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Books
1999, Rangeland health in the Western Riverina: 1990-1997, Department of Land and Water Conservation, Centre, Sydney
,, 1999, State Taxation: Repeal, Reform or Resignations, Conference Series No 21, Australian Tax Research Foundation, Pierce ; Fitzgerald V; Crowe M; Murphy C; Gabbitas O; Eldridge DJ; Anderson P; Robinson M; Egan M; Broadway R; Langoulant J; Stockdale A, (eds.), Australian Tax Research Foundation, Sydney
Book Chapters
2023, 'Agricultural Soil Degradation in Australia', in Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, pp. 49 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/698_2023_966
,2022, 'Effects of Ants and Termites on Soil and Geomorphological Processes', in Treatise on Geomorphology, pp. 103 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.30007-4
,2018, 'Mineral nutrition of plants in Australia’s arid zone', in Lambers H (ed.), On the Ecology of Australia's Arid Zone, Springer, pp. 77 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93943-8_4
,2017, 'The impact of climate variability on land use and livelihoods in Australia's rangelands', in Climate Variability Impacts on Land Use and Livelihoods in Drylands, Springer, pp. 293 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56681-8_14
,2017, 'Bryophyte and lichen diversity on arid soils: Determinants and consequences', in The Biology of Arid Soils, De Gruyter, pp. 73 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110419047-005
,2016, 'Biological Soil Crusts as a Model System in Ecology', in Ecological Studies, Springer International Publishing, pp. 407 - 425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_20
,2016, 'Controls on Distribution Patterns of Biological Soil Crusts at Micro- to Global Scales', in Ecological Studies, Springer International Publishing, pp. 173 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_10
,2016, 'Effects of Local-Scale Disturbance on Biocrusts', in Ecological Studies, Springer International Publishing, pp. 429 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_21
,2016, 'Structure, Composition, and Function of Biocrust Lichen Communities', in Ecological Studies, Springer International Publishing, pp. 121 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_7
,2016, 'The Role of Biocrusts in Arid Land Hydrology', in Ecological Studies, Springer International Publishing, pp. 321 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_17
,2015, 'Policy implications of ecosystem engineering for multiple ecosystem benefits', in Armstrong DP; Hayward MW; Moro D; Seddon PJ (ed.), Advances in Reintroduction Biology of Australian and New Zealand Fauna, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. 167 - 184
,2013, 'Effects of Ants and Termites on Soil and Geomorphological Processes', in Treatise on Geomorphology: Volume 1-14, pp. 281 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00335-3
,2013, 'Effects of Ants and Termites on Soil and Geomorphological Processes', in Schroder JF (ed.), A Treatise on Geomophology, Volume 14: Methods in Geomorphology, Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 281 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00335-3
,2011, 'Climate Change Impacts on Soil Processes in Rangelands', in Singh BP; Cowie AL; Chan KY (ed.), SOIL HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, pp. 237 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20256-8_11
,2011, 'Climate change impacts on soil processes in rangelands', in Singh B; Cowie AL; Yin Chan K (ed.), Soil Health and Climate Change. Soil Biology Series, Springer, London, pp. 237 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20256-8
,2002, 'Monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem function: grasslands, deserts and steppe', in Nimis P; Scheudegger C; Wolsley P (ed.), Monitoring with Lichens- Monitoring Lichens, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 223 - 238
,2001, 'Biological soil crusts and livestock in arid ecosystems: are they compatible', in Belnap J; Lange OL (ed.), Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function and Management, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 401 - 416
,2001, 'Biological soil crusts and water relations in Australian deserts', in Belnap J; Lange OL (ed.), Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function and Management, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 315 - 326
,2001, 'Biological soil crusts of Australia', in Belnap J; Lange OL (ed.), Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function and Management, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 119 - 132
,2001, 'Disturbance and recovery of biological soil crusts', in Belnap J; Lange OL (ed.), Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function and Management, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 363 - 384
,2001, 'Monitoring and management of biological soil crusts', in Belnap J; Lange OL (ed.), Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function and Management, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 457 - 470
,2001, 'Soil Biota in Banded Landscapes', in Tonway DJ; Valentin C; Seghieri J (ed.), Banded Vegetation Patterning in Arid and Semiarid Environments, Springer Verlag, New York, pp. 105 - 131
,Journal articles
2025, 'Global effects of livestock grazing on ecosystem functions vary with grazing management and environment', Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109296
,2024, 'Australian human-induced native forest regeneration carbon offset projects have limited impact on changes in woody vegetation cover and carbon removals', Communications Earth and Environment, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01313-x
,2024, 'Geologically younger ecosystems are more dependent on soil biodiversity for supporting function', Nature Communications, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48289-y
,2024, 'Prophage-encoded antibiotic resistance genes are enriched in human-impacted environments', Nature Communications, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52450-y
,2024, 'Trees support functional soils in a dryland agricultural area', Geography and Sustainability, 5, pp. 588 - 596, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2024.08.001
,2024, 'Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services', npj Urban Sustainability, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42949-024-00154-z
,2024, 'The fertile island effect is stronger for larger plants irrespective of ecosystem productivity', Cambridge Prisms: Drylands, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dry.2024.4
,2024, 'Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands', Science Advances, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adn6007
,2024, 'Nature’s contributions to people in drylands', Cambridge Prisms: Drylands, pp. 1 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dry.2024.2
,2024, 'PRISMS Drylands: synthesising multiple disciplines, themes, and management practices across Earth’s drylands', Cambridge Prisms: Drylands, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dry.2024.3
,2024, 'Ecosystem multifunctionality is more related to the indirect effects than to the direct effects of human management in China's drylands', Journal of Environmental Management, 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122259
,2024, 'Resistance of ecosystem services to global change weakened by increasing number of environmental stressors', Nature Geoscience, 17, pp. 882 - 888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01518-x
,2024, 'Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands', Nature Climate Change, 14, pp. 976 - 982, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02087-y
,2024, 'Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world', Nature, 632, pp. 808 - 814, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07731-3
,2024, 'Grazing effects on vegetation: Biodiversity, management, and restoration', Applied Vegetation Science, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12794
,2024, 'Correction to: Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands (Nature Plants, (2024), 10, 5, (760-770), 10.1038/s41477-024-01670-7)', Nature Plants, 10, pp. 829, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01708-w
,2024, 'Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands', Nature Plants, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01670-7
,2024, 'Unearthing the soil-borne microbiome of land plants', Global Change Biology, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17295
,2024, 'Upper boundary on tree cover at global drylands', New Phytologist, 242, pp. 836 - 840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.19598
,2024, 'Predicted changes in distribution and grazing value of Stipa-based plant communities across the Eurasian steppe', Journal of Environmental Management, 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120757
,2024, 'Altered rainfall greatly affects enzyme activity but has limited effect on microbial biomass in Australian dryland soils', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109277
,2024, 'Ecosystem service trade-offs resulting from woody plant removal vary with biome, encroachment stage and removal method', Journal of Applied Ecology, 61, pp. 236 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14551
,2024, 'Effects of soil mulches and conditioners on seedling emergence and survival of Astragalus nigricans Barneby in an arid steppe rangeland', Restoration Ecology, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.14009
,2024, 'Fertile island effects across soil depths in drylands of the Tibetan Plateau', Plant and Soil, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-06591-0
,2024, 'Intensifying aridity induces tradeoffs among biodiversity and ecosystem services supported by trees', Global Ecology and Biogeography, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13894
,2024, 'Plant footprint decreases the functional diversity of molecules in topsoil organic matter after millions of years of ecosystem development', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33, pp. 162 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13770
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