By Dr David John Eldridge

Journal articles

Synodinos AD; Eldridge D; Geißler K; Jeltsch F; Lohmann D; Midgley G; Blaum N, 2018, 'Remotely sensed canopy height reveals three pantropical ecosystem states: a comment', Ecology, 99, pp. 231 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1997

Ochoa-Hueso R; Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Soliveres S; Bowker MA; Gross N; Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y; Quero JL; García-Gómez M; Valencia E; Arredondo T; Beinticinco L; Bran D; Cea A; Coaguila D; Dougill AJ; Espinosa CI; Gaitán J; Guuroh RT; Guzman E; Gutiérrez JR; Hernández RM; Huber-Sannwald E; Jeffries T; Linstädter A; Mau RL; Monerris J; Prina A; Pucheta E; Stavi I; Thomas AD; Zaady E; Singh BK; Maestre FT, 2018, 'Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands', Journal of Ecology, 106, pp. 242 - 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12871

Radnan GN; Eldridge DJ, 2017, 'Does the morphology of animal foraging pits influence secondary seed dispersal by ants?', Austral Ecology, 42, pp. 920 - 928, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12519

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Trivedi P; Trivedi C; Eldridge DJ; Reich PB; Jeffries TC; Singh BK, 2017, 'Microbial richness and composition independently drive soil multifunctionality', Functional Ecology, 31, pp. 2330 - 2343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12924

Vandandorj S; Eldridge DJ; Travers SK; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2017, 'Contrasting Effects of Aridity and Grazing Intensity on Multiple Ecosystem Functions and Services in Australian Woodlands', Land Degradation and Development, 28, pp. 2098 - 2108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2736

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Eldridge DJ; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; Singh BK; Maestre FT, 2017, 'Soil microbial communities drive the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to global change in drylands across the globe', Ecology Letters, 20, pp. 1295 - 1305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12826

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Bissett A; Eldridge DJ; Maestre FT; He JZ; Wang JT; Hamonts K; Liu YR; Singh BK; Fierer N, 2017, 'Palaeoclimate explains a unique proportion of the global variation in soil bacterial communities', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1, pp. 1339 - 1347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0259-7

Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Travers SK; Val J; Oliver I; Hamonts K; Singh BK, 2017, 'Competition drives the response of soil microbial diversity to increased grazing by vertebrate herbivores', Ecology, 98, pp. 1922 - 1931, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1879

Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Woodhouse JN; Neilan BA, 2017, 'Contrasting effects of two mammalian soil engineers on microbial communities', Austral Ecology, 42, pp. 380 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12467

Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Travers SK; Val J; Oliver I, 2017, 'Do grazing intensity and herbivore type affect soil health? Insights from a semi-arid productivity gradient', Journal of Applied Ecology, 54, pp. 976 - 985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12834

Vandandorj S; Eldridge DJ; Travers SK; Val J; Oliver I, 2017, 'Microsite and grazing intensity drive infiltration in a semiarid woodland', Ecohydrology, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eco.1831

Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2017, 'Continental-scale Impacts of Livestock Grazing on Ecosystem Supporting and Regulating Services', Land Degradation and Development, 28, pp. 1473 - 1481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2668

Fallah M; Farzam M; Hosseini V; Moravej G; Eldridge DJ, 2017, 'Termite effects on soils and plants are generally consistent along a gradient in livestock grazing', Arid Land Research and Management, 31, pp. 159 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15324982.2017.1288177

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Eldridge DJ; Maestre FT; Karunaratne SB; Trivedi P; Reich PB; Singh BK, 2017, 'Climate legacies drive global soil carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystems', Science Advances, 3, pp. e1602008, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602008

Prober SM; Colloff MJ; Abel N; Crimp S; Doherty MD; Dunlop M; Eldridge DJ; Gorddard R; Lavorel S; Metcalfe DJ; Murphy HT; Ryan P; Williams KJ, 2017, 'Informing climate adaptation pathways in multi-use woodland landscapes using the values-rules-knowledge framework', Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 241, pp. 39 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.02.021

