By Dr David John Eldridge

Journal articles

Mallen-Cooper M; Bowker MA; Antoninka AJ; Eldridge DJ, 2020, 'A practical guide to measuring functional indicators and traits in biocrusts', Restoration Ecology, 28, pp. S56 - S66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.12974

Eldridge DJ; Travers SK; Val J; Wang JT; Liu H; Singh BK; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2020, 'Grazing Regulates the Spatial Heterogeneity of Soil Microbial Communities Within Ecological Networks', Ecosystems, 23, pp. 932 - 942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00448-9

Travers SK; Eldridge DJ; Koen TB; Val J; Oliver I, 2020, 'Livestock and kangaroo grazing have little effect on biomass and fuel hazard in semi-arid woodlands', Forest Ecology and Management, 467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118165

Val J; Travers SK; Oliver I; Eldridge DJ, 2020, 'Perennial plant patches are sinks for seeds in semi-arid woodlands in varying condition', Applied Vegetation Science, 23, pp. 377 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12486

Eldridge DJ; Oliver I; Val J; Travers SK, 2020, 'Limited evidence for the use of livestock for the conservation management of exotic plant cover', Australian Journal of Botany, 68, pp. 137 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt19183

Ding J; Eldridge DJ, 2020, 'Biotic and abiotic effects on biocrust cover vary with microsite along an extensive aridity gradient', Plant and Soil, 450, pp. 429 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04517-0

Zhu Y; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Shan D; Yang X; Liu Y; Eldridge DJ, 2020, 'Diversity-productivity relationships vary in response to increasing land-use intensity', Plant and Soil, 450, pp. 511 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04516-1

Soliveres S; Eldridge DJ, 2020, 'Dual community assembly processes in dryland biocrust communities', Functional Ecology, 34, pp. 877 - 887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13521

Cai Y; Yan Y; Xu D; Xu X; Wang C; Wang X; Chen J; Xin X; Eldridge DJ, 2020, 'The fertile island effect collapses under extreme overgrazing: evidence from a shrub-encroached grassland', Plant and Soil, 448, pp. 201 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04426-2

Bastida F; Eldridge DJ; Abades S; Alfaro FD; Gallardo A; García-Velázquez L; García C; Hart SC; Pérez CA; Santos F; Trivedi P; Williams MA; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2020, 'Climatic vulnerabilities and ecological preferences of soil invertebrates across biomes', Molecular Ecology, 29, pp. 752 - 761, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15299

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Reich PB; Trivedi C; Eldridge DJ; Abades S; Alfaro FD; Bastida F; Berhe AA; Cutler NA; Gallardo A; García-Velázquez L; Hart SC; Hayes PE; He JZ; Hseu ZY; Hu HW; Kirchmair M; Neuhauser S; Pérez CA; Reed SC; Santos F; Sullivan BW; Trivedi P; Wang JT; Weber-Grullon L; Williams MA; Singh BK, 2020, 'Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4, pp. 210 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1084-y

Ding J; Travers SK; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Eldridge DJ, 2020, 'Multiple trade-offs regulate the effects of woody plant removal on biodiversity and ecosystem functions in global rangelands', Global Change Biology, 26, pp. 709 - 720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14839

Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Quero JL; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; García-Palacios P; Escolar C; García-Gómez M; Prina A; Bowker MA; Bran DE; Castro I; Cea A; Derak M; Espinosa CI; Florentino A; Gaitán JJ; Gatica G; Gómez-González S; Ghiloufi W; Gutierrez JR; Gusmán-Montalván E; Hernández RM; Hughes FM; Muiño W; Monerris J; Ospina A; Ramírez DA; Ribas-Fernández YA; Romão RL; Torres-Díaz C; Koen TB; Maestre FT, 2020, 'Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands', Journal of Applied Ecology, 57, pp. 424 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13540

Eldridge DJ; Ding J; Travers SK, 2020, 'Feral horse activity reduces environmental quality in ecosystems globally', Biological Conservation, 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108367

Delgado‐Baquerizo M; Doulcier G; Eldridge DJ; Stouffer DB; Maestre FT; Wang J; Powell JR; Jeffries TC; Singh BK, 2020, 'Increases in aridity lead to drastic shifts in the assembly of dryland complex microbial networks', Land Degradation & Development, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3453

Egidi E; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Plett JM; Wang J; Eldridge DJ; Bardgett RD; Maestre FT; Singh BK, 2019, 'A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide', Nature Communications, 10, pp. 2369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10373-z

Bastida F; García C; Fierer N; Eldridge DJ; Bowker MA; Abades S; Alfaro FD; Asefaw Berhe A; Cutler NA; Gallardo A; García-Velázquez L; Hart SC; Hayes PE; Hernández T; Hseu ZY; Jehmlich N; Kirchmair M; Lambers H; Neuhauser S; Peña-Ramírez VM; Pérez CA; Reed SC; Santos F; Siebe C; Sullivan BW; Trivedi P; Vera A; Williams MA; Luis Moreno J; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2019, 'Global ecological predictors of the soil priming effect', Nature Communications, 10, pp. 3481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11472-7

