By Dr Miriam Munoz-Rojas

Books

Pereira P; Munoz-Rojas M; Bogunovic I; Zhao W, 2023, Preface

Barceló D; Kostianoy AG; Pereira P; Mũnoz-Rojas M; Bogunovic I; Zhao W, 2023, Preface

, 2019, Fire Effects on Soil Properties, Pereira P; Mataix-Solera J; Úbeda X; Rein G; Cerdà A, (eds.), CSIRO Publishing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9781486308149

Pereira P; Brevik EC; Muñoz-Rojas M; Miller BA, 2017, Preface, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805200-6.00016-5

Pereira P; Brevik EC; Muñoz-Rojas M; Miller BA; Smetanova A; Depellegrin D; Misiune I; Novara A; Cerdà A, 2017, Soil Mapping and Processes Modeling for Sustainable Land Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805200-6.00002-5

Book Chapters

Dadzie FA; Egidi E; Stewart J; Eldridge DJ; Molesworth A; Singh BK; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2023, 'Agricultural Soil Degradation in Australia', in Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, pp. 49 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/698_2023_966

Ibrahim Khalil M; Francaviglia R; Henry B; Klumpp K; Koncz P; Llorente M; Emoke Madari B; Muñoz-Rojas M; Nerger R, 2020, 'Strategic Management of Grazing Grassland Systems to Maintain and Increase Organic Carbon in Soils', in CO2 Sequestration, IntechOpen, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.84341

Bateman AM; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2019, 'To whom the burden of soil degradation and management concerns', in Pereira P (ed.), , pp. 1 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.apmp.2019.07.001

Bateman AM; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2019, 'Chapter One To whom the burden of soil degradation and management concerns', in Soil Degradation, Restoration and Management in a Global Change Context, Elsevier, pp. 1 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.apmp.2019.07.001

Munoz-Rojas M; Barcenas G, 2019, 'Microbiology', in Fire Effects on Soil Properties, pp. 157 - 174

Brevik EC; Pereira P; Muñoz-Rojas M; Miller BA; Cerdà A; Parras-Alcántara L; Lozano-García B, 2017, 'Historical Perspectives on Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management', in Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management, pp. 3 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805200-6.00001-3

Abd-Elmabod SK; Jordán A; Fleskens L; Phillips JD; Muñoz-Rojas M; van der Ploeg M; Anaya-Romero M; El-Ashry S; de la Rosa D, 2017, 'Modeling Agricultural Suitability Along Soil Transects Under Current Conditions and Improved Scenario of Soil Factors', in Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management, pp. 193 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805200-6.00007-4

Brevik EC; Pereira P; Muñoz-Rojas M; Miller BA; Cerdà A; Parras-Alcántara L; Lozano-García B, 2017, 'Chapter 1 Historical Perspectives on Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management', in Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management, Elsevier, pp. 3 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-805200-6.00001-3

Pereira P; Brevik EC; Muñoz-Rojas M; Miller BA; Smetanova A; Depellegrin D; Misiune I; Novara A; Cerdà A, 2017, 'Chapter 2 Soil Mapping and Processes Modeling for Sustainable Land Management', in Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management, Elsevier, pp. 29 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-805200-6.00002-5

Muñoz-Rojas M; Pereira P; Brevik EC; Cerdà A; Jordán A, 2017, 'Chapter 6 Soil Mapping and Processes Models for Sustainable Land Management Applied to Modern Challenges', in Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management, Elsevier, pp. 151 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-805200-6.00006-2

Abd-Elmabod SK; Jordán A; Fleskens L; Phillips JD; Muñoz-Rojas M; van der Ploeg M; Anaya-Romero M; El-Ashry S; de la Rosa D, 2017, 'Chapter 7 Modeling Agricultural Suitability Along Soil Transects Under Current Conditions and Improved Scenario of Soil Factors', in Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management, Elsevier, pp. 193 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-805200-6.00007-4