Gordon C; Eldridge D; Ripple W; Crowther M; Moore B; Letnic MI, 2016, 'Shrub encroachment is linked to extirpation of an apex predator.', Journal of Animal Ecology, 86, pp. 147 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12607

Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Woodhouse JN; Neilan BA, 2016, 'Mammalian engineers drive soil microbial communities and ecosystem functions across a disturbance gradient', Journal of Animal Ecology, 85, pp. 1636 - 1646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12574

Maestre FT; Eldridge DJ; Soliveres S; Kéfi S; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Bowker MA; García-Palacios P; Gaitán J; Gallardo A; Lázaro R; Berdugo M, 2016, 'Structure and Functioning of Dryland Ecosystems in a Changing World', Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 47, pp. 215 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-121415-032311

Mallen-Cooper M; Eldridge DJ, 2016, 'Laboratory-based techniques for assessing the functional traits of biocrusts', Plant and Soil, 406, pp. 131 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-2870-9

Maestre FT; Eldridge DJ; Soliveres S, 2016, 'A multifaceted view on the impacts of shrub encroachment', Applied Vegetation Science, 19, pp. 369 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12254

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Maestre FT; Eldridge DJ; Singh BK, 2016, 'Microsite differentiation drives the abundance of soil ammonia oxidizing bacteria along aridity gradients', Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, pp. 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00505

Zhang J; Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2016, 'Biotic communities cannot mitigate the negative effects of grazing on multiple ecosystem functions and services in an arid shrubland', Plant and Soil, 401, pp. 381 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-015-2754-4

Pulling C; Eldridge D; Lomax J, 2016, 'Centre Passes in the UK Netball Super League', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS IN SPORT, 16, pp. 389 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2016.11868894

Travers SK; Eldridge DJ, 2016, 'Does litter decomposition vary between the foraging pits of two soil-disturbing mammal species?', Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41, pp. 669 - 676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.3892

Hart J; Hazbun R; Eldridge D; Hickey R; Fernando N; Adam T; Zollner S; Kolodzey J, 2016, 'Tetrasilane and digermane for the ultra-high vacuum chemical vapor deposition of SiGe alloys', THIN SOLID FILMS, 604, pp. 23 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2016.03.010

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Maestre FT; Eldridge DJ; Bowker MA; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; Berdugo M; Val J; Singh BK, 2016, 'Biocrust-forming mosses mitigate the negative impacts of increasing aridity on ecosystem multifunctionality in drylands', New Phytologist, 209, pp. 1540 - 1552, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.13688

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Maestre FT; Gallardo A; Eldridge DJ; Soliveres S; Bowker MA; Prado-Comesaña A; Gaitán J; Quero JL; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; García-Gómez M; García-Palacios P; Berdugo M; Valencia E; Escolar C; Arredondo T; Barraza-Zepeda C; Boeken BR; Bran D; Cabrera O; Carreira JA; Chaieb M; Conceição AA; Derak M; Ernst R; Espinosa CI; Florentino A; Gatica G; Ghiloufi W; Gómez-González S; Gutiérrez JR; Hernández RM; Huber-Sannwald E; Jankju M; Mau RL; Miriti M; Monerris J; Morici E; Muchane M; Naseri K; Pucheta E; Ramírez E; Ramírez-Collantes DA; Romão RL; Tighe M; Torres D; Torres-Díaz C; Val J; Veiga JP; Wang D; Yuan X; Zaady E, 2016, 'Human impacts and aridity differentially alter soil N availability in drylands worldwide', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25, pp. 36 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12382

Kwok ABC; Eldridge DJ, 2016, 'The influence of shrub species and fine-scale plant density on arthropods in a semiarid shrubland', Rangeland Journal, 38, pp. 381 - 389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/RJ15019

