Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

Fernando T. Maestre, José L. Quero, Nicholas J. Gotelli, +50

Science

BiodiversityBiodiversity PreservationEngineeringTerrestrial EcosystemEcosystem Functioning +9

Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands

Fernando T. Maestre, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Thomas C. Jeffries, +26

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

EngineeringSoil BiodiversityMicrobial EvolutionGlobal DrylandsMicrobial Ecology +15

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

Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Fernando T. Maestre, Antonio Gallardo, +51

Nature

BiogeochemistryGlobal DrylandsEngineeringDesertificationDrought +10

Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

Fernando T. Maestre, Yoann Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, +128

Science

Grazing PressureGlobal DrylandsEngineeringRangeland ProductivityLand Use +8

Changes in biocrust cover drive carbon cycle responses to climate change in drylands

Fernando T. Maestre, Cristina Escolar, Mónica Ladrón de Guevara, +7

Global Change Biology

BiogeochemistryCarbon SequestrationEngineeringSoil Carbon CycleVegetation-atmosphere Interactions +10

Cascading effects from plants to soil microorganisms explain how plant species richness and simulated climate change affect soil multifunctionality

Enrique Valencia, Nicolas Gross, José L. Quero, +9

Global Change Biology

Biocrust‐forming mosses mitigate the negative impacts of increasing aridity on ecosystem multifunctionality in drylands

Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Fernando T. Maestre, David J. Eldridge, +6

New Phytologist

Carbon SequestrationBiogeochemistryBare SoilEngineeringTerrestrial Ecosystem +9

Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

Melinda D. Smith, Kate Wilkins, Martin C. Holdrege, +170

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The global distribution and environmental drivers of the soil antibiotic resistome

Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Hang‐Wei Hu, Fernando T. Maestre, +36

Microbiome

Functional rarity and evenness are key facets of biodiversity to boost multifunctionality

Yoann Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Nicolas Gross, Hugo Sáiz, +15

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

BiologyBiodiversity LossBiodiversityEngineeringFunctional Traits +13