Pereira P; Brevik EC; Muñoz-Rojas M; Miller BA, 2017, 'Preface', in Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management, Elsevier, pp. xi - xii, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-805200-6.00016-5

Jordán A; Zavala LM; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2011, 'Mulching, effects on soil physical properties', in Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, pp. 492 - 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3585-1_275

Journal articles

Li C; Feng Y; Sáez-Sandino T; Xiong C; Eldridge DJ; Gross N; Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; Guirado E; Zhou G; García-Gómez M; Valencia E; Berdugo M; Asensio S; Martínez-Valderrama J; Mendoza BJ; Berhe AA; Cutler NA; Abades S; Alcántara J; Alfaro F; Arroyo AI; Barrett M; Bastida F; Blaum N; Boldgiv B; Bowker M; Branquinho C; Hart SC; Deák B; Durán J; Espinosa CI; Fajardo A; Fraser LH; Gallardo A; García Velázquez L; Geissler K; Grebenc T; Gusman Moltanvan E; Kindermann L; Köbel M; Laanisto L; le Roux PC; Liancourt P; Liang J; Linstädter A; Louw MA; Macek P; Maggs-Kölling G; Makhalanyane TP; Manzaneda AJ; Marais E; Montesinos D; Mora JP; Moreno G; Muñoz-Rojas M; Mussery A; Unuk Nahberger T; Nair GR; Neuhauser S; Plaza C; Pueyo Y; Rey PJ; Rey A; de los Ríos A; Rodríguez A; Rodriguez Lozano B; Roman R; C. Ruppert J; Salah A; Serôdio J; Siles JA; Singh J; Travers S; Undrakhbold S; Valkó O; Vivas M; Wang L; Williams MA; Zaady E; Maestre FT; Singh BK; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2026, 'Aridity-related differences in soil elemental ratios reshape microbial functional traits across global biomes', Nature Communications, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73215-9

Gao M; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Xiong C; Sáez-Sandino T; Wang J; Liang J; Guirado E; Muñoz-Rojas M; Román R; Maestre FT; Singh BK, 2026, 'Dominance and natural suppression of bacterial plant pathogens across global soils', Nature Communications, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70233-5

Du W; Jia S; Muñoz-Rojas M; He Y; Zhou L; Zhou G; Zhai K; Wang M; Zhou Z; Liu R; Smith P; Zhou X, 2026, 'Microbial resource-use strategies mediate soil carbon turnover across forest succession', Journal of Forestry Research, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11676-026-02094-z

Roncero-Ramos B; Romero M; Plaza-Álvarez PA; Zema DA; Lucas-Borja ME; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2026, 'Soil bacterial and fungal communities respond differently to post-fire restoration treatments', Journal of Environmental Management, 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.130623

Coleine C; Biagioli F; Sáez-Sandino T; Tedersoo L; Donati C; Muñoz-Rojas M; Muggia L; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2026, 'Global Distribution and Future Projections of Functional Groups Within Extremotolerant Soil Fungi', Global Change Biology, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.71009

Chen R; Luo S; Feng Y; Maestre FT; Sáez-Sandino T; Gross N; Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y; Ochoa V; Gozalo B; Guirado E; García-Gómez M; Valencia E; Asensio S; Martínez-Valderrama J; Mendoza BJ; Abades S; Alfaro F; Barrett M; Berdugo M; Pastor JLB; Blaum N; Boldgiv B; Bowker M; Castro H; Chu H; Cutler NA; Dai Z; Deák B; Durán J; Espinosa CI; Fajardo A; Fan K; Foronda A; Fraser LH; Geissler K; Grebenc T; Moltanvan EG; Hart SC; Kindermann L; Köbel M; Laanisto L; le Roux PC; Liancourt P; Linstädter A; Louw MA; Macek P; Maggs-Kölling G; Makhalanyane TP; Manzaneda AJ; Marais E; Montesinos D; Mora JP; Moreno G; Munson SM; Muñoz-Rojas M; Nair GR; Neuhauser S; Nunes A; Plaza C; Pueyo Y; Rey PJ; Rey A; Ríos ADL; Rodríguez A; Lozano BR; Roman R; Ruppert JC; Salah A; Singh J; Throop HL; Travers S; Nahberger TU; Uuganbayar M; Valkó O; Wang L; Williams MA; Xiong C; Xu J; Zaady E; Ma B; Singh BK; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2026, 'Functional restructuring of the global soil microbiome under multiple stressors', Nature Communications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73231-9

