaras Hindu University, Slovenian Research Agency, Fan, Kunkun [0000-0002-2922-269X], Chu, Haiyan [0000-0001-9004-8750], Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Liu, Yu-Rong [0000-0003-1112-4255], Wang, Jun-Tao [0000-0002-1822-2176], Hu, Hang-Wei [0000-0002-3294-102X], He, Ji-Zheng [0000-0002-9169-8058], Sun, Wei [0000-0002-1601-2159], Cui, Haiying [0000-0003-4993-2231], Alfaro, Fernando D. [0000-0003-2922-1838], Abades, Sebastián [0000-0001-5704-4037], Bastida, F. [0000-0001-9958-7099], Díaz-López, Marta [0000-0002-4178-8047], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Blanco-Pastor, José Luis [0000-0002-7708-1342], Grebenc, Tine [0000-0003-4035-8587], Durán, Jorge [0000-0002-7375-5290], Makhalanyane, Thulani P. [0000-0002-8173-1678], Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F. [0000-0001-7085-9521], Plaza de Carlos, César [0000-0001-8616-7001], Verma, Jay Prakash [0000-0002-2643-9623], Rey, Ana [0000-0003-0394-101X], Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra [0000-0001-5849-8778], Siebe, Christina [0000-0002-2636-6778], Teixido, Alberto L. [0000-0001-8009-1237], Trivedi, Pankaj [0000-0003-0173-2804], Wang, Jianyong [0000-0002-9863-0056], Zaady, Eli [0000-0002-3304-534X], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Fan, Kunkun, Chu, Haiyan, Eldridge, David J., Gaitán, Juan J., Liu, Yu-Rong, Sokoya, Blessing, Wang, Jun-Tao, Hu, Hang-Wei, He, Ji-Zheng, Sun, Wei, Cui, Haiying, Alfaro, Fernando D., Abades, Sebastián, Bastida, F., Díaz-López, Marta, Bamigboye, Adebola R., Berdugo, Miguel, Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Grebenc, Tine, Durán, Jorge, Illán, Javier, G., Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Mukherjee, Arpan, Nahberger, Tina U., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Plaza de Carlos, César, Verma, Jay Prakash, Rey, Ana, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Trivedi, Pankaj, Wang, Ling, Wang, Jianyong, Wang, Tianxue, Zhou, Xin-Quan, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zaady, Eli, Tedersoo, Leho, and Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel
Abstract: While the contribution of biodiversity to supporting multiple ecosystem functions is well established in natural ecosystems, the relationship of the above- and below-ground diversity with ecosystem multifunctionality remains virtually unknown in urban greenspaces. Here we conducted a standardized survey of urban greenspaces from 56 municipalities across six continents, aiming to investigate the relationships of plant and soil biodiversity (diversity of bacteria, fungi, protists and invertebrates, and metagenomics-based functional diversity) with 18 surrogates of ecosystem functions from nine ecosystem services. We found that soil biodiversity across biomes was significantly and positively correlated with multiple dimensions of ecosystem functions, and contributed to key ecosystem services such as microbially driven carbon pools, organic matter decomposition, plant productivity, nutrient cycling, water regulation, plant–soil mutualism, plant pathogen control and antibiotic resistance regulation. Plant diversity only indirectly influenced multifunctionality in urban greenspaces via changes in soil conditions that were associated with soil biodiversity. These findings were maintained after controlling for climate, spatial context, soil properties, vegetation and management practices. This study provides solid evidence that conserving soil biodiversity in urban greenspaces is key to supporting multiple dimensions of ecosystem functioning, which is critical for the sustainability of urban ecosystems and human wellbeing.
Published: 2023

9. The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services

Author: British Ecological Society, Hermon Slade Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Junta de Andalucía, Slovenian Research Agency, National Science Foundation (US), Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (Portugal), European Commission, Programa de Investimento e Despesas de Desenvolvimento da Administração Central (Portugal), Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Guirado, Emilio [0000-0001-5348-7391], Reich, Peter B. [0000-0003-4424-662X], Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl [0000-0002-1839-6926], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo [0000-0001-9539-4716], Blanco-Pastor, José Luis [0000-0002-7708-1342], Tedersoo, Leho [0000-0002-1635-1249], Plaza de Carlos, César [0000-0001-8616-7001], Ding, Jingyi [0000-0002-4120-6318], Sun, Wei [0000-0002-1601-2159], Mamet, Steven [0000-0002-3510-3814, Cui, Haiying [0000-0003-4993-2231], He, Ji-Zheng [0000-0002-9169-8058], Hu, Hang-Wei [0000-0002-3294-102X], Abades, Sebastián [0000-0001-5704-4037], Alfaro, Fernando D. [0000-0003-2922-1838], Bastida, F. [0000-0001-9958-7099], Ríos, Asunción de los [0000-0002-0266-3516], Durán, Jorge [0000-0002-7375-5290], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Guerra, Carlos A. [0000-0003-4917-2105], Grebenc, Tine [0000-0003-4035-8587], Liu, Yu-Rong [0000-0003-1112-4255], Makhalanyane, Thulani P. [0000-0002-8173-1678], Mallen-Cooper, Max [0000-0002-8799-8728], Molina-Montenegro, Marco A. [0000-0001-6801-8942], Moreno, José Luis [0000-0002-6063-7156], Nahberger, Tina U. [0000-0001-9808-1643], Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F. [0000-0001-7085-9521], Picó, Sergio [0000-0002-4016-4670], Rey, Ana [0000-0003-0394-101X], Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra [0000-0001-5849-8778], Siebe, Christina [0000-0002-2636-6778], Teixido, Alberto L. [0000-0001-8009-1237], Torres-Díaz, Cristian [0000-0002-5741-5288], Trivedi, Pankaj [0000-0003-0173-2804], Wang, Jun-Tao [0000-0002-1822-2176], Wang, Jianyong [0000-0002-9863-0056], Yang, Tianxue [0000-0002-0305-6873], Zaady, Eli [0000-0002-3304-534X], Zhou, Guiyao [0000-0002-1385-3913], Liu, Shengen [0000-0002-4730-5202], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Eldridge, David J., Guirado, Emilio, Reich, Peter B., Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Berdugo, Miguel, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Tedersoo, Leho, Plaza de Carlos, César, Ding, Jingyi, Sun, Wei, Mamet, Steven, Cui, Haiying, He, Ji-Zheng, Hu, Hang-Wei, Sokoya, Blessing, Abades, Sebastián, Alfaro, Fernando D., Bamigboye, Adebola R., Bastida, F., Ríos, Asunción de los, Durán, Jorge, Gaitán, Juan J., Guerra, Carlos A., Grebenc, Tine, Illán, Javier, G., Liu, Yu-Rong, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Mallen-Cooper, Max, Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., Moreno-Ortego, Jose Luis, Nahberger, Tina U., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Picó, Sergio, Rey, Ana, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Torres-Díaz, Cristian, Trivedi, Pankaj, Wang, Jun-Tao, Wang, Ling, Wang, Jianyong, Yang, Tianxue, Zaady, Eli, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhou, Xin-Quan, Zhou, Guiyao, Liu, Shengen, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, British Ecological Society, Hermon Slade Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Junta de Andalucía, Slovenian Research Agency, National Science Foundation (US), Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (Portugal), European Commission, Programa de Investimento e Despesas de Desenvolvimento da Administração Central (Portugal), Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Guirado, Emilio [0000-0001-5348-7391], Reich, Peter B. [0000-0003-4424-662X], Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl [0000-0002-1839-6926], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo [0000-0001-9539-4716], Blanco-Pastor, José Luis [0000-0002-7708-1342], Tedersoo, Leho [0000-0002-1635-1249], Plaza de Carlos, César [0000-0001-8616-7001], Ding, Jingyi [0000-0002-4120-6318], Sun, Wei [0000-0002-1601-2159], Mamet, Steven [0000-0002-3510-3814, Cui, Haiying [0000-0003-4993-2231], He, Ji-Zheng [0000-0002-9169-8058], Hu, Hang-Wei [0000-0002-3294-102X], Abades, Sebastián [0000-0001-5704-4037], Alfaro, Fernando D. [0000-0003-2922-1838], Bastida, F. [0000-0001-9958-7099], Ríos, Asunción de los [0000-0002-0266-3516], Durán, Jorge [0000-0002-7375-5290], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Guerra, Carlos A. [0000-0003-4917-2105], Grebenc, Tine [0000-0003-4035-8587], Liu, Yu-Rong [0000-0003-1112-4255], Makhalanyane, Thulani P. [0000-0002-8173-1678], Mallen-Cooper, Max [0000-0002-8799-8728], Molina-Montenegro, Marco A. [0000-0001-6801-8942], Moreno, José Luis [0000-0002-6063-7156], Nahberger, Tina U. [0000-0001-9808-1643], Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F. [0000-0001-7085-9521], Picó, Sergio [0000-0002-4016-4670], Rey, Ana [0000-0003-0394-101X], Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra [0000-0001-5849-8778], Siebe, Christina [0000-0002-2636-6778], Teixido, Alberto L. [0000-0001-8009-1237], Torres-Díaz, Cristian [0000-0002-5741-5288], Trivedi, Pankaj [0000-0003-0173-2804], Wang, Jun-Tao [0000-0002-1822-2176], Wang, Jianyong [0000-0002-9863-0056], Yang, Tianxue [0000-0002-0305-6873], Zaady, Eli [0000-0002-3304-534X], Zhou, Guiyao [0000-0002-1385-3913], Liu, Shengen [0000-0002-4730-5202], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Eldridge, David J., Guirado, Emilio, Reich, Peter B., Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Berdugo, Miguel, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Tedersoo, Leho, Plaza de Carlos, César, Ding, Jingyi, Sun, Wei, Mamet, Steven, Cui, Haiying, He, Ji-Zheng, Hu, Hang-Wei, Sokoya, Blessing, Abades, Sebastián, Alfaro, Fernando D., Bamigboye, Adebola R., Bastida, F., Ríos, Asunción de los, Durán, Jorge, Gaitán, Juan J., Guerra, Carlos A., Grebenc, Tine, Illán, Javier, G., Liu, Yu-Rong, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Mallen-Cooper, Max, Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., Moreno-Ortego, Jose Luis, Nahberger, Tina U., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Picó, Sergio, Rey, Ana, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Torres-Díaz, Cristian, Trivedi, Pankaj, Wang, Jun-Tao, Wang, Ling, Wang, Jianyong, Yang, Tianxue, Zaady, Eli, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhou, Xin-Quan, Zhou, Guiyao, Liu, Shengen, and Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel
Abstract: Soil mosses are among the most widely distributed organisms on land. Experiments and observations suggest that they contribute to terrestrial soil biodiversity and function, yet their ecological contribution to soil has never been assessed globally under natural conditions. Here we conducted the most comprehensive global standardized field study to quantify how soil mosses influence 8 ecosystem services associated with 24 soil biodiversity and functional attributes across wide environmental gradients from all continents. We found that soil mosses are associated with greater carbon sequestration, pool sizes for key nutrients and organic matter decomposition rates but a lower proportion of soil-borne plant pathogens than unvegetated soils. Mosses are especially important for supporting multiple ecosystem services where vascular-plant cover is low. Globally, soil mosses potentially support 6.43 Gt more carbon in the soil layer than do bare soils. The amount of soil carbon associated with mosses is up to six times the annual global carbon emissions from any altered land use globally. The largest positive contribution of mosses to soils occurs under a high cover of mat and turf mosses, in less-productive ecosystems and on sandy and salty soils. Our results highlight the contribution of mosses to soil life and functions and the need to conserve these important organisms to support healthy soils.
Published: 2023

