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A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide by Egidi, Eleonora, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Plett, Jonathan M., Wang, Juntao, Eldridge, David J., Bardgett, Richard D., Maestre, Fernando T., Singh, Brajesh K.

“…Despite having key functions in terrestrial ecosystems, information on the dominant soil fungi and their ecological preferences at the global scale is lacking…”
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A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil by Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Oliverio, Angela M, Brewer, Tess E, Benavent-González, Alberto, Eldridge, David J, Bardgett, Richard D, Maestre, Fernando T, Singh, Brajesh K, Fierer, Noah

“…The immense diversity of soil bacterial communities has stymied efforts to characterize individual taxa and document their global distributions. We analyzed…”
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Soil microbial diversity–biomass relationships are driven by soil carbon content across global biomes by Bastida, Felipe, Eldridge, David J., García, Carlos, Kenny Png, G., Bardgett, Richard D., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel

“…The relationship between biodiversity and biomass has been a long standing debate in ecology. Soil biodiversity and biomass are essential drivers of ecosystem…”
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Soil microbial communities drive the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to global change in drylands across the globe by Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Eldridge, David J., Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, Singh, Brajesh K., Maestre, Fernando T., van der Putten, Wim

“…The relationship between soil microbial communities and the resistance of multiple ecosystem functions linked to C, N and P cycling (multifunctionality…”
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Global meta‐analysis of soil‐disturbing vertebrates reveals strong effects on ecosystem patterns and processes by Mallen‐Cooper, Max, Nakagawa, Shinichi, Eldridge, David J., Keith, Sally

“…Aim Organisms that disturb the soil while foraging or creating shelter (ecosystem engineers) can have profound effects on ecosystems. Soil ejecta from these…”
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Functional groups of soil fungi decline under grazing by Eldridge, David J., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel

“…Background and aims Fungi play vital roles in organic matter decomposition, and mineralisation of phosphorus and nitrogen, are significant plant and animal…”
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Continental‐scale Impacts of Livestock Grazing on Ecosystem Supporting and Regulating Services by Eldridge, David J., Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel

“…Grazing by livestock supports millions of people worldwide, particularly in drylands, but has marked negative effects on ecosystem services and functions. In…”
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Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis by Eldridge, David J., Bowker, Matthew A., Maestre, Fernando T., Roger, Erin, Reynolds, James F., Whitford, Walter G.

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 709–722 Encroachment of woody plants into grasslands has generated considerable interest among ecologists. Syntheses of encroachment…”
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Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands by Maestre, Fernando T., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Jeffries, Thomas C., Eldridge, David J., Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, Quero, José Luis, García-Gómez, Miguel, Gallardo, Antonio, Ulrich, Werner, Bowker, Matthew A., Arredondo, Tulio, Barraza-Zepeda, Claudia, Bran, Donaldo, Florentino, Adriana, Gaitán, Juan, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Jankju, Mohammad, Mau, Rebecca L., Miriti, Maria, Naseri, Kamal, Ospina, Abelardo, Stavi, Ilan, Wang, Deli, Woods, Natasha N., Yuan, Xia, Zaady, Eli, Singh, Brajesh K.

“…Soil bacteria and fungi play key roles in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, yet our understanding of their responses to climate change lags…”
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Global ecological predictors of the soil priming effect by Bastida, Felipe, García, Carlos, Fierer, Noah, Eldridge, David J., Bowker, Matthew A., Abades, Sebastián, Alfaro, Fernando D., Asefaw Berhe, Asmeret, Cutler, Nick A., Gallardo, Antonio, García-Velázquez, Laura, Hart, Stephen C., Hayes, Patrick E., Hernández, Teresa, Hseu, Zeng-Yei, Jehmlich, Nico, Kirchmair, Martin, Lambers, Hans, Neuhauser, Sigrid, Peña-Ramírez, Víctor M., Pérez, Cecilia A., Reed, Sasha C., Santos, Fernanda, Siebe, Christina, Sullivan, Benjamin W., Trivedi, Pankaj, Vera, Alfonso, Williams, Mark A., Luis Moreno, José, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel

“…Identifying the global drivers of soil priming is essential to understanding C cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. We conducted a survey of soils across 86…”
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Plant attributes explain the distribution of soil microbial communities in two contrasting regions of the globe by Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Fry, Ellen L., Eldridge, David J., Vries, Franciska T., Manning, Peter, Hamonts, Kelly, Kattge, Jens, Boenisch, Gerhard, Singh, Brajesh K., Bardgett, Richard D.