Xiong C; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Liang J; Wang J; Yan Z; Jensen SO; Gao M; Sáez-Sandino T; Guirado E; Muñoz-Rojas M; Román R; Maestre FT; Singh BK, 2026, 'Soil microbial diversity associates with lower prevalence of human bacterial pathogens across global soils', Cell Host and Microbe, 34, pp. 830 - 843.e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2026.03.011

Muñoz-Rojas M; Rodriguez-Caballero E; Chamizo S; Canton Y, 2026, 'Eco-valorization of solar farms as biotic resource hubs for ecosystem restoration under global change', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-20538

Cortijos-López M; Lasanta T; Zabalza-Martínez J; Muñoz-Rojas M; Cammeraat E; Sánchez-Navarrete P; Nadal-Romero E, 2026, 'Management of marginal landscapes in the Mediterranean mountains: Driving soil regulatory functions towards Global Change adaptation.', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-17958

Cortijos López M; Muñoz-Rojas M; Zabalza-Martínez J; Lasanta T; Nadal-Romero E, 2026, 'Post-abandonment management strategies influence future soil organic carbon storage and water resources', Journal of Environmental Management, 398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128534

Fan K; Sáez-Sandino T; Maestre FT; Chu H; Eldridge DJ; Gallardo A; Ma B; Xu J; Zhao Y; Xiong C; Guirado E; Gross N; Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y; Ochoa V; García-Gómez M; Valencia E; Gaitán JJ; Asensio S; Mendoza BJ; Martínez-Valderrama J; Gózalo B; Wang J; Liang J; Travers SK; Fraser LH; Singh J; Fajardo A; Mora JP; Espinosa CI; Gusmán-Montalván E; Valkó O; Deák B; Zaady E; Boldgiv B; Erdenetsetseg B; Blaum N; Geissler K; Wang L; Maggs-Kölling G; Marais E; Liancourt P; Durán J; Rodríguez A; Nunes A; Branquinho C; le Roux PC; Louw MA; Linstädter A; Siebert F; Makhalanyane T; Nair GR; Ruppert J; Swemmer A; Moreno G; Vivas M; Pueyo Y; Foronda A; Rey PJ; Manzaneda A; Bowker M; Darrouzet-Nardi A; Throop HL; de los Ríos A; Pastor JLB; Unuk Nahberger T; Grebenc T; Berdugo M; Plaza C; Rey A; Hart SC; Alfaro F; Abades S; Neuhauser S; Williams MA; Berhe AA; Montesinos D; Macek P; Laanisto L; Muñoz-Rojas M; Román R; Rodriguez Lozano B; Singh BK; Delgado-Baquerizo M, 2026, 'A global atlas of soil microbial genetic resources exposes protection shortfalls', Nature Sustainability, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-026-01914-8