10. Biogenic factors explain soil carbon in paired urban and natural ecosystems worldwide

Author: Fundación BBVA, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Junta de Andalucía, Hermon Slade Foundation, Science and Engineering Research Board (India), Department of Science and Technology (India), Banaras Hindu University, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], García-Palacios, Pablo [0000-0002-6367-4761], Bradford, Mark A. [0000-0002-2022-8331], Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo [0000-0001-9539-4716], Liu, Yu-Rong [0000-0003-1112-4255], Alfaro, Fernando D. [0000-0003-2922-1838], Abades, Sebastián [0000-0001-5704-4037], Bastida, F. [0000-0001-9958-7099], Durán, Jorge [0000-0002-7375-5290], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Blanco-Pastor, José Luis [0000-0002-7708-1342], Grebenc, Tine [0000-0003-4035-8587], Makhalanyane, Thulani P. [0000-0002-8173-1678], Jaiswal, Durgesh Kumar [0000-0003-0198-3726], Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F. [0000-0001-7085-9521], Rey, Ana [0000-0003-0394-101X], Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra [0000-0001-5849-8778], Siebe, Christina [0000-0002-2636-6778], Teixido, Alberto L. [0000-0001-8009-1237], Sun, Wei [0000-0002-1601-2159], Trivedi, Pankaj [0000-0003-0173-2804], Verma, Jay Prakash [0000-0002-2643-9623], Wang, Jianyong [0000-0002-9863-0056], Zaady, Eli [0000-0002-3304-534X], Plaza de Carlos, César [0000-0001-8616-7001], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, García-Palacios, Pablo, Bradford, Mark A., Eldridge, David J., Berdugo, Miguel, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Liu, Yu-Rong, Alfaro, Fernando D., Abades, Sebastián, Bamigboye, Adebola R., Bastida, F., Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Durán, Jorge, Gaitán, Juan J., Illán, Javier, G., Grebenc, Tine, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Jaiswal, Durgesh Kumar, Nahberger, Tina U., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Rey, Ana, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Sun, Wei, Trivedi, Pankaj, Verma, Jay Prakash, Wang, Ling, Wang, Jianyong, Yang, Tianxue, Zaady, Eli, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhou, Xin-Quan, Plaza de Carlos, César, Fundación BBVA, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Junta de Andalucía, Hermon Slade Foundation, Science and Engineering Research Board (India), Department of Science and Technology (India), Banaras Hindu University, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], García-Palacios, Pablo [0000-0002-6367-4761], Bradford, Mark A. [0000-0002-2022-8331], Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo [0000-0001-9539-4716], Liu, Yu-Rong [0000-0003-1112-4255], Alfaro, Fernando D. [0000-0003-2922-1838], Abades, Sebastián [0000-0001-5704-4037], Bastida, F. [0000-0001-9958-7099], Durán, Jorge [0000-0002-7375-5290], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Blanco-Pastor, José Luis [0000-0002-7708-1342], Grebenc, Tine [0000-0003-4035-8587], Makhalanyane, Thulani P. [0000-0002-8173-1678], Jaiswal, Durgesh Kumar [0000-0003-0198-3726], Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F. [0000-0001-7085-9521], Rey, Ana [0000-0003-0394-101X], Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra [0000-0001-5849-8778], Siebe, Christina [0000-0002-2636-6778], Teixido, Alberto L. [0000-0001-8009-1237], Sun, Wei [0000-0002-1601-2159], Trivedi, Pankaj [0000-0003-0173-2804], Verma, Jay Prakash [0000-0002-2643-9623], Wang, Jianyong [0000-0002-9863-0056], Zaady, Eli [0000-0002-3304-534X], Plaza de Carlos, César [0000-0001-8616-7001], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, García-Palacios, Pablo, Bradford, Mark A., Eldridge, David J., Berdugo, Miguel, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Liu, Yu-Rong, Alfaro, Fernando D., Abades, Sebastián, Bamigboye, Adebola R., Bastida, F., Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Durán, Jorge, Gaitán, Juan J., Illán, Javier, G., Grebenc, Tine, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Jaiswal, Durgesh Kumar, Nahberger, Tina U., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Rey, Ana, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Sun, Wei, Trivedi, Pankaj, Verma, Jay Prakash, Wang, Ling, Wang, Jianyong, Yang, Tianxue, Zaady, Eli, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhou, Xin-Quan, and Plaza de Carlos, César
Abstract: Urban greenspaces support multiple nature-based services, many of which depend on the amount of soil carbon (C). Yet, the environmental drivers of soil C and its sensitivity to warming are still poorly understood globally. Here we use soil samples from 56 paired urban greenspaces and natural ecosystems worldwide and combine soil C concentration and size fractionation measures with metagenomics and warming incubations. We show that surface soils in urban and natural ecosystems sustain similar C concentrations that follow comparable negative relationships with temperature. Plant productivity’s contribution to explaining soil C was higher in natural ecosystems, while in urban ecosystems, the soil microbial biomass had the greatest explanatory power. Moreover, the soil microbiome supported a faster C mineralization rate with experimental warming in urban greenspaces compared with natural ecosystems. Consequently, urban management strategies should consider the soil microbiome to maintain soil C and related ecosystem services.
Published: 2023

11. Economics of Land Degradation in Argentina

Author: Bouza, Mariana E., Aranda-Rickert, Adriana, Brizuela, María Magdalena, Wilson, Marcelo G., Sasal, Maria Carolina, Sione, Silvana M. J., Beghetto, Stella, Gabioud, Emmanuel A., Oszust, José D., Bran, Donaldo E., Velazco, Virginia, Gaitán, Juan J., Silenzi, Juan C., Echeverría, Nora E., De Lucia, Martín P., Iurman, Daniel E., Vanzolini, Juan I., Castoldi, Federico J., Hormaeche, Joaquin Etorena, Johnson, Timothy, Meyer, Stefan, Nkonya, Ephraim, Nkonya, Ephraim, editor, Mirzabaev, Alisher, editor, and von Braun, Joachim, editor
Published: 2016
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12. Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

Author: Maestre, Fernando T., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Eldridge, David J., Saiz, Hugo, Berdugo, Miguel, Gozalo, Beatriz, Ochoa, Victoria, Guirado, Emilio, García-Gómez, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Gaitán, Juan J., Asensio, Sergio, Mendoza, Betty J., Plaza, César, Díaz-Martínez, Paloma, Rey, Ana, Hu, Hang-Wei, He, Ji-Zheng, Wang, Jun-Tao, Lehmann, Anika, Rillig, Matthias C., Cesarz, Simone, Eisenhauer, Nico, Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime, Moreno-Jiménez, Eduardo, Sala, Osvaldo, Abedi, Mehdi, Ahmadian, Negar, Alados, Concepción L., Aramayo, Valeria, Amghar, Fateh, Arredondo, Tulio, Ahumada, Rodrigo J., Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, Ben Salem, Farah, Blaum, Niels, Boldgiv, Bazartseren, Bowker, Matthew A., Bran, Donaldo, Bu, Chongfeng, Canessa, Rafaella, Castillo-Monroy, Andrea P., Castro, Helena, Castro, Ignacio, Castro-Quezada, Patricio, Chibani, Roukaya, Conceição, Abel A., Currier, Courtney M., Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony, Deák, Balázs, Donoso, David A., Dougill, Andrew J., Durán, Jorge, Erdenetsetseg, Batdelger, Espinosa, Carlos I., Fajardo, Alex, Farzam, Mohammad, Ferrante, Daniela, Frank, Anke S. K., Fraser, Lauchlan H., Gherardi, Laureano A., Greenville, Aaron C., Guerra, Carlos A., Gusmán-Montalvan, Elizabeth, Hernández-Hernández, Rosa M., Hölzel, Norbert, Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Hughes, Frederic M., Jadán-Maza, Oswaldo, Jeltsch, Florian, Jentsch, Anke, Kaseke, Kudzai F., Köbel, Melanie, Koopman, Jessica E., Leder, Cintia V., Linstädter, Anja, le Roux, Peter C., Li, Xinkai, Liancourt, Pierre, Liu, Jushan, Louw, Michelle A., Maggs-Kölling, Gillian, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Issa, Oumarou Malam, Manzaneda, Antonio J., Marais, Eugene, Mora, Juan P., Moreno, Gerardo, Munson, Seth M., Nunes, Alice, Oliva, Gabriel, Oñatibia, Gastón R., Peter, Guadalupe, Pivari, Marco O. D., Pueyo, Yolanda, Quiroga, R. Emiliano, Rahmanian, Soroor, Reed, Sasha C., Rey, Pedro J., Richard, Benoit, Rodríguez, Alexandra, Rolo, Víctor, Rubalcaba, Juan G., Ruppert, Jan C., Salah, Ayman, Schuchardt, Max A., Spann, Sedona, Stavi, Ilan, Stephens, Colton R. A., Swemmer, Anthony M., Teixido, Alberto L., Thomas, Andrew D., Throop, Heather L., Tielbörger, Katja, Travers, Samantha, Val, James, Valkó, Orsolya, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Ayuso, Sergio Velasco, Velbert, Frederike, Wamiti, Wanyoike, Wang, Deli, Wang, Lixin, Wardle, Glenda M., Yahdjian, Laura, Zaady, Eli, Zhang, Yuanming, Zhou, Xiaobing, Singh, Brajesh K., Gross, Nicolas, Universidad de Alicante, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), University of New South Wales [Sydney] (UNSW), University of Zaragoza - Universidad de Zaragoza [Zaragoza], Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Université d'Alicante, Espagne (UA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Unité Mixte de Recherche sur l'Ecosystème Prairial - UMR (UREP), VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), European Research Council, Generalitat Valenciana, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, German Research Foundation, European Commission, Asia Foundation, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Comunidad de Madrid, Northern Arizona University, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (México), Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil), National Science Foundation (US), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasil), National Research Foundation (South Africa), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Australian Research Council, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Junta de Andalucía, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Junta de Extremadura, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia, Taylor Family Foundation, Maestre, Fernando T., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Eldridge, David J., Sáiz, Hugo, Berdugo, Miguel, Gozalo, Beatriz, Ochoa, Victoria, Guirado, Emilio, García-Gómez, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Gaitán, Juan J., Deák, Balázs, Donoso, David, Dougill, Andrew, Erdenetsetseg, Batdegleg, Espinosa, Carlos Iván, Fajardo, Alex, Farzam, Mohammad, Ferrante, Daniela, Frank, Anke S. K., fraser, Lauchlan, Jeltsch, Florian, Gherardi, Laureano, Greenville, Aaron, Guerra, Carlos A., Gusmán Montalván, Elizabeth, Hernández Hernández, Rosa M., Huber-Sannwald, E., Hughes, Frederic M., Jadán-Maza, O., Jentsch, Anke, Kaseke, Kudzai Farai, Köbel, Melanie, Koopman, Jesica E., Leder, Cintia, Linstädter, Anja, Le Roux, Peter C., Liancourt, Pierre, Liu, Jushan, Munson, Seth M., Low, Michelle A., Maggs Kölling, Gillian, Makhalanyane, Thulani P.7, Malam Issa, Oumarou7, Manzaneda, Antonio J., Marais, Eugene, Mora, Juan P., Moreno, Gerardo, Nunes, Alice, Oliva, Gabriel, Oñatibia, Gastón, Peter, Guadalupe, Pivari, Marco O. D., Pueyo, Yolanda, Quiroga, R Emiliano, Reed, Sasha C., Rey, P.J., Teixido, Alberto L., Richard, Benoit, Rodríguez, Alexandra, Rolo, Víctor, Rubalcaba, Juan G., Salah, Ayman, Stavi, Ilan, Stephens, Colton R. A., Swemmer, Anthony, Thomas, Andrew, Throop, Heather L., Travers, Samantha, Val, James, Valkó, Orsolya, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Velasco Ayuso, Sergio, Velbert, Frederike, Wamiti, Wanyoike, Asencio, Sergio, Wang, Deli, Wang, Lixin, Wardle, Glenda M., Yahdjian, Laura, Zaady, Eli, Yuanming, Zhang, Singh, Brajesh K., Gross, Nicolas, Mendoza, Betty J., Plaza de Carlos, César, Rey, Ana, Hu, Hang-Wei, He, Ji-Zheng, Wang, Jun-Tao, Lehmann, Anika, Rillig, Matthias C., Cesarz, Simone, Eisenhauer, Nico, Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime, Moreno-Jiménez, Eduardo, Salas, O., Abedi, Mehdi, Ahmadian , Negar, Alados, Concepción L., Aramayo, Valeria, Amghar, Fateh, Arredondo, Tulio, Ahumada, Rodrigo J., Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, Salem, Farah Ben, Blaum, Niels, Boldgiv, Bazartseren, Browker, Matthew A., Bran, Donaldo, Bu, Chongfeng, Canessa, Rafaella, Castro, Helena, Castro, Ignacio, Castro-Quezada, Patricio, Conceição, Abel A., Currier, Courtney M., Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', Laboratorio de Ecología de Zonas Áridas y Cambio Global (DRYLAB), Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos [Madrid] (URJC), Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), and Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
Subjects: Livestock, Multidisciplinary, Climate Change, Drylands, Systems, Wild, Biodiversity, 580 Plants (Botany), Soil, Grazing, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, Ecosystem services, Herbivory, Rangeland
Abstract: 7 páginas.- 4 figuras.- 32 referencias.- Supplementary materials: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq4062 Materials and Methods Figs. S1 to S19 Tables S1 to S28 References (33–269) MDAR Reproducibility Checklist Movie S1.- Grazing represents the most extensive use of land worldwide. Yet its impacts on ecosystem services remain uncertain because pervasive interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil properties, and biodiversity may occur but have never been addressed simultaneously. Using a standardized survey at 98 sites across six continents, we show that interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil, and biodiversity are critical to explain the delivery of fundamental ecosystem services across drylands worldwide. Increasing grazing pressure reduced ecosystem service delivery in warmer and speciespoor drylands, whereas positive effects of grazing were observed in colder and species-rich areas. Considering interactions between grazing and local abiotic and biotic factors is key for understanding the fate of dryland ecosystems under climate change and increasing human pressure. Copyright © 2022 the authors, Grazing represents the most extensive use of land worldwide. Yet its impacts on ecosystem services remain uncertain because pervasive interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil properties, and biodiversity may occur but have never been addressed simultaneously. Using a standardized survey at 98 sites across six continents, we show that interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil, and biodiversity are critical to explain the delivery of fundamental ecosystem services across drylands worldwide. Increasing grazing pressure reduced ecosystem service delivery in warmer and species-poor drylands, whereas positive effects of grazing were observed in colder and species-rich areas. Considering interactions between grazing and local abiotic and biotic factors is key for understanding the fate of dryland ecosystems under climate change and increasing human pressure. Copyright © 2022 the authors, Funding: This research was funded by the European Research Council [ERC grant agreement 647038 (BIODESERT)] and Generalitat Valenciana (CIDEGENT/2018/ 041). F.T.M. acknowledges support from a Rei Jaume I Award, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Synthesis Center (sDiv) of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle–Jena–Leipzig (iDiv). C.A.G., S.C., and N.E. acknowledge support from iDiv and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG– FZT 118, 202548816; Flexpool proposal 34600850). Y.L.B.-P. was supported by a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF) within the European Program Horizon 2020 (DRYFUN Project 656035). N.G. was supported by CAP 20-25 (16-IDEX-0001) and the AgreenSkills+ fellowship program, which has received funding from the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement N° FP7-609398 (AgreenSkills+ contract). B.B. and B.E. were supported by the Taylor Family–Asia Foundation Endowed Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology. J.D., A.Ro., and H.C. acknowledge support from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (IF/00950/ 2014 and 2020.03670.CEECIND, SFRH/BDP/108913/2015, and in the scope of the framework contract foreseen in the numbers 4-6 of the article 23, of the Decree-Law 57/2016, August 29, changed by Law 57/2017, July 19, respectively), as well as from the MCTES, FSE, UE, and the CFE (UIDB/04004/2020) research unit financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia/MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC). C.P. acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (ref. AGL201675762-R, AEI/FEDER, UE, and PID2020-116578RB-I00, MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement no. 101000224. E.V. was funded by the 2017 program for attracting and retaining talent of Comunidad de Madrid (no. 2017‐T2/ AMB‐5406). M.A.B. acknowledges support from the School of Forestry and College of the Environment, Forestry and Natural Sciences of Northern Arizona University. E.H.-S. acknowledges support from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (SEP-CB-2015-01-251388, PN 2017-5036 and PRONAII 319059). F.M.H. acknowledges support from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq - PCI/INMA) of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI, processes number 302381/2020-1). H.L.T. acknowledges support from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) (DEB 0953864). A.N. and M.K. acknowledge support from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (SFRH/BD/130274/2017, CEECIND/02453/2018/CP1534/CT0001, PTDC/ASP-SIL/7743/2020 and UIDB/00329/2020). A.A.C. acknowledges support from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001. J.E.K. and T.P.M. acknowledge the National Research Foundation of South Africa (grant no. 114412). F.J. and N.B. acknowledge support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the framework of the SPACES projects OPTIMASS (FKZ: 01LL1302A) and ORYCS (FKZ:01LL1804A). A.Li. and A.S.K.F. acknowledge support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the framework of the SPACES projects Limpopo Living Landscapes (FKZ: 01LL1304D) and SALLnet (FKZ: 01LL1802C). L.W. acknowledges support from the US NSF (EAR 1554894). L.H.F. acknowledges support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Chair Program in Ecosystem Reclamation. S.C.R. acknowledges support from the US Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area and the US Bureau of Land Management. G.M.W. acknowledges support from the Australian Research Council. L.v.d.B. and K.T. acknowledge support from the German Research Foundation (DFG) priority research program SPP-1803 “EarthShape: Earth Surface Shaping by Biota” (TI 338/14-1). M.D.-B. acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for the I+D+i project PID2020-115813RA-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. M.D.-B. is also supported by a project of the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) and the Consejería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades of the Junta de Andalucía (FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020 Objetivo temático “01 - Refuerzo de la investigación, el desarrollo tecnológico y la innovación”) associated with the research project P20_00879 (ANDABIOMA). P.J.R. and A.J.M. acknowledge support from Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional through the FEDER Andalucía operative program, FEDER-UJA 1261180 project. A.F. thanks ANID PIA/BASAL FB210006 and Millennium Science Initiative Program NCN2021-050. A.J. acknowledges support from the Bavarian Research Alliance Germany (BayIntAn_UBT_2017_61). C.B. acknowledges the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 41971131). Biodiversity and ecosystem function research in the B.K.S. laboratory is funded by the Australian Research Council (DP210102081). Any use of trade, product, or firm names in this paper is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the US government. H.S. is supported by a María Zambrano fellowship funded by the Ministry of Universities and European Union-Next Generation plan. G.P. and C.V.L. acknowledge support from Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (PI 40-C-873 and 654). V.R. acknowledges support from the Regional Government of Extremadura (Spain) through a “Talento” fellowship (TA18022). M.F. acknowledges support from the Department of Range and Watershed Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Participation of recent graduates in collecting field data at four sites in Namibia was supported by a capacity building grant to Gobabeb–Namib Research Institute by the Environmental Investment Fund in Namibia.
Published: 2022

13. Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

Author: European Research Council, Generalitat Valenciana, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, German Research Foundation, European Commission, Asia Foundation, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Comunidad de Madrid, Northern Arizona University, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (México), Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil), National Science Foundation (US), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasil), National Research Foundation (South Africa), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Australian Research Council, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Junta de Andalucía, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Junta de Extremadura, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia, Taylor Family Foundation, Maestre, Fernando T. [0000-0002-7434-4856], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Gozalo, Beatriz [0000-0003-3082-4695], Ochoa, Victoria [0000-0002-2055-2094], Guirado, Emilio [0000-0001-5348-7391], García-Gómez, Miguel [0000-0003-3148-1495], Valencia, Enrique [0000-0003-3359-0759], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Deák, Balázs [0000-0001-6938-1997], Donoso, David [0000-0002-3408-1457], Erdenetsetseg, Batdegleg [0000-0002-4508-8929], Espinosa, Carlos Iván [0000-0002-5330-4505], Fajardo, Alex [0000-0002-2202-6207], Farzam, Mohammad [0000-0003-1947-0187], Ferrante, Daniela [0000-0002-6056-3839], Frank, Anke S. K. [0000-0002-0177-4898], Fraser, L. H. [0000-0003-3998-5540], Jeltsch, Florian [0000-0002-4670-6469], Gherardi, Laureano [0000-0001-5743-1096], Greenville, Aaron [0000-0002-0113-4778], Guerra, Carlos A. 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K., Jentsch, Anke, Fraser, L. H., Gherardi, Laureano, Greenville, Aaron, Guerra, Carlos A., Gusmán Montalván, Elizabeth, Hernández Hernández, Rosa M., Hölzel, Norbert, Huber-Sannwald, E., Hughes, Frederic M., Jadán, Oswaldo, Kaseke, Kudzai Farai, Köbel, Melanie, Koopman, Jesica E., Leder, Cintia, Linstädter, Anja, Le Roux, Peter C., Li, Xinkai, Liancourt, Pierre, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Liu, Jushan, Low, Michelle A., Maggs Kölling, Gillian, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Malam Issa, Oumarou, Manzaneda, Antonio J., Marais, Eugene, Mora, Juan P., Moreno, Gerardo, Munson, Seth M., Rolo, Víctor, Nunes, Alice, Oliva, Gabriel, Oñatibia, Gastón, Pivari, Marco O. D., Pueyo, Yolanda, Quiroga, R Emiliano, Rahmanian, Soroor, Reed, Sasha C., Rey, P.J., Richard, Benoit, Rubalcaba, Juan G., Ruppert, Jan C., Salah, Ayman, Schuchardt, Max A., Spann, Sedona, Stavi, Ilan, Stephens, Colton R. 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[0000-0001-7461-0133], Currier, Courtney M. [0000-0002-7617-239X], Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony [0000-0002-2825-7962], Dougill, Andrew [0000-0002-3422-8228], Maestre, Fernando T., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Eldridge, David J., Sáiz, Hugo, Berdugo, Miguel, Gozalo, Beatriz, Ochoa, Victoria, Guirado, Emilio, García-Gómez, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Zhou, Xiaobing, Singh, Brajesh K., Gross, Nicolas, Mendoza, Betty, Plaza de Carlos, César, Díaz-Martínez, Paloma, Rey, Ana, Hu, Hang-Wei, He, Ji-Zheng, Wang, Jun-Tao, Bu, Chongfeng, Lehmann, Anika, Rillig, Matthias C., Cesarz, Simone, Eisenhauer, Nico, Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime, Moreno-Jiménez, Eduardo, Salas, O., Abedi, Mehdi, Ahmadian , Negar, Alados, Concepcion L., Canessa, Rafaella, Aramayo, Valeria, Amghar, Fateh, Arredondo, Tulio, Ahumada, Rodrigo J., Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, Salem, Farah Ben, Blaum, Niels, Boldgiv, Bazartseren, Browker, Matthew A., Bran, Donaldo, Castillo-Monroy, Andrea P., Castro, Helena, Castro, Ignacio, Castro-Quezada, Patricio, Chibani, Roukaya, Conceição, Abel A., Currier, Courtney M., Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony, Jeltsch, Florian, Deák, Balázs, Donoso, David, Dougill, Andrew, Durán, Jorge, Erdenetsetseg, Batdegleg, Espinosa, Carlos Iván, Fajardo, Alex, Farzam, Mohammad, Ferrante, Daniela, Frank, Anke S. K., Jentsch, Anke, Fraser, L. H., Gherardi, Laureano, Greenville, Aaron, Guerra, Carlos A., Gusmán Montalván, Elizabeth, Hernández Hernández, Rosa M., Hölzel, Norbert, Huber-Sannwald, E., Hughes, Frederic M., Jadán, Oswaldo, Kaseke, Kudzai Farai, Köbel, Melanie, Koopman, Jesica E., Leder, Cintia, Linstädter, Anja, Le Roux, Peter C., Li, Xinkai, Liancourt, Pierre, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Liu, Jushan, Low, Michelle A., Maggs Kölling, Gillian, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Malam Issa, Oumarou, Manzaneda, Antonio J., Marais, Eugene, Mora, Juan P., Moreno, Gerardo, Munson, Seth M., Rolo, Víctor, Nunes, Alice, Oliva, Gabriel, Oñatibia, Gastón, Pivari, Marco O. D., Pueyo, Yolanda, Quiroga, R Emiliano, Rahmanian, Soroor, Reed, Sasha C., Rey, P.J., Richard, Benoit, Rubalcaba, Juan G., Ruppert, Jan C., Salah, Ayman, Schuchardt, Max A., Spann, Sedona, Stavi, Ilan, Stephens, Colton R. A., Swemmer, Anthony, Gaitán, Juan J., Teixido, Alberto L., Thomas, Andrew, Throop, Heather L., Tielbörger, Katja, Travers, Samantha, Val, James, Valkó, Orsolya, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Velasco Ayuso, Sergio, Velbert, Frederike, Asencio, Sergio, Wamiti, Wanyoike, Wang, Deli, Wang, Lixin, Wardle, Glenda M., Yahdjian, Laura, Zaady, Eli, and Yuanming, Zhang
Abstract: Grazing represents the most extensive use of land worldwide. Yet its impacts on ecosystem services remain uncertain because pervasive interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil properties, and biodiversity may occur but have never been addressed simultaneously. Using a standardized survey at 98 sites across six continents, we show that interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil, and biodiversity are critical to explain the delivery of fundamental ecosystem services across drylands worldwide. Increasing grazing pressure reduced ecosystem service delivery in warmer and species-poor drylands, whereas positive effects of grazing were observed in colder and species-rich areas. Considering interactions between grazing and local abiotic and biotic factors is key for understanding the fate of dryland ecosystems under climate change and increasing human pressure. Copyright © 2022 the authors
Published: 2022

14. Prevalence and drivers of abrupt vegetation shifts in global drylands

Author: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Dakos, Vasilis [0000-0001-8862-718X], Crowther, Thomas W. [0000-0001-5674-8913], Berdugo, Miguel, Gaitán, Juan J., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Crowther, Thomas Ward, Dakos, Vasilis, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Dakos, Vasilis [0000-0001-8862-718X], Crowther, Thomas W. [0000-0001-5674-8913], Berdugo, Miguel, Gaitán, Juan J., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Crowther, Thomas Ward, and Dakos, Vasilis
Abstract: The constant provision of plant productivity is integral to supporting the liability of ecosystems and human wellbeing in global drylands. Drylands are paradigmatic examples of systems prone to experiencing abrupt changes in their functioning. Indeed, space-for-time substitution approaches suggest that abrupt changes in plant productivity are widespread, but this evidence is less clear using observational time series or experimental data at a large scale. Studying the prevalence and, most importantly, the unknown drivers of abrupt (rather than gradual) dynamical patterns in drylands may help to unveil hotspots of current and future dynamical instabilities in drylands. Using a 20-y global satellite-derived temporal assessment of dryland Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), we show that 50% of all dryland ecosystems exhibiting gains or losses of NDVI are characterized by abrupt positive/negative temporal dynamics. We further show that abrupt changes are more common among negative than positive NDVI trends and can be found in global regions suffering recent droughts, particularly around critical aridity thresholds. Positive abrupt dynamics are found most in ecosystems with low seasonal variability or high aridity. Our work unveils the high importance of climate variability on triggering abrupt shifts in vegetation and it provides missing evidence of increasing abruptness in systems intensively managed by humans, with low soil organic carbon contents, or around specific aridity thresholds. These results highlight that abrupt changes in dryland dynamics are very common, especially for productivity losses, pinpoint global hotspots of dryland vulnerability, and identify drivers that could be targeted for effective dryland management.
Published: 2022

