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Climate mediates the biodiversity–ecosystem stability relationship globally by García-Palacios, Pablo, Gross, Nicolas, Gaitán, Juan, Maestre, Fernando T.

“…The insurance hypothesis, stating that biodiversity can increase ecosystem stability, has received wide research and political attention. Recent experiments…”
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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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Ten simple rules towards healthier research labs by Maestre, Fernando T

“…The negative effects of extremely competitive academic and research environments on the performance and health of researchers are well known and common…”
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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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Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems by Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Maestre, Fernando T., Reich, Peter B., Jeffries, Thomas C., Gaitan, Juan J., Encinar, Daniel, Berdugo, Miguel, Campbell, Colin D., Singh, Brajesh K.

“…Despite the importance of microbial communities for ecosystem services and human welfare, the relationship between microbial diversity and multiple ecosystem…”
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Climate and litter quality differently modulate the effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition across biomes by García-Palacios, Pablo, Maestre, Fernando T., Kattge, Jens, Wall, Diana H.

“…Climate and litter quality have been identified as major drivers of litter decomposition at large spatial scales. However, the role played by soil fauna…”
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Testing the environmental filtering concept in global drylands by Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Gross, Nicolas, Maestre, Fernando T., Maire, Vincent, de Bello, Francesco, Fonseca, Carlos Roberto, Kattge, Jens, Valencia, Enrique, Leps, Jan, Liancourt, Pierre

“…1. The environmental filtering hypothesis predicts that the abiotic environment selects species with similar trait values within communities. Testing this…”
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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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Refining the stress-gradient hypothesis for competition and facilitation in plant communities by Maestre, Fernando T., Callaway, Ragan M., Valladares, Fernando, Lortie, Christopher J.

“…1. The stress-gradient hypothesis (SGH) predicts that the frequency of facilitative and competitive interactions will vary inversely across abiotic stress…”
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Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity by Guerra, Carlos A, Bardgett, Richard D, Caon, Lucrezia, Crowther, Thomas W, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Montanarella, Luca, Navarro, Laetitia M, Orgiazzi, Alberto, Singh, Brajesh K, Tedersoo, Leho, Vargas-Rojas, Ronald, Briones, Maria J I, Buscot, François, Cameron, Erin K, Cesarz, Simone, Chatzinotas, Antonis, Cowan, Don A, Djukic, Ika, van den Hoogen, Johan, Lehmann, Anika, Maestre, Fernando T, Marín, César, Reitz, Thomas, Rillig, Matthias C, Smith, Linnea C, de Vries, Franciska T, Weigelt, Alexandra, Wall, Diana H, Eisenhauer, Nico

“…A monitoring and indicator system can inform policy Nature conservation literature and policy instruments mainly focus on the impacts of human development and…”
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A Global Survey of Mycobacterial Diversity in Soil by Walsh, Corinne M, Gebert, Matthew J, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Maestre, Fernando T, Fierer, Noah

“…Mycobacteria are a diverse bacterial group ubiquitous in many soil and aquatic environments. Members of this group have been associated with human and other…”
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Cascading effects from plants to soil microorganisms explain how plant species richness and simulated climate change affect soil multifunctionality by Valencia, Enrique, Gross, Nicolas, Quero, José L., Carmona, Carlos P., Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Dumack, Kenneth, Hamonts, Kelly, Singh, Brajesh K., Bonkowski, Michael, Maestre, Fernando T.

“…Despite their importance, how plant communities and soil microorganisms interact to determine the capacity of ecosystems to provide multiple functions…”
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Carbon content and climate variability drive global soil bacterial diversity patterns by Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Maestre, Fernando T., Reich, Peter B., Trivedi, Pankaj, Osanai, Yui, Liu, Yu-Rong, Hamonts, Kelly, Jeffries, Thomas C., Singh, Brajesh K.

“…Despite the vital role of microorganisms for ecosystem functioning and human welfare, our understanding of their global diversity and biogeographical patterns…”
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Functional diversity enhances the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to aridity in Mediterranean drylands by Valencia, Enrique, Maestre, Fernando T, Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Yoann, Quero, José Luis, Tamme, Riin, Börger, Luca, García‐Gómez, Miguel, Gross, Nicolas

“…We used a functional trait‐based approach to assess the impacts of aridity and shrub encroachment on the functional structure of Mediterranean dryland…”
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Functional trait diversity maximizes ecosystem multifunctionality by Gross, Nicolas, Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann Le, Liancourt, Pierre, Berdugo, Miguel, Gotelli, Nicholas J., Maestre, Fernando T.

“…Understanding the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has been a core ecological research topic over the past decades. Although a key…”
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Warming reduces the cover, richness and evenness of lichen-dominated biocrusts but promotes moss growth: insights from an 8 yr experiment by Ladrón de Guevara, Mónica, Gozalo, Beatriz, Raggio, José, Lafuente, Angela, Prieto, María, Maestre, Fernando T

“…Despite the important role that biocrust communities play in maintaining ecosystem structure and functioning in drylands world-wide, few studies have evaluated…”
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Soil resources and element stocks in drylands to face global issues by Plaza, César, Zaccone, Claudio, Sawicka, Kasia, Méndez, Ana M., Tarquis, Ana, Gascó, Gabriel, Heuvelink, Gerard B. M., Schuur, Edward A. G., Maestre, Fernando T.

“…Drylands (hyperarid, arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid ecosystems) cover almost half of Earth’s land surface and are highly vulnerable to environmental…”
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Changes in biocrust cover drive carbon cycle responses to climate change in drylands by Maestre, Fernando T., Escolar, Cristina, de Guevara, Mónica Ladrón, Quero, José L., Lázaro, Roberto, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Ochoa, Victoria, Berdugo, Miguel, Gozalo, Beatriz, Gallardo, Antonio

“…Dryland ecosystems account for ca. 27% of global soil organic carbon (C) reserves, yet it is largely unknown how climate change will impact C cycling and…”
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