Liu Y; Shi Z; Gong L; Cong R; Yang X; Eldridge DJ, 2019, 'Is the removal of aboveground shrub biomass an effective technique to restore a shrub-encroached grassland?', Restoration Ecology, 27, pp. 1348 - 1356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.13012

Havrilla CA; Chaudhary VB; Ferrenberg S; Antoninka AJ; Belnap J; Bowker MA; Eldridge DJ; Faist AM; Huber-Sannwald E; Leslie AD; Rodriguez-Caballero E; Zhang Y; Barger NN, 2019, 'Towards a predictive framework for biocrust mediation of plant performance: A meta-analysis', Journal of Ecology, 107, pp. 2789 - 2807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13269

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Eldridge DJ, 2019, 'Cross-Biome Drivers of Soil Bacterial Alpha Diversity on a Worldwide Scale', Ecosystems, 22, pp. 1220 - 1231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0333-2

Yan Y; Xu D; Xu X; Wang D; Wang X; Cai Y; Chen J; Xin X; Eldridge DJ, 2019, 'Shrub patches capture tumble plants: potential evidence for a self-reinforcing pattern in a semiarid shrub encroached grassland', Plant and Soil, 442, pp. 311 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04189-5

Ding J; Eldridge DJ, 2019, 'Contrasting global effects of woody plant removal on ecosystem structure, function and composition', Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2019.125460

Marquart A; Eldridge DJ; Travers SK; Val J; Blaum N, 2019, 'Large shrubs partly compensate negative effects of grazing on hydrological function in a semi-arid savanna', Basic and Applied Ecology, 38, pp. 58 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2019.06.003

Mallen-Cooper M; Nakagawa S; Eldridge DJ, 2019, 'Global meta-analysis of soil-disturbing vertebrates reveals strong effects on ecosystem patterns and processes', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28, pp. 661 - 679, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12877

Eldridge DJ; Travers SK; Val J; Zaja A; Veblen KE, 2019, 'Horse Activity is Associated with Degraded Subalpine Grassland Structure and Reduced Habitat for a Threatened Rodent', Rangeland Ecology and Management, 72, pp. 467 - 473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2018.12.008

Travers SK; Eldridge DJ; Val J; Oliver I, 2019, 'Rabbits and livestock grazing alter the structure and composition of mid-storey plants in a wooded dryland', Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 277, pp. 53 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.03.003

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Bardgett RD; Vitousek PM; Maestre FT; Williams MA; Eldridge DJ; Lambers H; Neuhauser S; Gallardo A; García-Velázquez L; Sala OE; Abades SR; Alfaro FD; Berhe AA; Bowker MA; Currier CM; Cutler NA; Hart SC; Hayes PE; Hseu ZY; Kirchmair M; Peña-Ramírez VM; Pérez CA; Reed SC; Santos F; Siebe C; Sullivan BW; Weber-Grullon L; Fierer N, 2019, 'Changes in belowground biodiversity during ecosystem development', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116, pp. 6891 - 6896, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1818400116

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Eldridge DJ; Hamonts K; Singh BK, 2019, 'Ant colonies promote the diversity of soil microbial communities', ISME Journal, 13, pp. 1114 - 1118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0335-2

Val J; Travers SK; Oliver I; Koen TB; Eldridge DJ, 2019, 'Recent grazing reduces reptile richness but historic grazing filters reptiles based on their functional traits', Journal of Applied Ecology, 56, pp. 833 - 842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13324

Nolan RH; Sinclair J; Waters CM; Mitchell PJ; Eldridge DJ; Paul KI; Roxburgh S; Butler DW; Ramp D, 2019, 'Risks to carbon dynamics in semi-arid woodlands of eastern Australia under current and future climates', Journal of Environmental Management, 235, pp. 500 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.076

Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2019, 'Corrigendum to “Grazing reduces the capacity of landscape function analysis to predict regional-scale nutrient availability or decomposition, but not total nutrient pools” (Ecological Indicators (2018) 90 (494–501), (S1470160X18301900) (10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.03.034))', Ecological Indicators, 96, pp. 754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.012

Decker O; Eldridge DJ; Gibb H, 2019, 'Restoration potential of threatened ecosystem engineers increases with aridity: broad scale effects on soil nutrients and function', Ecography, 42, pp. 1370 - 1382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04259

Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2019, 'The influence of climatic legacies on the distribution of dryland biocrust communities', Global Change Biology, 25, pp. 327 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14506

Eldridge DJ; Maestre FT; Koen TB; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2018, 'Australian dryland soils are acidic and nutrient-depleted, and have unique microbial communities compared with other drylands', Journal of Biogeography, 45, pp. 2803 - 2814, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13456