van Galen LG; Smith GR; Margenot AJ; Waldrop MP; Crowther TW; Peay KG; Jackson RB; Yu K; Abrahão A; Ahmed TA; Alatalo JM; Anslan S; Anthony MA; Araujo ASF; Ascher-Jenull J; Bach EM; Bahram M; Baker CCM; Baldrian P; Bardgett RD; Barrios-Garcia MN; Bastida F; Beggi F; Benning LG; Bragazza L; Broadbent AAD; Cano-Díaz C; Cates AM; Cerri CEP; Cesarz S; Chen B; Classen AT; Dahl MB; Delgado-Baquerizo M; Eisenhauer N; Evgrafova SY; Fanin N; Fornasier F; Francisco R; Franco ALC; Frey SD; Fritze H; García C; García-Palacios P; Gómez-Brandón M; Gonzalez-Polo M; Gozalo B; Griffiths R; Guerra C; Hallama M; Hiiesalu I; Hossain MZ; Hu Y; Insam H; Jassey VEJ; Jiang L; Kandeler E; Kohout P; Kõljalg U; Krashevska V; Li X; Lu JZ; Lu X; Luo S; Lutz S; Mackie-Haas KA; Maestre FT; Malmivaara-Lämsä M; Mangelsdorf K; Manjarrez M; Marhan S; Martin A; Mason KE; Mayor J; McCulley RL; Moora M; Morais PV; Muñoz-Rojas M; Murugan R; Nottingham AT; Ochoa V; Ochoa-Hueso R; Oja J; Olsson PA; Öpik M; Ostle N; Peltoniemi K; Pennanen T; Pescador DS; Png GK; Poll C; Põlme S; Potapov AM; Priemé A; Pritchard W; Puissant J; Rocha SMB; Rosinger C; Ruess L; Sayer EJ, 2025, 'A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities', Scientific Data, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05759-2

Alameda-Martín A; Chamizo S; Rodríguez-Caballero E; Muñoz-Rojas M; Cantón Y, 2025, 'The Potential of Biocrust-Forming Cyanobacteria to Enhance Seedling Growth of Native Semi-arid Plants Through Seed Biopriming', Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 44, pp. 7157 - 7174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00344-024-11521-6

Delgado-Baquerizo M; Singh BK; Liu YR; Sáez-Sandino T; Coleine C; Muñoz-Rojas M; Bastida F; Trivedi P, 2025, 'Integrating ecological and evolutionary frameworks for SynCom success', New Phytologist, 246, pp. 1922 - 1933, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.70112

Pärtel M; Tamme R; Carmona CP; Riibak K; Moora M; Bennett JA; Chiarucci A; Chytrý M; de Bello F; Eriksson O; Harrison S; Lewis RJ; Moles AT; Öpik M; Price JN; Amputu V; Askarizadeh D; Atashgahi Z; Aubin I; Azcárate FM; Barrett MD; Bashirzadeh M; Bátori Z; Beenaerts N; Bergholz K; Birkeli K; Biurrun I; Blanco-Moreno JM; Bloodworth KJ; Boisvert-Marsh L; Boldgiv B; Brancalion PHS; Brearley FQ; Brown C; Bueno CG; Buffa G; Cahill JF; Campos JA; Cangelmi G; Carbognani M; Carcaillet C; Cerabolini BEL; Chevalier R; Clavel JS; Costa JM; Cousins SAO; Čuda J; Dairel M; Dalle Fratte M; Danilova A; Davison J; Deák B; Del Vecchio S; Dembicz I; Dengler J; Dolezal J; Domene X; Dvorsky M; Ejtehadi H; Enrico L; Epikhin D; Eskelinen A; Essl F; Fan G; Fantinato E; Fazlioglu F; Fernández-Pascual E; Ferrara A; Fidelis A; Fischer M; Flagmeier M; Forte TGW; Fraser LH; Fujinuma J; Furquim FF; Garris B; Garris HW; Giorgis MA; Giusso del Galdo G; González-Robles A; Good MK; Guardiola M; Guarino R; Guerrero I; Guillemot J; Güler B; Guo Y; Haesen S; Hejda M; Heleno RH; Høye TT; Hrivnák R; Huang Y; Hunter JT; Iakushenko D; Ibáñez R; Ingerpuu N; Irl SDH; Janíková E; Jansen F, 2025, 'Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity', Nature, 641, pp. 917 - 924, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5

Peddle SD; Hodgson RJ; Borrett RJ; Brachmann S; Davies TC; Erickson TE; Liddicoat C; Muñoz-Rojas M; Robinson JM; Watson CD; Krauss SL; Breed MF, 2025, 'Practical applications of soil microbiota to improve ecosystem restoration: current knowledge and future directions', Biological Reviews, 100, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.13124