15. The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services

Author: Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Eldridge, David J., Guirado, Emilio, Reich, Peter B., Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Berdugo, Miguel, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Blanco-Pastor, José L., Tedersoo, Leho, Plaza, César, Ding, Jingyi, Sun, Wei, Mamet, Steven, Cui, Haiying, He, Ji-Zheng, Hu, Hang-Wei, Sokoya, Blessing, Abades, Sebastian, Alfaro, Fernando, Bamigboye, Adebola R., Bastida, Felipe, Ríos Murillo, Asunción de los, Durán, Jorge, Gaitán, Juan J., Guerra, Carlos A., Grebenc, Tine, Illán, Javier G., Liu, Yu-Rong, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Mallen-Cooper, Max, Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., Moreno, José L., Nahberger, Tina U., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Picó, Sergio, Rey, Ana, Rodríguez, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Torres-Díaz, Cristian, Trivedi, Pankaj, Wang, Jun‐Tao, Wang, Ling, Wang, Jianyong, Yang, Tianxue, Zaady, Eli, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhou, Xin-Quan, Zhou, Guiyao, Liu, Shengen, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Eldridge, David J., Guirado, Emilio, Reich, Peter B., Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Berdugo, Miguel, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Blanco-Pastor, José L., Tedersoo, Leho, Plaza, César, Ding, Jingyi, Sun, Wei, Mamet, Steven, Cui, Haiying, He, Ji-Zheng, Hu, Hang-Wei, Sokoya, Blessing, Abades, Sebastian, Alfaro, Fernando, Bamigboye, Adebola R., Bastida, Felipe, Ríos Murillo, Asunción de los, Durán, Jorge, Gaitán, Juan J., Guerra, Carlos A., Grebenc, Tine, Illán, Javier G., Liu, Yu-Rong, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Mallen-Cooper, Max, Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., Moreno, José L., Nahberger, Tina U., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Picó, Sergio, Rey, Ana, Rodríguez, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Torres-Díaz, Cristian, Trivedi, Pankaj, Wang, Jun‐Tao, Wang, Ling, Wang, Jianyong, Yang, Tianxue, Zaady, Eli, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhou, Xin-Quan, Zhou, Guiyao, Liu, Shengen, and Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel
Abstract: Soil mosses are among the most widely distributed organisms on land. Experiments and observations suggest that they contribute to terrestrial soil biodiversity and function, yet their ecological contribution to soil has never been assessed globally under natural conditions. Here we conducted the most comprehensive global standardized field study to quantify how soil mosses influence 8 ecosystem services associated with 24 soil biodiversity and functional attributes across wide environmental gradients from all continents. We found that soil mosses are associated with greater carbon sequestration, pool sizes for key nutrients and organic matter decomposition rates but a lower proportion of soil-borne plant pathogens than unvegetated soils. Mosses are especially important for supporting multiple ecosystem services where vascular-plant cover is low. Globally, soil mosses potentially support 6.43 Gt more carbon in the soil layer than do bare soils. The amount of soil carbon associated with mosses is up to six times the annual global carbon emissions from any altered land use globally. The largest positive contribution of mosses to soils occurs under a high cover of mat and turf mosses, in less-productive ecosystems and on sandy and salty soils. Our results highlight the contribution of mosses to soil life and functions and the need to conserve these important organisms to support healthy soils.
Published: 2023

16. Delgado-Baquerizo et al. 2023

Author: Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, García-Palacios, Pablo, Bradford, Mark A., Eldridge, David J., Berdugo, Miguel, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Liu, Yu-Rong, Alfaro, Fernando D., Abades, Sebastián, Bamigboye, Adebola R., Bastida, F., Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Durán, Jorge, Gaitán, Juan J., Illán, Javier, G., Grebenc, Tine, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Jaiswal, Durgesh Kumar, Nahberger, Tina U., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Rey, Ana, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Sun, Wei, Trivedi, Pankaj, Verma, Jay Prakash, Wang, Ling, Wang, Jianyong, Yang, Tianxue, Zaady, Eli, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhou, Xin-Quan, Plaza de Carlos, César, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, García-Palacios, Pablo, Bradford, Mark A., Eldridge, David J., Berdugo, Miguel, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Liu, Yu-Rong, Alfaro, Fernando D., Abades, Sebastián, Bamigboye, Adebola R., Bastida, F., Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Durán, Jorge, Gaitán, Juan J., Illán, Javier, G., Grebenc, Tine, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Jaiswal, Durgesh Kumar, Nahberger, Tina U., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Rey, Ana, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Sun, Wei, Trivedi, Pankaj, Verma, Jay Prakash, Wang, Ling, Wang, Jianyong, Yang, Tianxue, Zaady, Eli, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhou, Xin-Quan, and Plaza de Carlos, César
Published: 2023

17. The particulate organic fraction dominates soil carbon in the mineral layer of cold ecosystems

Author: García-Palacios, Pablo, Bradford, Mark A., Benavente-Ferraces, Iria, Celis, Miguel de, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, García-Gil, Juan C., Gaitán, Juan J., Goñi-Urtiaga, Asier, Mueller, Panettieri, Marco, Rey, Ana, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Schuur, Edward A. G., Sokol, Noah, Tedersoo, Leho, Plaza de Carlos, César, García-Palacios, Pablo, Bradford, Mark A., Benavente-Ferraces, Iria, Celis, Miguel de, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, García-Gil, Juan C., Gaitán, Juan J., Goñi-Urtiaga, Asier, Mueller, Panettieri, Marco, Rey, Ana, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Schuur, Edward A. G., Sokol, Noah, Tedersoo, Leho, and Plaza de Carlos, César
Abstract: Discriminating between soil particulate organic carbon (POC) and mineral-associated (MAOC) can constrain the uncertainty of global SOC estimates. Despite that a massive amount of the global SOC stock is stored in cold regions such as arctic, subarctic and alpine biomes, and that these regions are warming faster than the global average, how C is distributed among fractions is not considered when assessing the contribution of cold regions to global land C-climate feedbacks. Here we combined field observations of POC and MAOC fractions in the mineral layer with experimental warming, to investigate whether SOC in cold regions is predominantly stored in the POC fraction, and whether this relates to higher SOC losses with warming than in milder biomes. We show that SOC in surface mineral soils (0 to 30 cm) is largely dominated by the POC fraction in both permafrost and non-permafrost soils, and in arctic and alpine ecosystems but not in subarctic environments. The experimental findings indicate that SOC is more vulnerable to warming in cold ecosystems compared to milder biomes, as mediated by higher warming-induced POC losses, which agrees with the previous pattern of POC dominance. Our comprehensive analysis suggests that the massive SOC accumulation in cold ecosystems is not only warming faster that the global average, but predominantly stored in the POC fraction, the fraction most vulnerable to anthropogenic climate warming.
Published: 2023

18. The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands

Author: Maestre, Fernando T., primary, Eldridge, David J., additional, Gross, Nicolas, additional, Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, additional, Saiz, Hugo, additional, Gozalo, Beatriz, additional, Ochoa, Victoria, additional, and Gaitán, Juan J., additional
Published: 2022
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19. Vegetation structure is as important as climate for explaining ecosystem function across Patagonian rangelands

Author: Gaitán, Juan J., Oliva, Gabriel E., Bran, Donaldo E., Maestre, Fernando T., Aguiar, Martín R., Jobbágy, Esteban G., Buono, Gustavo G., Ferrante, Daniela, Nakamatsu, Viviana B., Ciari, Georgina, Salomone, Jorge M., and Massara, Virginia
Published: 2014

20. Prevalence and drivers of abrupt vegetation shifts in global drylands

Author: Berdugo, Miguel, primary, Gaitán, Juan J., additional, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, additional, Crowther, Thomas W., additional, and Dakos, Vasilis, additional
Published: 2022
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21. Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

Author: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Maestre, Fernando T., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Eldridge, David J., Saiz, Hugo, Berdugo, Miguel, Gozalo, Beatriz, Ochoa, Victoria, Guirado, Emilio, García-Gómez, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Bowker, Matthew A., Bran, Donaldo, Bu, Chongfeng, Canessa, Rafaella, Castillo-Monroy, Andrea P., Castro, Helena, Castro, Ignacio, Castro-Quezada, Patricio, Chibani, Roukaya, Conceição, Abel A., Jadán-Maza, Oswaldo, Currier, Courtney M., Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony, Deák, Balázs, Donoso, David A., Dougill, Andrew J., Durán, Jorge, Erdenetsetseg, Batdelger, Espinosa, Carlos I., Fajardo, Alex, Farzam, Mohammad, Jeltsch, Florian, Ferrante, Daniela, Frank, Anke S.K., Fraser, Lauchlan H., Gherardi, Laureano A., Greenville, Aaron C., Guerra, Carlos A., Gusmán-Montalvan, Elizabeth, Hernández-Hernández, Rosa M., Hölzel, Norbert, Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Jentsch, Anke, Hughes, Frederic M., Kaseke, Kudzai F., Köbel, Melanie, Koopman, Jessica E., Leder, Cintia V., Linstädter, Anja, le Roux, Peter C., Li, Xinkai, Richard, Benoit, Liancourt, Pierre, Liu, Jushan, Louw, Michelle A., Maggs-Kölling, Gillian, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Malam Issa, Oumarou, Manzaneda, Antonio J., Marais, Eugene, Mora, Juan P., Moreno, Gerardo, Rodríguez, Alexandra, Munson, Seth M., Nunes, Alice, Oliva, Gabriel, Oñatibia, Gastón R., Peter, Guadalupe, Pivari, Marco O.D., Pueyo, Yolanda, Quiroga, R. Emiliano, Rahmanian, Soroor, Reed, Sasha C., Rolo, Víctor, Rey, Pedro J., Rubalcaba, Juan G., Ruppert, Jan C., Salah, Ayman, Schuchardt, Max A., Spann, Sedona, Stavi, Ilan, Stephens, Colton R.A., Gaitán, Juan J., Swemmer, Anthony M., Teixido, Alberto L., Thomas, Andrew D., Throop, Heather L., Tielbörger, Katja, Travers, Samantha, Val, James, Valkó, Orsolya, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Velasco Ayuso, Sergio, Asensio, Sergio, Velbert, Frederike, Wamiti, Wanyoike, Wang, Deli, Wang, Lixin, Wardle, Glenda M., Yahdjian, Laura, Zaady, Eli, Zhang, Yuanming, Zhou, Xiaobing, Singh, Brajesh K., Mendoza, Betty J., Gross, Nicolas, Plaza, César, Díaz-Martínez, Paloma, Rey, Ana, Hu, Hang-Wei, He, Ji-Zheng, Wang, Jun‐Tao, Lehmann, Anika, Rillig, Matthias C., Cesarz, Simone, Eisenhauer, Nico, Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime, Moreno Jiménez, Eduardo, Sala, Osvaldo, Abedi, Mehdi, Ahmadian, Negar, Alados, Concepción L., Aramayo, Valeria, Amghar, Fateh, Arredondo, Tulio, Ahumada, Rodrigo J., Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, Ben Salem, Farah, Blaum, Niels, Boldgiv, Bazartseren, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Maestre, Fernando T., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Eldridge, David J., Saiz, Hugo, Berdugo, Miguel, Gozalo, Beatriz, Ochoa, Victoria, Guirado, Emilio, García-Gómez, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Bowker, Matthew A., Bran, Donaldo, Bu, Chongfeng, Canessa, Rafaella, Castillo-Monroy, Andrea P., Castro, Helena, Castro, Ignacio, Castro-Quezada, Patricio, Chibani, Roukaya, Conceição, Abel A., Jadán-Maza, Oswaldo, Currier, Courtney M., Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony, Deák, Balázs, Donoso, David A., Dougill, Andrew J., Durán, Jorge, Erdenetsetseg, Batdelger, Espinosa, Carlos I., Fajardo, Alex, Farzam, Mohammad, Jeltsch, Florian, Ferrante, Daniela, Frank, Anke S.K., Fraser, Lauchlan H., Gherardi, Laureano A., Greenville, Aaron C., Guerra, Carlos A., Gusmán-Montalvan, Elizabeth, Hernández-Hernández, Rosa M., Hölzel, Norbert, Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Jentsch, Anke, Hughes, Frederic M., Kaseke, Kudzai F., Köbel, Melanie, Koopman, Jessica E., Leder, Cintia V., Linstädter, Anja, le Roux, Peter C., Li, Xinkai, Richard, Benoit, Liancourt, Pierre, Liu, Jushan, Louw, Michelle A., Maggs-Kölling, Gillian, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Malam Issa, Oumarou, Manzaneda, Antonio J., Marais, Eugene, Mora, Juan P., Moreno, Gerardo, Rodríguez, Alexandra, Munson, Seth M., Nunes, Alice, Oliva, Gabriel, Oñatibia, Gastón R., Peter, Guadalupe, Pivari, Marco O.D., Pueyo, Yolanda, Quiroga, R. Emiliano, Rahmanian, Soroor, Reed, Sasha C., Rolo, Víctor, Rey, Pedro J., Rubalcaba, Juan G., Ruppert, Jan C., Salah, Ayman, Schuchardt, Max A., Spann, Sedona, Stavi, Ilan, Stephens, Colton R.A., Gaitán, Juan J., Swemmer, Anthony M., Teixido, Alberto L., Thomas, Andrew D., Throop, Heather L., Tielbörger, Katja, Travers, Samantha, Val, James, Valkó, Orsolya, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Velasco Ayuso, Sergio, Asensio, Sergio, Velbert, Frederike, Wamiti, Wanyoike, Wang, Deli, Wang, Lixin, Wardle, Glenda M., Yahdjian, Laura, Zaady, Eli, Zhang, Yuanming, Zhou, Xiaobing, Singh, Brajesh K., Mendoza, Betty J., Gross, Nicolas, Plaza, César, Díaz-Martínez, Paloma, Rey, Ana, Hu, Hang-Wei, He, Ji-Zheng, Wang, Jun‐Tao, Lehmann, Anika, Rillig, Matthias C., Cesarz, Simone, Eisenhauer, Nico, Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime, Moreno Jiménez, Eduardo, Sala, Osvaldo, Abedi, Mehdi, Ahmadian, Negar, Alados, Concepción L., Aramayo, Valeria, Amghar, Fateh, Arredondo, Tulio, Ahumada, Rodrigo J., Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, Ben Salem, Farah, Blaum, Niels, and Boldgiv, Bazartseren
Abstract: Grazing represents the most extensive use of land worldwide. Yet its impacts on ecosystem services remain uncertain because pervasive interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil properties, and biodiversity may occur but have never been addressed simultaneously. Using a standardized survey at 98 sites across six continents, we show that interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil, and biodiversity are critical to explain the delivery of fundamental ecosystem services across drylands worldwide. Increasing grazing pressure reduced ecosystem service delivery in warmer and species-poor drylands, whereas positive effects of grazing were observed in colder and species-rich areas. Considering interactions between grazing and local abiotic and biotic factors is key for understanding the fate of dryland ecosystems under climate change and increasing human pressure.
Published: 2022