Koerner SE; Smith MD; Burkepile DE; Hanan NP; Avolio ML; Collins SL; Knapp AK; Lemoine NP; Forrestel EJ; Eby S; Thompson DI; Aguado-Santacruz GA; Anderson JP; Anderson TM; Angassa A; Bagchi S; Bakker ES; Bastin G; Baur LE; Beard KH; Beever EA; Bohlen PJ; Boughton EH; Canestro D; Cesa A; Chaneton E; Cheng J; D’Antonio CM; Deleglise C; Dembélé F; Dorrough J; Eldridge DJ; Fernandez-Going B; Fernández-Lugo S; Fraser LH; Freedman B; García-Salgado G; Goheen JR; Guo L; Husheer S; Karembé M; Knops JMH; Kraaij T; Kulmatiski A; Kytöviita MM; Lezama F; Loucougaray G; Loydi A; Milchunas DG; Milton SJ; Morgan JW; Moxham C; Nehring KC; Olff H; Palmer TM; Rebollo S; Riginos C; Risch AC; Rueda M; Sankaran M; Sasaki T; Schoenecker KA; Schultz NL; Schütz M; Schwabe A; Siebert F; Smit C; Stahlheber KA; Storm C; Strong DJ; Su J; Tiruvaimozhi YV; Tyler C; Val J; Vandegehuchte ML; Veblen KE; Vermeire LT; Ward D; Wu J; Young TP; Yu Q; Zelikova TJ, 2018, 'Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, pp. 1925 - 1932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0696-y

Yan Y; Yan R; Chen J; Xin X; Eldridge DJ; Shao C; Wang X; Lv S; Jin D; Chen J; Guo Z; Chen B; Xu L, 2018, 'Grazing modulates soil temperature and moisture in a Eurasian steppe', Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 262, pp. 157 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.07.011

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Maestre FT; Eldridge DJ; Bowker MA; Jeffries TC; Singh BK, 2018, 'Biocrust-forming mosses mitigate the impact of aridity on soil microbial communities in drylands: observational evidence from three continents', New Phytologist, 220, pp. 824 - 835, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.15120

Glasier JRN; Poore AGB; Eldridge DJ, 2018, 'Do mutualistic associations have broader host ranges than neutral or antagonistic associations? A test using myrmecophiles as model organisms', Insectes Sociaux, 65, pp. 639 - 648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-018-0655-2

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Eldridge DJ; Travers SK; Val J; Oliver I; Bissett A, 2018, 'Effects of climate legacies on above- and belowground community assembly', Global Change Biology, 24, pp. 4330 - 4339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14306

Chilton AM; Neilan BA; Eldridge DJ, 2018, 'Biocrust morphology is linked to marked differences in microbial community composition', Plant and Soil, 429, pp. 65 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3442-3

Bowker MA; Reed SC; Maestre FT; Eldridge DJ, 2018, 'Biocrusts: the living skin of the earth', Plant and Soil, 429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3735-1

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Eldridge DJ; Hamonts K; Reich PB; Singh BK, 2018, 'Experimentally testing the species-habitat size relationship on soil bacteria: A proof of concept', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 123, pp. 200 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.05.016

Mallen-Cooper M; Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2018, 'Livestock grazing and aridity reduce the functional diversity of biocrusts', Plant and Soil, 429, pp. 175 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3388-5

Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2018, 'Grazing reduces the capacity of Landscape Function Analysis to predict regional-scale nutrient availability or decomposition, but not total nutrient pools', Ecological Indicators, 90, pp. 494 - 501, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.03.034

Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Travers SK; Val J; Oliver I, 2018, 'Livestock grazing and forest structure regulate the assembly of ecological clusters within plant networks in eastern Australia', Journal of Vegetation Science, 29, pp. 788 - 797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12665

Val J; Eldridge DJ; Travers SK; Oliver I, 2018, 'Livestock grazing reinforces the competitive exclusion of small-bodied birds by large aggressive birds', Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, pp. 1919 - 1929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13078

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Fry EL; Eldridge DJ; de Vries FT; Manning P; Hamonts K; Kattge J; Boenisch G; Singh BK; Bardgett RD, 2018, 'Plant attributes explain the distribution of soil microbial communities in two contrasting regions of the globe', New Phytologist, 219, pp. 574 - 587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.15161

Radnan GN; Gibb H; Eldridge DJ, 2018, 'Soil surface complexity has a larger effect on food exploitation by ants than a change from grassland to shrubland', Ecological Entomology, 43, pp. 379 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/een.12510

Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2018, 'Functional groups of soil fungi decline under grazing', Plant and Soil, 426, pp. 51 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3617-6

Radnan GN; Eldridge DJ, 2018, 'Ants respond more strongly to grazing than changes in shrub cover', Land Degradation and Development, 29, pp. 907 - 915, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2911

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