Pagli C; Maggioli L; Roncero-Ramos B; Pajuelo E; Muñoz-Rojas M; Braglia R; Canini A; Cantón Y, 2025, 'Unlocking the potential of biocrust microorganisms in agriculture: cyanobacteria and heterotrophic bacteria with plant growth-promoting properties', Frontiers in Plant Science, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1659217

Alameda-Martín A; Chamizo S; Maggioli L; Roman R; Machado-de-Lima N; Muñoz-Rojas M; Cantón Y, 2024, 'Optimizing survival and growth of inoculated biocrust-forming cyanobacteria through native plant-based habitat amelioration', Journal of Environmental Management, 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122960

Stewart J; de Lima NM; Kingsford R; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2024, 'Soil Bacterial Biodiversity in Drylands Is Dependent on Groundcover Under Increased Temperature', Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sae2.70027

Munro TP; Erickson TE; Nimmo DG; Dadzie FA; Muñoz-Rojas M; Price JN, 2024, 'Exploring the potential of topsoil pellets to improve native seedling establishment on degraded agricultural land', Plant and Soil, 502, pp. 417 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-06554-5

Robinson JM; Liddicoat C; Muñoz-Rojas M; Breed MF, 2024, 'Restoring soil biodiversity', Current Biology, 34, pp. R393 - R398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.035

Getzin S; Yizhaq H; Muñoz-Rojas M; Erickson TE, 2024, 'Australian fairy circles and termite linyji are not caused by the same mechanism', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8, pp. 203 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02225-3

Dadzie FA; Moles AT; Erickson TE; Machado de Lima N; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2024, 'Inoculating native microorganisms improved soil function and altered the microbial composition of a degraded soil', Restoration Ecology, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.14025

Robinson JM; Hodgson R; Krauss SL; Liddicoat C; Malik AA; Martin BC; Mohr JJ; Moreno-Mateos D; Muñoz-Rojas M; Peddle SD; Breed MF, 2023, 'Opportunities and challenges for microbiomics in ecosystem restoration', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 38, pp. 1189 - 1202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.07.009

Ondik MM; Ooi MKJ; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2023, 'Soil microbial community composition and functions are disrupted by fire and land use in a Mediterranean woodland', Science of the Total Environment, 895, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165088

Machado-de-Lima NM; Charlesworth J; Stewart J; Ooi MKJ; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2023, 'Seed biopriming at different concentrations to assess the effects of Cyanobacteria on germination and seedling performance of keystone arid species', Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 2, pp. 266 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12049

Erickson TE; Dwyer JM; Dalziell EL; James JJ; Muñoz-Rojas M; Merritt DJ, 2023, 'Unpacking the recruitment potential of seeds in reconstructed soils and varying rainfall patterns', Australian Journal of Botany, 71, pp. 353 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT22141

Dadzie F; Muñoz-Rojas M; Slavich E; Pottier P; Zeng K; Moles AT, 2023, 'Paired comparisons of native and commercial inoculants, bacteria and fungi, and single and multi-strain microorganisms show equal effects on plant growth in dryland ecosystems.', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-17010

Pereira P; Bogunovic I; Muñoz-Rojas M; Zhao W, 2023, 'Preface', Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 120, pp. ix - xi

Ondik MM; Bennell M; Davies RJP; Ooi MKJ; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2022, 'Fire and land use impact soil properties in a Mediterranean dry sclerophyll woodland', Journal of Environmental Management, 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116245

Dadzie FA; Moles AT; Erickson TE; Slavich E; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2022, 'Native bacteria and cyanobacteria can influence seedling emergence and growth of native plants used in dryland restoration', Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, pp. 2983 - 2992, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14293

Luster J; Crockford L; Keller T; Muñoz-Rojas M; Wollschläger U, 2022, 'Editorial: Eurosoil 2021: Sustainable management of soil functions as a basis to avoid, halt, and reverse land degradation', Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1093226

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