Maestre FT; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Jeffries TC; Eldridge DJ; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; Quero JL; García-Gómez M; Gallardo A; Ulrich W; Bowker MA; Arredondo T; Barraza-Zepeda C; Bran D; Florentino A; Gaitán J; Gutiérrez JR; Huber-Sannwald E; Jankju M; Mau RL; Miriti M; Naseri K; Ospina A; Stavi I; Wang D; Woods NN; Yuan X; Zaady E; Singh BK, 2015, 'Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112, pp. 15684 - 15689, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1516684112

Zhang J; Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2015, 'Biotic communities cannot mitigate the negative effects of grazing on multiple ecosystem functions and services in an arid shrubland', Plant and Soil, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-015-2754-4

Eldridge DJ; Beecham G; Grace JB, 2015, 'Do shrubs reduce the adverse effects of grazing on soil properties?', Ecohydrology, 8, pp. 1503 - 1513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eco.1600

Eldridge DJ; Woodhouse JN; Curlevski NJA; Hayward M; Brown MV; Neilan BA, 2015, 'Soil-foraging animals alter the composition and co-occurrence of microbial communities in a desert shrubland', ISME Journal, 9, pp. 2671 - 2681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.70

Soliveres S; Eldridge DJ; Müller JD; Hemmings F; Throop HL, 2015, 'On the interaction between tree canopy position and environmental effects on soil attributes and plant communities', Journal of Vegetation Science, 26, pp. 1030 - 1042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12312

Eldridge ; Poore A; Ruiz-Colmenero M; Letnic MI; Soliveres S, 2015, 'Ecosystem structure, function and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing', Ecological Applications

Travers SK; Eldridge DJ, 2015, 'Evidence for the Spatial Self-organisation of Litter Patches in a Semi-arid Woodland', Ecosystems, 18, pp. 958 - 970, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-015-9876-7

Kwok ABC; Eldridge DJ, 2015, 'Does fire affect the ground-dwelling arthropod community through changes to fine-scale resource patches?', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 24, pp. 550 - 559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF14088

Dean C; Kirkpatrick JB; Harper RJ; Eldridge DJ, 2015, 'Optimising carbon sequestration in arid and semiarid rangelands', Ecological Engineering, 74, pp. 148 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.125

Eldridge DJ; Wang L; Ruiz-Colmenero M, 2015, 'Shrub encroachment alters the spatial patterns of infiltration', Ecohydrology, 8, pp. 83 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eco.1490

Ulrich W; Soliveres S; Maestre FT; Gotelli NJ; Quero JL; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Bowker MA; Eldridge DJ; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; Valencia E; Berdugo M; Escolar C; García-Gómez M; Escudero A; Prina A; Alfonso G; Arredondo T; Bran D; Cabrera O; Cea AP; Chaieb M; Contreras J; Derak M; Espinosa CI; Florentino A; Gaitán J; Muro VG; Ghiloufi W; Gómez-González S; Gutiérrez JR; Hernández RM; Huber-Sannwald E; Jankju M; Mau RL; Hughes FM; Miriti M; Monerris J; Muchane M; Naseri K; Pucheta E; Ramírez-Collantes DA; Raveh E; Romão RL; Torres-Díaz C; Val J; Veiga JP; Wang D; Yuan X; Zaady E, 2014, 'Climate and soil attributes determine plant species turnover in global drylands', Journal of Biogeography, 41, pp. 2307 - 2319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12377

Soliveres S; Maestre FT; Eldridge DJ; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Quero JL; Bowker MA; Gallardo A, 2014, 'Plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality peak at intermediate levels of woody cover in global drylands', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, pp. 1408 - 1416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12215

Eriksson B; Eldridge DJ, 2014, 'Surface destabilisation by the invasive burrowing engineer Mus musculus on a sub-Antarctic island', Geomorphology, 223, pp. 61 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.06.026