22. The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands

Author: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Maestre, Fernando T., Eldridge, David J., Gross, Nicolas, Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Saiz, Hugo, Gozalo, Beatriz, Ochoa, Victoria, Gaitán, Juan J., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Maestre, Fernando T., Eldridge, David J., Gross, Nicolas, Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Saiz, Hugo, Gozalo, Beatriz, Ochoa, Victoria, and Gaitán, Juan J.
Abstract: Grazing by domestic livestock is both the main land use across drylands worldwide and a major desertification and global change driver. The ecological consequences of this key human activity have been studied for decades, and there is a wealth of information on its impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem processes. However, most field assessments of the ecological impacts of grazing on drylands conducted to date have been carried out at local or regional scales and have focused on single ecosystem attributes (e.g., plant productivity) or particular taxa (mainly aboveground, e.g., plants). Here we introduce the BIODESERT survey, the first systematic field survey devoted to evaluating the joint impacts of grazing by domestic livestock and climate on the structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems worldwide. This collaborative global survey was carried out between 2016 and 2019 and has involved the collection of field data and plant, biocrust, and soil samples from a total of 326 45 m × 45 m plots from 98 sites located in 25 countries from 6 continents. Here we describe the major characteristics and the field protocols used in this survey. We also introduce the organizational aspects followed, as these can be helpful to everyone wishing to establish a global collaborative network of researchers. The BIODESERT survey provides baseline data to assess the current status of dryland rangelands worldwide and the impacts of grazing on these key ecosystems, and it constitutes a good example of the power of collaborative research networks to study the ecology of our planet using much-needed field data.
Published: 2022

23. Economics of Land Degradation in Argentina

Author: Bouza, Mariana E., primary, Aranda-Rickert, Adriana, additional, Brizuela, María Magdalena, additional, Wilson, Marcelo G., additional, Sasal, Maria Carolina, additional, Sione, Silvana M. J., additional, Beghetto, Stella, additional, Gabioud, Emmanuel A., additional, Oszust, José D., additional, Bran, Donaldo E., additional, Velazco, Virginia, additional, Gaitán, Juan J., additional, Silenzi, Juan C., additional, Echeverría, Nora E., additional, De Lucia, Martín P., additional, Iurman, Daniel E., additional, Vanzolini, Juan I., additional, Castoldi, Federico J., additional, Hormaeche, Joaquin Etorena, additional, Johnson, Timothy, additional, Meyer, Stefan, additional, and Nkonya, Ephraim, additional
Published: 2015
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24. Coexistence of grasses and shrubs in Patagonian steppes. Norm or exception?

Author: Biancari, Lucio, Oñatibia, Gastón R., Gaitán, Juan J., and Aguiar, Martín R.
Subjects: RANGE management, STEPPES, WATER shortages, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY organization, SHRUBS, GRASSES
Abstract: Questions: (1) Is the co‐dominance of grasses and shrubs a general feature of Patagonian steppes? (2) At a local scale, does it change with domestic grazing intensity or decadal changes in precipitation? Locations: Question 1. Patagonia region in southern South America. Question 2. Shrub–grass steppes (45°24′S, 70°17′W) subjected to different grazing intensity for decades. Methods: We sampled vegetation to estimate perennial grass and shrub cover at two scales: regional and local. At the regional (phytogeographical) scale, we sampled grazed steppes under different climates and soils (n = 324 sites over ca. 487,000 km2). At the local scale, we sampled paddocks subjected to known grazing management, from commercial intensive densities of sheep to total (experimental) exclusion. Also, in the same site, we sampled permanent plots (25 years old) in a grazing exclosure to study the effects of precipitation variation. Results: Mixed communities are the predominant form of community organization in the Patagonia region. At the regional scale, shrub cover was negatively related to grass cover and communities where shrubs had higher cover than grasses represent 54% of the data set. At the local scale for an arid steppe, perennial grasses had higher cover than shrubs, regardless of grazing pressure. The shrub‐to‐grass ratio was increased only by intensive grazing. Permanent plots in a grazing‐excluded paddock indicate that decadal xeric or humid climate periods decrease or increase total cover, respectively. Surprisingly, the relative shrub‐to‐grass ratio did not change significantly. Conclusions: Although perennial grasses and shrubs cover are negatively correlated, they coexist in the Patagonian steppes under a wide range of climate, soil and grazing conditions. At a local scale, selective herbivory promotes species replacement but did not substantially change the life‐form covers. Water shortages, as well as periods of water surplus, similarly affect both life forms without compromising their coexistence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2023
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25. Temporal variations on NDVI predict temporal changes in vegetation cover across Patagonian drylands (Argentina)

Author: Gaitán, Juan J., Ciano, Nicolás, Oliva, Gabriel, Bran, Donaldo E., Butti, Lucas, Cariac, German, Caruso, Cecilia, Opazo, Walter, Ferrante, Daniela, Echevarría, Daniela, Buono, Gustavo, Fantozzi, Anabella, Guirado, Emilio, Maestre, Fernando T., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, and Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef'
Subjects: Indicadores, Monitoring, Monitoreo, Indicators, Desertificación, Remote sensing, Ecología, Sensores remotos, Desertification
Abstract: La variación temporal del índice NDVI predice los cambios temporales de la cobertura vegetal en las tierras secas de la Patagonia argentina. En las tierras secas, la vegetación natural es una fuente importante de sustento para las comunidades que viven en ellas, dado que la utilizan como alimento, combustible y forraje para el ganado. Además de los bienes y servicios que brinda a las comunidades, la vegetación de las tierras secas también juega un papel importante en muchos procesos ecosistémicos, como por ejemplo el reciclaje de nutrientes o la protección del suelo frente a la erosión. Por lo tanto, el monitoreo a largo plazo de la cobertura vegetal es clave para la toma de decisiones en la gestión de estas regiones. En este estudio, analizamos la variación de la cobertura vegetal en 239 sitios de una red de monitoreo a largo plazo (red MARAS), en uno de los biomas de tierras secas más grandes del mundo: la estepa patagónica argentina. A continuación, la relacionamos con la variación de diferentes períodos del Índice de Vegetación de Diferencia Normalizada (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, NDVI), obtenido del sensor MODIS, que sirve como variable predictora. El modelo empírico ajustado explicó hasta un 40% de la variación en la cobertura vegetal medida a campo. Con este sencillo modelo empírico hemos estimado y cartografiado los cambios temporales en la cobertura vegetal de un extenso bioma de tierras secas a bajo coste. Temporal variations on NDVI predict temporal changes in vegetation cover across Patagonian drylands (Argentina). In drylands, natural vegetation is an important source of livelihood as they provide food, fuel and forage for livestock. In addition to the provision of goods and services, dryland vegetation also plays an important role in many ecological processes, such as recycling nutrients or protecting the soil from erosion. Longterm monitoring of vegetation cover is therefore key for decision-making and management of these regions. In this study, we analyze the variation of vegetation cover in 239 sites of a long-term monitoring network (MARAS network), in one of the largest dryland biomes in the world: the argentine patagonian steppe. Then we relate it to the variation of different periods of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), obtained from the MODIS sensor, which serve as a predictor variable. The adjusted empirical model explained up to 40% of the variation in the vegetation cover measured in the field. With this simple empirical model we have estimated and mapped temporal changes in the vegetation cover of a large dryland biome at low cost. La red MARAS ha sido financiada por el proyecto GEF Patagonia PNUD ARG 07/G35 (2008–2014) “Sustainable Management of Arid and Semiarid systems for desertification control in Patagonia” Argentina. Financiamiento adicional fue aportado por el Proyecto INTA PNNAT-1128035 “Observatorios de Sustentabilidad Rural”, Fundación ArgenINTA (2015–2016), Ley 25.422 para la Recuperación de la Ganadería Ovina de Argentina (2017–2019) y el Proyecto INTA PE i040 “Monitoreo de la degradación de tierras (2020-2021). El trabajo de FTM está financiado por el European Research Council (ERC Grant agreement 647038 [BIODESERT]) y la Generalitat Valenciana (CIDEGENT/2018/041).
Published: 2021

26. La variación temporal del índice NDVI predice los cambios temporales de la cobertura vegetal en las tierras secas de la Patagonia argentina

Author: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Gaitán, Juan J., Ciano, Nicolás, Oliva, Gabriel, Bran, Donaldo E., Butti, Lucas, Cariac, German, Caruso, Cecilia, Opazo, Walter, Ferrante, Daniela, Echevarría, Daniela, Buono, Gustavo, Fantozzi, Anabella, Guirado, Emilio, Maestre, Fernando T., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Gaitán, Juan J., Ciano, Nicolás, Oliva, Gabriel, Bran, Donaldo E., Butti, Lucas, Cariac, German, Caruso, Cecilia, Opazo, Walter, Ferrante, Daniela, Echevarría, Daniela, Buono, Gustavo, Fantozzi, Anabella, Guirado, Emilio, and Maestre, Fernando T.
Abstract: La variación temporal del índice NDVI predice los cambios temporales de la cobertura vegetal en las tierras secas de la Patagonia argentina. En las tierras secas, la vegetación natural es una fuente importante de sustento para las comunidades que viven en ellas, dado que la utilizan como alimento, combustible y forraje para el ganado. Además de los bienes y servicios que brinda a las comunidades, la vegetación de las tierras secas también juega un papel importante en muchos procesos ecosistémicos, como por ejemplo el reciclaje de nutrientes o la protección del suelo frente a la erosión. Por lo tanto, el monitoreo a largo plazo de la cobertura vegetal es clave para la toma de decisiones en la gestión de estas regiones. En este estudio, analizamos la variación de la cobertura vegetal en 239 sitios de una red de monitoreo a largo plazo (red MARAS), en uno de los biomas de tierras secas más grandes del mundo: la estepa patagónica argentina. A continuación, la relacionamos con la variación de diferentes períodos del Índice de Vegetación de Diferencia Normalizada (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, NDVI), obtenido del sensor MODIS, que sirve como variable predictora. El modelo empírico ajustado explicó hasta un 40% de la variación en la cobertura vegetal medida a campo. Con este sencillo modelo empírico hemos estimado y cartografiado los cambios temporales en la cobertura vegetal de un extenso bioma de tierras secas a bajo coste., Temporal variations on NDVI predict temporal changes in vegetation cover across Patagonian drylands (Argentina). In drylands, natural vegetation is an important source of livelihood as they provide food, fuel and forage for livestock. In addition to the provision of goods and services, dryland vegetation also plays an important role in many ecological processes, such as recycling nutrients or protecting the soil from erosion. Longterm monitoring of vegetation cover is therefore key for decision-making and management of these regions. In this study, we analyze the variation of vegetation cover in 239 sites of a long-term monitoring network (MARAS network), in one of the largest dryland biomes in the world: the argentine patagonian steppe. Then we relate it to the variation of different periods of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), obtained from the MODIS sensor, which serve as a predictor variable. The adjusted empirical model explained up to 40% of the variation in the vegetation cover measured in the field. With this simple empirical model we have estimated and mapped temporal changes in the vegetation cover of a large dryland biome at low cost.
Published: 2021

27. Aridity Thresholds Determine the Relationships Between Ecosystem Functioning and Remotely Sensed Indicators Across Patagonia

Author: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Zhao, Yanchuang, Guirado, Emilio, Gaitán, Juan J., Maestre, Fernando T., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Zhao, Yanchuang, Guirado, Emilio, Gaitán, Juan J., and Maestre, Fernando T.
Abstract: Emerging evidence suggests that ecosystem responses to increases in atmospheric aridity, a hallmark of climate change, exhibit multiple thresholds across global drylands. However, it is not clear whether aridity thresholds exist in the relationships between ecosystem functions and remotely sensed indicators (RSIs). Assessing this is important because these empirical relationships underpin the statistical models commonly used to estimate ecosystem functioning across large spatial scales, which typically uses data from RSI. We evaluated how the relationships between nutrient cycling index (NCI; a proxy of ecosystem functioning) measured in situ and RSI [albedo and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)] change along with a wide aridity (1 - [precipitation/potential evapotranspiration]) gradient in Patagonia (Argentina). For doing so, we used field-based NCI data from 235 ecosystems that were surveyed twice (2008-2013 and 2014-2018). Three aridity thresholds were identified when evaluating the RSI-NCI relationships. The first threshold was found around aridity values ranging from 0.44 to 0.60, while the second and third were concentrated around aridity values of 0.69 and 0.82, respectively. These results indicate that RSI-NCI relationships changed drastically along aridity gradients, and these thresholds should be considered when evaluating ecosystem functions using RSI. In addition, we also found that the relationships between NCI and albedos were not significant around aridity values of 0.82. These results were consistent across sampling dates. Our findings imply that empirical models of the RSI-NCI relationship employing only albedos/reflectance as inputs are not reliable under the most arid conditions and can be used to improve the effectiveness of the use of RSI to monitor and predict changes in ecosystem functioning across large environmental gradients in drylands.
Published: 2021

28. Vegetation composition and its relationship with the environment in mallines of north Patagonia, Argentina

Author: Gaitán, Juan J., López, Carlos R., and Bran, Donaldo E.
Published: 2011
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29. Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands

Author: 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.
Abstract: 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
Published: 2020

30. The MARAS dataset, vegetation and soil characteristics of dryland rangelands across Patagonia

Author: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Oliva, Gabriel, dos Santos, Eder, Sofía, Osiris, Umaña, Fernando, Massara, Virginia, García Martínez, Guillermo, Caruso, Cecilia, Cariac, German, Echevarría, Daniela, Fantozzi, Anabella, Butti, Lucas, Bran, Donaldo E., Gaitán, Juan J., Ferrante, Daniela, Paredes, Paula, Domínguez, Erwin, Maestre, Fernando T., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Oliva, Gabriel, dos Santos, Eder, Sofía, Osiris, Umaña, Fernando, Massara, Virginia, García Martínez, Guillermo, Caruso, Cecilia, Cariac, German, Echevarría, Daniela, Fantozzi, Anabella, Butti, Lucas, Bran, Donaldo E., Gaitán, Juan J., Ferrante, Daniela, Paredes, Paula, Domínguez, Erwin, and Maestre, Fernando T.
Abstract: We present the MARAS (Environmental Monitoring of Arid and Semiarid Regions) dataset, which stores vegetation and soil data of 426 rangeland monitoring plots installed throughout Patagonia, a 624.500 km2 area of southern Argentina and Chile. Data for each monitoring plot includes basic climatic and landscape features, photographs, 500 point intercepts for vegetation cover, plant species list and biodiversity indexes, 50-m line-intercept transect for vegetation spatial pattern analysis, land function indexes drawn from 11 measures of soil surface characteristics and laboratory soil analysis (pH, conductivity, organic matter, N and texture). Monitoring plots were installed between 2007 and 2019, and are being reassessed at 5-year intervals (247 have been surveyed twice). The MARAS dataset provides a baseline from which to evaluate the impacts of climate change and changes in land use intensity in Patagonian ecosystems, which collectively constitute one of the world´s largest rangeland areas. This dataset will be of interest to scientists exploring key ecological questions such as biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships, plant-soil interactions and climatic controls on ecosystem structure and functioning.
Published: 2020

31. Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity

Author: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Berdugo, Miguel, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Soliveres, Santiago, Hernández Clemente, Rocío, Zhao, Yanchuang, Gaitán, Juan J., Gross, Nicolas, Saiz, Hugo, Maire, Vincent, Lehman, Anika, Rillig, Matthias C., 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, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Soliveres, Santiago, Hernández Clemente, Rocío, Zhao, Yanchuang, Gaitán, Juan J., Gross, Nicolas, Saiz, Hugo, Maire, Vincent, Lehman, Anika, Rillig, Matthias C., Solé, Ricard V., and Maestre, Fernando T.
Abstract: Aridity, which is increasing worldwide because of climate change, affects the structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems. Whether aridification leads to gradual (versus abrupt) and systemic (versus specific) ecosystem changes is largely unknown. We investigated how 20 structural and functional ecosystem attributes respond to aridity in global drylands. Aridification led to systemic and abrupt changes in multiple ecosystem attributes. These changes occurred sequentially in three phases characterized by abrupt decays in plant productivity, soil fertility, and plant cover and richness at aridity values of 0.54, 0.7, and 0.8, respectively. More than 20% of the terrestrial surface will cross one or several of these thresholds by 2100, which calls for immediate actions to minimize the negative impacts of aridification on essential ecosystem services for the more than 2 billion people living in drylands.
Published: 2020

32. Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity

Author: European Research Council, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Generalitat Valenciana, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, European Commission, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, German Research Foundation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fundación Botín, Berdugo, Miguel, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Soliveres, Santiago, Hernández-Clemente, Rocío, Zhao, Yanchuang, Gaitán, Juan J., Gross, Nicolas, Sáiz, Hugo, Maire, Vincent, Lehmann, Anika, Rillig, Matthias C., Solé, Ricard V., Maestre, Fernando T., European Research Council, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Generalitat Valenciana, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, European Commission, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, German Research Foundation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fundación Botín, Berdugo, Miguel, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Soliveres, Santiago, Hernández-Clemente, Rocío, Zhao, Yanchuang, Gaitán, Juan J., Gross, Nicolas, Sáiz, Hugo, Maire, Vincent, Lehmann, Anika, Rillig, Matthias C., Solé, Ricard V., and Maestre, Fernando T.
Abstract: Aridity, which is increasing worldwide because of climate change, affects the structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems. Whether aridification leads to gradual (versus abrupt) and systemic (versus specific) ecosystem changes is largely unknown. We investigated how 20 structural and functional ecosystem attributes respond to aridity in global drylands. Aridification led to systemic and abrupt changes in multiple ecosystem attributes. These changes occurred sequentially in three phases characterized by abrupt decays in plant productivity, soil fertility, and plant cover and richness at aridity values of 0.54, 0.7, and 0.8, respectively. More than 20% of the terrestrial surface will cross one or several of these thresholds by 2100, which calls for immediate actions to minimize the negative impacts of aridification on essential ecosystem services for the more than 2 billion people living in drylands.
Published: 2020

33. Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity

Author: Berdugo, Miguel, primary, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, additional, Soliveres, Santiago, additional, Hernández-Clemente, Rocío, additional, Zhao, Yanchuang, additional, Gaitán, Juan J., additional, Gross, Nicolas, additional, Saiz, Hugo, additional, Maire, Vincent, additional, Lehmann, Anika, additional, Rillig, Matthias C., additional, Solé, Ricard V., additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
Published: 2020
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34. Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands

Author: 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
Published: 2020
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35. Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems

Author: European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (España), Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Maestre, Fernando T. [0000-0002-7434-4856], Reich, Peter B. [0000-0003-4424-662X], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Singh, Brajesh K. [0000-0003-4413-4185], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Maestre, Fernando T., Reich, Peter B., Jeffries; Thomas C., Gaitán, Juan J., Encinar, Daniel, Berdugo, Miguel, Campbell, Colin D., Singh, Brajesh K., European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (España), Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Maestre, Fernando T. [0000-0002-7434-4856], Reich, Peter B. [0000-0003-4424-662X], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Singh, Brajesh K. [0000-0003-4413-4185], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Maestre, Fernando T., Reich, Peter B., Jeffries; Thomas C., Gaitán, Juan J., Encinar, Daniel, Berdugo, Miguel, Campbell, Colin D., and Singh, Brajesh K.
Abstract: Despite the importance of microbial communities for ecosystem services and human welfare, the relationship between microbial diversity and multiple ecosystem functions and services (that is, multifunctionality) at the global scale has yet to be evaluated. Here we use two independent, large-scale databases with contrasting geographic coverage (from 78 global drylands and from 179 locations across Scotland, respectively), and report that soil microbial diversity positively relates to multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems. The direct positive effects of microbial diversity were maintained even when accounting simultaneously for multiple multifunctionality drivers (climate, soil abiotic factors and spatial predictors). Our findings provide empirical evidence that any loss in microbial diversity will likely reduce multifunctionality, negatively impacting the provision of services such as climate regulation, soil fertility and food and fibre production by terrestrial ecosystems.
Published: 2016

36. Structure and Functioning of Dryland Ecosystems in a Changing World

Author: European Commission, Maestre, Fernando T. [0000-0002-7434-4856], Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Soliveres, Santiago [0000-0001-9661-7192], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Bowker, Matthew A. [0000-0002-5891-0264], García-Palacios, Pablo [0000-0002-6367-4761], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Gallardo, Antonio [0000-0002-2674-4265], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Maestre, Fernando T., Eldridge, David J., Soliveres, Santiago, Kéfi, Sonia, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Bowker, Matthew A., García-Palacios, Pablo, Gaitán, Juan J., Gallardo, Antonio, Lázaro, Roberto, Berdugo, Miguel, European Commission, Maestre, Fernando T. [0000-0002-7434-4856], Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Soliveres, Santiago [0000-0001-9661-7192], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Bowker, Matthew A. [0000-0002-5891-0264], García-Palacios, Pablo [0000-0002-6367-4761], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Gallardo, Antonio [0000-0002-2674-4265], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Maestre, Fernando T., Eldridge, David J., Soliveres, Santiago, Kéfi, Sonia, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Bowker, Matthew A., García-Palacios, Pablo, Gaitán, Juan J., Gallardo, Antonio, Lázaro, Roberto, and Berdugo, Miguel
Abstract: Understanding how drylands respond to ongoing environmental change is extremely important for global sustainability. In this review, we discuss how biotic attributes, climate, grazing pressure, land cover change, and nitrogen deposition affect the functioning of drylands at multiple spatial scales. Our synthesis highlights the importance of biotic attributes (e.g., species richness) in maintaining fundamental ecosystem processes such as primary productivity, illustrates how nitrogen deposition and grazing pressure are impacting ecosystem functioning in drylands worldwide, and highlights the importance of the traits of woody species as drivers of their expansion in former grasslands. We also emphasize the role of attributes such as species richness and abundance in controlling the responses of ecosystem functioning to climate change. This knowledge is essential to guide conservation and restoration efforts in drylands, as biotic attributes can be actively managed at the local scale to increase ecosystem resilience to global change.
Published: 2016

37. Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands

Author: European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Maestre, Fernando T. [0000-0002-7434-4856], Gallardo, Antonio [0000-0002-2674-4265], Bowker, Matthew A. [0000-0002-5891-0264], Quero Pérez, José Luis [0000-0001-5553-506X], Ochoa, Victoria [0000-0002-2055-2094], Gozalo, Beatriz [0000-0003-3082-4695], García-Palacios, Pablo [0000-0002-6367-4761], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Liu, Jushan [0000-0001-7768-914X], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Maestre, Fernando T., Gallardo, Antonio, Bowker, Matthew A., Wallenstein, Matthew D., Quero Pérez, José Luis, Ochoa, Victoria, García-Gómez, Miguel, Soliveres, Santiago, García-Palacios, Pablo, Berdugo, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Escolar, Cristina, Arredondo, Tulio, Barraza-Zepeda, Claudia, Bran, Donaldo, Carreira, José A., Chaïeb, Mohamed, Conceição, Abel A., Derak, Mchich, Eldridge, David J., Escudero, Adrián, Espinosa, Carlos, Gaitán, Juan J., Gatica, Gabriel, Gómez-González, Susana, Guzmán, Elizabeth, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Florentino, Adriana, Hepper; Estela, Hernández, Rosa M., Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Jankju, Mohammad, Liu, Jushan, Mau, Rebecca L., Miriti, Maria, Monerris, Jorge, Naseri, Kamal, Noumi, Zouhaier, Polo, Vicente, Prina, Aníbal, Pucheta, Eduardo, Ramírez, Elizabeth, Ramírez-Collantes, David A., Romão, Roberto L., Tighe, Matthew, Torres, Duilio, Torres-Díaz, Cristian, Ungar, Eugene D., Val, James, Wamiti, Wanyoike, Wang, Deli, Zaady, Eli, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Maestre, Fernando T. [0000-0002-7434-4856], Gallardo, Antonio [0000-0002-2674-4265], Bowker, Matthew A. [0000-0002-5891-0264], Quero Pérez, José Luis [0000-0001-5553-506X], Ochoa, Victoria [0000-0002-2055-2094], Gozalo, Beatriz [0000-0003-3082-4695], García-Palacios, Pablo [0000-0002-6367-4761], Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Eldridge, David J. [0000-0002-2191-486X], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Liu, Jushan [0000-0001-7768-914X], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Maestre, Fernando T., Gallardo, Antonio, Bowker, Matthew A., Wallenstein, Matthew D., Quero Pérez, José Luis, Ochoa, Victoria, García-Gómez, Miguel, Soliveres, Santiago, García-Palacios, Pablo, Berdugo, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Escolar, Cristina, Arredondo, Tulio, Barraza-Zepeda, Claudia, Bran, Donaldo, Carreira, José A., Chaïeb, Mohamed, Conceição, Abel A., Derak, Mchich, Eldridge, David J., Escudero, Adrián, Espinosa, Carlos, Gaitán, Juan J., Gatica, Gabriel, Gómez-González, Susana, Guzmán, Elizabeth, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Florentino, Adriana, Hepper; Estela, Hernández, Rosa M., Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Jankju, Mohammad, Liu, Jushan, Mau, Rebecca L., Miriti, Maria, Monerris, Jorge, Naseri, Kamal, Noumi, Zouhaier, Polo, Vicente, Prina, Aníbal, Pucheta, Eduardo, Ramírez, Elizabeth, Ramírez-Collantes, David A., Romão, Roberto L., Tighe, Matthew, Torres, Duilio, Torres-Díaz, Cristian, Ungar, Eugene D., Val, James, Wamiti, Wanyoike, Wang, Deli, and Zaady, Eli
Abstract: The biogeochemical cycles of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are interlinked by primary production, respiration and decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems1. It has been suggested that the C, N and P cycles could become uncoupled under rapid climate change because of the different degrees of control exerted on the supply of these elements by biological and geochemical processes1,2,3,4,5. Climatic controls on biogeochemical cycles are particularly relevant in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid ecosystems (drylands) because their biological activity is mainly driven by water availability6,7,8. The increase in aridity predicted for the twenty-first century in many drylands worldwide9,10,11 may therefore threaten the balance between these cycles, differentially affecting the availability of essential nutrients12,13,14. Here we evaluate how aridity affects the balance between C, N and P in soils collected from 224 dryland sites from all continents except Antarctica. We find a negative effect of aridity on the concentration of soil organic C and total N, but a positive effect on the concentration of inorganic P. Aridity is negatively related to plant cover, which may favour the dominance of physical processes such as rock weathering, a major source of P to ecosystems, over biological processes that provide more C and N, such as litter decomposition12,13,14. Our findings suggest that any predicted increase in aridity with climate change will probably reduce the concentrations of N and C in global drylands, but increase that of P. These changes would uncouple the C, N and P cycles in drylands and could negatively affect the provision of key services provided by these ecosystems.
Published: 2013

38. Aridity and Overgrazing Have Convergent Effects on Ecosystem Structure and Functioning in Patagonian Rangelands

Author: Gaitán, Juan J., primary, Bran, Donaldo E., additional, Oliva, Gabriel E., additional, Aguiar, Martín R., additional, Buono, Gustavo G., additional, Ferrante, Daniela, additional, Nakamatsu, Viviana, additional, Ciari, Georgina, additional, Salomone, Jorge M., additional, Massara, Virginia, additional, Martínez, Guillermo García, additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
Published: 2017
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39. Dynamics of volcanic ash remobilisation by wind through the Patagonian steppe after the eruption of Cordón Caulle, 2011

Author: Panebianco, Juan E., primary, Mendez, Mariano J., additional, Buschiazzo, Daniel E., additional, Bran, Donaldo, additional, and Gaitán, Juan J., additional
Published: 2017
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40. Aridity and Overgrazing Have Convergent Effects on Ecosystem Structure and Functioning in Patagonian Rangelands.