“…We lack strong empirical evidence for links between plant attributes (plant community attributes and functional traits) and the distribution of soil microbial…”
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Changes in belowground biodiversity during ecosystem development by Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Bardgett, Richard D., Vitousek, Peter M., Maestre, Fernando T., Williams, Mark A., Eldridge, David J., Lambers, Hans, Neuhauser, Sigrid, Gallardo, Antonio, García-Velázquez, Laura, Sala, Osvaldo E., Abades, Sebastián R., Alfaro, Fernando D., Berhe, Asmeret A., Bowker, Matthew A., Currier, Courtney M., Cutler, Nick A., Hart, Stephen C., Hayes, Patrick E., Hseu, Zeng-Yei, Kirchmair, Martin, Peña-Ramírez, Victor M., Pérez, Cecilia A., Reed, Sasha C., Santos, Fernanda, Siebe, Christina, Sullivan, Benjamin W., Weber-Grullon, Luis, Fierer, Noah

“…Belowground organisms play critical roles in maintaining multiple ecosystem processes, including plant productivity, decomposition, and nutrient cycling…”
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Biocrust-forming mosses mitigate the negative impacts of increasing aridity on ecosystem multifunctionality in drylands by Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Maestre, Fernando T., Eldridge, David J., Bowker, Matthew A., Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, Berdugo, Miguel, Val, James, Singh, Brajesh K.

“…The increase in aridity predicted with climate change will have a negative impact on the multiple functions and services (multifunctionality) provided by…”
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Do changes in grazing pressure and the degree of shrub encroachment alter the effects of individual shrubs on understorey plant communities and soil function? by Soliveres, Santiago, Eldridge, David J, Wilson, Scott

“…Shrub canopies in semi‐arid environments often produce positive effects on soil fertility, and on the richness and biomass of understorey plant communities…”
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Biocrust-forming mosses mitigate the impact of aridity on soil microbial communities in drylands: observational evidence from three continents by Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Maestre, Fernando T., Eldridge, David J., Bowker, Matthew A., Jeffries, Thomas C., Singh, Brajesh K.

“…Recent research indicates that increased aridity linked to climate change will reduce the diversity of soil microbial communities and shift their community…”
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Grazing dampens the positive effects of shrub encroachment on ecosystem functions in a semi-arid woodland by Eldridge, David J., Soliveres, Santiago, Bowker, Matthew A., Val, James

“…1. The encroachment of woody plants into grasslands, open woodlands and savannah has been widely reported over the past few decades. Overgrazing is a probable…”
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Contrasting effects of vegetation cover and site condition on biocrust communities in subhumid drylands by Mallen‐Cooper, Max, Ding, Jingyi, Eldridge, David J.

“…Questions Biocrusts perform critical functional roles in drylands, where they are regulated predominantly by differences in climate and soils. We asked whether…”
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The influence of soil age on ecosystem structure and function across biomes by Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Reich, Peter B., Bardgett, Richard D., Eldridge, David J., Lambers, Hans, Wardle, David A., Reed, Sasha C., Plaza, César, Png, G. Kenny, Neuhauser, Sigrid, Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw, Hart, Stephen C., Hu, Hang-Wei, He, Ji-Zheng, Bastida, Felipe, Abades, Sebastián, Alfaro, Fernando D., Cutler, Nick A., Gallardo, Antonio, García-Velázquez, Laura, Hayes, Patrick E., Hseu, Zeng-Yei, Pérez, Cecilia A., Santos, Fernanda, Siebe, Christina, Trivedi, Pankaj, Sullivan, Benjamin W., Weber-Grullon, Luis, Williams, Mark A., Fierer, Noah

“…The importance of soil age as an ecosystem driver across biomes remains largely unresolved. By combining a cross-biome global field survey, including data for…”
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multifaceted view on the impacts of shrub encroachment by Maestre, Fernando T, David J. Eldridge, Santiago Soliveres

“…Shrub encroachment, a global phenomenon with management implications, is examined in two papers in the current issue of Applied Vegetation Science. Barbosa da…”
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Prophage-encoded antibiotic resistance genes are enriched in human-impacted environments by Liao, Hanpeng, Liu, Chen, Zhou, Shungui, Liu, Chunqin, Eldridge, David J., Ai, Chaofan, Wilhelm, Steven W., Singh, Brajesh K., Liang, Xiaolong, Radosevich, Mark, Yang, Qiu-e, Tang, Xiang, Wei, Zhong, Friman, Ville-Petri, Gillings, Michael, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Zhu, Yong-guan

“…The spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) poses a substantial threat to human health. Phage-mediated transduction could exacerbate ARG transmission…”
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