Soliveres S; Maestre FT; Bowker MA; Torices R; Quero JL; García-Gómez M; Cabrera O; Cea AP; Coaguila D; Eldridge DJ; Espinosa CI; Hemmings F; Monerris JJ; Tighe M; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Escolar C; García-Palacios P; Gozalo B; Ochoa V; Blones J; Derak M; Ghiloufi W; Gutiérrez JR; Hernández RM; Noumi Z, 2014, 'Functional traits determine plant co-occurrence more than environment or evolutionary relatedness in global drylands', Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 16, pp. 164 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2014.05.001

Oliver I; Eldridge DJ; Nadolny C; Martin WK, 2014, 'What do site condition multi-metrics tell us about species biodiversity?', Ecological Indicators, 38, pp. 262 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.11.018

Eldridge DJ; Soliveres S, 2014, 'Are shrubs really a sign of declining ecosystem function? Disentangling the myths and truths of woody encroachment in Australia', Australian Journal of Botany, 62, pp. 594 - 608, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT14137

Bowker MA; Maestre FT; Eldridge D; Belnap J; Castillo-Monroy A; Escolar C; Soliveres S, 2014, 'Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) as a model system in community, landscape and ecosystem ecology', Biodiversity and Conservation, 23, pp. 1619 - 1637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0658-x

Eldridge DJ; Whitford WG, 2014, 'Disturbances by desert rodents are more strongly associated with spatial changes in soil texture than woody encroachment', Plant and Soil, 381, pp. 395 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-014-2142-5

Soliveres S; Eldridge DJ, 2014, 'Do changes in grazing pressure and the degree of shrub encroachment alter the effects of individual shrubs on understorey plant communities and soil function?', Functional Ecology, 28, pp. 530 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12196

Ulrich W; Soliveres S; Maestre FT; Gotelli NJ; Quero JL; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Bowker MA; Eldridge DJ; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; Valencia E; Berdugo M; Escolar C; García-Gómez M; Escudero A; Prina A; Alfonso G; Arredondo T; Bran D; Cabrera O; Cea AP; Chaieb M; Contreras J; Derak M; Espinosa CI; Florentino A; Gaitán J; Muro VG; Ghiloufi W; Gómez-González S; Gutiérrez JR; Hernández RM; Huber-Sannwald E; Jankju M; Mau RL; Hughes FM; Miriti M; Monerris J; Muchane M; Naseri K; Pucheta E; Ramírez-Collantes DA; Raveh E; Romão RL; Torres-Díaz C; Val J; Veiga JP; Wang D; Yuan X; Zaady E, 2014, 'Climate and soil attributes determine plant species turnover in global drylands', Journal of Biogeography, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12377

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Maestre FT; Gallardo A; Bowker MA; Wallenstein MD; Quero JL; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; García-Gómez M; Soliveres S; García-Palacios P; Berdugo M; Valencia E; Escolar C; Arredondo T; Barraza-Zepeda C; Bran D; Carreira JA; Chaieb M; Conceicao AA; Derak M; Eldridge DJ; Escudero A; Espinosa CI; Gaitán J; Gatica MG; Gómez-González S; Guzman E; Gutiérrez JR; Florentino A; Hepper E; Hernández RM; Huber-Sannwald E; Jankju M; Liu J; Mau RL; Miriti M; Monerris J; Naseri K; Noumi Z; Polo V; Prina A; Pucheta E; Ramírez E; Ramírez-Collantes DA; Romao R; Tighe M; Torres D; Torres-Díaz C; D. Ungar E; Val J; Wamiti W; Wang D; Zaady E, 2013, 'Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands', Nature, 502, pp. 672 - 676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12670

Travers SK; Eldridge DJ, 2013, 'Increased rainfall frequency triggers an increase in litter fall rates of reproductive structures in an arid eucalypt woodland', Austral Ecology, 38, pp. 820 - 830, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12055

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