Author: Gaitán, Juan J., Bran, Donaldo E., Oliva, Gabriel E., Aguiar, Martín R., Buono, Gustavo G., Ferrante, Daniela, Nakamatsu, Viviana, Ciari, Georgina, Salomone, Jorge M., Massara, Virginia, Martínez, Guillermo García, and Maestre, Fernando T.
Subjects: LIVESTOCK ecology, CARBON in soils, SUSTAINABILITY, RANGE management
Abstract: Abstract: Over 65% of drylands are used for grazing of managed livestock. Understanding what drives grazing effects on the structure and functioning of rangelands is critical for achieving their sustainability. We studied a network of 239 sites across Patagonian rangelands (Argentina), which constitute one of the world's largest rangeland area. We aimed to (i) evaluate how aridity and grazing affect ecosystem structure and functioning and (ii) test the usefulness of the landscape function analysis (LFA) indices (stability, infiltration and nutrient cycling) as surrogates of soil functioning. Aridity decreased species richness and the cover of palatable grasses but increased the cover of palatable shrubs. Grazing pressure negatively impacted the cover of palatable grasses and species richness but did not affect the cover of shrubs. Aridity had direct and indirect negative relationships with the LFA indices. Grazing pressure had no direct effects on the LFA indices but had an indirect negative effect on them by affecting vegetation structure. The LFA indices were positively and negatively correlated with soil organic carbon and sand contents, respectively, suggesting that these indices are useful proxies of soil functional processes in Patagonian rangelands. Our findings indicate that aridity and overgrazing have convergent effects on the structure and functioning of ecosystems, as both promoted reductions in species richness, the cover of palatable grasses and soil functioning. Rangeland management activities should aim to enhance species richness and the cover of palatable grasses, as these actions could contribute to offset adverse effects of ongoing increases in aridity on drylands. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2018
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41. Effect of burn severity on vegetation recovery in the Austral Monte

Author: Bran, Donaldo E., Cecchi, Gustavo A., Gaitán, Juan J., Ayesa, Javier A., and López, Carlos R.
Subjects: incendio, functional groups, monte phytogeographic province, grupos funcionales, severidad de quemado, burn severity, fire, provincia fitogeográfica del monte
Abstract: El fuego es un fenómeno recurrente en los ecosistemas del norte de la Patagonia y ocurren, fundamentalmente, luego de una serie de años húmedos que promueve el crecimiento de pastos. La acumulación de material combustible fino que resulta de esta secuencia de años húme-dos facilita la ocurrencia de los incendios. Nuestro conocimiento sobre cómo es la regeneración de la vegetación es limitado. El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar el efecto de la severidad de quemado (IS) sobre la evolución post-fuego de distintos grupos funcionales de la vegetación: arbustos, pastos perennes y pastos anuales. Durante dos estaciones de crecimiento posteriores al fuego, en un área ubicada en el este de la provincia de Río Negro (Provincia Fitogeográfica del Monte), evaluamos la cobertura de estos grupos. La cobertura de pastos anuales superó a los testigos no incendiados en la primera estación de crecimiento posterior al incendio en los sitios con menor IS, mientras que en los sitios con mayor IS esto se produjo durante la segunda estación. La cobertura de pastos perennes se regeneró al segundo año en todas las severidades de quemado, mientras que los arbustos recuperaron menos de la mitad de su cobertura original. El aumento inicial de la relación pastos/arbustos producida luego del incendio favorecería la actividad ganadera, sin embargo pueden existir impactos negativos sobre el suelo (erosión, pérdida de fertilidad) que deberían evaluarse antes de generar prácticas de manejo del fuego. Fire has been a recurrent phenomenon in Northeast region of Patagonia and it takes place, mainly, after humid years that promote the growth of the grasses. The consequent accumulation of fine combustible material favors the propagation of fire. However, little is known about the post-fire evolution of the vegetation in relation to the magnitude of the damage caused by this disturbance. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of Burn Severity (IS) over the post-fire evolution of different functional groups of the vegetation (shrubs, perennial grasses and annual grasses) in two growing seasons after fire in an area located in the East of Río Negro province, inside the Monte Phytogeographic Province. The cover of annual grasses in the areas with lower IS overcome the non-burn sites in the first post fire growing season, while in the areas with higher IS this took place during the second season. The perennial grasses cover regenerated in the second year in all IS classes, while shrubs recovered less than half of their original cover. The initial increase in the grasses/shrubs relationship produced after the fire would be more favorable for cattle, however negative impacts on the soil can exist (erosion, loss of fertility) that should be evaluated before generating practices of fire management.
Published: 2007

42. Plant species richness and shrub cover attenuate drought effects on ecosystem functioning across Patagonian rangelands

Author: Gaitán, Juan J., primary, Bran, Donaldo, additional, Oliva, Gabriel, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Aguiar, Martín R., additional, Jobbágy, Esteban, additional, Buono, Gustavo, additional, Ferrante, Daniela, additional, Nakamatsu, Viviana, additional, Ciari, Georgina, additional, Salomone, Jorge, additional, and Massara, Virginia, additional
Published: 2014
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43. Evaluating the performance of multiple remote sensing indices to predict the spatial variability of ecosystem structure and functioning in Patagonian steppes

Author: Gaitán, Juan J., primary, Bran, Donaldo, additional, Oliva, Gabriel, additional, Ciari, Georgina, additional, Nakamatsu, Viviana, additional, Salomone, Jorge, additional, Ferrante, Daniela, additional, Buono, Gustavo, additional, Massara, Virginia, additional, Humano, Gervasio, additional, Celdrán, Diego, additional, Opazo, Walter, additional, and Maestre, Fernando T., additional
Published: 2013
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44. Vegetation composition and its relationship with the environment in mallines of north Patagonia, Argentina

Author: Gaitán, Juan J., primary, López, Carlos R., additional, and Bran, Donaldo E., additional
Published: 2010
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45. Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity

Author: Berdugo, Miguel, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Soliveres, Santiago, Hernández-Clemente, Rocío, Zhao, Yanchuang, Gaitán, Juan J., Gross, Nicolas, Saiz, Hugo, Maire, Vincent, Lehman, Anika, Rillig, Matthias C., Solé, Ricard V., and Maestre, Fernando T.
Subjects: 13. Climate action, sense organs, 15. Life on land, 580 Plants (Botany)
Abstract: Aridity, which is increasing worldwide because of climate change, affects the structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems. Whether aridification leads to gradual (versus abrupt) and systemic (versus specific) ecosystem changes is largely unknown. We investigated how 20 structural and functional ecosystem attributes respond to aridity in global drylands. Aridification led to systemic and abrupt changes in multiple ecosystem attributes. These changes occurred sequentially in three phases characterized by abrupt decays in plant productivity, soil fertility, and plant cover and richness at aridity values of 0.54, 0.7, and 0.8, respectively. More than 20% of the terrestrial surface will cross one or several of these thresholds by 2100, which calls for immediate actions to minimize the negative impacts of aridification on essential ecosystem services for the more than 2 billion people living in drylands.

46. Prevalence and drivers of abrupt vegetation shifts in global drylands

Author: Miguel Berdugo, Juan J. Gaitán, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Thomas W. Crowther, Vasilis Dakos, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación (España), Berdugo, Miguel [0000-0003-1053-8907], Gaitán, Juan J. [0000-0003-2889-1418], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Dakos, Vasilis [0000-0001-8862-718X], Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Berdugo, Miguel, Gaitán, Juan J., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Dakos, Vasilis, and Crowther, Thomas W.
Subjects: Soil, Multidisciplinary, Dryland ecology, Productivity dynamics, abrupt shifts, productivity dynamics, dryland ecology, remote sensing, Climate Change, Abrupt shifts, Prevalence, Humans, Plants, Remote sensing, Carbon, Ecosystem
Abstract: The constant provision of plant productivity is integral to supporting the liability of ecosystems and human wellbeing in global drylands. Drylands are paradigmatic examples of systems prone to experiencing abrupt changes in their functioning. Indeed, space-for-time substitution approaches suggest that abrupt changes in plant productivity are widespread, but this evidence is less clear using observational time series or experimental data at a large scale. Studying the prevalence and, most importantly, the unknown drivers of abrupt (rather than gradual) dynamical patterns in drylands may help to unveil hotspots of current and future dynamical instabilities in drylands. Using a 20-y global satellite-derived temporal assessment of dryland Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), we show that 50% of all dryland ecosystems exhibiting gains or losses of NDVI are characterized by abrupt positive/negative temporal dynamics. We further show that abrupt changes are more common among negative than positive NDVI trends and can be found in global regions suffering recent droughts, particularly around critical aridity thresholds. Positive abrupt dynamics are found most in ecosystems with low seasonal variability or high aridity. Our work unveils the high importance of climate variability on triggering abrupt shifts in vegetation and it provides missing evidence of increasing abruptness in systems intensively managed by humans, with low soil organic carbon contents, or around specific aridity thresholds. These results highlight that abrupt changes in dryland dynamics are very common, especially for productivity losses, pinpoint global hotspots of dryland vulnerability, and identify drivers that could be targeted for effective dryland management., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119 (43), ISSN:0027-8424, ISSN:1091-6490
Published: 2022

47. The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services

Author: David J. Eldridge, Emilio Guirado, Peter B. Reich, Raúl Ochoa-Hueso, Miguel Berdugo, Tadeo Sáez-Sandino, José L. Blanco-Pastor, Leho Tedersoo, César Plaza, Jingyi Ding, Wei Sun, Steven Mamet, Haiying Cui, Ji-Zheng He, Hang-Wei Hu, Blessing Sokoya, Sebastian Abades, Fernando Alfaro, Adebola R. Bamigboye, Felipe Bastida, Asunción de los Ríos, Jorge Durán, Juan J. Gaitan, Carlos A. Guerra, Tine Grebenc, Javier G. Illán, Yu-Rong Liu, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Max Mallen-Cooper, Marco A. Molina-Montenegro, José L. Moreno, Tina U. Nahberger, Gabriel F. Peñaloza-Bojacá, Sergio Picó, Ana Rey, Alexandra Rodríguez, Christina Siebe, Alberto L. Teixido, Cristian Torres-Díaz, Pankaj Trivedi, Juntao Wang, Ling Wang, Jianyong Wang, Tianxue Yang, Eli Zaady, Xiaobing Zhou, Xin-Quan Zhou, Guiyao Zhou, Shengen Liu, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, British Ecological Society, Hermon Slade Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Junta de Andalucía, Ministry of Education Innovation Team Development Plan, Research Program in Forest Biology, Ecology and Technology, Slovenian Research Agency, National Science Foundation (US), Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (Portugal), European Commission, Programa de Investimento e Despesas de Desenvolvimento da Administração Central (Portugal), Eldridge, David J., Guirado, Emilio, Reich, Peter B., Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Berdugo, Miguel, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Tedersoo, Leho, Plaza de Carlos, César, Ding, Jingyi, Sun, Wei, Mamet, Steven, Cui, Haiying, He, Ji-Zheng, Hu, Hang-Wei, Abades, Sebastián, Alfaro, Fernando D., Bastida, F., Ríos, Asunción de los, Durán, Jorge, Gaitán, Juan J., Guerra, Carlos A., Grebenc, Tine, Liu, Yurong, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Mallen-Cooper, Max, Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., Moreno, José Luis, Nahberger, Tina U., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Picó, Sergio, Rey, Ana, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Torres-Díaz, Cristian, Trivedi, Pankaj, Wang, Jun-Tao, Wang, Jianyong, Yang, Tianxue, Zaady, Eli, Zhou, Guiyao, Liu, Shengen, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', and Laboratorio de Ecología de Zonas Áridas y Cambio Global (DRYLAB)
Subjects: Global distribution, Soil mosses, Ecosystem services, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Soil biodiversity and function
Abstract: 9 páginas.- 5 figuras.- 51 referencias.- Supplementary information The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01170-x, Soil mosses are among the most widely distributed organisms on land. Experiments and observations suggest that they contribute to terrestrial soil biodiversity and function, yet their ecological contribution to soil has never been assessed globally under natural conditions. Here we conducted the most comprehensive global standardized field study to quantify how soil mosses influence 8 ecosystem services associated with 24 soil biodiversity and functional attributes across wide environmental gradients from all continents. We found that soil mosses are associated with greater carbon sequestration, pool sizes for key nutrients and organic matter decomposition rates but a lower proportion of soil-borne plant pathogens than unvegetated soils. Mosses are especially important for supporting multiple ecosystem services where vascular-plant cover is low. Globally, soil mosses potentially support 6.43 Gt more carbon in the soil layer than do bare soils. The amount of soil carbon associated with mosses is up to six times the annual global carbon emissions from any altered land use globally. The largest positive contribution of mosses to soils occurs under a high cover of mat and turf mosses, in less-productive ecosystems and on sandy and salty soils. Our results highlight the contribution of mosses to soil life and functions and the need to conserve these important organisms to support healthy soils., The study work associated with this paper was funded by a Large Research Grant from the British Ecological Society (no. LRB17\1019; MUSGONET). D.J.E. is supported by the Hermon Slade Foundation. M.D.-B. was supported by a Ramón y Cajal grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (RYC2018-025483-I), a project from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for the I + D + i (PID2020-115813RA-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033a) and a project PAIDI 2020 from the Junta de Andalucía (P20_00879). E.G. is supported by the European Research Council grant agreement 647038 (BIODESERT). M.B. is supported by a Ramón y Cajal grant from Spanish Ministry of Science (RYC2021-031797-I). A.d.l.R is supported by the AEI project PID2019-105469RB-C22. L.W. and Jianyong Wang are supported by the Program for Introducing Talents to Universities (B16011) and the Ministry of Education Innovation Team Development Plan (2013-373). The contributions of T.G. and T.U.N. were supported by the Research Program in Forest Biology, Ecology and Technology (P4-0107) and the research projects J4-3098 and J4-4547 of the Slovenian Research Agency. The contribution of P.B.R. was supported by the NSF Biological Integration Institutes grant DBI-2021898. J. Durán and A. Rodríguez acknowledge support from the FCT (2020.03670.CEECIND and SFRH/BDP/108913/2015, respectively), as well as from the MCTES, FSE, UE and the CFE (UIDB/04004/2021) research unit financed by FCT/MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC).
Published: 2023

48. Biogenic factors explain soil carbon in paired urban and natural ecosystems worldwide

Author: Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Pablo García-Palacios, Mark A. Bradford, David J. Eldridge, Miguel Berdugo, Tadeo Sáez-Sandino, Yu-Rong Liu, Fernando Alfaro, Sebastian Abades, Adebola R. Bamigboye, Felipe Bastida, José L. Blanco-Pastor, Jorge Duran, Juan J. Gaitan, Javier G. Illán, Tine Grebenc, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal, Tina U. Nahberger, Gabriel F. Peñaloza-Bojacá, Ana Rey, Alexandra Rodríguez, Christina Siebe, Alberto L. Teixido, Wei Sun, Pankaj Trivedi, Jay Prakash Verma, Ling Wang, Jianyong Wang, Tianxue Yang, Eli Zaady, Xiaobing Zhou, Xin-Quan Zhou, César Plaza, Fundación BBVA, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Junta de Andalucía, Hermon Slade Foundation, Science and Engineering Research Board (India), Department of Science and Technology (India), Banaras Hindu University, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, García-Palacios, Pablo, Bradford, Mark A., Eldridge, David J., Berdugo, Miguel, Sáez-Sandino, Tadeo, Liu, Yurong, Alfaro, Fernando D., Abades, Sebastián, Bastida, F., Durán, Jorge, Gaitán, Juan J., Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Grebenc, Tine, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Jaiswal, Durgesh Kumar, Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Rey, Ana, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Sun, Wei, Trivedi, Pankaj, Verma, Jay Prakash, Wang, Jianyong, Zaady, Eli, and Plaza de Carlos, César
Subjects: Environmental Science (miscellaneous), Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Abstract: 12 páginas.- 4 figuras.- 49 referencia.- Supplementary information The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01646-z .- Full-text access to a view-only version (Acceso a texto completo de sólo lectura en este enlace) https://rdcu.be/c8vZi, Urban greenspaces support multiple nature-based services, many of which depend on the amount of soil carbon (C). Yet, the environmental drivers of soil C and its sensitivity to warming are still poorly understood globally. Here we use soil samples from 56 paired urban greenspaces and natural ecosystems worldwide and combine soil C concentration and size fractionation measures with metagenomics and warming incubations. We show that surface soils in urban and natural ecosystems sustain similar C concentrations that follow comparable negative relationships with temperature. Plant productivity’s contribution to explaining soil C was higher in natural ecosystems, while in urban ecosystems, the soil microbial biomass had the greatest explanatory power. Moreover, the soil microbiome supported a faster C mineralization rate with experimental warming in urban greenspaces compared with natural ecosystems. Consequently, urban management strategies should consider the soil microbiome to maintain soil C and related ecosystem services., This study was supported by a 2019 Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators, BBVA Foundation (URBANFUN), and by BES Grant Agreement No. LRB17\1019 (MUSGONET). M.D-B., P.G-P., J.D. and A.R. acknowledge support from TED2021-130908B-C41/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ Unión Europea NextGenerationEU/PRTR. M.D.-B. also acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for the I + D + i project PID2020-115813RA-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. M.D.-B. was also supported by a project of the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) and the Consejería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades of the Junta de Andalucía (FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020 Objetivo temático ‘01 - Refuerzo de la investigación, el desarrollo tecnológico y la innovación’) associated with the research project P20_00879 (ANDABIOMA). D.J.E. was supported by the Hermon Slade Foundation. J.P.V. thanks the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (EEQ/2021/001083, SIR/2022/000626) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India (DST/INT/SL/P-31/2021) and Banaras Hindu Univeristy-IoE (6031)-incentive grant for financial assistance for research in plant-microbe interaction and soil microbiome. J.D. and A. Rodríguez acknowledge support from the FCT (2020.03670.CEECIND and SFRH/BDP/108913/2015, respectively), as well as from the MCTES, FSE, UE and the CFE (UIDB/04004/2021) research unit financed by FCT/MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC).
Published: 2023

49. Soil biodiversity supports the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces

Author: Kunkun Fan, Haiyan Chu, David J. Eldridge, Juan J. Gaitan, Yu-Rong Liu, Blessing Sokoya, Jun-Tao Wang, Hang-Wei Hu, Ji-Zheng He, Wei Sun, Haiying Cui, Fernando D. Alfaro, Sebastian Abades, Felipe Bastida, Marta Díaz-López, Adebola R. Bamigboye, Miguel Berdugo, José L. Blanco-Pastor, Tine Grebenc, Jorge Duran, Javier G. Illán, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Arpan Mukherjee, Tina U. Nahberger, Gabriel F. Peñaloza-Bojacá, César Plaza, Jay Prakash Verma, Ana Rey, Alexandra Rodríguez, Christina Siebe, Alberto L. Teixido, Pankaj Trivedi, Ling Wang, Jianyong Wang, Tianxue Yang, Xin-Quan Zhou, Xiaobing Zhou, Eli Zaady, Leho Tedersoo, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Fundación BBVA, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), European Commission, Junta de Andalucía, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (Chile), Banaras Hindu University, Slovenian Research Agency, Fan, Kunkun, Chu, Haiyan, Eldridge, David J., Gaitán, Juan J., Liu, Yurong, Wang, Jun-Tao, Hu, Hang-Wei, He, Ji-Zheng, Sun, Wei, Cui, Haiying, Alfaro, Fernando D., Abades, Sebastián, Bastida, F., Díaz-López, Marta, Berdugo, Miguel, Blanco-Pastor, José Luis, Grebenc, Tine, Durán, Jorge, Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Peñaloza-Bojacá, Gabriel F., Plaza de Carlos, César, Verma, Jay Prakash, Rey, Ana, Rodríguez, Alexandra, Siebe, Christina, Teixido, Alberto L., Trivedi, Pankaj, Wang, Jianyong, Zaady, Eli, and Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel
Subjects: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract: 22 páginas.-. 5 figuras.- 64 referencias.- Supplementary Information This pdf file includes: Supplementary Figs. 1–5, Tables 1–11 and references. https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41559-022-01935-4/MediaObjects/41559_2022_1935_MOESM1_ESM.pdf, While the contribution of biodiversity to supporting multiple ecosystem functions is well established in natural ecosystems, the relationship of the above- and below-ground diversity with ecosystem multifunctionality remains virtually unknown in urban greenspaces. Here we conducted a standardized survey of urban greenspaces from 56 municipalities across six continents, aiming to investigate the relationships of plant and soil biodiversity (diversity of bacteria, fungi, protists and invertebrates, and metagenomics-based functional diversity) with 18 surrogates of ecosystem functions from nine ecosystem services. We found that soil biodiversity across biomes was significantly and positively correlated with multiple dimensions of ecosystem functions, and contributed to key ecosystem services such as microbially driven carbon pools, organic matter decomposition, plant productivity, nutrient cycling, water regulation, plant–soil mutualism, plant pathogen control and antibiotic resistance regulation. Plant diversity only indirectly influenced multifunctionality in urban greenspaces via changes in soil conditions that were associated with soil biodiversity. These findings were maintained after controlling for climate, spatial context, soil properties, vegetation and management practices. This study provides solid evidence that conserving soil biodiversity in urban greenspaces is key to supporting multiple dimensions of ecosystem functioning, which is critical for the sustainability of urban ecosystems and human wellbeing., This study was supported by a 2019 Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators, BBVA Foundation (URBANFUN), and by the BES grant agreement number LRB17\1019 (MUSGONET). M.D.-B. acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for the I+D+i project PID2020-115813RA-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. M.D.-B. is also supported by a project of the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) and the Consejería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades of the Junta de Andalucía (FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020 Objetivo temático ‘01-Refuerzo de la investigación, el desarrollo tecnológico y la innovación’) associated with the research project P20_00879 (ANDABIOMA). H.C. was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA28020202), National Key R&D Program of China (2022YFD1500202) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91951109, 42230511, 92251305). K.F. was supported by Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by CAST (2021QNRC001) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M703302). F.D.A. and S.A. were supported by ANID FONDECYT 11180538 and 1170995. J.P.V. was supported by SERB (SIR/2022/000626, EEQ/2021/001083), DST (DST/INT/SL/P-31/2021) and Banaras Hindu University, IoE (6031) incentives grant for plant-microbe interaction and soil microbiome research. T.G. and T.U.N were supported by the Slovenian Research Agency grants P4-0107, J4-3098 and J4-4547.
Published: 2023

50. Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands.

Author: Maestre FT, Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Eldridge DJ, Saiz H, Berdugo M, Gozalo B, Ochoa V, Guirado E, García-Gómez M, Valencia E, Gaitán JJ, Asensio S, Mendoza BJ, Plaza C, Díaz-Martínez P, Rey A, Hu HW, He JZ, Wang JT, Lehmann A, Rillig MC, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Martínez-Valderrama J, Moreno-Jiménez E, Sala O, Abedi M, Ahmadian N, Alados CL, Aramayo V, Amghar F, Arredondo T, Ahumada RJ, Bahalkeh K, Ben Salem F, Blaum N, Boldgiv B, Bowker MA, Bran D, Bu C, Canessa R, Castillo-Monroy AP, Castro H, Castro I, Castro-Quezada P, Chibani R, Conceição AA, Currier CM, Darrouzet-Nardi A, Deák B, Donoso DA, Dougill AJ, Durán J, Erdenetsetseg B, Espinosa CI, Fajardo A, Farzam M, Ferrante D, Frank ASK, Fraser LH, Gherardi LA, Greenville AC, Guerra CA, Gusmán-Montalvan E, Hernández-Hernández RM, Hölzel N, Huber-Sannwald E, Hughes FM, Jadán-Maza O, Jeltsch F, Jentsch A, Kaseke KF, Köbel M, Koopman JE, Leder CV, Linstädter A, le Roux PC, Li X, Liancourt P, Liu J, Louw MA, Maggs-Kölling G, Makhalanyane TP, Issa OM, Manzaneda AJ, Marais E, Mora JP, Moreno G, Munson SM, Nunes A, Oliva G, Oñatibia GR, Peter G, Pivari MOD, Pueyo Y, Quiroga RE, Rahmanian S, Reed SC, Rey PJ, Richard B, Rodríguez A, Rolo V, Rubalcaba JG, Ruppert JC, Salah A, Schuchardt MA, Spann S, Stavi I, Stephens CRA, Swemmer AM, Teixido AL, Thomas AD, Throop HL, Tielbörger K, Travers S, Val J, Valkó O, van den Brink L, Ayuso SV, Velbert F, Wamiti W, Wang D, Wang L, Wardle GM, Yahdjian L, Zaady E, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Singh BK, and Gross N
Subjects: Climate Change, Soil, Biodiversity, Herbivory, Livestock
Abstract: Grazing represents the most extensive use of land worldwide. Yet its impacts on ecosystem services remain uncertain because pervasive interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil properties, and biodiversity may occur but have never been addressed simultaneously. Using a standardized survey at 98 sites across six continents, we show that interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil, and biodiversity are critical to explain the delivery of fundamental ecosystem services across drylands worldwide. Increasing grazing pressure reduced ecosystem service delivery in warmer and species-poor drylands, whereas positive effects of grazing were observed in colder and species-rich areas. Considering interactions between grazing and local abiotic and biotic factors is key for understanding the fate of dryland ecosystems under climate change and increasing human pressure.
Published: 2022
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